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Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. (”We”, ”Us” or ”Our”) operates https://www.foundationsnaturopathic.ca (“Our Website”).

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use Our Website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

 

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve Our Website. By using Our Website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

 

 

1. Interpretation and Definitions

 

1.1 Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.​

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1.2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Our website refers to the https://www.foundationsnaturopathic.ca website operated by Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc.

• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

• Device means any device that can access Our Website such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. to facilitate Our Website, to provide Our Website on behalf of Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc., to perform services related to Our Website or to assist Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. in analyzing how Our Website is used.

• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of Our Website or from Our Website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• You, Your means the individual accessing or using Our Website, or Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc., or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using Our Website, as applicable.

 

 

2. Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

 

2.1 Types of Data Collected

2.1.1 Personal Data

While using Our Website, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address

• Name

• Phone number

• Cookies and Usage Data

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2.1.2 Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using Our Website.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Website that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access Our Website by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Website or when You access Our Website by or through a mobile device.​

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2.2 Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used may include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Website. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Website. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, Our Website may use Cookies.

• Web Beacons. Certain sections of Our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc., for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

 

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies and how they are used on Our Website in this article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Essential Cookies

• Type: Session Cookies

• Administered by: Us

• Purpose: These cookies are essential for maintaining the security, stability, and effectiveness of our systems, as well as tracking the originating system for site rendering and facilitating user logins.

​Essential Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

• Type: Persistent Cookies

• Administered by: Us

• Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.​

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2.3 Use of Your Personal Data

Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain Our Website, including to monitor the usage of Our Website.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about Our Website users is among the assets transferred.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve Our Website, products, services, marketing and your experience.​

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2.4 Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate Our Website (“Service Providers”), to provide Our Website on our behalf, to perform Our Website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how Our Website is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

• Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Website.

 

• Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of Our Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on Our Website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en​

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2.5 Retention of Your Personal Data

Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. may retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Website, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.​

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2.6 Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy Statement followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization, province, or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.​

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2.7 Disclosure of Your Personal Data

2.7.1 Business Transactions

If Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

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2.7.2 Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

 

2.7.3 Other legal requirements

Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc. may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation

• Protect and defend the rights or property of Foundations Naturopathic Health, Inc.

• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with Our Website

• Protect the personal safety of Users of Our Website or the public

• Protect against legal liability

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2.7.4 Other purpose

We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.​

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2.8 Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.​

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2.9 Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Website may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within Our Website.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

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3. Children’s Privacy

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Our Website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and there is a country or provincial requirement for consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

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4. Links to Other Websites

 

Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

 

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5. Changes to this Privacy Policy

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We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page. We will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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6. Contact Us

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: hello@foundationsnaturopathic.ca

• By phone number: 604-515-1840