PRIVACY NOTICE
We’ve made our Privacy Notice as clear and transparent as possible. This Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how we collect and use your information.
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Collecting personal information from you is essential to our ability to offer customers high-quality breeding services. We take great care to keep your personal information accurate, confidential, and secure.
Our Privacy Notice sets high standards for collecting, using, disclosing, and storing personal information.
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In accordance with the Personal Information Protection Electronic Data Act (PIPEDA), Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the European Union and other related global legislative standards, we are committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of the information that you provide to us.
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We may collect information from you about other people, for example, family members who may be included on in your application or under services provided. If you give us information about another person, it is your responsibility to ensure and confirm that:
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you have told the individual who we are and how we use personal information, as set out in this privacy notice; and
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you have permission from the individual to provide that personal information to us and for us to use it, as set out in this Privacy Notice.
If you have any questions or queries about this notice, please contact us.
COOKIE NOTICE
Introduction
To provide the best possible website experience for our customer, and to provide our customers with relevant quality services within our website, we may place data files called cookies on your device. This notice provides you with the knowledge regarding cookies and how you can manage them for your experience on our website.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of information sent from our website and stored on a user’s computer by the web browser while the user is browsing the website. Every time a user returns to the website, the website recognizes the stored cookie and sends that visit information about the user’s online activity back to the website.
Cookies can help us create a better user experience for users of our website. They also provide us with insight into how people are using our website, which pages are most visited, and which are not so that we can more effectively align our products and services to meet our website user needs.
Cookies We Use on This Site
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Essential Cookies. These cookies are required for optimal user movement throughout our website and for providing access features such locating important clinic locations, accessing your account, and making purchases. These cookies are not used for marketing purposes and do not remember other places you have travelled to on the internet. We cannot disable Essential cookies; however, we do have a chart below that can explain the essential cookies we use in more detail.
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Analytics Cookies. We use Google Analytics cookies to collect data about how visitors are utilizing our website. These cookies collect information to provide us knowledge about how the website is being used. All data collected through Google Analytics is transferred and stored through Google on Google Servers located in the United States. Google may also transfer information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The following table describes how we use these cookies in more detail.
To view an overview of the privacy of your Google Analytics cookies please go here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
You may install a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on by going here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use millstbernedoodles.com. We use the information to help us improve our site through the collection of anonymous information (e.g. number of visitors to website and where visitors have come to the site from). Please click on "Reject All" in "Cookie Preferences"
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How to Control and Delete Cookies
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Consent “Tool”. The millstbernedoodles Cookie Preference Button can be used to customize our user’s cookie preferences. The tool will record when users have consented to our cookie notice and will request our users consent again every year as a means to safeguard our users and stay current with revisions to our cookie and privacy policies. This consent tool specifically controls the analytical cookies set by using our website. Please note that this tool cannot be used to block cookies on third-party websites linked from our website.
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Using your browser. Many of the cookies used through our website can be disabled using the tool mentioned above. Know that you can also disable them using your browser settings. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions generally located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please remember that disabling a cookie or category of cookies will not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through your browser settings.
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You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings through the use of this tool or on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
CONSENT
Mill St. Bernedoodles (collectively “We” “Our” in this Privacy Notice) are committed to protecting your privacy. When you submit an application for a puppy, you give consent for your personal data to be collected and processed by us in accordance with this Privacy/Data Protection Notice. The information provided is used only for determining your eligibility for purchase of one of our puppies.
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This information will not be shared outside of Mill St. Bernedoodles.
We collect and process your personal data in line with applicable privacy and data protection legislation. We take great care to keep your personal information accurate, confidential, and secure.
We collect, use, or disclose your personal information only with your permission.
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Your permission may be expressed in writing, you may give it to us verbally, or electronically, through the application process.
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You may withdraw your permission at any time, subject to legal and contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. See the “Your Rights” dropdown menu for more details
Example: Where you take out a travel or health policy we will collect and use your personal information to arrange, underwrite and manage your policy, as well as prevent fraud and handle claims.
We collect only the information we need for the purposes we have identified to you. Our files are kept for the purpose of providing and servicing insurance products and services that we believe are right for you.
We will not sell your personal information.
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SPECIAL CATEGORY DATA
Mill St. Bernedoodles does not process special category data.
