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BizFolders Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use BizFolders's services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.

The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and that you may provide in some circumstances. "Personally identifying information" is information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address, phone number or email address, and that is not otherwise publicly available.

This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that BizFolders or IT Tower Consulting Inc. does not own or control, or to people that they do not employ or manage.

Data collection

BizFolders search and the majority of our related services do not require any personally identifying information.
BizFolders collects limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes available whenever you visit us. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We use this information to operate, develop and improve our services.

Some of our services require you to register. BizFolders asks you for some personal information in order to create an account or file for you (typically your name, email address and a password for your account) and we will use that information to provide the service. For certain services, such as our advertising programs, we may request credit card or other payment information which we will maintain in encrypted form on secure servers.

Cookies

Upon your first visit to BizFolders, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service and to better understand how people interact with us. BizFolders does this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people search. We may also use cookies to provide you with better service by better tailoring your search results and or any ads that you may see. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Information sharing

We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent or in any of the following limited circumstances:
We have your consent.

We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing personally identifying information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of BizFolders, its users or the public.
If IT Tower Consulting Inc. is purchased by or merged with another company, we may share your information with that other company.

If you have an account, we may share the information submitted under your account among all of our services in order to provide you with a seamless experience and to improve the quality of our services. We will not disclose your account information to other people or non-affiliated companies, except in the limited circumstances described in this Policy or with your consent.

We may store and process personal information collected on our site in Canada or any other country in which IT Tower Consulting Inc. or its agents maintain facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information among these facilities, including those located outside your country.

We may share aggregated information with others. Examples of this include the number of users who searched for a specific product or service, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement.

Information security

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.

We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services, provide products or services that you requested, or in order to do their jobs.

Links

The sites displayed as search results or linked to by BizFolders's services are developed by people over whom BizFolders exercises no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information. Please refer to our Terms of Use before using any BizFolders services.
BizFolders may present links in a format that enables us to understand whether they have been followed. We use this information to understand and improve the quality of BizFolders's search technology. For instance, this data helps us determine how often users are satisfied with the first result of a query and how often they proceed to later results

Changes to this Policy

Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant (as for example, if IT Tower Consulting Inc. were to be purchased by or merged with another company). Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. Each version will be noted at the top of the page. We will be kept in an archive. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us any time at privacy@canada.bizfolders.com
 
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