| Metal Supermarkets Privacy Notice
At metalsupermarkets.com, your privacy is important to us.
To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining
our information practices and the choices you can make about
our collection and use of the personally identifiable information.
Please note that many Metal Supermarkets are independently
owned and operated franchisees. Because these franchisees
may operate under their own privacy and security policies,
we encourage you to review their respective privacy policies
for more information about their privacy practices.
Information Collection
To fulfill your requests for information (e.g., provide you
with a quote, answer your questions about franchise opportunities,
or submit information in connection with employment opportunities),
enable you to participate in our site offerings, and to provide
you with opportunities to learn about other products and services
in which we think you might be interested, we ask that you
provide us with certain personally identifiable information.
The types of personally identifiable information that may
be collected at this site include: name, address, e-mail address,
phone number, and information about your interests in and
use of various products, programs, and services.
Non-personally identifiable information
We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information
when you visit many of our Web pages, such as the type of
browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer),
the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows
2000 or Mac OS), and the domain name of your Internet service
provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).
Use of Collected Information
We use your personally identifiable information to provide
the information or content you have requested, to contact
you about programs, products, features or services in which
we believe you may be interested, or for other purposes disclosed
at the time of collection. We also may use your personally
identifiable information to contact you regarding your use
of our Web site or changes to our privacy notice, Terms of
Use, or other policies or terms that affect you and your use
of our Web site. In addition, we may use information collected
about our users to improve the content and navigation of our
Web site, or for other internal purposes.
Agents and contractors of Metal Supermarkets who have access
to personally identifiable information are required to protect
this information in a manner that is consistent with this
privacy notice by, for example, not using the information
for any purpose other than to carry out the services they
are performing for us.
To process some of your requests regarding our products and
services, we also may share your personally identifiable information
with local franchisees in your area. As noted above, this
privacy policy does not govern their use of your information,
and we encourage you to review the privacy practices of the
relevant franchisee.
In addition, we may, from time to time, share personally
identifiable information with unrelated third parties to enable
them to provide you with opportunities to learn of products
or services in which you may be interested.
We may disclose anonymous, aggregated user statistics to
third parties for a variety of purposes. For example, we may
disclose how many individuals visited certain areas of our
Web site, or demographic information about our users.
In addition, we may disclose personally identifiable information
collected about you at this site in the following instances:
Legal Action: We may disclose information about our users,
including personally identifiable information, when legally
required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities
conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance
with the policies governing our Web site and applicable laws,
or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Web
site. We also may disclose user information whenever we believe
disclosure is necessary to limit our legal liability; to protect
or defend our rights or property; or protect the safety, rights,
or property of our users.
Corporate Change: We may sell, transfer, or otherwise disclose
user information, including personally identifiable information,
to a successor entity in connection with a corporate merger,
consolidation, the sale of substantially all assets, or other
corporate change respecting the Web site.
Your Choices
As noted above, we may use the personally identifiable information
we collect from you online to provide you with opportunities
to offer you products and services that may be of interest
to you. If, at any time in the future, you wish to opt out
of future promotional materials from us [send an e-mail to
headoffice@metalsupermarkets.com or you may follow the unsubscribe
instructions where they appear at the end of our communications.
We also may, from time to time, share personally identifiable
information with unrelated third parties whose practices are
not covered by this notice to enable them to provide you with
additional opportunities to learn about products or services
in which we believe you may be interested. If you would like
to request that we not share your information with these third
parties, please send us an e-mail at headoffice@metalsupermarkets.com.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Some of our Web pages contain links to other sites whose
information practices may be different than ours. Visitors
should consult the other sites’ privacy notices as we
have no control over information that is submitted to, or
collected by, these third parties.
We may sometimes offer content (e.g., promotions) that is
sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties.
By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain
personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily
submit to participate in the site activity. We have no control
over these third parties’ use of this information. We
will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable
information if these third parties will obtain such information.
Cookies
To enhance your experience with our site, many of our Web
pages use “cookies.” Cookies are text files we
place in your computer’s browser to store your preferences.
Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address
or other personally identifiable information unless you choose
to provide this information to us by, for example, registering
at one of our site. However, once you choose to furnish the
site with personally identifiable information, this information
may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the
content and offerings on our site. For example, we may use
cookies to personalize your experience at our Web pages (e.g.,
to recognize you by name when you return to our site), or
enable you to use shopping carts on our site. We also may
use cookies to offer you products, programs, or services.
You may adjust your browser to reject cookies from us or
from any other Web site. Please consult the “Help”
section of your browser for more information. However, certain
areas of our site can be accessed only in conjunction with
cookies or similar devices and you should be aware that disabling
cookies or similar devices might prevent you from accessing
some of our content.
Data Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and
managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized
access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information
we collect online.
Reviewing and Correcting Your Information
To access the personally identifiable information that this
site has collected about you online, or to correct factual
errors in such information, please send us an e-mail at headoffice@metalsupermarkets.com.
Changes to Privacy Notice
We may, from time to time, update this privacy notice. We
will post any material changes here, so be sure to check back,
from time to time.
Questions/Concerns?
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding
our privacy practices or this policy, please contact us at:
Metal Supermarkets Canada (Ltd.)
170 Wilkinson Road
Unit 18
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
L6T4Z5
Tel: (905) 459-0466
Email: Pnoble@metalsupermarkets.com
Effective Date: This policy was
updated on or about March 2005. |
