Last updated: July 14, 2024

This policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use this site and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

When you provide us with personal data, we use it to respond to your enquiries and to improve this site. By using this site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Definitions

For the purposes of this policy:

Company (referred to as “we", "us" or "our") refers to Salt Spring Apple Company Ltd and/or Salt Spring Apple Company partnership, 529 Fulford-Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada V8K 2K1.

Cookies are small files that may be placed on your computer, mobile device or other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Country refers to: British Columbia, Canada

Device means any device that can access this website, such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of us. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by us to facilitate this website, perform services related to it or assist us in analyzing how this site is used.

Usage data refers to data collected automatically, generated by the use of this site (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Website refers to Ciderworks, accessible from http://www.ciderworks.ca and/or Salt Spring Apple Company, accessible from http://saltspringapplecompany.com

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using this site, 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 your name, address, phone number and email address.

Usage Data

Usage Data may be collected automatically when using this site.

Usage data may include information such as your device's IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of this site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you visit this site by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit this site.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

The service that hosts this site may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track site activity and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze this site. The technologies used may include:

· Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Unless you have adjusted your browser to refuse them, this site may use cookies.

· Web Beacons. Certain sections of this site may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the site and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use. Without these cookies, this site cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services.

Use of Your Personal Data

We may use personal data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain this site, including to monitor its usage.

For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for any products you may purchase through this site.

To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone or other forms of communication, when you have made an enquiry.

For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends and to evaluate and improve this site and/or our products and services.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

· With service providers: We may share your personal information with service providers to monitor and analyze the use of this site and its services.

· With business partners: We may share your information with business partners to provide you with products or services.

Retention of Your Personal Data

We and/or our service providers will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. We and/or our service providers will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including personal data, is processed at our offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. Your consent to this policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to any data transfer necessary to achieve this.

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to request that we delete the personal data we have collected about you. Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law. We may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

· Comply with a legal obligation

· Protect and defend our rights or property or protect against legal liability

· Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing or protect the personal safety of users of this site or the public

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your personal data is important to us, but please remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100 per cent secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

This site does not knowingly address anyone under the age of 19 and does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under that age. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 19, we will take steps to delete that information.

Links to Other Websites

This site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you may be directed to such a third party's site. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

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

Please review this policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this policy, You can contact us:

· By email: admin@saltspringapplecompany.com