West Hill Pharmacy
4410 Kingston Rd. - West Hill,
Ontario (416) 284-4741
Our Privacy Policy
A. Introduction
1.
Our
Responsibility: At
Pharmasave, your wellness is our priority.
We take great pride in providing you with the most complete health and
wellness services and products. The
same applies to making sure that the information you pass on to us remains
private. We have always safeguarded your health and personal information with
utmost care. This policy outlines our procedures and guidelines that we follow
to make sure we do not break this trust.
2.
Your
Responsibility: You
are responsible for keeping your information safe. Be responsible and cautious
whenever you offer your personal information. You should ensure that whenever
you disclose personal information, that information is used in an appropriate
manner and stored safely.
3.
Your Consent:
By submitting your information to us, you evidence your consent to us
storing and using the personal information submitted as indicated in this
Privacy Policy.
4.
Modifications
to Policy: This
Privacy Policy will continue to evolve as the digital and global economy
develops. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting a
modified Privacy Policy. We make such modified Privacy Policy available in our
store or on our website www.westhillpharmacy.com at least 30 calendar days
before it becomes effective. If you disagree with any of the changes to our
Privacy Policy, you will have the opportunity to contact us, and control any
personal information that you have already provided to us.
5.
Information
from Children:
Although we do not actively solicit personal or other information from children
under the age of 13, it is possible for children to disclose their personal
information to us. If you are under
13 yeas of age and would like to participate in
our programs, please ask your parent or guardian for assistance.
6.
Definitions:
In this Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy"), the terms
"you", and "your" refer to our customers, employees and
website visitors. The term "we", "our" and "us"
refer to West Hill Pharmasave and www.westhillpharmacy.com
7.
Personal
Information Collected: We may ask for personal information about you
including names, telephone numbers, age, age-range,
e-mail, postal code, and postal address. From time to time we may ask you
for other information such general demographic, family or health information for
general research and opinion studies. We only collect this information if we ask
you, and obtain your consent to its use. We do not collect any personally
identifiable information unless you provide it to us.
If you do not want us to collect your personal information, please do not
provide it.
For employees, we collect only the information necessary to administer
your pay and benefits accurately.
B.
Scope and Application
1.
The ten principles that form the basis of the Pharmasave Privacy Policy
are derived from the PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
ACT (PIPEDA).
2.
The code applies to personal information about Pharmasave customers and
employees that is collected, used or disclosed by Pharmasave.
3.
The code applies to the management of personal information in
any form, whether electronic or written.
We
use your information to provide you health support and to promote our business.
We use the information collected to monitor and improve our internal
programs and operations. We may copy, distribute, display, transmit, prepare
derivative works from or otherwise use the information only in accordance with
this Privacy Policy and with any applicable laws.
We
do not sell your personal information to any other third party without your
permission. We take reasonable precautions regarding any sensitive information
or security information, such as contact information, health information, etc.
We
may also contract with a third party to store or host our on-line data, which
may include your personal information. We will only do so if we are satisfied
that the third party is a reputable and reliable service provider, and we will
not grant unauthorized access to your personal information.
Periodically,
we may conduct surveys and contests through our website or in Pharmasave stores.
You may chose to participate and provide us your name, mailing address,
telephone number, email and other personal information.
We collect this information for contests to select and notify the winner.
Personal information obtained in a survey will be used to understand
needs and preference of our customers.
D.
Principles
To
demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, we adhere to the following
principles:
1.
Accountability:
We are responsible for personal information under our control and designate an
individual or individuals who are accountable for our compliance with the
following principles.
2. Identifying Purposes: The purposes for which personal information is collected are identified by us at or before the time the information is collected.
3. Consent: Your knowledge and consent is required for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information.
4. Limiting Collection: The collection of personal information is limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by us. Information will be collected by fair and lawful means.
5. Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention: Personal information is not used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected with your consent or as required by law.
6.
Accuracy:
Personal information is maintained as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is
necessary for the purposes for which it is used.
7.
Safeguards:
We are committed to keeping your personal information safe in order to
protect it from loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure,
duplication, use by others and modification.
Your personal information is protected by reasonable security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
We use appropriate measures when disposing of the information.
8.
Openness:
We make readily available to you specific information about our policies and
practices relating to the management of personal information, such as the terms
of this Privacy Policy.
9.
Individual
Access: You have the
right to access your personal information collected by us. Upon request, within
a reasonable time, we will tell you what personal information belonging to you
is stored by us, what it is being used for and who possesses access to it.
You may notify us in writing at our contact address of the accuracy and
completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate.
10.
Addressing
Compliance: At
Pharmasave, we want to ensure our procedures support our Privacy Policy, and our
actions safeguard your privacy. If
you have a concern, kindly contact us in writing at the Contact Address.