This document was last updated on May 5, 2020
This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which 9209-5256 Quebec Inc. DBA LinkNow Media, collects, uses, maintains and discloses personal information collected with respect to the products and services that LinkNow offers, including with respect to users (each, a "User") of the https://www.linknow.com website ("Site") as well as all who communicate with LinkNow by phone, text, email or in person. LinkNow Media handles personal information only in compliance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
LinkNow Media is not established in the European Union and does not offer services to or target the offering of services to European data subjects.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, Personal Information means any information about an identifiable individual, in accordance with applicable privacy laws; however Personal Information does not include the business contact details of an employee or representative of an organization, where used to contact that person in connection with their business role. Aggregated or anonymous information, which does not identify an individual, is not considered to be Personal Information.
This Privacy Policy contains important information on our commitment to the protection of your Personal Information, including:
By visiting the Site, registering for the Site, receiving the Services, communicating with our customer care team, participating in a contest or promotion or otherwise providing us with your Personal Information, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read this Privacy policy carefully, and to watch for and read any updates that might be made from time to time, as explained below in Changes. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site, products or services. Your continued use of the Site, products or services following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of any such changes.
This Privacy Policy should be read together with the Terms and Conditions of service
We may collect personal identification information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit the Site, contact us, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, through third party list brokers and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available, on the site, over the phone, by various messaging apps or in person. You may be asked for, as appropriate, for a range of Personal Information, including name, email address, mailing address, phone number and credit card information. Users may, however, visit the Site anonymously and Users can always refuse to provide personal identification information. Users must however note when visiting the Site anonymously or when refusing to provide certain required information, they may be unable to use certain features of the Site or same may not function properly.
We may also collect Personal Information that may be generated by your registration, participation or use of the Site and/or our Services. As explained below, under Website Usage, we may also collect certain information respecting your use of our Site, such as links clicked through and pages viewed.
LinkNow Media generally collects your Personal Information to provide you with its products and services, including allowing you to customize the Site to your preferences. More specifically, we may collect and use Users Personal Information for the following purposes:
As permitted by law, we may also collect, use and disclose some of your Personal Information for purposes not directly connected to your use of the Site or receipt of our products and services, as outlined below. In some cases, you may choose not to participate in such activities, or not to provide us with your Personal Information. In other cases, you may opt-out of the use of your Personal Information for secondary purposes by contacting us, as set out below under Contact. For completeness, we also note below a number of practices that involve only the collection and use of aggregated information.
LinkNow Media uses the above technologies to allow for user preferences, to better understand our business and users, to determine repeat visitors, validate orders, and detect and prevent fraudulent activity. By using IP addresses to approximate geographic location (to a city level), we can determine which privacy policy and terms and conditions to display to you, approximate time zone, and better understand the locations of our customer base . LinkNow Media will not make any attempt to identify Users according to their browsing activity through such records.
LinkNow Media may, from time to time, share Personal Information with third parties that we engage to provide services on our behalf, such as, payment processing, web design and technical support. We will share with such service providers only the Personal Information that is reasonably necessary for the purpose or service for which the service provider is engaged. We will also use contractual and other means to provide a comparable level of protection while the information is being processed by such service providers, including requiring that any Personal Information that we share be used solely to provide us with the specific service for which they were engaged, and for no other purpose. You can obtain more information about our policies and practices with respect to the use of Personal Information by third party service providers by contacting us as described below, under Contact.
We do not sell, trade, or rent Personal Information to others without your consent. We may share business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any Personal Information regarding visitors and users.
We may share or transfer your Personal Information where reasonably required in the context of a sale, merger or amalgamation of all or part of our business, or the insurance of securitization of our assets. In any such case, the recipient parties will be contractually required to keep the information confidential and use it only for the purposes of the transaction, or proposed transaction, in question. In the event a business transaction is affected, assignees or successors of LinkNow Media or our business or assets, or those of our affiliated entities, may use and disclose Personal Information only for the purposes as set out this Privacy Policy, unless further consent is obtained.
LinkNow Media may also disclose Personal Information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, or protect anyone’s rights, property, or safety, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
We may also share your Personal Information with law enforcement, national security agencies or other governmental officials, as required or permitted by law, such as in response to a court order or a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity.
We maintain reasonable data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures designed to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site that are in conformity with industry’s standards for the protection of sensitive information. Our security safeguards include organizational, physical and electronic measures.
Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures. While LinkNow Media employs these advanced techniques when interfacing with its Users and customers, third party service providers and other partners, you should be aware that there is a residual risk in transmitting any data electronically. This risk is inherent in all Internet dealings.
We will retain your Personal Information for only so long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, and for such periods of time as may be required to comply with applicable law.
When your Personal Information is no longer required, we will make all reasonable efforts to ensure all electronic and hard copies of such information are securely destroyed and irreversibly deleted from our systems. However, where your information has been provided to third parties for certain purposes, such as payment processing, these third parties, such as payment processors and financial institutions, may retain the information according to their own retention policies.
Your Personal Information may be stored or processed by LinkNow Media or Third-Party Service Providers outside of your home country, where it may be subject to the legal requirements of the foreign country in which it is stored or processed.
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our Site from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Please contact us if your details change or if you believe the information we have about you is not accurate or complete.
LinkNow Media has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
As required by applicable privacy law in your jurisdiction, we will, on request, provide you with reasonable opportunity to access the Personal Information about you that we retain, and, as appropriate, have it corrected or updated. All such requests must be received in writing. We will make the information available within the time frame required by your jurisdiction, or provide written notice of extension, where additional time is required to fulfill the request.
Please note that your right to access your Personal Information may be limited by applicable privacy laws, such as where a record contains both your Personal Information and that of another party. In order to verify your identity, we may also request that you provide certain Personal Information to us to match against our records.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of LinkNow Media, or you would like to access your Personal Information, please contact us at:
LinkNow Media
https://www.linknow.com
4700 Rue de la Savane Suite 210
Montreal Qc H4P 1T7
888.667.7186
privacy@linknowmedia.com