Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. (“Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd.”) has established this Privacy Policy to explain how it protects and manages the personal information that it collects from you (the customer) online.
Consent for Collection, Use and Disclosure
Your use of the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. site and/or your registration for products and services constitute your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. site.
A customer may withdraw his or her consent for collection, use and disclosure at any time by sending an email. Please make sure you tell us what Email address to unsubscribe and put the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line. Note that, if you do, Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. may suspend its provision of products and services to you. When you unsubscribe, if you fall within the guarantee period for any Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. product and you request a refund, the guarantee will be honored.
Accountability
Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. collects, at the time of your registration and your sign-on to its web site, certain “personal information” (information that personally identifies you) including but not limited to your name, email address, home or work address, telephone number, and information about your computer hardware and software (e.g., IP address, operating system, browser type, domain name, URL, access times, and referring web site addresses).
Purposes for Collecting Personal Information
Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. collects and uses personal information for the following Identified Purposes:
- to understand customer needs regarding Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. ’s services;
- to develop and provide our web site and our products and services for our customers;
- to fulfill your requests for products, services or information;
- to communicate with customers and site visitors, when necessary, and to inform customers of upgrades, as well as of other products and services available from Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd., its affiliates and third parties;
- to allow customers to access limited-entry areas of Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. ’s site;
- to personalize some of our services and products for you and to deliver targeted advertisements and offers from Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. and third parties;
- to bill accounts and maintain payment records;
- to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government request;
- to respond to a legitimate claim, or to address our reasonable belief, that you are violating the rights of any third party or any of the agreements or policies that govern your use of the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. site or any product or service;
- to protect the services, products or rights of Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd., including but not limited to the security or integrity of the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. site; and
- to identify and resolve technical problems concerning Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd.’s site, products and services.
Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. also uses personal information in an aggregate form (i.e., not individually attributable to you) for its business analysis, operational, marketing and other promotional purposes.
If we hire other companies to provide some products or services on our behalf, then we will only provide those companies the personal information they need for the Identified Purposes, and we will limit their rights to use and further disclose your personal information as appropriate in the course of their work for us.
Limiting the Collection of Personal Information
Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. limits its collection of personal information to only that information which is necessary for the Identified Purposes. Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. does not direct its site to, nor does it knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of thirteen.
When you visit the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. web site, a cookie may be placed on your computer or the cookie may be read if you have visited the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. site previously. If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. web site, you may not be able to view all the text on the screens, or to experience a personalised visit, or to subscribe to certain service and product offerings on the Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. site.
Disclosure, Processing and Retention
Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. does not sell, rent or disclose your personal information to anyone else, except:
- to someone you have designated to act as your agent, for one or more of the Identified Purposes (listed in Section 2, above);
- to Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, affiliates, consultants, business associates, service providers, suppliers and agents, acting on Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. ’s behalf for any of the Identified Purposes;
- as necessary if Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. has reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. ‘s rights or property, other users of Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. ’s web site, products or services, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities; and
- 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, or otherwise as required by law.
In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we or our affiliates may sell or buy other businesses or entities, or we may merge with another company. In such transactions, personal information may be one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
Your information may be stored and processed in the Canada or the United States, or in any other country in which Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities. By using this web site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
After your account becomes inactive (that is, if you request to be removed from our database), Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. will keep your personal information in its archives. Your information will then be used only as necessary for tax reasons or to prove Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. ’s compliance with any applicable law.
Accuracy of Personal Information
Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. will use reasonable efforts to keep customer personal information accurate for the Identified Purposes, and for minimizing the possibility of making inappropriate customer decisions based on such information. Customers are responsible for informing Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. about changes to their personal information. You can do this by calling 705-835-6644 or sending an email. Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. will use new or updated personal information it receives from customers to update its own records.
Access to Personal Information
Hillsdale
Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. will afford you a reasonable opportunity to review
the personal information in your file, if you so request by calling 705-835-6644
or writing to:
Hillsdale
Truck and Auto Supply Ltd.
4572 Penetanguishene Rd.
Hillsdale ON, L0L
1V0
If Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. is not able to provide access to some aspect of a customer’s personal information, it will provide reasons for denying access such as; that by doing so would likely reveal personal information about a third party, or that it is confidential commercial information or attorney–client privileged communications, or that the information relates to a breach of an agreement or a contravention of law, or that its disclosure could reasonably be expected to threaten the life or security of another individual.
Customers have the right to request that inaccurate or incomplete information be amended as appropriate, by contacting Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. or the Privacy Officer as described above. Hillsdale Truck and Auto Supply Ltd. will promptly correct such personal information.