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PRIVACY POLICY:

Create Your Own Events does not distribute unsolicited bulk advertising via email (spam). Also, we do not share email addresses with outside companies. We conform to all provincial and federal laws regarding this issue.

OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY

Create Your Own Events is committed to controlling the collection, use and disclosure of the personal information provided by clients and subscribers for subscription to our free e-newsletters.

Create Your Own Events Privacy Policy is modeled after the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information and is compliant with federal and provincial privacy laws including the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. A summary of the applicable principles of fair information practices adopted in Create Your Own Events Privacy Policy is listed below.

PRINCIPLES OF FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES

PRINCIPLE 1 - ACCOUNTABILITY

Create Your Own Events is responsible for the personal information under its control and has a designated individual accountable for the company's compliance with the procedures and principles set out in the Privacy Policy.

PRINCIPLE 2 - IDENTIFYING PURPOSE

Create Your Own Events will identify the purpose for which personal information is collected at or before the time the information is collected.

PRINCIPLE 3 - CONSENT

The knowledge and consent of the individual are required for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, except where consent is not required by privacy legislation as, for example, where the collection, use or disclosure of personal information is solely for journalistic, artistic or literary purposes.

PRINCIPLE 4 - LIMITING USE, DISCLOSURE AND RETENTION

Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law. Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which it was collected.

PRINCIPLE 5 - ACCURACY

Personal information shall be as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

PRINCIPLE 6 - SAFEGUARDS

Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

PRINCIPLE 7 - OPENNESS

Create Your Own Events shall make readily available to its clients and employees specific information about its policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

PRINCIPLE 8 - INDIVIDUAL ACCESS

Upon request, a company shall be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of their personal information and shall be given access to that information except where Create Your Own Events is permitted or required by law not to disclose personal information to the individual client or employee. An individual, client or employee shall be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed to him or her and have it amended as appropriate.