Privacy Policy

We are committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal information we process. We will make every reasonable effort to protect your privacy and adhere to company policies on how we store and use personal information.

This Privacy Policy relates to the online information collection and use practices of the website, applications and the many products or services operated by Canadian Science Publishing (“CSP”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Service
Service is the blog.cdnsciencepub.com website operated by Canadian Science Publishing.

Personal Data
Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data
Usage Data is data collected automatically and is either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Data Controller
Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)
Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.

We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User)
Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

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 (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email Address
• Cookies and Usage Data

How we use your Personal Data:

We use the personal information collected in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was intended to be used; to send newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, or other related materials about Canadian Science Publishing and its product offerings.

CSP occasionally conducts online surveys. These surveys are completely voluntary and visitors to the site can choose whether to participate. We do not add the emails of participants to promotional or any other email lists.

Website Usage

We may also collect information on 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.

CSP uses Google Analytics. You can control any personal information Google collects via Google’s Privacy controls. CSP receives no personal information from Google Analytics.

Tracking Cookies Data

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

Cookies are files with 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. We also use additional tracking technologies, includingbeacons, 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.

Canadian Science Publishing 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 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

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Canadian Science Publishing may process your Personal Data in the following cases:

• You have given us permission to do so
• To comply with the law

Retention of Data

Canadian Science Publishing 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.

Canadian Science Publishing will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Data

Your personal information may be transferred to and stored in servers and facilities located in your region or another country. We take steps to ensure that this information continues to be protected wherever it is located.

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Canadian Science Publishing 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

Canadian Science Publishing 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 Canadian Science Publishing
• 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

CSP has appropriate security measures in place to protect against the misuse, loss, or alteration of information through the use of passwords, physical security measures, and technological security measures.  However, no information transferred over the internet is completely secure and therefore CSP cannot guarantee with 100% certainty the total security of information transmitted to it.

Require Consent

The CSP Website requires your consent to the collection and use, in accordance with this policy, of the information you provide to us

Right to Withdraw Consent

Upon request, CSP will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. If you would like to review, delete or update your information, you may contact us using the contact information below or you may also “opt-out” or unsubscribe from the communications you receive from us.

We will permit you to correct, amend, or delete information that is demonstrated to be inaccurate. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe. Please note that because of the way we maintain certain services, after you delete or amend your information, residual copies may take a period of time before they are deleted from our active servers and may remain in our backup systems.

You will need to provide sufficient identifying information, such as your name, email address, and possible additional identifying information as a security precaution.

We share your personal information as necessary to complete a transaction or provide a service that you have requested or authorized.

We may share your personal information with our service providers, email service providers, and website platform service providers.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

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 (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) 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.

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to 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.

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (Children).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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