Christopher Developments Website Privacy Policy

Christopher Developments and its affiliated subsidiaries and partner entities (collectively hereinafter, “Company”, "us", “our” or "we") respect your (you”, or “your”) privacy and want you to be familiar with how we collect, use, maintain, protect, and disclose information. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how we, or our Service Providers (as defined below), collect, store, use, disclose, and otherwise process your Personal Information and Anonymous Information (each as defined below) when you access and use of https://www.christopherdevelopments.com/ (“Website”), any other websites and social media platforms owned or controlled by us, along with any content, functionality, and services offered through us (each a “Property,” collectively “Properties”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning given to them in the Terms of Use.

By using any Property, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection and use of information by us as set forth herein. You understand that we may process, transfer, and store your information in Canada and elsewhere as permitted by law. We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what limited circumstances, if ever, we disclose it. Continued access or use of our Website shall constitute your express acceptance of any modifications to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any of the provisions of this Privacy Policy, do not use the Properties.

Linked Sites and Service Providers.

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other data collection, storage, and use practices of any third party operating any site or property to which any Property contains a link, including, without limitation, Meta (Facebook, Inc.), Apple Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Research In Motion, any wireless carriers and any third party (each, a “Linked Site”) or third parties who may provide certain services in connection with your access and use of, and our ability to provide certain products and services to you through, the Properties as further detailed herein, including, without limitation, Google, Inc., (each, a “Service Provider”).

The inclusion of a link on any Property does not imply endorsement of, or affiliation with, the Linked Site by us. Please note that the Properties may include the ability to access and submit (including, for example, via a third-party software application or service that is available through or in connection with a Property) certain information directly to third parties, such as Facebook, or to any Service Provider. Such information is submitted by you directly to such third parties; this Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Information submitted by you to third parties, including without limitation, those Linked Sites and Service Providers. You agree to the terms and conditions and privacy policies of such Service Providers, which may change from time to time without notice to you. It is your responsibility to check for such updates.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU HEREBY RELEASE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE OTHER COMPANY PARTIES (DEFINED BELOW) FROM ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, DISCLOSED OR UNDISCLOSED, RELATING TO THE DATA COLLECTION, STORAGE, USE, AND SHARING OF YOUR OR ANY THIRD PARTY’S PERSONAL INFORMATION OR ANONYMOUS INFORMATION BY ANY SERVICE PROVIDER. YOU AGREE, UNDERSTAND AND INTEND THAT THIS ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND RELEASE IS BINDING UPON YOU AND YOUR HEIRS, EXECUTORS, AGENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND ASSIGNS IN PERPETUITY.

The Properties are controlled and operated from Canada; accordingly, this Privacy Policy, and our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information is governed by Canadian law, and the Properties are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of Canada.

Information We Collect

All of the information we collect is related to providing the Properties and its features, and falls into three general categories: (i) information you provide to us, (ii) information collected automatically, and (iii) information we obtain from third parties. We process this information in light of our legitimate interest in improving the Properties and giving our customers the best experience, and where it is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract between us and you. Without it, we may not be able to provide you with the requested services and features of the Properties.

When you visit our Properties you may provide us and our Service Providers with two types of information: (i) Personal Information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis, and (ii) information collected on an aggregated basis as you and others use our Properties. "Personal Information" is information that can be used to identify you (whether alone or in combination) such as your first and last name, email address, and organization.

Information You Provide. You may provide Us, and our third-party service providers, with Your Personal Information through the Properties, for example:

• Communications: When you communicate with us or our Service Providers by e-mail or through the Properties, you may provide us certain Personal Information.

Information We Collect Automatically.  We and our Service Providers may collect certain Personal Information automatically as the result of your use of the Properties and other web analytics services. This information generally includes:

