Privacy Policy
1286731 Ontario Ltd (PaintWorks) PRIVACY POLICY
Your right to privacy is very important. 1286731 Ontario Ltd
("PaintWorks") recognizes that when you choose to provide us with
information about yourself, you trust us to act responsibly. That's why we have
prepared this Privacy Policy to describe the types of personal and non-personal
information we collect through our various Web sites (collectively, "Web
Sites") and through our other business functions, how we use and protect
such information, and to whom and under what circumstances we disclose such
information. Below is a summary of our Privacy Policy. By using our Web Sites
and by disclosing information to us in furtherance of our business relationship,
you signify your assent o this Privacy Policy to the Web Sites' Terms of Use
when using our Web Sites. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy
Policy or our Web Sites' Terms of Use, please do not use our Web Sites or
disclose your personal information to us.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT
Personal Information
In general, 1286731 Ontario Ltd collects personal information from you when you
voluntarily provide it to us by (1) registering on any of our Web Sites; (2)
signing up to enter a promotion, participate in an event or survey, receive
newsletters or other literature; (3) making product, project, or service
inquiries; and (4) contacting us (including our webmaster, customer service
representatives, or other employees) by e-mail or (5) providing other personal
information to us in furtherance of our business relationship. In connection
with these activities, we may collect personal information from you, including,
but not limited to, your name, physical address, e-mail address, age, gender,
telephone number, fax number, user name and/or password associated with the use
of any of our Web Sites or web portal's), occupation, company name, name of
position within company, whether you are a customer, your primary field of
expertise, the type of product/service you are seeking, the type of project you
are or will be working on, the time frame for starting your project, where you
typically shop for paint and coatings products, the number of paint/coatings
products you purchased in the past year, how you heard about us, or other
information necessary to conduct business with you.
Non-personal information
As part of the standard operation of our Web Sites, we may collect/obtain
certain non-personal information from you including, but not limited to, your
browser type (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer), operating system (e.g.,
Windows or Macintosh), Internet service provider, IP address, web sites visited,
and the domain name from which you accessed the Web Sites (e.g., www.google.com).
In addition, we may collect information about your browsing behavior, such as
the date and time you visit our Web Sites, the areas or pages of our Web Sites
that you visit, the amount of time spent viewing our Web Sites, the number of
times you return to our Web Sites, and other click-stream data. We may use
cookies to collect this information, which may be combined with your personal
information. A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on the hard drive
of your computer which enable us to recognize your computer when you return to
our Web Sites. You are always free to decline cookies, but in doing so you may
not be able to use certain features on our Web Sites. The "help"
segment of the toolbar on most browsers explains how to configure a browser to
not accept new cookies, how to have the browser inform a user when they receive
a new cookie, and how to erase cookies from a computer's hard drive.
We may use web beacons to assist us in understanding how visitors to our Web
Sites use such sites and/or to collect information regarding users activities on
the web. We may utilize the services of a third party to collect such
information for us.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We may use the information we collect from you for any of the following
purposes: (1) to facilitate your use of our Web Sites and better understand your
needs; (2) to fulfill your requests for information about certain products,
services, and projects; (3) to send you information, promotional materials, and
offers from our company as well as from our subsidiaries and affiliates; (4) to
contact visitors to our Web Sites when necessary; (5) to help address problems
with our Web Sites; (6) to administer our Web Sites; (7) to conduct internal
reviews of our Web Sites (e.g., to determine the number of visitors to specific
pages within the site); (8) to help us better understand visitors' use of our
Web Sites; (9) to protect the security or integrity of our Web Sites; (10) to
conduct business with you (including obtaining and disclosing credit and billing
information and reporting); and (11) for such other purposes provided in this
Privacy Policy. Non-personal information will be used for these purposes as well
to monitor our Web Sites and provide a greater online experience for our
visitors.
WILL WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
1286731 Ontario Ltd may transfer or otherwise disclose information collected
from you to the following entities for the following purposes: (1) to
Sherwin-Williams' employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, affiliates,
consultants, business associates, service providers, and suppliers, if the
disclosure will enable that entity to perform a business, professional, or
technical support function for 1286731 Ontario Ltd.; (2) to employees,
independent contractors, service providers, and suppliers of 1286731 Ontario
Ltd. to fulfill a product or service request; and (3) to respond to judicial
process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection
with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law.
In addition and subject to your consent, we may disclose such information to our
third party marketing or service providers who may use such information in their
business operations or who may contact you with information they feel may be
useful to you. By providing information to us, you consent to your receipt from
us and/or from any of our third party marketing or service providers of
information and data we believe may be of interest to you.
DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN?
We do not direct our Web Sites to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal
information from, children under the age of 13.
DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVER PRACTICES ON THIRD PARTY WEB SITES?
Our Web Sites may contain links to other third party Web sites (such as those of
our marketing partners), which may have privacy policies that differ from our
own. We are not responsible for the activities and practices that take place on
these Web sites. Accordingly, we recommend that you review the privacy policy
posted on any Web site that you may access through our Web Sites.
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR INFORMATION IN THE EVENT OF UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES?
In the event that 1286731 Ontario Ltd or any of its assets are acquired by a
third party, personal information acquired by us may be one of the assets
transferred.
WILL THERE BE CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN THE FUTURE?
Privacy laws and guidelines are part of a constantly changing environment. We
reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions
of this Privacy Policy at any time. We recommend that you revisit this Privacy
Policy periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current privacy
practices. Your continued use of our services following any changes signifies
your acceptance of these changes.
CAN I ACCESS MY INFORMATION?
If you would like to access or change any contact information you have provided
to us, please contact us at info@paintworks.org
HOW CAN I CONTACT PAINTWORKS?
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us
at info@paintworks.org
or The Privacy Commissioner at 1-800-828-1376 or at http://www.privcom.gc.ca