Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement
The Little Grape That Could Awareness Initiatives (“The Little Grape that Could”, “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information. This Privacy Statement describes how we may collect, use and disclose personal information.
This Privacy Statement applies to any personal information we collect or receive about you, from any source. You agree that The Little Grape that Could may, in its sole discretion, modify the Privacy Statement at any time with or without notice to you. The revised Privacy Statement shall be posted at www.TheLittleGrapeThatCould.com (the “Website”). You should review the Privacy Statement on a regular basis for any such changes. You agree that your continued use of the Website after the revised Privacy Statement has been posted constitutes your consent to such revised Privacy Statement. The Website may contain links to third party websites. The Little Grape that Could is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites.
Collection of Personal Information
‘Personal information’ means information about an identifiable individual. Examples of personal information that we may collect, use and disclose include your email address when you Choose a Charity on the Website, information submitted when you Contact Us through the Website or by other means, photographs or other information submitted on the Website in connection with a Celebrate a Friend request, and other information that you may provide to us from time to time. Personal information does not include your name, business title, business address, business email address, and business telephone number in your capacity as an employee of an organization.
In most cases, we will collect personal information directly from you when you interact with us about a product or service that we offer or provide (for example, when you email us or Contact Us through our Website). Occasionally, we may collect personal information from a third party based on your consent or as otherwise permitted by law.
We identify the purposes for which we may collect, use and disclose your personal information at the time that we collect such information. Such purposes (the “Purposes”) may include:
- fulfilling a Choose a Charity donation request;
- fulfilling a Celebrate a Friend request;
- responding to your inquiries;
- administering contests and promotions;
- internal business purposes such as administering or improving our Website, products and services and communications;
- contacting you for marketing purposes (which you may opt out of at any time by contacting us as indicated below or by using the unsubscribe mechanism in any electronic communication you may receive from us); and
- detecting and preventing fraud or any violation of any law, agreement or the terms and conditions governing your access to and use of this Website and its features.
We obtain your consent for the Purposes at or before the time that we collect, use or disclose your personal information, except where permitted or required by law.
Use of Personal Information
The Little Grape that Could uses your personal information for the Purposes and other purposes identified to you prior to the use. We may also share your personal information with third party service providers as necessary for them to provide services on our behalf. Some service providers may be located outside of Canada where personal information may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as set out below, The Little Grape that Could will not sell, transfer or disclose any of your personal information to any third party without your consent.
Certain personal information may be disclosed to third parties as needed in connection with fulfilling the Purposes. We may also make disclosures of personal information to a potential purchaser in connection with a transaction involving the sale of some or all of the business of The Little Grape that Could or as otherwise permitted or required by law.
Cookies and Website Usage Information
Our Website may place and access cookies when you visit the Website. A cookie is a small data file that websites commonly write to your computer. A cookie file contains information that can identify you each time you visit the website. This website uses cookies as a way to measure activity and traffic patterns on the website. You may choose to set your computer to reject cookies if you desire.
From time to time, we collect certain usage information from our servers that relates to the use of our websites, including but not limited to Internet Protocol addresses, Internet domain names, the web browser and operating system used to access the website, the files visited, the time spent in each file, and the time and date of each visit. We use this information to improve our website, for example by enhancing pages or features that are visited frequently, and on occasion we may share this information with our affiliates or other third party companies to provide them with an indication of the amount of interest in our website for advertising purposes and to help us plan for technical improvements.
Retention and Security Safeguards
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and as permitted or required by law. We have implemented physical, organizational, contractual and technological security measures to protect your personal information from loss or theft, and unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. However, you should be aware that the Internet and other new media tools may not always be secure. Therefore, The Little Grape that Could does not represent or warrant the complete security of the personal information provided by you to The Little Grape that Could through these media (including social media tools). You understand that you are providing such information to The Little Grape that Could at your own risk.
Accessing Your Personal Information
Upon your written request, we will make available to you information about the personal information that we have collected, used or disclosed to the extent permitted by law. We will attempt to respond to your written request within thirty (30) days. We will advise you in writing if we cannot meet your requests within this time limit.
How to Contact Us
If you do not want to receive email or other communications from The Little Grape that Could, please (a) modify your communication preferences on the Website, if applicable, (b) visit the Contact Us link on the Website to indicate your wish to unsubscribe, (c) send us an email with “unsubscribe” in the subject line, or (d) follow the unsubscribe instructions contained in any electronic message we may send you or that is related to other new media tools where applicable.
All comments, questions, concerns or complaints regarding your personal information, and all requests for access to your personal information, may be submitted on the Contact section of our Website, or by the following means:
In writing: The Little Grape that Could
41 Derwyn Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4J 4N1
By email: brett.preston@thelittlegrapethatcould.com