• Usage Data: When you use the Properties, we and our Service Providers may track and collect usage data and information about your interactions with the Properties such as the pages that you visit and links you click on, and the date and time the Properties on your device access our servers. We do not collect individual’s information but use the information only in aggregate.
• Cookies, Web Beacons, and Log Data: Like most companies, when you visit or interact with the Properties, we and our Service Providers may use cookies and other tracking technologies for storing information, including pixels, web beacons, “clear GIFs,” local storage, and device identifiers to help provide, protect and improve the Properties.
  • An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically assigned to your device from which you are accessing the Property by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), and is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever you visit the Properties, along with the time of the visit and the activity on the Properties, browser type and operating system, device information, device event information, and the page you’ve viewed or engaged with before or after using the Properties. We and our Service Providers use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating Property usage levels, helping diagnose server problems, administering the Properties and determining your approximate geographic location.
  • “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website attaches to your browser when you visit a website. We may use session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience with the Website. When you visit a site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it. We do not store Personal Information in any Cookies on your computer. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following your Internet browser’s directions within the help tab. However, in order to use certain aspects of the Properties, your web browser must accept Cookies, and therefore some aspects of the Properties may not work properly if you choose to disable Cookies.
  • We may also use Cookies, pixels, “Web Beacons” (which are usually small, transparent graphic images) and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URLs to gather information regarding the date and time of your visit, the features and information for which you searched and viewed, or the e-mail you opened. This type of information is collected to make the Properties more useful to you and to tailor the experience with us to meet your interests and needs.
• Social Media Plug-Ins: The Properties may use social media plug-ins (e.g., the Facebook “Like” button, “Share to Twitter” button) to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit the Properties, the operator of the social plug-in can place a cookie on your computer or other electronic device that enables that operator to recognize individuals who have previously visited our Properties. If you are logged into the social media website (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) while browsing on our Properties, the social media plug-in allows that social media website to receive information that you have visited our Properties. The social media plug-in also allows the social media website to share information about your activities on our Properties with other users of their social media website. These sharing settings are managed by the social media website and governed by its privacy policy. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of each of these websites, apps, or services before connecting your accounts or sharing any Personal Information.
• Device Information: Certain information is collected by most browsers, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, device type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system version, Internet browser type and version and the type and version of the Property that you are using. We and our Service Providers may also collect a unique device identifier assigned by us or our Service Providers to the device from which you are accessing the Property and other transactional information for the device that we and our Service Providers may use to serve content and advertisements to the device.
• Software Development Kits (“SDK(s)”): We or our Service Providers may use SDKs to collect information and information related to how mobile devices interact with the Properties. An SDK is computer code that app developers can include in their apps to enable ads to be shown, data to be collected and related services and functionality to be implemented. A mobile SDK is in effect the mobile app version of a pixel tag or beacon. We may use this technology, for instance, to analyze how you interact with content and advertisements and to enable analytics or other features through mobile devices.
• Aggregated Information: We may aggregate Personal Information so that the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of the Property, for example, by using Personal Information to calculate the percentage of our users who access a particular article.

Information From Third Parties.  We engage third parties, such as Google Analytics, to provide analytics about the use of our Properties, or assist with our payment processing, data processing and management (e.g. to measure ad quality and responses to ads, and to display ads that are more likely to be relevant to you) account management, hosting, customer and technical support, manage, fulfill, and ship orders, and other services which we use to personalize your experience. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, and other technologies to automatically collect information about your use of the Website, such as your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information. Additionally, we may work with advertising networks and programmatic exchanges to allow us to serve you ads. These third-party ad networks and exchange providers may use third-party cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to collect information, including your device identifier, IP address, or identifier for advertising. The information these third parties collect may be used to help us in providing you with more relevant advertising that we serve on or off the Properties, and as described above. Third-party cookies are covered by the third parties’ privacy policy. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative at www.networkadvertising.org or the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info.

How We Use Your Information

We may use your Personal Information we collect from you, including with the help of automated systems and data collected from the use of cookies and other similar technologies, for a range of different business purposes, including the following:

• To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests (e.g., send newsletters or provide you with information about our services).
• To send you administrative information, including information regarding the Properties and changes to our terms, conditions and policies.
• To send to you marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you (including, without limitation, by our Service Providers that send direct mail, email, and other types of advertising to those whose email addresses we have collected).
• To personalize your experience with the Properties by presenting content, products, and offers tailored to you.
• To provide, improve, test, monitor, and develop the Properties, including, without limitation, to provide you access to the Properties, identify usage trends, and determine the effectiveness of promotional campaigns.
• To develop and test new products, services, and features as well as diagnose and fix technology problems in connection with current products, services, and features.
• For our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, developing new products, enhancing the Properties, improving our services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns.
• As we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public or government authorities, including public or government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, or that of you or others; or (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

How Your Personal Information May Be Disclosed to Third Parties

Your Personal Information may be disclosed:

