This privacy policy ("Policy") describes how sizedoesntmatter.ca in Canada ("Company", "we" and "our") procedures, collects, uses and shares personal data when using this site (the "Site"). Please read the following information carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and the way we'll process data.
We collect information about you in a range of forms, including personal data. As used in this Policy," personal data" is as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation, this includes any information that, either alone or in combination with other information we process about you, identifies you as an individual, including, as an example, your name, postal address, email address and phone number.
We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We need certain personal data in order to provide you with access to the Site. If you registered with us, you would have been asked to tick to agree to provide this information so as to access our services, purchase our products, or see our content. This approval provides us with the legal foundation we need under applicable law to process your information. You keep the right to withdraw such consent at any time. If you don't agree to our use of your personal data in line with this Policy, please do not use our Site.
We collect information about you in the following ways:
Our Site includes interfaces that permit you to get in touch with social networking sites (each a"SNS"). If you connect to an SNS through our Site, you authorize us to access, use and store the information that you agreed the SNS could provide to us according to your settings on that SNS. We will access, use and store that information in accordance with this Policy. You can reverse our access to the information that you supply in this way at any time by amending the appropriate settings from within your account settings on the applicable SNS.
We automatically log information about you and your personal computer or mobile device when you access our Site. By way of example, when visiting our Site, we log your computer or mobile device operating system name and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, browser language, screen resolution, the site you visited before browsing to our Site, pages you've viewed, how long you spent on a webpage, access times and data about your use of and activities on our Site. We collect this information about you using cookies.
We don't use your personal data for the purposes of automatic decision-making. However, we may do so in order to fulfill obligations imposed by legislation, in which case we'll inform you of any such processing and offer you a chance to object.
We may collect information using "cookies."Cookies are small data files stored on the hard disk of your computer or mobile device by a site. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your internet browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your computer or mobile device until you delete them) to supply you with a more interactive and personal experience on the Site.
We use two broad categories of cookies: (1) first-party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device, which can be used only by us to recognize your computer or mobile device when it revisits our Site; and (2) third-party cookies, which are served by service providers on our Site, and may be used by such service providers to recognize your computer or mobile device when it visits other sites.
Our Site uses the following types of cookies for the purposes set out below:
| Type of cookie | Purpose |
Essential Cookies |
These cookies are crucial to provide you with services accessible through our Site and to let you use some of its features. By way of example, they allow you to log into secure areas of the Site and assist the content of the pages you request load quickly. With no cookies, the services that you have asked for can't be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with these services. |
Functionality Cookies |
These cookies allow our Site to remember choices you make when you use our Site, such as remembering your language preferences, remembering your login information and remembering the modifications you make to other parts of our Site which you may customize. The objective of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences each time you visit our Site. |
Analytics and Performance Cookies |
These cookies are used to collect information regarding visitors to our Site and how users use our Site. The information gathered doesn't identify any individual visitor. It includes the amount of visitors to our Site, the sites that referred them to our Site, the pages they visited on our Site, what time of day they visited our Site, whether they've visited our Site before, and other similar information. We use this information to help operate our Site more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information and to track the level of activity on the Site. We use Matomo for this function. Matomo uses its own cookies. It is only utilized to improve how our Site works. You can discover more about how Matomo protects your information here: https://matomo.org/privacy/. |
Targeted and advertising cookies |
These cookies track your surfing habits to enable us to show advertising that's more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies use information about your surfing history to group you with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with our consent, third party advertisers can place cookies to allow them to show adverts which we believe will be relevant to your interests while you are on third party sites. You may disable cookies which remember your browsing habits and target advertising at you by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices. If you choose to remove targeted or advertising cookies, you will still see ads, but they might not be applicable to you. Even in case you do decide to remove cookies by the companies listed in the above link, not all companies that function online behavioral advertisements are included in this listing, which means you may still receive some cookies and tailored ads from companies which aren't listed. |
Social Media Cookies |
These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or"like" button on our Site or you join your account or participate with our content on or through a social networking site such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this. |
You may typically remove or reject cookies via your browser settings. In order to do so, follow the directions provided by your browser (usually located within the"settings,""help""tools" or"edit" facility). Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings.
If you don't accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our Site. For example, we might be unable to recognize your computer or mobile device, and you may want to log in every time you visit our Site.
We may use other companies to serve third-party advertisements when you visit and use the Site. These companies may collect and use click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of ads clicked or clicked over during your visits to the Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of interest to you. These firms typically use tracking technologies to collect this information. Other companies' use of their tracking technologies is subject to their own privacy policies.
We may use your personal data as follows:
We may share your personal data as follows:
You may share personal data with us when you publish user-generated articles to our Site, including through our rewards program, forums, message boards and blogs on our Site. Please note that any information you disclose or post on our Site will become public information, and will be accessible to other users of our Site and the general public. We urge you to be very careful when deciding to disclose your personal information, or any other information, on our Site. Such personal data and other information will not be confidential or confidential once it is published on our Site.
If you provide feedback to us, we may use and disclose such feedback on our Site, provided we don't associate such opinions with your personal data. If you have given your consent to do so, we may post your first and last name along with your comments on our Site. We'll collect any information contained in such feedback and will treat the personal data in it in accordance with this Policy.
Your information, including personal data that we gather from you, may be transferred to, stored at and processed by us outside the country where you live, where data security and privacy regulations may not provide the same level of protection as in other parts of the world. By accepting this Policy, you agree to this move, processing or leasing. We will take all measures reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.
We attempt to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect personal data within our business. Unfortunately, no storage or transmission system can be guaranteed to be totally secure, and the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. If you have reason to think that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the safety of any account you could have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the issue by contacting us.
We will only retain your personal data so long reasonably required that you use the Site until you close your account/cancel your subscription unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law (such as for regulatory purposes).
Our Site is/are not directed to children under 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us. We'll delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. In your request, please make clear: (I) what personal data is concerned; and (ii) that of the above rights you would like to enforce. For your security, we may only implement requests concerning the private data related to the specific email address which you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will attempt to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case, within one month of your request. Please note that we might have to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to finish any transactions that you started prior to requesting such change or deletion.
We are dedicated to resolving any complaints about our collection or use of your personal data. If you would like to make a complaint regarding this Policy or our practices in relation to your personal data, please contact us through the information listed on our website. We will respond to your complaint as soon as we can and in any event, within 30 days. We hope to solve any complaint brought to our attention, but if you feel that your complaint hasn't been adequately resolved, you reserve the right to contact the local data protection supervisory authority.
We welcome your comments or queries about this Policy. You may contact us in writing or via our site.