Montreal Tips Privacy Policy

Montreal Tips respects the privacy of its users. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) informs you of Montreal Tips policies and practices regarding the collection and use of information you submit to us or which we collect about you through our Services and to inform you of options that you have to control or restrict the availability and use of your information.

  1. Cap.TaiM Marketing Inc. (“us”, “we”, “the Company”, or “our”) operates http://montrealtips.com (the “Site”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site.

We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at http://montrealtips.com.

 

  1. ABOUT THE Montreal Tips SERVICES. We provide users (“you”, “your” or “User(s)”) with Content, delivered via Montreal Tips and/or any other platform or media through which we make such content available from time to times (collectively, the “Services 4. Visitors are people who do not register but want to explore the Services. No login is required for Visitors. Visitors can: (i) view all publicly-available content on the website mobile applications and/or any other platform or media through which I make my services available; and (ii) email me.

 

  1. ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY. This Privacy Policy informs you of Montreal Tips’s policies and practices regarding the collection and use of information you submit to us or which we collect about you through our Services and to inform you of options that you have to control or restrict the availability and use of your information. Wherever you reside or from whichever country you submit your information, you consent to our use of your information, consistent with this Privacy Policy, in Canada and in other territories where Montreal Tips provides its Services.

 

  1. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Montreal Tips will usually inform you of any changes by posting the updated Terms of Service on this website. If we make any material changes to these Terms of Service, we will post a notification on the website or notify you via email and/or by asking you to review the changes to these Terms of Service the next time you login to access the Services. Your continued use of the Services after the time the changes are communicated will indicate your acceptance of the Terms of Service, including those changes. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

 

 

