Privacy Policy

North Bay Farmer’s Market Privacy Policy 

E-Commerce website for Not-For-Profit business

 Effective: 16Feb2023

www.northbayfarmersmarket.com is owned and operated by The North Bay Farmer’s Market. The Board of Directors and the Market Manager are the data controllers and can be reached at info.northbayfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

  1. The personal data we will collect;
  2. Use of collected data;
  3. Who has access to the data collected;
  4. The rights of Site users; and
  5. The Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

Legal Basis for Processing

We collect and process personal data about users IAW all applicable laws in Canada including PIPEDA.

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data without notifying you first.

Purpose

We collect data automatically and by request to fulfill the operational needs of the North Bay Farmer’s Market including regular communications, marketing, and inquiries.

Who We Share Personal Data With

We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

  • If the law requires it;
  • If it is required for any legal proceedings;
  • To prove or protect our legal rights; and
  • To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our site to another site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their policies and practices.

 

How Long We Store Personal Data

User data will be stored until it is no longer required for the purpose identified in this policy.

You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

All databases of personal information are stored on personal computers and the Google account owned by the company.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore, we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data, their parent or guardian may contact our data protection officer.

How to Access, Modify, Delete or Challenge the Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we have disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights, please contact our data protection officer here:

North Bay Farmers’ Market Manager at info.northbayfarmersmarket@gmai.com.

Do Not Track Notice

Do Not Track (DNT) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third-party websites and therefore do not respond to browser-initiated DNT signals.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We do not use third-party cookies on our Site.

Modification

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue.