The
Ottawa Valley.com (TOV.com) respects the privacy
concerns of the users of its Internet Sites ("Sites"),
and has created this privacy statement to explain what
information we gather from your visit to our Sites,
and how such information may be used.
Use of Information:
As a general policy no personally identifiable
information, such as your name or address is
automatically collected from your visit to The
TOV.com. However, certain non-personal information is
recorded by the standard operation of TOV.com's
Internet servers. Information such as the type of
browser being used, its operating system, and your IP
address is gathered in order to enhance your online
experience.
Various forms on our Site may request that you give us
contact information (such as your email address),
demographic information and profile data. Information
submitted at the time of signing up for any of our
services may be used for marketing and promotional
purposes by TOV.com and its subsidiaries . Personally
identifiable information is never sold or leased to
any third parties. We may use your contact information
to send you information about our companies and what
we're doing. You may always opt-out of receiving
future mailings by unsubscribing by the link inside
the mailing.
Our Sites use various forms for you to sign up and
subscribe to our services. Contact information we
collect from our forms (such as your email address) is
used to process your subscription requests. The
contact information is also used to get in touch with
you when necessary regarding your subscription(s).
TOV.com may disclose user information in special cases
when we have reason to believe that disclosing this
information is necessary to identify, contact or bring
legal action against someone who may be causing injury
to or interference (either intentionally or
unintentionally) with TOV.com's rights or property,
other TOV.com web site users, or anyone else that
could be harmed by such activities.
To the extent that any of our Sites accessible through
the URL www.theottawavalley.com have additional or
different practices or policies, these practices will
be explained at that Site.
Security:
Security for all personally identifiable information
is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be
100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect
your personal information, TOV.com cannot ensure or
warrant the security of any information you transmit
to us or from our online services, and you do so at
your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we
make our best effort to ensure its security on our
systems.
TOV.com Sites do not allow children under 13 to sign
up for any subscriptions. Further, we do not allow
children under 13 to participate in any activity such
as a contest, or to receive ongoing communications
from TOV.com.
Use of Cookies:
Cookies are pieces of information that a website
transfers to an individual's computer hard drive for
record keeping purposes. Cookies are used to track
visits to our Sites and to personalize the Sites for
new and current subscribers. Cookies enable us to,
among other things, save your passwords and
preferences for you. Cookies are restricted for use
only on our Sites, and do not transfer any personal
information to any other party. Most browsers are
initially set up to accept cookies; however, you can
reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate
when a cookie is being sent. (Note: you will need to
consult the help area of your browser application for
instructions.) If you choose to disable your cookies
setting or refuse to accept a cookie, some parts of
TOV.com's web sites will not function properly or may
be considerably slower. For example, without cookies,
you will not be able to set personalized preferences
or you may have difficulty completing our forms or
submitting information to our Sites.
Use of IP Addresses:
An IP address is a number that's automatically
assigned to your computer by your Internet provider
whenever you're surfing the Web. When you request
pages from TOV.com Sites, our servers log your IP
address. TOV.com collects IP addresses for the
purposes of system administration, to report aggregate
information to our advertisers, and to audit the use
of our Site. We may link IP addresses to personally
identifiable information, such as your email address.
We may use your IP addresses in cooperation with your
Internet provider to identify you if we feel it is
necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use
or to protect our service, Sites, customers, or
others.
Links to Other Sites:
TOV.com is not responsible for the content or
practices of third party websites that may be linked
to our Sites. Our Sites may also be linked to websites
operated by other companies. Visitors to these web
sites should refer to each web site's respective
privacy policies and practices.
Third Party Cookies. In the course of serving
advertisements to this site, our third-party
advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on
your browser.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions about this privacy
statement, the practices of our Sites, or your
dealings with our Sites, you can contact:
admin@theottawavalley.com
Information provided by you via general email
inquiries to TOV.com such as your email address is
used only to respond to your inquiries in the ordinary
course of business, and is never shared with third
parties.
Your Acceptance of These Terms:
By using TOV.com's Sites, you signify your acceptance
of the TOV.com Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to
this policy, please do not use our Sites. TOV.com
reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise
update this policy at any time, so visitors are
encouraged to review this policy from time to time.
Your continued use of the TOV.com Sites following the
posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept
those changes.
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