• Only With Your Consent: We will disclose your Personal Information for those purposes in which you have agreed that we may do so, including for such purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. When you sign up for an event, you may also agree to disclose your e-mail information to our event sponsors. To opt out, please see the terms below.
• Service Providers: We use a variety of Service Providers to provide services to us or to our users on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, order fulfillment, infrastructure provision, IT services, customer service, email delivery, auditing and other similar services to enable them to provide such services. These Service Providers have access to your information solely to perform these tasks on our behalf in accordance with our instructions and to the extent necessary to provide their services to us.
• Compliance with Laws: We may disclose your Personal Information to courts, law enforcement agencies, and governmental authorities (a) to comply with applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public or government authorities, including public or government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our Terms of Use; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, or that of you or others; or (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

Retention Period. Your Personal Information may be stored as long as it is required for the purposes identified when you provided the information for such specific purposes or for any new purposes identified by us and consented to by you, and for any appropriate time thereafter including a sufficient time following to permit you to ask any questions regarding its use, after which point it will be archived only for so long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out above, in accordance with applicable laws.

Sensitive Information. Do not send us or disclose any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Properties or otherwise to us.

Choice and Access

Data Security. We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Notwithstanding, the safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we or any of our Service Providers have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Properties, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out Personal Information in public areas of the Properties like message boards and comments sections. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Properties.

We restrict access of Personal Information to authorized personnel of Company, employees, contractors, vendors and Service Providers, and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, innovate, and deliver our Properties and any purchases made thereon. Personal Information will only be disclosed to those vendors and Service Providers of Company for the purpose of administering our Properties and completing transactions taking place thereon in accordance with the uses as outlined herein.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to our Properties. We cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not gain access to your Personal Information; therefore, any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures in connection with the Properties.

Your choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information. In some jurisdictions, including the EEA, you may exercise certain rights to access, request copies of, change or correct, request our deletion or transfer, object to or reject certain processing of your Personal Information. You may, of course, decline to share certain Personal Information with us. In such circumstances we may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality found on the Properties.

Opting Out. We give you many choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information for marketing purposes. You may opt-out from:

• Contact Form Information
• Email Correspondence

Please note that, if you opt-out as described above, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information from the databases of unaffiliated third parties with which we have already shared your Personal Information as of the date that we process your opt-out request. Please also note that, if you do opt-out from receiving marketing-related messages from us, we may still send administrative messages to you, such as related to pending orders, returns, or refunds.

Opt Out of Google Analytics. To opt out of Google Analytics, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser found at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. To opt out of Google Analytics for display advertising or customize Google display network ads, you can visit the Google Ads Settings page found at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

“Do Not Track” Signals.  Note that your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to sites and online services you visit. There is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, we currently do not alter our practices when we receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser. To learn more about cookies and any "Do Not Track" features, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ and http://www.allaboutdnt.com. If you choose to decline cookies, then some or all of the features, functionality and promotions available through the Property that may not be available to you. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a procedure on most devices through which the Properties are accessed that allows you to decline the use of cookies.

Mobile Device Settings. On your mobile device, enable the “Limit Ad Tracking” setting in your iOS phone’s settings, or the setting to “Opt out of Ads Personalization” in your Android phone’s settings. To opt-out of location tracking when using our Properties, you can use the settings of your device. You can disable mobile analytics and bug reporting through these same settings as well.

For more information about analytics and advertising cookies and how you can opt out, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page found at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page found at http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN, or EDAA’s Your Online Choices page found at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/.

General Data Protection Regulation. If you are a data subject in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), you have the right to access, rectify, or erase any personal data Company has collected about you.  You also have the right to data portability and the right to restrict or object to Company’s processing of personal data it has collected about you.  You may withdraw your consent at any time for any data processing Company does based on consent you have provided to it. To exercise any of these rights, contact YLG as set forth in the section “Contact Us” below and specify which right you intend to exercise. Please include your name, address, and e-mail address, with “Legal” in the subject line in your request. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.  Company will respond to your request within 30 days.  Company may require additional information from you to allow Company to confirm your identity.  Please note that Company may store information as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, and may continue to retain and use the information even after a data subject request for purposes of Company’s legitimate interests, including to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, and enforce its agreements. Personal Information collected within the European Union and Switzerland may be transferred and processed by third parties located in a country outside of the European Union and Switzerland.  In such instances, Company will ensure that the transfer of your personal data is carried out in accordance with applicable privacy laws. If you have any issues with Company’s compliance, you have the right to lodge a complaint with an EEA supervisory authority.

Contact Us. Questions regarding the Properties, Privacy Policy, or the Terms of Use should be directed as follows:

• Phone: 250-882-1895
• Email: info@christopherdevelopments.com