The
RWorld.ca Web site is operated by RWorld Inc.. This Privacy Statement
applies to the RWorld.ca Web site you are currently viewing and
informs you what information is collected and used on this Web site.
By using the RWorld.ca Web site, you consent to the data practices
described in this Statement.
Last Update | 03.Feb.03
Collection of your Personal Information
Use of this Web site does not require you to disclose any personal
information. However, this Web site offers the opportunity for you
to subscribe to newsletters to inform you of RWorld related news,
and events, and to register to receive RWorld Information Kits.
Subscriptions to newsletters are entirely voluntary, and you may
unsubscribe at any time when you are online. The site may also offer
the ability to enter sweepstakes where personal information is collected
in order to notify you if you are the winner of the sweepstakes.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software
that is automatically collected by RWorld.ca. This information can
include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times
and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by RWorld.ca
for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service,
and to provide general statistics regarding use of the RWorld.ca
site.
Personally identifiable information that you provide to RWorld may
be stored and processed in Canada or any other country in which
RWorld or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities.
By using the RWorld.ca site you consent to any such transfer of
information outside of your country.
Use of your Personal Information
RWorld.ca collects and uses your personal information to operate
the RWorld.ca site and deliver the services you have requested.
For example, when you subscribe to an RWorld.ca newsletter, we request
your e-mail address, name and address. We use your e-mail address
to send you the newsletter(s) you have requested. If you choose
to enter your name and postal address and register your RWorld,
we will use that information for future mailings from RWorld about
RWorld news and promotions and RWorld service or product offerings.
We use geographical location to determine what localized information
RWorld.ca should provide customers. When you choose to enter a sweepstakes,
we request your e-mail address and other contact information in
order to be able to contact you in the event you are a winner of
the sweepstakes. Except as otherwise stated below, personal information
you provide on this site will not be shared outside of RWorld and
affiliates without your permission.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services
on our behalf, such as newsletters, answers to customer questions,
fulfillment requests, and statistical analysis of our services.
We will only provide those companies the information they need to
deliver such services, and they are prohibited from using that information
for any other purpose.
The RWorld.ca site will disclose your personal information, without
notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief
that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the
law or comply with legal process served on RWorld or the site; (b)
protect and defend the rights or property of RWorld and the RWorld.ca
site.
Links to send e-mail messages to this Web site are provided for
your convenience and your e-mail address is used so this Web site
may respond back to your inquiry.
RWorld keeps track of the pages on this web site that our customers
visit, in order to determine which areas of the site are the most
popular. This data is used to deliver customized content to our
audience whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a
particular subject area.
Control of your Personal Information
You may unsubscribe to RWorld.ca newsletters by following the instructions
in the newsletter you receive. If your e-mail address has changed
and you would like to continue to receive RWorld newsletters, you
will need to sign-up again for the newsletter on this Web site with
your new e-mail address. You also have the choice to receive additional
special offer information from RWorld. On the contact page you can
choose, by clicking the boxes, to receive the RWorld newsletter
and information about special offers from RWorld. If at a later
time, you choose not to receive such e-mail, you will need to unsubscribe
from each individual e-mail you receive, per your specific interests.
This Web site may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical
service issues, product surveys, new feature announcements and other
news about RWorld and other related RWorld products and services.
These e-mails are considered essential to the provision of the service
you have requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe
to these mailings, as they are considered a part of the service
you have chosen.
Security of your Personal Information
RWorld.ca secures the e-mail address you provide on computer servers
in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure.
Use of Cookies
This Web site may use cookies to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard
disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs
or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned
to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that
issued the cookie to you.One of the primary purposes of cookies
is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose
of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to
a specific page, so that when you visit the site again, the experience
will be personalized. You have the ability to accept or decline
cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you
can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you
prefer. If you choose to set your computer to accept cookies, you
may also choose to be logged into the RWorld.ca site automatically.
This selection is stored in a cookie. If you choose to decline cookies,
you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features
of RWorld.ca or the other Web sites you visit.
Use of Web Beacons
RWorld.ca pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons,
sometimes called single-pixel gifs, which allow RWorld to count
users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services.
RWorld may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or
RWorld newsletters in order to count how many messages have been
opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personally
identifiable information on the RWorld.ca site. Rather, they are
a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about RWorld.ca
site usage.Web beacons collect only a limited set of information
including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description
of the page on which the Web beacon resides.
Changes to this Statement
This Privacy Statement applies only to the RWorld.ca Web site and
not other companies or organizations to which we may provide links
from this Web site. RWorld will occasionally update this Privacy
Statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated"
date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to
this Statement, RWorld will notify you by placing prominent notice
on the Web site. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy
Statement to be informed of how RWorld is protecting your information.
Contact Information
RWorld welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement.
If at any time you believe that the RWorld.ca Web site has not adhered
to this Privacy Statement, please notify us and we will use all
reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem.
Attn: RWorld Privacy
RWorld Inc.
5130 Creekbank Road
Missisauga, ON L4W2G2
Canada
