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At Fallsview BIA, we take your privacy very seriously. Our primary goal in collecting information from you is to provide you with a smooth and customized experience while you use our services. Except as otherwise contemplated in this Privacy Policy, we do not disclose any personally identifiable information about you to any third party without your permission but we do share aggregated information about our visitors with our members.

1. How does Fallsview BIA use my information? Fallsview BIA uses your information on an aggregated basis to do such things as operate our site and enhance our site. We statistically analyze site usage, including the behavior of our site visitors, to improve the content, layout, and services of the Fallsview BIA site, as well as to enhance our marketing and promotional efforts.

We also share aggregate information about site visitors with our members for marketing and promotional purposes. However, we do not disclose any personally identifiable information about you to any third party without your permission.

Finally, we may use the information we collect to occasionally notify you about important functionality changes to the web site, new Fallsview BIA services, and special offers we think you'll find valuable. If you would rather not receive this information, you can indicate your preference in the registration area of the Fallsview BIA site.

The following describes some of the ways your information may be used:

• Your contact information from the sign-up form is used to send you information about our organization and products. We also use this information to contact you when necessary. You may choose not to receive messages from us by following the opt-out instructions.
• We use cookies to correctly deliver information to you.
• Any information you provide to us through a form requesting technical support, information, or free services is used for that specific situation only.
• We will occasionally offer sweepstakes or contests on our web site. To participate, you will likely be asked to provide some basic information, such as e-mail address. This information may be shared with sponsors if the sweepstake/contest is co-sponsored by Fallsview BIA and a business partner.
• Any information you submit in a survey is used to help us better understand and serve our members. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis; we may share this aggregated data with business partners.

 

1. Does Fallsview BIA.com share member account information? As a general rule, except as otherwise contemplated in this Privacy Policy, Fallsview BIA will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information without your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. If personally identifiable data about you will be shared, we will tell you, whenever possible, before we collect or transfer the data.

Business Partners: Fallsview BIA may disclose your personal information to business partners (members), but this is specifically described to you prior to data collection or prior to transferring the data. Our business partners have separate privacy and data collection practices. Fallsview BIA has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies. For more information regarding the partner or service and their privacy policies, return to that partner's home page and click on their Privacy Policy link.

Agent: We employ other companies and individuals who are subject to confidentiality obligations, to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

Promotions, Sweepstakes/Contests: Some Fallsview BIA promotions, sweepstakes/contests may require that you provide additional information, such as your mailing address. Such information may be shared with a third party if such third party is sponsoring the "event" or if the information is necessary in order to administer the service. You will, however, be informed if any personally identifiable information about you is shared.

Some Fallsview BIA promotions and sweepstakes/contests may also offer opportunities to request additional information from sponsors and/or may require that you share some basic information in order to participate. By requesting more information or by participating, you give Fallsview BIA permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor or partner so they can fulfill your request.

Legally Compelled Disclosure and Other: Fallsview BIA may disclose or access information when we believe in good faith that the law required it or for the protection of our legal rights. Fallsview BIA may also disclose information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating Fallsview BIA's Terms of Service.

2. How private is my information? Fallsview BIA makes every effort to ensure the confidentiality of all information you provide about yourself. As a general rule, Fallsview BIA will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information without your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. If personally identifiable data about you will be shared, we will tell you, whenever possible, before we collect or transfer the data.
3. If you wish to remove your membership, please contact info@fallsviewtouristarea.com with a request to do so. Your account will be removed from our database and no record of it will remain.
4. What are cookies and how does Fallsview BIA.com use them? Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, generally used by most major Web sites to improve their services. Fallsview BIA uses cookies because they allow us to store your password without your having to constantly re-enter it. Cookies can also help us track your behavior on our site so that we can tailor our marketing message to better match your needs and interests. Finally, by tracking behavior on our site, cookies allow us to better understand how members use our site, which in turn helps us focus our resources on features that are most popular with our members. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our site may not work properly if you do so.

Note: Fallsview BIA places advertising on our site that originates from outside advertisers and/or advertising agencies. In some cases, if you click on or view these ads, the advertiser may assign you a cookie. Fallsview BIA does not control these cookies.

Collector of Personal Information. Fallsview BIA.com Incorporated owns and operates this web site and this policy only addresses the activities of Fallsview BIA. Other sites (including those that we link to) and the sites of our members may have their own policies, which we do not control and which are not addressed by this policy.

 

Disclosure of Personal Information

1. Public Areas. "Public Areas" are those member web sites and other areas, such as chat rooms, guest books and other means of online communication, in which a member or a third party may send a communication that is publicly available to other members. Public Areas provide special circumstances relating to the collection and disclosure of personal information. Members voluntarily may disclose any personal information whatsoever when they participate in Public Areas, but should exercise caution when doing so. In these instances, Fallsview BIA does not control that disclosure, and the personal information may be available to anyone who is also participating in that Public Area.
2. Prohibited Collection. We are prohibited by law from conditioning Children's participation in a game, the offering of a prize, or another similar activity on the Child's disclosure of more Personal Information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity.
3. Disclosure by Fallsview BIA. Except as contemplated in this section, we will not share personal information with a third party who does not agree to maintain the confidentiality of that personal information using reasonable security measures. We may disclose aggregated information about our members but that information contains no personal information. In some situations, we share personal information with third parties who provide support for the internal operations or enhancement of the services.
   
   Unfortunately, due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose personal information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We can (and you can authorize us to) disclose any personal information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us to legal liability.



4. Public Disclosure by Members. Any time any member, including Children, voluntarily discloses personal information in a Public Area, that personal information may be used by third parties. In these cases, the member must choose whether or not to disclose personal information.
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How do I contact Fallsview BIA.com? If you have any questions about this privacy statement, our site's practices and services, or your dealings with Fallsview BIA.com, please contact us using the following address:

Fallsview BIA
5400 Robinson Street
Niagara Falls Ontario L2 G 2A6


Email: info@fallsviewtouristarea.com