D’GIS Group Privacy Policy
This personal
information and privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy “) was created on
September 21, 2016.
D’GIS Group Ltd. (“DGIS
Group “) considers matters relating to the protection of your personal
information and your privacy to be extremely important. In developing this
Privacy Policy, DGIS Group wants to assure you that DGIS Group has taken into
account your personal information and privacy.
DGIS Group encourages
you to review this Privacy Policy. DGIS Group has created and implemented this
Privacy Policy so that you understand how your personal information may be
utilized and disclosed and how it is protected.
By providing personal
information while using DGIS Group’s website ad apps (the “Websites and Apps
“) and while dealing with DGIS Group with knowledge of this Privacy Policy, we
will assume that you have consented to the collection and use of your personal information
in accordance with the terms set out in this Privacy Policy unless you advise
us otherwise.
Our Commitment
Except as otherwise
provided in this Privacy Policy, DGIS Group will not sell, rent, loan, trade,
lease, transfer or otherwise disclose your personal information, including
e-mail addresses, to any third party.
Amendments to this
Privacy Policy
DGIS Group may amend
this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a new privacy policy in place of
this one. These amendments may include, without limitation, adding to, deleting
from or modifying any of the provisions in this Privacy Policy. The amended
privacy policy shall automatically be effective when posted. Your continued use
of the Websites and Apps following the posting of the amended privacy policy
and the posting of such notice shall mean that you accept the terms of this
Privacy Policy as amended. If you do not agree with any of the terms or
conditions in the amended Privacy Policy then you agree to immediately cease
all use of the Websites and Apps and delete your account if you have one, which
shall be your sole recourse and remedy in the event you are dissatisfied with
the amended Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may not otherwise be amended.
The first paragraph of
this Privacy Policy indicates when the Privacy Policy was last amended. Please
check back regularly to review for changes.
Definitions
In this Privacy
Policy, the following term has the following meaning:
Personal Information
Made Anonymous
To the extent that we
make any of your personal information anonymous or we aggregate it with the
personal information of others, then that information will no longer be
considered to be personal information. Therefore, DGIS Group will be entitled
to use and disclose personal information in any manner that it desires provided
the personal information has been rendered anonymous or aggregated where that
information cannot be attributed to you.
Choosing to Provide
Personal Information
In using the Websites
and Apps and in dealing with us you will have the ability to control the amount
of personal information you are providing and therefore you may restrict the
disclosure of your personal information by not providing your personal
information to the Websites and Apps or use in the first place.
Consent
When we collect, use
your personal information we will generally obtain your consent. Most of the
time, we will obtain your consent before or at the same time we collect your
personal information. In some instances, however, we may seek your consent
after we have collected your personal information if we wish to make an
additional use of your personal information where we do not already have your
consent for that new use. This additional consent may be obtained through an
amendment to this Privacy Policy as provided above.
Depending on the
circumstances, your consent may be express or implied. Express consent would
arise if you specifically consented to a particular dealing in your personal
information. Express consent can be given orally, electronically or in writing.
Implied consent can be inferred from the circumstances. For example, if we
indicate that we may send certain information to your email address and then
you provide us with your email address, we would not normally obtain your
explicit consent to use your email address to send you that correspondence;
your consent would be implied in those circumstances.
We will assume your
consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information for a
particular purpose if you voluntarily provide the information for that purpose.
Privacy Policy as a
Means of Consent
In addition, certain
collection, and uses that we wish to make of your personal information are
specifically set out in this Privacy Policy. Be sure to review this Privacy
Policy since by providing your personal information to us we will assume that
you are consenting to the collection, and use of your personal information in
accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Opting In, Opting Out and Changing Consent
DGIS Group may, from
time to time, provide you with an opportunity to opt out of certain collection,
and uses of your personal information. At the same time, an implied consent to
collect or use your personal information would arise if you fail to indicate
that you wish to opt out of the particular collection, or use when you are
given an opportunity to do so.
As well, DGIS Group
may, from time to time, provide you with an opportunity to opt into certain
collection, and uses of your personal information. In that case, if you do not
opt-in, DGIS Group will assume that you do not consent to your personal
information being collected or used in that particular manner.
DGIS Group will
generally use an opt-out method when the particular use is not unusual, the
information is not particularly sensitive or when DGIS Group believes that most
people would likely consent to the particular use. DGIS Group will generally
use the opt-in method in other circumstances.
Changing Consent
You may change or
withdraw your consent at any time on reasonable notice by contacting our
Privacy Officer as set out below. If you withdraw certain consents, it may
limit the manner in which you can make use of the Website and to otherwise
interact with DGIS Group. For clarity, your ability to change or withdraw
consent is not absolute. DGIS Group reserves the right to continue handling
your personal information in those circumstances required or permitted by law
despite a change or withdrawal of consent.
Collection
We expect that most of
the personal information that we collect will be collected directly from you by
us. Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will obtain your
explicit or implied consent to collect your personal information. When
obtaining your consent, we will inform you of the uses that we wish to make of
your personal information unless those uses are readily apparent at the time we
collect the personal information or are set out in this Privacy Policy.
In some instances, we
may collect your personal information directly from a third party. In that
case, we will generally either obtain your consent to do so or we will require
that the third party confirm to us that they are entitled to disclose your
personal information to us.
Use
When we use your
personal information we will ensure that you had previously provided your
consent to that use or if you had not previously provided that consent, we will
then obtain your consent if that use is not set out in this Privacy Policy or
if that use was not readily apparent at the time we collected your personal
information.
Except as otherwise
provided in this Privacy Policy, we will obtain your explicit or implied
consent to use your personal information in a particular manner. Set out below
are certain circumstances where we may use your personal information without
obtaining your further consent. By providing your personal information to us,
we are assuming that you are consenting to these uses unless you inform us
otherwise. These are:
Except as otherwise
provided in this Privacy Policy, DGIS Group will not use your personal
information for any other purpose.
Disclosure
When we disclose your
personal information we will ensure that you had previously provided your
consent to that disclosure or if you had not previously provided that consent,
we will then obtain your consent if that disclosure is not set out in this
Privacy Policy or if that disclosure was not readily apparent at the time we
collected the personal information.
Except as otherwise
provided in this Privacy Policy, we will obtain your explicit or implied
consent prior to disclosing your personal information to a third party. Set out
below are certain circumstances where we may disclose your personal information
without obtaining your further consent. By providing your personal information
to us, we are assuming that you are consenting to these disclosures unless you
inform us otherwise. These are:
Use of the Websites
and Apps
In order to use some
of the features of DGIS Group’s website, DGIS Group may require that you
provide some personal information. DGIS Group may issue to you a unique “user
id” which you will be required to provide each time you use certain features
and services.
If you have a user id,
then DGIS Group may collect information about your use of the features and
services (whether or not you provide your user id each time) and DGIS Group may
associate this information with your other personal information.
Our web server
collects the domain names, IP addresses and the website activity of visitors.
This information is aggregated for the purposes of measuring the number of
visits, average time spent on the Website, pages viewed, and other similar
purposes. DGIS Group uses this information to measure the use of the Website
and to improve the content of the Website.
A technology called
cookies may be used on certain pages of the Websites and Apps. A cookie is a
tiny element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be
stored on your hard drive. Cookies allow us to track visitors to the Website so
we will know when they return. Cookies also allow us to provide the visitor
with tailored information and services based on their previous visits. Cookies
do not enable us to identify the visitor unless that visitor has previously
provided personal information during a visit. If your browser permits, you may
set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to reject cookies
altogether. (See the documentation provided with your Internet browser for more
information on cookies and how to disable them.)
Other Collection, Use
and Disclosure
DGIS Group may monitor
your use of the Websites and Apps to ensure the proper use and operation of the
Website and your compliance with the Terms of Use for the Website.
As well, the law
permits or requires the collection, use and disclosure of personal information
without the knowledge or consent of the individual in a number of
circumstances. We reserve the right to collect, use and disclose your personal
information in these circumstances without your knowledge or consent as the law
may permit or require.
Accuracy and
Completeness
When we collect and
use personal information, we will make a reasonable effort to ensure that it is
accurate, up to date and complete. To do so, we may need to request additional
information from you or have you verify your information. If your personal
information does change, we would appreciate it if you could inform us of those
changes in order that your personal information in our possession remains
accurate.
Retention and
Destruction
For legal and business
purposes we may retain your personal information for as long as it is
reasonably needed. Upon expiry of the appropriate retention period, bearing in
mind our reasonable legal and business requirements, your personal information
will either be destroyed in a secure manner or made anonymous. You should be
aware that there are legally required minimum retention periods, which DGIS Group
must and does observe.
Security of Personal
Information
DGIS Group recognizes
its obligation to protect personal information in its possession and will make
reasonable arrangements to secure that personal information against
unauthorized access. These measures will be reasonable in the circumstance and
may include providing access to only those individuals with a need to know the
information, locked doors and/or filing cabinets and other physical and
electronic security measures as well as contractual measures, such as
non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements.
Requests for Access to
Personal Information
On your written
request we will provide you with:
Requests Must be in
Writing
We require that all
requests for access be in writing and be signed by the requestor. We required
sufficient information and detail from the requestor in order to verify their
identity, properly locate the information and respond to the request.
Limits on Individual
Rights to Information
An individual’s
ability to access his or her personal information under our control is not
absolute. DGIS Group reserves all rights to not disclose personal information
in certain circumstances. For example, we may not disclose personal information
where:
Requests for
Correction of Personal Information
On request by you, we
will correct errors or omissions in your personal information where that
information is in our custody or control. We require that all such requests be
in writing and signed by you. We may require sufficient information and detail
from the individual in question in order to verify their identity, properly
locate the information and respond.
If you make such a
request, we will either:
Corrections or
amendments will rarely, if ever, be made to opinions, including expert or
professional opinions, as opposed to factual information, which may be
corrected if in error.
Limited Nature of this
Privacy Policy
Nothing contained in
this Privacy Policy is intended to create a contract or agreement between DGIS
Group and you and you may not rely on it as such.
Contacting or
Communicating with Us
If you:
please contact our
Privacy Officer at: contactus@dgisgroup.com