ClubLink Corporation's Privacy of Personal Information Policy
ClubLink
Corporation (ClubLink) considers the protection of your privacy as a
cornerstone to our ongoing commitment of providing you with outstanding
service. We take this responsibility very seriously. Outlined in the
following pages is our policy as it relates to protecting the privacy
of your personal information.
We invite you to take the time
to review the following information carefully. As our business changes
from time to time, we will continue to apply these basic principles
thereby ensuring that your privacy is protected regardless of the
business circumstances at ClubLink.
Included at the end of
this policy is contact information should you have any questions
regarding what follows. Please feel free to contact us at any time if
you have any questions or comments.
What is 'Personal Information'?
Personal
information, as used in this policy, means information about an
identifiable individual, but does not include an individual's business
title or business contact information. Some of the personal information
that ClubLink may collect in the course of our business includes
demographic information, financial information such as credit card
information and personal address information.
Personal
information as noted above is typically collected through Membership
application forms and various documents that Members and guests provide
to us from time to time in order to update the information on file. In
some cases this includes information that Members provide through the
Member's Only web site.
What ClubLink's Policy on the Protection of Personal Information Means for You
It means that ClubLink;
Will not sell your personal information to third parties;
Will keep all personal information that you provide to us secure from inadvertent disclosure;
Will only gather and keep the information necessary to provide you with the proper services; and
Will provide you with the opportunity to review any personal
information we have on file about you and make changes if errors are
discovered.
ClubLink is dedicated to providing you with
outstanding service and this includes providing you with the peace of
mind associated with knowing that your personal information is
protected.
Collection of Personal Information
In
order to provide you with the level of service that meets your
expectations, from time to time we may require you to provide us with
personal information. However, before we collect any personal
information from you, we will identify the purpose for which we need to
collect and use this information.
Some of the reasons for which we may need personal information include:
To process your Membership application;
To book your event or banquet; or
To update your Membership file.
Once we have collected the information that we need, we will only use
that information for the identified purpose. If we were going to use
this information for any other purpose, we will check with you first to
get your consent.
ClubLink will limit its collection of your
personal information to that which it needs to properly service your
account or to provide you with the services you request. Where other
information is requested, we will only use this information for the
purpose identified at the time we collect it, for internal statistical
purposes or for external purposes only when the data collected is
aggregated so as not to make any of your personal information
identifiable.
Consent
Before we collect any personal,
private information from you, we will get your consent. Consent can be
either express or implied.
In matters relating to
particularly sensitive information such as financial information, we
would require you to provide us with express consent. Express consent
can be given either in writing or orally. For example, when you apply
for a Membership and provide us with your credit card information, we
require your signature as your consent to allow us to use your credit
card information for payment purposes.
In other matters, your
consent may be implied. For instance, if you make a purchase at one of
our golf shops and present your credit card for payment purposes, your
consent to our using your credit card number will be implied and no
further consent will be sought.
Disclosure and Information Retention
ClubLink
will never sell or otherwise disclose your personal information to any
outside agency or organization for commercial purposes without your
consent. On occasion, certain organizations may present an opportunity
for our Membership that we will determine to be of interest to you and
we will pass this information on to you. However, we will never pass on
your personal information without first getting your consent.
Because
of the possibility for the inadvertent disclosure of your personal
information to those not authorized to receive it, we will limit
disclosure of information pertaining to your account, your Membership
status and any other information we have on file, to you. Unless you
identify an individual that may make inquiries on your behalf, we will
not disclose any information about you or your account with ClubLink to
anyone except you or anyone named by you.
There may be certain
situations where ClubLink may disclose your personal information
without your consent. These situations may include the following:
Where we believe that we are required to by law;
Internally where we are required to fulfill a contract or to provide you with the services you have contracted for;
Where we feel we need to, to protect our rights or the property of ClubLink; or
Where we have first acquired your consent.
ClubLink may use your personal information on an aggregated basis for
disclosure to third parties, for example to provide a third party with
a demographic statistic such as '25% of our Members are between the
ages of 35 - 45'. However, be assured that you will never be personally
identified.
ClubLink, like many organizations, is subject to
certain legislative requirements regarding the retention of certain
records for a period of time. As long as you are an active Member or
client of ClubLink, we will maintain a file containing the information
necessary to service your needs. We will update your file as you
provide us with new information. Should you ever cease to be a Member
or a customer of ClubLink, your personal information will be kept only
for a reasonable period of time thereafter. When your information is no
longer needed it is destroyed or it is made anonymous.
How we Safeguard your Personal Information
All
personal information we have on file is held in a secure location,
whether locked in cabinets or password protected on our network. No one
without proper authorization has access to your information.
As
it relates to ClubLink's web site, our use of industry-standard
firewalls are a combination of hardware and software that separately
secures the Internet from our organization's web servers and our web
servers from our data. They are designed to prevent unauthorized access
to our web servers or our data. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Encryption is
used whenever financial information, customer identification, personal
information and passwords are transmitted to our servers over the
Internet.
Accuracy, Openness and Individual Access
ClubLink
will maintain as accurate a file as possible and will update your
personal information as you provide it to us. At any time, you may make
a request to see the information that we have on file about you. If you
believe that we have inaccurate information on file, you may request
that we update our records. Likewise, you may request that we destroy
any outdated information.
Further Information
If
you have any questions regarding ClubLink's use of your personal
information, about anything contained in this policy, or if you wish to
request access to the information we currently have on file about you,
please contact:
Chief Privacy Officer
ClubLink Corporation
15675 Dufferin Street
King City, ON
L7B 1K5
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