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Principles
Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
is committed to preserving and safeguarding
your right to privacy. Niemi LaPorte and
Dowle Appraisals Ltd. voluntarily adheres
to the Canadian Standards Association Model
Code for the Protection of Personal Information.
This Consumer Privacy Policy (the "Policy")
sets out the manner in which Niemi LaPorte
and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. collects, uses,
discloses and otherwise manages your personal
information. You agree that Niemi LaPorte
and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. may, in its sole
discretion, modify the Policy at any time
with or without notice to you. The revised
Policy shall be posted on the Niemi LaPorte
and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. website located
at www.nldappraisals.com and every other
Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
website (individually and collectively,
the "Website"). You should review
the Policy on a regular basis for any such
changes. You agree that your continued use
of the Website after the revised Policy
has been posted constitutes your consent
to such revised Policy. The Website may
contain links to other non-Niemi LaPorte
and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. websites. Niemi
LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. is not
responsible for the privacy practices or
content of such other websites.
Information We Collect
Website. Niemi LaPorte
and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. may collect information
about you when you register to become a
member of the Website. In addition, Niemi
LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. keeps
a record of the email addresses of those
who communicate with us via the Feedback
tool. Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals
Ltd. also collects both aggregate and user-specific
information on what web pages consumers’
access or visit, and information volunteered
by the consumer, such as survey information
and contest application information.
Purchases. Niemi LaPorte
and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. may also collect
information about you when you purchase
products from it by telephone, mail, fax
or on-line. The information collected may
include your name, address, company name,
telephone number, fax number, email address
and credit card information.
Complaints. Niemi LaPorte
and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. may collect information
about you if you contact Niemi LaPorte and
Dowle Appraisals Ltd. with a consumer complaint
or request. The information collected may
include your name, address, telephone number,
email address, date of birth and facts regarding
the complaint or request.
Marketing Research. In
addition, Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals
Ltd. may collect information about you if
you participate in any Niemi LaPorte and
Dowle Appraisals Ltd. marketing research.
The information collected may include your
name, address, telephone number, email address,
date of birth, gender, income and facts
regarding your consumer habits and preferences.
Contests and Promotions.
Lastly, Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals
Ltd. may collect information about you if
you participate in any Niemi LaPorte and
Dowle Appraisals Ltd. contest or promotion.
The information collected may include your
name, address, telephone number, email address,
date of birth, and facts relevant to the
contest or promotion participation.
Use of Personal Information
Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
uses your personal information for one or
more of the following purposes: (1) identify
who you are; (2) improve the content of
the Website; (3) personalize the content
or layout of the Website for consumers;
(4) notify consumers of updates to the Website;
(5) contact consumers for marketing purposes;
(6) improve its products and services; (7)
process and ship your order for products;
or (7) process your consumer complaint or
request.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are simple text files that web browsers
place on computer hard drives when sites
are visited. Cookies cannot damage files,
nor can they read information from a user's
hard drive. Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals
Ltd. uses cookies to help us measure the
number of visits, average time spent, page
views and other statistics relating to use
of our Website. Our Cookies pose no security
risk to you as they contain no personal
information, only a special string that
tells the service that you are a past user
of the Website. No personal information
is stored within the Cookies. Please note
that certain features on the Website may
not function if you do not accept Cookies.
Therefore, please accept any Cookies that
Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
sends to your computer. You can turn off
the Cookie warning by selecting preferences
or options from your browser's menu, and
turning off the warning toggle.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as set out below, Niemi LaPorte and
Dowle Appraisals Ltd. 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 solely for the purpose
of processing or arranging delivery of your
order or processing your complaint or request.
Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
may also disclose your personal information
to third parties who administer contests,
promotions and on-line activities on its
behalf. In addition, Niemi LaPorte and Dowle
Appraisals Ltd. must provide your personal
information in response to a search warrant
or other legally valid enquiry or order,
or to an investigative body in the case
of a breach of an agreement or contravention
of law, or as otherwise required by law.
Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
may also disclose personal information to
assist it in collecting a debt owed by you.
Security Safeguards
Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
understands the importance of protecting
your personal information and uses the latest
Internet security protocols to protect personal
information collected through the Website.
However, you should be aware that the Internet
is not a secured medium. Therefore, Niemi
LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd. does not
represent or warrant the complete security
of the personal information provided by
you to Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals
Ltd. through the Website. You understand
that you are providing such information
to Niemi LaPorte and Dowle Appraisals Ltd.
at your own risk.
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