Privacy Policy

Updated April 2024

We highly value your trust, your privacy and thank you for agreeing to share your personal information with us! We strive to be transparent about what information we collect, what we do with it and with whom we share it with. We promise to work promptly to address your concerns as they arise. We will take steps to keep your personal information secure and to protect it from misuse.

Before using our website, please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you. Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the bemagazine.ca, participate in contests, engage with direct marketing initiatives and through any other interactions you may have with BE magazine and its editorial team. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these rules. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

We (or the platforms/services we use) may collect any and all information that you enter on this Website and on our social channels including:

PERSONAL INFORMATION

In this Policy, your “personal information” means information or pieces of information that could allow you to be identified. This typically includes information such as your name, address, screen name, and email address, but can also include other information such as IP address and preferences, subject to applicable data protection laws.

Below, we set out examples of the types of personal information we collect about you:

  • Contact Information. For example, we may collect your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address when you contact us, participate in contests or purchase from our website.

  • Demographic Information. We may collect your birthdate, age, gender and postal code. We may also collect information that could identify you and relates to your hobbies and interests through surveys for example.

  • Information You Post. We may collect information you post in a public space on our platform, such as blog and social media comments or ratings & reviews.

  • Social Media Information. We may collect information you post on our social media pages. We may also collect your social media profile information and information posted on your page.

  • Information You Submit. We may collect information when you send us a message through the “Contact Us” page or similar features on our Platform. This may include photos, videos and other user-generated content that you submit.

  • Device Information. For example, we may collect the type of device you use to access our Platform. We may also collect your device identifier, IP address or mobile operating system.

  • Location Information. For example, we may collect precise location information from your device if you have provided your express consent. This may include information about your exact location when you use our Platform. We may also collect this information in the background when our mobile applications are not in use.

  • Payment Information. For example, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, credit card number and billing address if you buy from or donate to BE Magazine.

  • Other Information. If you use our website, we may collect information about the browser you are using. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. If you register on the platform, we may collect your username, profile picture, gender, networks and any other information you choose to share when using third party sites (such as when you use the “like” functionality on Facebook).

HOW WE COLLECTION INFORMATION

BE Magazine collects your information in different ways. Below are some examples of how we may collect your information.

Directly From You. For example, when you:

  • Subscribe to receive news, contests or information about BE Mag, our sponsors or partners.

  • Purchase products or services or donate through our platform.

  • Sign up to receive promotional communications.

  • Participate in one of our promotional contests, surveys, or focus groups.

  • Use the ratings & reviews or related services and features.

  • Interact with BE Magazine social media pages.

  • Contact us through DMs on social or through our website.

Passively. For example, when you:

  • Visit and navigate our platform on any device.

  • Enable location-based features on our platform.

  • Click on sponsored links or third-party advertisements.

We may also collect information about users over time and across different websites, apps and devices when you use the platform. Third parties also collect personal information this way on our website including SquareSpace the service we use to host our website and Google Analytics, the app used to measure the number of visitors we have on our site.

From Third Parties. We may receive information about you from other sources.

For example, this may include receiving information from:

  • Our partners, including online advertising networks, analytics vendors, retailers and companies that co-sponsor our promotions.

  • Social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Snapchat, and Instagram.

  • Family, friends and others who provide your information to us because they think you may be interested in our products and services or they want to share our content with you.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION

We may use your personal information in the following ways:

  • To Provide Our Products and Services. This could include fulfilling your requests or the processing of purchases or other transactions.

  • To Improve Our Products and Services. We may use your personal information to make our platform, products and services better. We may also use your personalinformation to customize your experience with us.

  • To Understand Your Interests. For example, we may use your personal information to better understand what products interest you.

  • To Respond to Your Requests or Questions. This may include responding to your feedback or notifying you if you win a promotion.

  • To Communicate With You. We may contact you about this policy or our platform terms and conditions but also to further build a relationship with you!

  • For Marketing Purposes. We may provide you with information about new products and special offers. We might use your personal information to serve you ads about products and offers. We might tell you about new features or updates. These might be third-party offers or products we think you might find interesting. We may also use your personal information to send you electronic communications, including through email or text message.

  • For Security Purposes. This could include protecting our company and consumers who use our products and services. It may also include protecting our platform.

  • To Send Push Notifications. If you use our mobile apps, we may send you push notifications about new products or special offers.

As Otherwise Permitted By Law or As We May Notify You.

COOKIES, ANALYTICS AND INTEREST BASED ADVERTISING

Our website is built on SquareSpace and you can learn more about the Cookies they collect and their policy here and here.

We also use Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

With whom we share your personal information.

We do not sell your personal information with any third parties but may share information for marketing partnerships such as contests.

How we protect your information

We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:

  • Limiting the amount of personal information that we collect to strictly necessary only;

  • Screening all employees, volunteers and partners with access to personal information;

  • Requiring our team members to sign confidentiality agreements;

  • Physically and/or logically separating systems containing personal information from public networks such as the internet.

Children’s privacy

This website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform him or her that they cannot use this website.

Direct marketing

We use the information that we collect about you for direct marketing purposes. Direct marketing is the act of selling products or services directly to consumers rather than through retailers. You may, at any time, request that we cease to use your information for direct marketing purposes by unsubscribing from emails or by contacting us at info@bemagazine.ca.

Your rights

All visitors or users of this website have the following rights with regard to their personal information:

  1. The right to access the personal information that we have collected about you.

  2. The right to request that we delete all or some of the personal information that we have collected on you.

  3. The right to ask us to transmit your personal information that we have collected on you to another provider (where technically feasible).

  4. The right to request that we amend any of the information that we have collected about you.

  5. The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data.

  6. The right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.

  7. The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing and processing of data with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction.

  8. The right to stop receiving unwanted direct marketing.

Exercising your rights

You may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to: info@bemagazine.ca.

We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request. To verify your identity, you will need to provide us with the following information with your request:

  • Name;

  • Postal / Shipping address;

  • Phone number;

  • Email address.

Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information. We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 days of receipt, depending upon where you reside. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond. We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial.

Accountability

The team at BE Magaazine is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures. You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting us via email at info@bemagazine.ca. Residents of Quebec may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Quebec by filling out this form or calling 1-888-528-7741. Residents of Canada may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by visiting this page or calling 1-800-282-1376.

Location of data processing

All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in Canada though some of our partners including SquareSpace and Google may be processing your data outside the country. Please check their privacy policies on their site. Links are provided above.

Third-party websites

This website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us – this maybe in editorials on in ads. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@Bemagazineca.