  1. SOME TERMS WE USE IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Important terms that we use in this Privacy Policy are “Personal Information”, “Non-Identifying Information” and “Log Data”. To explain what we mean by these terms:
    1. Personal Information” is information about you that can be used to contact or identify you, such as your full name, address, e-mail address or phone number.
    2. Non-Identifying Information” means information that does not permit the identification of an individual person, such as the other information that you provide as part of registration and personalization of your Montreal Tips Profile. Certain Non-Identifying Information would be considered a part of your Personal Information if it were combined with other identifiers (for example, combining your zip or postal code with your street address) in a way that enables you to be identified. But the same pieces of information are considered Non-Identifying Information when they are taken alone or combined only with other Non-Identifying information.
    3. Log Data” is derived by our servers automatically as you interact with the Services, which record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. Log Data is a form of Non-Identifying Information.
  2. WHY DOES MONTREAL TIPS COLLECT INFORMATION? Our primary goals in collecting information are to improve our Services, features and content, to administer your use of our Services.
  3. WHAT INFORMATION DOES MONTREAL TIPS COLLECT?
    1. When you create a Montreal Tips Profile or connect through our Partner Communities, we will collect your e-mail address, gender, date of birth and specific or general location. When you personalize your Montreal Tips Profile, we will also collect any information you provide, such as your full name, your photo and any optional information you decide to supply about yourself, your lifestyle and your interests. If you register for our Services via a Partner Community, we will obtain certain Personal Information you have provided to the Partner Community (such as your name, profile picture, e-mail address). The information we obtain may depend on the privacy settings you have with the Partner Community.
    2. We also collect from you some Non-Identifying Information about your interests as you navigate through our Services. For example, when you click on the rating buttons (thumbs up, thumbs down), or recommend a website by clicking “I like it!” in the Montreal Tips toolbar, you are explicitly sending information about your preferences for the website then displayed, which Montreal Tips will use to improve its recommendations to you and to others.
      We may also receive Non-Identifying Information about you and your interests from other sources like third parties that add to their websites Montreal Tips widgets or Montreal Tips badges.
    3. When you enter any information (including Personal Information) into any postings or comments, we may collect this information, which may be available to some, a subgroup of, or even all Users of the Services, depending on how and where this information was posted by you and with whom you have elected to share the posting or comment.
    4. When you leave us feedback or write to us directly, we will collect any information that is contained in your feedback form, which will include your e-mail address and other information that you may submit to us for reference or reply.
    5. As mentioned, when you interact with the Services our servers automatically record Log Data that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s IP (Internet Protocol) address, your mobile device identifier, the geographic location of the IP address you are using to access the Internet, browser type, operating system (including identifying whether you are connecting via a mobile device), the time of day of your access, your general physical location or your more specific location if you are connecting through your mobile device, and the website that you visited immediately prior to Montreal Tips.
  4. HOW DOES MONTREAL TIPS USE COOKIES?
    1. What are cookies? Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit certain websites. Web developers use them to help users navigate their websites efficiently and perform certain functions.
    2. What kinds of cookies do Montreal Tips use? We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain for a certain period of time unless deleted) to provide Non-Identifying Information to us about Users. We also collect Non-Identifying Information about your immediate web history and interests through Montreal Tips badges and widgets that appear on third party websites.
    3. What does Montreal Tips use cookies for? Montreal Tips will use Non-Identifying Information collected using cookies and tracking technology for analytics purposes, to monitor usage of our website, to reengage users, and improve user experience; and (iv) to remember choices you make in order to improve user experience. Montreal Tips does not share your browsing information with third party advertisers.
    4. Your Options: Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being set. Instructions to remove persistent cookies can be found through your Internet browser. You may also choose to opt out of tracking so that websites like Montreal Tips cannot learn from your interactions and viewing history. If you wish to opt out of tracking, you may follow the “Do Not Track” instructions here. Be aware that if you choose to disable cookies or opt out of tracking some areas of the Services may not be optimized for your use, you may not be able to access any or all of the functionality of the Services and your experience using the Services will not be personalized to your interests.
  5. WHEN DOES MONTREAL TIPS SHARE INFORMATION, AND WITH WHOM?
    1. Sharing via the Montreal Tips Profile. The information provided in your Montreal Tips Profile that you select to be publicly displayed via your privacy settings will be public information and any User will be able to view it. This information may also be “crawled” by third party search engines so that Personal Information in your Montreal Tips Profile may be accessible through search engines in search results. Also, when you enter any information (including Personal Information), into postings or comments via the Services, this information, may be available to some, a subgroup of, or even all Users of the Services, depending on how and where this information was posted by you and with whom you have elected to share the posting or comment. You may edit or delete information in your Montreal Tips Profile at any time so that it is no longer accessible to the public.
    2. Invitations to Friends. If you use the Montreal Tips Services to invite a friend to join Montreal Tips or if you share a website with a friend, your friend’s email address will be stored. Montreal Tips stores this information so that we may send these messages and to improve our social sharing programs. Your friend may contact us to request that we remove this information from our database.
    3. Aggregate Information and Non-Identifying Information. We may share aggregated information that does not include Personal Information and we may otherwise disclose Non-Identifying Information and Log Data with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling, marketing, and other purposes relating to our Services. Any aggregated information shared in these contexts will not contain your Personal Information. We do not share Personal Information with advertisers.
    4. Service Providers. We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services, to provide the Services on our behalf, to perform site-related services (e.g., without limitation, maintenance services, database management, web analytics and improvement of the Services’ features) or to assist us in analyzing how our Services are used. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
    5. Business Transfers. If Montreal Tips or the assets of Montreal Tips are acquired by another company, we may transfer your information in connection with that acquisition or sale and the acquiring company will possess the information (including your Personal Information) collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations described in this Privacy Policy.
    6. Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement. We will access and disclose your Personal Information to government or law enforcement officials or private parties if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with relevant laws, to respond to valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order, to protect the property and rights of Montreal Tips or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical or legally actionable.
  6. HOW LONG WILL MONTREAL TIPS RETAIN INFORMATION? Unless there is a specific legal or regulatory requirement for us to keep information, we will retain it for no longer than is reasonably necessary for the purposes for which the data was collected or for which it is to be further processed.
  7. WHERE WILL INFORMATION BE COLLECTED AND STORED? Montreal Tips is located in Canada. Accordingly, Personal Information we collect may be transferred to and stored in our servers or those of third parties that act on our behalf (such as hosting providers) in the USA or other countries outside of the European Economic Area. By using the Services you agree to such collection, transfer and storage outside of the European Economic Area.
  8. HOW SECURE IS THE INFORMATION? You should be aware that while we take reasonable measures to maintain the security of your Personal Information, we are not able to fully eliminate all security risks or potential breaches, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
  9. WHAT IS THE POLICY TOWARDS CHILDREN? All users must be 18 years old or older. We do not knowingly gather Personal Information about Users who are under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us with said Personal Information; we will delete such information from our files.
  10. WHAT POLICIES APPLY TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS? Our provision within the Services of links or referrals to other websites, services or applications is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other websites, services or applications or their content. Links to other websites may also be posted or referred by Members. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content. This Privacy Policy does not govern your visit to these other websites, and your access is entirely at your own risk. These other websites, services and applications may set their own cookies on users, collect data, or solicit personal information. You should refer to any privacy policies found on such websites, services and applications to understand how your information may be collected and used. We no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.
  1. Montreal Tips, doesn’t make any profit from the site. All revenues are donated to local charities.