Privacy Policy
Introduction and Scope
Insectcibus is committed to protecting personal information by following responsible information-handling practices in keeping with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), and other relevant privacy laws. This Privacy Policy governs our practices with respect to personal information we collect through the Insectcibus website. Personal information is any information recorded in any form that identifies or can identify an individual.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of April 1, 2021.
What Personal Information We Collect
Insectcibus is responsible for the personal information under our possession and control. Personal information is any information recorded in any form that identifies or can identify an individual. You can access and browse the Insectcibus website without disclosing your personal information.
As a general policy, no personal information is collected from our visitors. The only personal information we collect is the information that you volunteer. You may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, delivery address, phone number, and credit card information. You may provide us with your personal information:
-when you sign up to order products from us
-when you give us feedback, ask a question, or complete a survey and give us your email
-address to allow us to send you requested information
-when you sign up to receive an email bulletin
-when you sign up to receive social media updates
How We Use Your Personal Information
Insectcibus collects personal information for the following purposes:
-to provide products to you that you have purchased on our website
-to respond to any correspondence from you or inquiries you ask us
-to understand, research, and improve our services, including understanding survey data and user feedback
-for any other reasonable purposes for which you may have provided your express consent or in which your consent can be reasonably implied
Email mailing list subscriptions
When you subscribe to an email list from Insectcibus, you need to provide your name and an email address. This email address is used to deliver the mailing list messages to you, such as information about Insectcibus activities or projects, and information updates. Your email address will not be disclosed to any other mailing list subscriber, organization, website, or government agency. If you do not wish to hear about Insectcibus publications, activities or projects, you may unsubscribe at any time.
We respect your privacy and, unless otherwise required by law, we will not disclose your personal information without your prior consent. Your consent may be expressed or implied. For example, providing us with your email address to request information is implied consent to use your information to send you the requested information.
You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to reasonable notice. If you withdraw your consent, this will result in our being unable to give you certain services. In order to withdraw consent, you must provide notice to Insectcibus in writing, including through the unsubscribe link in our emails.
Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
We do not share or sell the personal information we collect. We will not disclose your personal information to anyone else without your prior knowledge or consent, except when required by a government body or agency, or as permitted by law. Insectcibus will not disclose, or transfer your personal information for any purpose other than those described above without first obtaining your consent, where such consent is not reasonably implied.
Insectcibus will retain Personal Information for only as long as required to fulfill the identified purposes or as required by law. Personal Information that is no longer required to fulfill the identified purposes will be destroyed or made anonymous according to the guidelines established by Insectcibus.
Information We Collect That Does Not Identify You
Insectcibus also collects information from you that is aggregated in such a way that it cannot be connected to you or any individual, and therefore is not considered personal information. This may include the following data we collect:
-device and browser type
-operating system
-the pages or features of the website that a visitor browsed
-the time spent on those pages or features
-the frequency with which the website is used by a visitor
-the links on the website that the user clicked on or used
-and other statistics
This information by itself or together cannot be tracked to a specific individual’s personally identifiable information.
How We Use Aggregated Information
In an ongoing effort to better understand the needs of our visitors so as to improve the Insectcibus website, we may use aggregated information to analyze user demographics and website usage behavior. This analysis may be used by Insectcibus for statistical purposes and to develop and enhance Insectcibus activities and services.
Use of cookies
A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from any website you are on to the hard drive of your computer so that the website may identify separate visitors to the site and track users’ activities on the website. A cookie will not give a website any personally identifiable information about you, such as your name and address. Insectcibus uses cookies only to keep track of how many people visit the website and how frequently each page is visited.
Specifically, cookies are used to:
-preserve and expire visitor sessions on the site (keeping visitors signed in after authenticating or saving data; and ending the session after a period of inactivity)
-store font size preferences on the site
-enable web analytic tools
Individual movements of users cannot be tracked while on the website. Insectcibus uses cookies to track page popularity only to be able to improve the quality of the site and meet your needs. We collect information about you only if you volunteer it.
Visitors who wish to opt out of cookies should review the help documentation for their browser software to decline or selectively decline cookies. Visitors can also regularly delete their browser and cookie history. Note that declining cookies may adversely impact site performance for you.
Google Analytics
The Insectcibus website uses Google Analytics to track website performance. Google Analytics uses persistent cookies to track things like visitor sessions, visitors across multiple sessions, and referral sources to the website. We also track the performance of promotional links to our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Insectcibus website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google. In compliance with the Google Analytics Terms of Service, at no time is personally identifiable information passed to Google Analytics. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Insectcibus website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. If you want to opt out of Google Analytics data collection, you should use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. However please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Insectcibus website. By using the website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Links on Our Website
The Insectcibus website provides links to other websites. Insectcibus is not responsible for the privacy policy of these websites or how personally identifiable information is collected, stored, and used. We encourage visitors to review each website’s privacy policy before disclosing any personally identifiable information.
Confidentiality and Security
Insectcibus maintains a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter ‘Submit’. We use a secure server. All supplied sensitive credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into a payment gateway database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such system.
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us at info@insectcibus.com.
General
Insectcibus reserves the right to modify and amend this privacy policy from time to time in its sole discretion without prior notice. Any amendment(s) will be posted on the website and will be effective as of the date of posting.
Reference
The content of this privacy policy was inspired by information published on the website of Steps to Justice, a project of Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) at https://www.cleo.on.ca/
Updated on March 9, 2021