Privacy Policy: CETEC Group Inc.
CETEC Group Inc. operates a website, found at cetecgroup.ca; operates several Facebook pages and groups; delivers newsletters and other content via email; and makes the same or similar content available to mobile users. Our Privacy Policy applies when you use any of these Services. It describes the kinds of information we may gather when you use the Services, how we use your information, when we might disclose your information, and how you can manage your information.
Our policy does not apply to websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we may link or who may link to us. We are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third party websites.
By using our Services, you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Policy, including our use of cookies and similar online tools. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Services.
What information do we gather about you?
The information we gather falls into two categories:
Personal information you voluntarily supply when you subscribe, order, complete a survey, or provide your email address and
Tracking information collected as you navigate through our site.
Paid Products and Services
While our website is free, we do sell products such as lighting and audio equipment and third party manufacturer services. To enable the purchase of these and other products, we collect and store billing information. This information will only be shared with third parties who perform tasks required to complete the transaction. Examples of this include fulfilling orders and processing credit card payments.
Reader Surveys, Reader Panels and Market Research
CETEC Group Inc. may collect personal information from readers in connection with voluntary surveys. Data may be collected on our website, on the phone, or via email. Readers are primarily contacted via email, with links to online surveys, but may occasionally be contacted by telephone or mail. All survey data is reported and/or used in aggregate form only, and no personally identifiable information is released.
Aggregate Information Collected Through Technology
Cookies and Other Technologies
As is standard practice on many websites, CETEC Group Inc. uses “cookies” and other technologies for legitimate interests to recognize you to help us understand which parts of our website are the most popular, where our visitors are going and how much time they spend there. We use Google analytics to do some of this collection. We reserve the right to change the vendors who provide us with usage data. You have the option to opt-out of Google Analytics cookies altogether here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en .
IP Addresses
We use the IP address log in an aggregate fashion to track access to our site. Log data is used in aggregate to analyze usage of our website.
What do we do with the information we gather about you?
Statistical Analysis
CETEC Group Inc. may perform statistical, demographic and marketing analyses of subscribers, and their subscribing and purchasing patterns, for marketing and customer service purposes
Email Newsletters
If you choose to receive them, CETEC Group Inc. will periodically send you email newsletters.
CETEC Group Inc. complies fully with the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. We will not share, sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your email address. If you feel you have received an email from us in error, please contact marketing@cetecgroup.ca.
Email Promotions
If you provide your email address as a customer or newsletter subscriber, CETEC Group Inc. reserves the right to send you promotional emails about products and services offered by CETEC Group Inc., fundraising campaigns, and occasional events that CETEC Group Inc. participates in. You may opt out of these emails at any time.
Account and Service-Related Email
CETEC Group Inc. reserves the right to send you email relating to your account status. This includes order confirmations, renewal/expiration notices, notices of account problems, other transactional emails and notifications about major changes to our website and/or to our Privacy Policy. If you would like to stop all communications from CETEC Group Inc. please email custo marketing@cetecgroup.ca with your name, address, and, if you get the magazine, your subscriber number (found on the mailing label of your magazine), and request that we hold all contact. If you have registered for online discussions or other services, you may receive email specific to your participation in those activities.
Survey Email
We may send you an email inviting you to participate in user surveys. User surveys greatly help us to improve our Web site and magazine and any information we obtain in such surveys will not be shared with third parties.
Emails From You
If you send us email, you should be aware that information disclosed in email may not be secure or encrypted and thus may be available to others. We suggest that you exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal or confidential information via email. Please do not send credit card information via email. This is better conveyed via a secure form on our website or over the phone to our Customer Service representatives. We will use your email address to respond directly to your questions or comments.
Email This Article Feature
CETEC Group Inc. readers may use this feature to send links to articles to others through email. The email address(es) that you supply to this service will only be used to send the requested article
With whom do we share the information we gathered?
CETEC Group Inc. will not sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your email address without your permission.
If you are a print subscriber to CETEC Group Inc. and subscribed either by mail, phone or online, we may exchange or rent your name and mailing address (but not your email address) with other like-minded organizations through direct mail. If you prefer that we do not share this information, you may opt-out at any time—see opt-out instructions below under “Print Promotions.”
Service Providers
We contract with other companies to provide services on our behalf, including credit-card and billing processing, shipping, website analytics, and for remarketing or to advertise CETEC Group Inc. products across the internet. We provide these companies only with the information they need to perform their services. These service providers are restricted from using this data in any way other than to provide services for CETEC Group Inc. and they may not share or resell this data.
How to opt out from receiving newsletters and promotional offers
Email Newsletters
CETEC Group Inc. offers several email newsletters. If you no longer wish to receive a newsletter, click the “unsubscribe” link located near the bottom of each newsletter. Clicking this link will instantly opt you out of all CETEC Group Inc. emails, but you will be presented with the option of re-subscribing to any newsletters or communications that you still wish to receive. If you take no action, you will stay unsubscribed from everything.
Email Promotions
If, at any time, you prefer not to receive marketing or fundraising emails from us, click the “unsubscribe” link located near the bottom of one of these emails. Clicking this link will instantly opt you out of all CETEC Group Inc. emails, but you will be presented with the option of re-subscribing to any newsletters or communications that you still wish to receive. If you take no action, you will stay unsubscribed from everything.
Opting out of email newsletters and/or promotions will not limit regular business communications.
If you experience difficulty with the unsubscribe process, feel free to contact us at marketing@cetecgroup.ca and provide your email address along with the name/type of the emails from which you would like to unsubscribe.
Is your information protected?
Data Security
We use reasonable precautions to protect our users’ personal information and to store it securely. Sensitive information that is transmitted to us online (such as a credit card number) is 256-bit encrypted and is transmitted to us securely. If you are not comfortable sending your credit card information over the Internet, please call the CETEC Group Inc. office (1-888-759-1170), or print the page and FAX (1-416-907-3433) or mail it to us. (1400 Walkers Point Road, Unit 2, Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1R2)
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. To further protect your data, we recommend that you use complex passwords for your accounts with us and for accounts with third parties that you link to any of your accounts with us. Please do not use the same passwords you use for your account with us for other services or share your password with unauthorized people. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contact Us” section below.
Data Retention
How Long We Keep Your Information For: We keep your information for no longer than is necessary. We will retain your information for any period required by law. Where we are not under a legal obligation to retain your information, we will determine what is necessary by reference to the lawful basis for processing set out above and our legitimate interests.
If you have any questions about how long we keep your information, please contact us.
Users in the EEA and Switzerland
If you are a resident of the EEA or Switzerland, the following information applies with respect to personal data collected through your use of our Services.
Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing: We process personal data consistent with our disclosures in this Privacy Policy. We process personal data on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to perform our agreement to provide Services (such as when you become a Subscriber); and (3) as necessary for our legitimate interests in providing the Services where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms related to data privacy.
Transfers: Personal data we collect may be transferred to, and stored and processed in, the United States or any other country in which we or our affiliates or processors maintain facilities. We will ensure that transfers of personal data to a third country or an international organization are subject to appropriate safeguards.
Your Rights: You are entitled to the rights under Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation or Section 2 of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection with respect to the processing of your personal data, which include the right to access and correct and to request erasure of personal data. To exercise these rights, contact marketing@cetecgroup.ca and provide as complete a description of your request as possible.
Who We Are: Contact Us
CETEC Group Inc.
1400 Walkers Point Road
Unit 2
Gravenhurst ON
P1P 1R2
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. Any such changes will be posted on this page so you should check here from time to time.