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CHILDREN’S DATA
Children are not eligible to use our website services and we ask that minors (under the age of 13) do not submit any personal information to us. Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13 through our website. If you are a minor, you can use these services only if used together with your parents or guardians, and you should avoid providing personal information.
Should we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, without their parent or guardians verifiable consent, we will immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to take necessary actions.
USES & DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We want to ensure we are processing all the data we collect, and the process is lawful, fair, and transparent. We ensure we maintain a register of systems which will be reviewed annually. We ensure individuals have the right to access their personal data and any such requests made to Mill St. Bernedoodles shall be addressed within a timely manner.
Why we collect your information...
Generally, we need to collect personal information to:
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understand your needs
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determine your eligibility
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place you on a waitlist as required
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meet contractual requirements relating to the services and products provided to you
We will make sure you understand why we need the information by identifying the purpose in clear understandable language.
Wherever we collect or use this information we make sure we do this for a valid legal reason. This will be for at least one of the following purposes:
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To arrange, and manage the sale of our puppies
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To meet responsibilities; we must comply with our regulators, tax officials, law enforcement, or otherwise meet our legal responsibilities
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To operate and improve our products and services and keep people informed about our products and services or for any other purposes we identify as relevant to further our business interests but never at the expense of your privacy rights. (we refer to these activities as our legitimate interests)
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Where we have obtained appropriate consent to collect or use your personal information for a particular purpose
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We will only collect and use sensitive personal information in limited circumstances, where we’ve obtained your explicit consent, where we need this information to arrange, underwrite or manage our products, to handle claims, manage services or where we have another legal basis for doing so as explained in this Privacy Notice.
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THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
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AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING
We need your personal information when you apply to us to decide if we can offer a policy and, if so on what terms. Currently, this process is manual and therefore we do not use any automated decision-making tools.
HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We keep your personal information for only as long as it is necessary, including updating the product or service or as required by law.
We may also use the person's information to perform website analytics and ensure that our products are meeting the needs of our customers.
When we destroy personal information, we use safeguards to prevent unauthorized parties from gaining access to the information during the process.
We are responsible for all personal information in our possession so that we can provide you with a product or service.
All employees are required to protect the confidentiality of your personal information.
HOW WE PROTECT & STORE YOUR INFORMATION
Access to your personal information is restricted to those of Mill St. Bernedoodles employees who need it to do their jobs.
We maintain appropriate safeguards and security procedures that reflect the types of documents, including electronic or paper records.
We have instituted technological measures such as the use of passwords and encryption.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have legal rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal information.
You have the right to:
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Access your personal information
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Withdraw consent
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Correct/erase your personal information
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Restrict how we use your personal information
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Object to how we use your personal information
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Ask us to transfer your personal information to another organization
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Object to automated decisions
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Find out more about how we use personal information
We ask you for proof of identity when making a request to exercise any of these rights. We do this to ensure we only disclose information where we know we are dealing with the right individual.
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We will not ask for a fee, unless we think your request is unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.
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Where a fee is necessary, we will inform you before proceeding with your request.
You can locate more information about when and why we use personal information in other parts of this Privacy Notice, as well as the notices we provide when we collect information from you. If you would like to know more about the legal reasons or legitimate interests that apply to a particular way in which we use personal information you can contact us at any time.
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REQUEST AN UPDATE OR CORRECTION TO YOUR INFORMATION
If you believe any of the information, we have collected about you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to change it.
If you show that your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, we will make the necessary changes.
If you feel we have not dealt with your request to your satisfaction, you can follow our complaint resolution procedures.
YOUR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
If you are not happy with the way we are handling your information, you have a right to make a complaint with Mill St. Bernedoodles directly or with your local data protection supervisory authority at any time. In Canada that would be the Privacy Commissioner’s Office.
We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before contacting the local privacy authority. We will make every effort to take appropriate action, including changing our policies and practices, as necessary. Please see the contact information section below for further details.
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CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE
Any changes we may make to our privacy notice in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy notice.
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HOW TO CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information, please contact:
Andrea Wicks-Cherry @ 289-442-0600 or
Mill St. Bernedoodles
3 Mill Street
Brantford, ON Canada
N3T 0M6
For more Information or to Contact, Click the Link below:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Click for Link to Contact Information)
European Data Protection Supervisor (Click for Link to Contact Information)
Click Here for information about the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Click Here for more information about The California Consumer Privacy Act