Yukon Potato Farmers is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information obtained by reason of your doing business with us.
Our Privacy Policy explains the types of customer personal information we collect, how it is used and the steps we take to ensure your personal information is handled appropriately.
Yukon Potato Farmers collects information necessary to do business with you. Please review the below sections for more specific details on what information may collect and how we use it.
Policy on Privacy of Customer Personal Information
Yukon Potato Farmers is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information obtained by reason of your customer relationship with us. This privacy policy explains the types of customer personal information we collect, how it is used, and the steps we take to ensure your personal information is handled appropriately.
Our policies and practices have been designed to comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and corresponding provincial privacy acts. Our Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. We encourage you to review the current Privacy Policy from time to time.
What is personal information?
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes such things as your name, address, date of birth, financial information and credit records, as well as your opinions, preferences and purchase patterns.
We are accountable to you
Yukon Potato Farmers is responsible for all personal information under its control, including any personal information that is transferred to third parties for processing, storage or other purposes. To achieve this objective, Yukon Potato Farmers has developed and implemented this Privacy Policy
Why we collect your personal information
Yukon Potato Farmers identifies the purpose for which your personal information is collected. We do this before or at the time the information is actually being collected. We collect, use and disclose your personal information in order to:
· process your application for a product, provide a service
· better understand your product and services needs and to offer relevant information, products, services and rewards to meet those needs;
· determine your interest and eligibility for, and where appropriate provide you with, products and services
· administer the delivery of products, services and loyalty rewards to you;
· track and analyze your purchases, other transactions, shopping patterns, account activity, and payment history for marketing analysis purposes or making promotional offers to you;
· conduct surveys and analysis for research, statistical and product development purposes (information will be anonymized to the extent possible);
· verify your identity and protect against error and fraud;· comply with legal and regulatory requirements; and
· achieve other purposes as may, from time to time, be permitted by law.
By providing your information to Yukon Potato Farmers, you consent to Yukon Potato Farmers using your personal information for the purposes outlined above.
Use of Cookies
From time to time, a ‘cookie’ file may be placed on your computer to improve the effectiveness of this Site and/or Yukon Potato Farmers’ services to you. Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can change your settings to refuse all cookies or to tell you when a cookie is being sent.
This Privacy Policy details how Yukon Potato Farmers utilizes cookies and cookie-like files and technologies on the Site. If you visit the Site and your browser settings accept cookies, Yukon Potato Farmers considers this as an express consent of Yukon Potato Farmers’ use of cookies.
The use of certain cookies is necessary to run basic functions on the Site. These cookies are essential for running the Site and are needed to provide you a pleasant experience when visiting the Site.
We obtain your consent to collect, use or disclose your personal information
Yukon Potato Farmers obtains your consent to collect, use or disclose your personal information, except as permitted by law. The method of obtaining consent depends on the circumstances and the sensitivity of the information. Consent may be written, express or implied. Your express consent (written or electronic agreement) is obtained to collect, use or disclose sensitive personal information.
“Opting-out” or withdrawing your consent
If you decide that you do not want to receive marketing offers for products and services, you may always withdraw or refuse your consent at any time by you can unsubscribe or follow the opt-out instructions in the emails that they send you located at the footer of the communication. Your request will be promptly processed but may not be in time to remove you from promotions already in progress. Please note that even if you have opted out of receiving marketing communications, we may still contact you for purposes of administering your account.
We limit collection of your personal information
Yukon Potato Farmers collects only the information required to provide products and services to you. If the personal information we require is collected for a reason other than as outlined in this Privacy Policy, your consent will be obtained before or at the time the information is collected. Yukon Potato Farmers will collect personal information only by clear, fair and lawful means.
We limit use, disclosure and retention of your personal information
Yukon Potato Farmers uses and discloses your personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected, except with your consent or as required by law.
We assure you that we do not sell or rent personal information. We only provide your personal information within Yukon Potato Farmers and third party service providers for the administration of certain promotional activities, and to ensure your needs are met.
When your personal information is transferred to a Service Provider, we require them to protect the information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. You may contact us for information about our policies and practices regarding Service Providers to whom we have transferred your personal information and their locations.
Yukon Potato Farmers retains your personal information only as long as it is required for our business relationship or as required by law. In the unlikely event that Yukon Potato Farmers, any of its affiliated companies, brands or substantially all of any of their assets are acquired by an unrelated third party, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets. By providing your personal information to us, you agree that we may disclose your personal information, on a confidential basis, to any prospective transferee and its professional advisors for the purposes of their due diligence investigations, the completion of any such transaction and the continued operation of the acquired business.
How we protect your personal information
The security of your personal information is important to us. We will protect your personal information with appropriate safeguards and security measures. All of our Service Providers are required under their contracts with us to maintain your confidentiality and may not use your information for any unauthorized purpose. When we are required by law to provide information, we take reasonable steps to verify the lawful authority for the collection and we disclose only the information that is legally required. We review our procedures and security measures regularly to ensure that they are properly administered and remain effective and appropriate for the sensitivity of the information.
Children’s Privacy
The Yukon Potato Farmers website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. Use of the Yukon Potato Farmers website is void where prohibited by applicable law. In its sole discretion, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to Yukon Potato Farmers and without any liability whatsoever, Yukon Potato Farmers at any time and without notice may terminate or restrict your access to any component of Yukon Potato Farmers.
HOW TO CONTACT USIf you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please send your email queries via Yukon Potato Farmers Contact form.