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Timeslice Technologies Corporation, HorseShowsOnline.com, and its affiliates ("Company") know that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our Privacy Policy.
By visiting any of Company’s websites, including without limitation the site at horseshowsonline.com, hssorg.com, timeslice.ca,
or any affiliated site or sub-domain of these sites (the "Site"), or using any services offered on
the Site (including any software or applications on the Site), you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Any terms not defined hereunder are defined in our Terms of Service and shall retain the meaning set forth on those Terms.
What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy covers Company’s treatment of personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") that Company gathers when you are accessing the Site and when you use Company's products and services.
This policy applies only to the Site and the websites operated by Company, and does not apply to the practices of companies that Company does not own or control, or to individuals that Company does not employ or manage. The Site may contain links to other sites. Company is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site.
What Personal Information Does Company Display or Collect?
The information we gather from users enables us to provide, personalize and improve our services, and to allow our users to set up a user account and profile that can be used to provide service and support to users of Company's services.
Personal Information You Provide to Us:
When you register a profile with Company, your profile including any information you provide (name, address, contact information etc.) will be registered with Company.
We receive and store any information you provide in these ways, or otherwise enter on the Site or provide to us in any other way. In each case, we will collect and record the information you have provided.
The types of Personal Information that we collect from you may include your name, username, address, age, gender, email address, company name, phone number, IP address and browser information, and possibly financial and billing information such as payment method information in order to process purchases you make.
We may also offer you the opportunity to submit other information about yourself (such as occupation, hobbies, interests, zip code, etc.). You may choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our services, products, and features.
The Personal Information you provide may be used for such purposes as responding to your requests for certain information, products and services, attribution for content you submit, customizing the advertising and content you see, allowing you to communicate with other users, and communicating with you about specials and new features. You may request removal of your personal information by contacting Company at any time. You may choose to share information about yourself through the services on the Site, such as sharing information with other users and members in the service. Any action you choose to do for yourself or other peoples information you have entered into the service that requires the disclosure of information or approval of someone is at your own risk and discretion.
Personal Information from Third Party Sources:
- We may use information about you that we collect from other sources, including but not limited to newspapers and Internet sources such as blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the Site or associated services, to supplement your profile.
Personal Information Collected Automatically:
- We receive and may store certain types of information whenever you interact with the Site or obtain services from us. We automatically receive and record information in our server logs from your browser including your IP address, browser type and language, referring/exit pages and URLs, other browser history, platform type, number of clicks, landing pages, Company cookie information, and the pages you requested and viewed, the amount of time spent on particular pages, and the date and time. We also record the details of your transactions on the Site. For mobile devices used to access the Site or the Site’s content, we receive and record the identification numbers of those devices.
- Generally, our service automatically collects usage information, such as the numbers and frequency of visitors to our Site and its components, similar to TV ratings that indicate how many people watched a particular show. We only use this data in aggregate form, that is, as a statistical measure, and not in a manner that would identify you personally. This type of aggregate data enables us to figure out how often users use parts of the Site or services so that we can make the Site appealing to as many users as possible, and improve those services. As part of this use of information, we may provide aggregate information to our partners about how our users, collectively, use our Site. We share this type of statistical data so that our partners also understand how often people use their services and the Site, so that they, too, may provide you with an optimal online experience. Again, Company never discloses aggregate information to a partner in a manner that would identify you
personally.
E-mail Communications:
We use customer contact information to send emails to you about our company, our products and services, and other related topics that may be of interest to users of the Site.
What About Cookies?
- Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to maintain session state during your visit.
and tell us how and when pages in our Site are visited and by how many people. Company cookies do not collect Personal Information, and we do not combine the general information collected through cookies with other Personal Information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or email address is.
- Most browsers have an option for turning off the cookie feature, however disabling cookies in your browser will prevent the site from operating correctly.
- Ads, if any, appearing on the Site may be delivered to users by our advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.
This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Company and does not cover the use of cookies by advertisers, if any, that have their own privacy policy.
Will Company Share Any of the Personal Information it Receives?
Personal Information about our users is an integral part of our business. We neither rent nor sell your Personal Information to anyone. We share your Personal Information only as described below.
Affiliated Businesses We Do Not Control:
We anticipate that we may become affiliated with a variety of businesses and work closely with them.
In certain situations, these businesses may operate stores at the Site or sell items or services to you through the Site.
In other situations, Company may provide services, or sell products jointly with affiliated businesses.
You can easily recognize when an affiliated business is associated with your transaction, and we will share user information that is related to such transactions with that affiliated business. For example, we may selectively share data with horse show managers in order to provide benefits to our members.
Agents:
We employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide products or services to you.
Unless we tell you differently, Company’s agents do not have any right to use Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us.
You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Information for the above purposes.
Communication in response to user submissions:
If you choose to submit or post any user submission or user-generated content, as part of the Site and Services, you will receive from Company and other users e-mail and other communication relating to your Content.
You acknowledge and agree that by posting such Content, Company and other users may send you e-mail and other communication that they determine in their sole discretion relate to your Contributor Submissions.
Promotional Offers:
We may send offers to certain users on behalf of other businesses. However, when we do so, we do not give the other business your name and address. If you do not wish to receive these offers, please send us an email to registrations@timeslice.ca.
Business Transfers:
In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that are transferred. Moreover, if Company, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Company goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.
You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Company may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this policy.
Protection of Company and Others:
We may release Personal Information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or other legal requirement; enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our employees, our users, or others.
This includes, without limitation, exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection.
Is Personal Information About me Secure?
You need to ensure that there is no unauthorized access to your account and Personal Information by selecting and protecting your account password appropriately and limiting access to your computer and browser by signing off after you have finished accessing your account.
Company endeavors to protect user information to ensure that user account information is kept private.
Your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall.
When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or your password), we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
However, Company cannot absolutely guarantee the security of user account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time.
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post information to public areas on Site or any other public forums, such information can be accessed by the public.
Information about Others:
You may decide to provide us with another person's email address so that person may be invited to join the Site or so that we may facilitate your communication with other people through the Service (such as when you upload an address book).
We use this information to contact and, if necessary, remind that person that he or she has been invited to join the Site.
All invitees are provided with the option not to receive further invitations from us.
We may disclose such information if required to do so in order to comply with any legal requirements or process, as described above.
What Choices Do I Have:
- As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, even though it may be needed to take advantage of certain Company features.
- You are able to add or update certain information on pages, such as those listed in the "What Personal Information Can I Access" section above. When you update information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.
- You may request deletion of your account by sending an e-mail to our accounts administrators at registrations@timeslice.ca. Please note that some information may remain in our records after deletion of your account.
- If you do not wish to receive email or other mail from us, please indicate this preference during the registration process, by changing your account settings, or by notifying us at registrations@timeslice.ca.
We may use your e-mail address to send updates, newsletters or news regarding the Site or Company’s services. Please note that if you do not want to receive legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Policy, those legal notices will still govern your use of the Site, and you are responsible for reviewing such legal notices for changes.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Company may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time for any reason. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used or collected. If we make changes in the way we use Personal Information, we will notify you via e-mail or by posting an announcement on the Site. Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses the Site after such changes have been first posted.
Questions or Concerns:
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy at the Site, please send us a detailed message to registrations@timeslice.ca . We will make every effort to resolve your concerns.
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