Privacy Policy
Prudential Properties Plus ("Prudential Properties Plus") has developed this
privacy statement for you, the visitor, to demonstrate our commitment to privacy
on the Internet. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices for www.torontothegood.com and all other Web sites owned and operated
by Prudential Properties Plus.
Prudential Properties Plus can be contacted at:
Privacy Officer
Prudential Properties Plus
1052 Kingston Road
Toronto ON M4E 1T4
1. Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors
Prudential Properties Plus may collect and/or track (1) the home server domain
names, e-mail addresses, type of client computer, and type of Web browser of visitors
to Prudential Properties Plus’s Web site, (2) the e-mail addresses of visitors
that communicate with Prudential Properties Plus via e-mail, (3) information knowingly
provided by the visitor in online forms, registration forms, surveys, and contest
entries (including demographic and personal profile data), and (4) aggregate and
user-specific information on which pages visitors access.
Prudential Properties Plus may place Internet "cookies" on visitors’ hard drives.
Internet cookies save data about individual visitors, such as the visitor’s name,
password, user-name, shopping cart, screen preferences, the pages of a site viewed
by the visitor, and the advertisements viewed or clicked by the visitor. When
the visitor revisits Prudential Properties Plus’s Web site, Prudential Properties
Plus may recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the visitor’s
experience accordingly. Visitors may decline Internet cookies, if any, by using
the appropriate feature of their Web client software, if available.
When a visitor performs a search within Prudential Properties Plus’s Web site,
Prudential Properties Plus may record information identifying the visitor or linking
the visitor to the search performed. Prudential Properties Plus may also record
limited information for every search request and uses that information only to
solve technical problems with the service and to calculate overall usage statistics.
2. Use of Personal Data Collected
Personal data collected by Prudential Properties Plus may be used by Prudential
Properties Plus for editorial and feedback purposes, for marketing and promotional
purposes, for a statistical analysis of users’ behavior, for product development,
for content improvement, to inform advertisers as to how many visitors have seen
or clicked on their advertisements, or to customize the content and layout of
Prudential Properties Plus’s site. Aggregate data on visitors’ home servers may
be used for internal purposes or provided to third parties such as advertisers.
Individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses,
phone numbers, and other personal information which visitors voluntarily provide
to Prudential Properties Plus may be (i) added to Prudential Properties Plus’s
databases and used for future calls and mailings regarding site updates, new products
and services, upcoming events, and status of orders placed online, or (ii) provided
to reputable third parties who provide products and services which Prudential
Properties Plus believes that visitors may be interested in purchasing or obtaining,
with prior notice to the visitor.
3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
Any third party to which Prudential Properties Plus shares, rents, sells, or
otherwise discloses personal data will be under a contractual obligation to use
the personal data for marketing products and services which Prudential Properties
Plus determines, in its sole judgment, that visitors might find of interest. Prudential
Properties Plus will use its reasonable efforts to identify such third parties
who may have products or services of interest to visitors to Prudential Properties
Plus’s site. However, such parties are independent third parties over which Prudential
Properties Plus exercises no control, and therefore Prudential Properties Plus
is not responsible for their conduct, products, or services, and will not be liable
therefor. Prudential Properties Plus will disclose to third parties only information
in aggregate form, that is publicly available, and/or that is knowingly and voluntarily
disclosed by visitors. If there are advertisements on Prudential Properties Plus’s
Web site, through the use of third party cookies, the advertiser(s) will be electronically
notified when visitors view or click on its advertisements.
4. Security Measures
Prudential Properties Plus has implemented numerous security features to prevent
the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. In particular,
when a visitor places an order on this site (if any) or accesses his or her account
information (if any), Prudential Properties Plus offers the visitor the ability
to use a secure server. The secure server encrypts all information a visitor inputs
before it is sent to Prudential Properties Plus, and is also used to securely
store personal information. Please be advised, however, that while Prudential
Properties Plus has endeavored to create a secure and reliable site for visitors,
the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from Prudential
Properties Plus via this site or e-mail cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, Prudential
Properties Plus is not responsible for the security of information transmitted
via the Internet. [For more private communication, visitors can contact us by
telephone at xxx-xxx-xxxx.
5. Opt-Out Right
Visitors may opt out of having their personal information collected by Prudential
Properties Plus, used by Prudential Properties Plus for secondary purposes, disclosed
to third parties, or used by Prudential Properties Plus or third parties to send
promotional correspondences to the visitor, by contacting Prudential Properties
Plus via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone at the addresses above, or by checking
the appropriate box.
6. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data
Upon request via postal mail, e-mail, or phone, Prudential Properties Plus will
provide to visitors a summary of any personal information retained by Prudential
Properties Plus regarding the visitor. Visitors may modify, correct, change or
update their personal record or cause their personal record to be removed from
Prudential Properties Plus’s database. Prudential Properties Plus will only send
personal records to the e-mail address on file for the visitor name associated
with it.
7. Collection of Personal Data from Children
To the extent Prudential Properties Plus is able to determine the age of users
by their submissions to or communications with Prudential Properties Plus’s Web
site, Prudential Properties Plus will not knowingly (i) collect or post information
from individuals under the age of sixteen ("children") without their parent’s
or guardian’s consent, or (ii) provide any personally identifying information
collected from children, regardless of its source, to any third party for any
purpose whatsoever. If registration is required for any services on the Prudential
Properties Plus Site, and a user submits information to Prudential Properties
Plus’s Web site as part of the registration process which indicates that such
user is a child, the child’s parent or guardian will receive an e-mail alerting
them to the child’s registration and providing instructions on how the parent
can delete the child’s registration, if so desired. No information collected through
Prudential Properties Plus’s Web site from users self- identified as children
will knowingly be used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either
inside or outside Prudential Properties Plus. If there are no age restrictions
on a contest which requires registration, and if a child wins, notification and
prizes will be sent to the parent(s) or guardian(s) identified in the initial
registration process.
8. Prudential Properties Plus’s Right to Contact User
Prudential Properties Plus reserves the right to contact site visitors regarding
account status and changes to the subscriber agreement, privacy policy, or any
other policies or agreements relevant to site visitors.
9. Prudential Properties Plus’s Right to Change Privacy Policy
The foregoing policy is effective as of September 21, 1999. Prudential Properties
Plus reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying visitors
of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy policy. By entering
the Prudential Properties Plus website you are accepting all terms and conditions
outlined in the above Prudential Properties Plus Communications Corporation Internet Privacy Policy.
Copyright Information
All content included on this site, including, but not limited to, text, graphics,
logos, buttons, icons, images and software, is the property of Prudential Properties
Plus, Inc. and is protected by Canadian and international copyright laws. Reproduction,
duplication, modification, distribution, transmission, replication, display or
performance of the content of this site without the express written permission
of Prudential Properties Plus, Inc. is strictly prohibited.
