Privacy Policy - Kingston Poutine

Privacy Policy - Kingston Poutine

Last updated: January 2025

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Kingston Poutine Directory ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website kingstonpoutine.com.

Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the website includes:

Personal Data

We may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and telephone number when you voluntarily provide it to us. This occurs when you:

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the website.

Financial Data

We do not collect or store financial information such as credit card numbers. Any payment processing for featured listings or advertising is handled through secure third-party payment processors.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the website to help customize the website and improve your experience. When you access the website, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but this could affect the availability and functionality of the website.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use this information to improve our website and services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the site, not your name or other identifying information.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google may use cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

Affiliate Links

Our website contains affiliate links, including links to food delivery services (Uber Eats, Skip The Dishes, DoorDash, etc.). When you click on these links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. We disclose these affiliate relationships for transparency.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the website. These companies may use information about your visits to our website and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

Canadian Privacy Laws

As a Canadian website based in Ontario, we comply with applicable Canadian privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). If you are a Canadian resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under Canadian law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

This Privacy Policy applies to the Kingston Poutine Directory website and our documentation of poutine establishments in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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