Barberstock is committed to protecting the privacy of people whose personal information is held through responsible information management practices. Any personal information provided to Barberstock is collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) as outlined below.
Personal information is recorded information about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes such things as an individual's name, address, e-mail address and phone number. Barberstock will collect personal information only for reasonable purposes and collect only as much as is reasonable for those purposes (i.e., Name and Email for login identification).
When visiting Barberstock to browse, read pages, or download files, we will gather and store certain information about the visit. The following information is automatically collected and stored:
Information collected automatically is used for purposes such as assessing system performance, improving web services and web site management. Barberstock does not use this data to determine your identity.
Personal information collected, used, disclosed and retained by Barberstock is done so within the requirements of Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) or other relevant legislation. Personal information will only be used by authorized staff to fulfill the purpose for which it was originally collected, or for a use consistent with that purpose unless you expressly consent otherwise. We do not disclose your information to other public or private bodies or individuals, period.
If you believe that your personal information is being used for a purpose other than what was intended please direct your inquiries to the following contacts.
info@barberstock.com
Barberstock is obligated to protect your personal information by making reasonable security arrangements against such risks as unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure or disposal. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day operating practices as part of Barberstock’s continuing commitment to the protection of personal information it holds.
The length of retention will vary in relation to the nature of the service. Inactive accounts are retained to facilitate convenient reactivation of services for 1 year, although accounts can be deleted at any time.
You can review any personal information collected about you by emailing HYPERLINK "mailto:privacy@barberstock.ca" privacy@barberstock.ca.
Visitors should be aware that Barberstock may include links to web sites operated by government agencies, non-profit organizations and private businesses. When you link to another site, this privacy policy will not apply, however, you may be subject to the privacy policy of that new site, if one exists. Barberstock is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.
A cookie is a small file stored on your computer by your web browser when using some internet sites. Cookies can also store personal information such as your login name. Persistent cookies can use this type of personal information to identify you whenever you access a web site. Sessional cookies are used to help you move around our web site and do not store personal information. Sessional cookies are valid only during the time you are actually using the web site.
Barberstock does not use persistent cookies (which may store personal information) but may use session cookies (which do not store personal information).
For more information about the PIPA, visit: http://www.oipcbc.org/sector_private/resources/org_responsibilities.htm