PRIVACY POLICY

Effective as of January 1, 2020, Codemark Corporation has an updated Privacy Policy.

Your privacy is of utmost important to us. It is Codemark Corporation’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you through our website, www.codemark.ca, and through the products and services we provide. Please read this document carefully before using www.codemark.ca, or any of Codemark Corporation products and/or services.

This privacy policy (together with our TERMS OF SERVICE and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis by which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed.

WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?
‘Personal Data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Personal Data we collect is explicitly stated below.

WHAT IS ‘PROCESSING’ OF PERSONAL DATA?
This can include a large number of actions. In simplified terms, processing your personal data means any use we make of it, whether we collect it in a database, store it somewhere or send it to someone else. You can see how we process your data below in the section ‘WHAT WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FOR‘.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect and process the following data about you:

(i) PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • First and Last Names
  • E-Mail Address
  • Social Media Profile(s)
  • Residential Address
  • Residential/Mobile Telephone Number(s)
  • Business Name
  • Business Address
  • Business Telephone Number(s)
  • Education
  • Employment History
  • Employment References

This data is considered “identifying information”, as it can be used to personally identify you. We only request personal information relevant to providing you with a service or in your application for employment, and only use it to help provide or improve this service or in consideration of your employment. If you consent to receiving communications about our products and services, we may use your personal information to send you product and industry related news and updates. We only send out communications where we are legally allowed to do so.

(ii) LOG DATA

When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. This data is considered “non-identifying information”, as it does not personally identify you on its own. It may, however, include your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other non-identifying details.

We may also collect data about the device you are using to access our website. This data may include the device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, device settings, and geolocation data. What we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us.

HOW WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION
We collect information by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We only process your data when we have a lawful reason for doing so. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used. You are free to refuse our request for this information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services without it.

WHAT WE USE THE INFORMATION FOR
We may use a combination of identifying and non-identifying information to understand who our visitors are, how they use our services, and how we may improve their experience of our website in the future. We do not disclose the specifics of this information publicly, but may share aggregated and anonymized versions of this information, for example, in website and customer usage trend reports.

We may use your personal details to contact you with updates about our website and services, along with promotional content that we believe may be of interest to you. We may contact you via telephone, email, social media, or conventional mail. If you wish to opt out of receiving promotional content, you can follow the “unsubscribe” instructions provided alongside any promotional correspondence from us.

WHERE WE STORE THE INFORMATION
The personal information we collect is stored and processed in, or where, we or our partners, affiliates and third-party providers maintain facilities. We only transfer data within jurisdictions subject to data protection laws that reflect our commitment to protecting the privacy of our users.

We only retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide a service, or to improve our services in future. In most cases, we delete personal information after a period of 2 years if we have not received any communication, opt-in notification, or other form of consent from the contact. While we retain this data, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. That said, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and cannot guarantee absolute data security.

If you request your personal information be deleted, or where your personal information becomes no longer relevant to our operations, we will erase it from our system within a reasonable time frame.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
Codemark Corporation employs the following safeguards to ensure the security your data:

  • Data Encryption in Transit and in Rest
  • Network Protection (including Firewalls, Geo-Blocking and Intrusion Detection Systems)
  • Brute-Force Login Blocking
  • Minimum Access Policies

COOKIES
We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our website. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified. Please refer to our COOKIE POLICY for more information.

WHICH THIRD-PARTIES HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION
We use third-party services for:

  • Analytics Tracking
  • Advertising and Promotion
  • Content Marketing
  • E-Mail Marketing

These third-party service providers may only access your data for the sole purpose of performing specific tasks on behalf of Codemark Corporation. We do not share any personally identifying information with them without your explicit consent. We do not give them permission to disclose or use any of your data for any other purpose.

We may, from time to time, allow limited access to our data by external consultants and agencies for the purpose of analysis and service improvement. This access is only permitted for as long as necessary to perform a specific function.

We will refuse government and law enforcement requests for data if we believe a request is too broad or unrelated to its stated purpose. However, we may cooperate if we believe the requested information is necessary and appropriate to comply with legal process, to protect our own rights and property, to protect the safety of the public and any person, to prevent a crime, or to prevent what we reasonably believe to be illegal, legally actionable, or unethical activity.

We do not otherwise share or supply personal information to third parties. We do not sell or rent your personal information to marketers or third parties.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
This website does not knowingly target children or collect personal information from children. As a parent or guardian, please contact us if you believe your child is participating in an activity involving personal information on our website where you have not consented to the collection of such data. We will not use your supplied contact details for marketing or promotional purposes.

LIMITS OF OUR POLICY
This privacy policy only covers Codemark Corporation’s own collecting and handling of data. We only work with partners, affiliates and third-party providers whose privacy policies align with ours, however, we cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect current acceptable practices. We will take reasonable steps to let users know about changes via our website. Your continued use of this site after any changes to this policy will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.

YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As our user, you have the right to be informed about how your data is collected and used. You are entitled to know what data we collect about you and how it is processed. You are entitled to correct and update any personal information about you, and to request this information be deleted.

You are entitled to restrict or object to our use of your data, while retaining the right to use your personal information for your own purposes. You have the right to opt out of data about you being used in decisions based solely on automated processing.

CONTACTING US
You may contact us in regards to any of the following:

  • where you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes and you wish to withdraw your consent (this may also be done through the unsubscribe function in an email received from us);
  • you may request access to your information or to have your information changed or removed — requests will be handled as soon as reasonably possible, but in all cases within 30 days;
  • if you believe the information we hold about you is incorrect, you may contact us have this rectified;
  • if you believe your personal data is being processed unlawfully, and you wish to limit the scope of such processing.

How to Contact Us

Postal Mail: Telephone: E-Mail:
Codemark Corporation
Attn: Privacy Department
E10 – 2212 Gladwin Crescent
Ottawa, ON   Canada
K1B 5N1
+1 (613) 690-6696 privacy@codemark.ca

DOES CODEMARK CORPORATION HAVE A DATA PROTECTION OFFICER (DPO)?
Codemark Corporation does not regularly or systematically monitor or process contacts on a large scale. A Data Protection Officer is not recommended at this scale of data processing and data protection is managed by our overall team.