Privacy Policy — Admissions Avenue

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Admissions Avenue ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our website and blog (the "Service").

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. When you visit our website and blog and use our products, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this Privacy Policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website and blog, as well as any related services, sales, marketing, or events.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information we collect.

2. Definitions

To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Privacy Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, they are strictly defined as:

Cookie: a small file placed on your device to enable certain features and functionality.
Company: when this policy mentions "Company," "we," "us," or "our," it refers to Admissions Avenue.
Country: where Admissions Avenue or the owners/founders of Admissions Avenue are based, in this case Canada.
Customer: refers to the company, organization, or person that signs up to use the Admissions Avenue Service.
Device: any internet-connected device such as a phone, tablet, computer, or any other device that can be used to visit Admissions Avenue and use the services.
Personal Data: any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information allows for the identification of a natural person.
Service: refers to the website and blog provided by Admissions Avenue as described in the relative terms and on this platform.
Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.
Website: Admissions Avenue's site, which can be accessed via https://www.admissionsavenue.com.
You: a person or entity that is registered with Admissions Avenue to use the Services.

3. Information We Collect

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

3.1 Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Cookies and Usage Data

3.3 Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

3.5 Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

4. How We Use Your Information

Admissions Avenue uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service
To notify you about changes to our Service
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
To provide customer support
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
To monitor the usage of our Service
To detect, prevent and address technical issues
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
For any other purpose with your consent

6. Retention of Your Personal Data

Admissions Avenue will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

7. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

8. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If Admissions Avenue is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Admissions Avenue may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Admissions Avenue may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of Admissions Avenue
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

9. Third-Party Disclosure

9.1 Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

9.3 Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy.

The payment processors we work with are:

Square: Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://squareup.com/ca/en/legal/general/privacy

10. Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict use of your information.

11.4 Canadian Privacy Rights

Under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and provincial privacy laws, you have the right to:

Access your personal information in our custody or control
Request correction of your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete
Withdraw consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information
File a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada about the handling of your personal information

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: info@admissionsavenue.com
By visiting this page on our website: https://www.admissionsavenue.com