We will not knowingly collect information from website visitors younger than 18 years of age. We encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of the Internet and the information they disclose to websites.

Active Information Collection

Like many others, this website actively collects information from its visitors both by asking specific questions and by permitting them to communicate directly with us via email, feedback forms, and/or web discussion or bulletin boards. Some of the information that you submit may be personally identifiable information (that is, information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your full name, address, email address, phone number, and so on). Some areas of this website may require you to submit information in order for you to benefit from the specified features (such as newsletter subscriptions, tips/pointers) or to participate in a particular activity (such as surveys or promotions). You will be informed at each information collection point what information is required and what information is optional. Links or reference to this privacy policy will be made available at such collection points.

SREDiQ.net may also collect other profile data, including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education, and employer. This data collection is for the purposes of assisting users in finding and communicating with each other.

User Profile information, which may include members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the SREDiQ.net virtual networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join the SREDiQ.net community, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, SREDiQ.net allows users to search for other members using first and last name, email address, and organizations to which users may belong or for which may (have) work(ed).

Passive Information Collection

As you navigate through a website, certain information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without your actively providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as Internet Protocol addresses, cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data collection. This information is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services to members of the SREDiQ.net community.

We use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses on this website. An IP Address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider so you can access the Internet; it is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information, because in most cases an IP address is dynamic (changing each time you connect to the Internet), rather than static (unique to a particular user's computer). We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest route for your computer to use in connecting to our website, for security and monitoring purposes, and to administer and improve the website. A "cookie" is information that a website sends to your Web browser that helps the website remember information about you and your preferences. "Session" cookies are temporary bits of information that are erased upon closing your Web browser window or otherwise turn your computer off. Session cookies are used to improve navigation on websites and to collect aggregate statistical information. This website uses session cookies. "Persistent" cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on the hard drive of your computer and stay there unless you delete the cookie. Persistent cookies store information on your computer for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information you have previously provided (e.g., passwords), helping to determine what areas of the website visitors find most valuable, and customizing the website based on your preferences. This website uses persistent cookies. "Internet tags" (also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, and 1-by-1 GIFs) are smaller than cookies and tell the website server information such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor's computer. We use Internet tags at this website. Tags have been placed both on online advertisements that bring people to the website and on different pages of the website. These tags indicate how many times a page is opened and which information is consulted. We do not collect or seek personally identifiable information through these tags. "Navigational data" ("log files", "server logs", and "clickstream" data) are used for system management, to improve the content of the website for market research purposes, and to communicate information to visitors. This website uses navigational data.

Use and Disclosure of Information

Except as otherwise stated, we may use your information to improve the content of our website, to customize the website to your preferences, to communicate information to you, for our marketing and research purposes, and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. If you provide personally identifiable information to this website, we may combine such information with other actively collected information unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection. We will take reasonable measures to prevent personally identifiable information from being combined with passively collected information, unless you consent otherwise. We may disclose your personally identifiable information to our affiliates that agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In addition, we may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties, but only:

1. to contractors we use to support our business (e.g., fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services), in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy;
2. in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business of this website to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such buyer to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy; or
3. where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.

In addition, we will make full use of all information acquired through this website that is not deemed personally identifiable.

Social Networking at SREDiQ.net

Use of the social networking platform at SREDiQ.net is governed by the SREDiQ.net Privacy Policy and the following additional policy.

You consent to allow other users to search for your page using personal information that you have provided to SREDiQ.net; this includes an option to search for you by your real first and family names. However, users will not have access to the information on your personal profile page unless you grant them permission to become a contact, and then only to the information that you have defined as being available, settings which you configure on sign-up and which can be reconfigured at any time. 

Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members

Members of the SREDiQ.net community can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. SREDiQ.net stores the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the invitations. SREDiQ.net does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders (up to three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations from SREDiQ.net may contact SREDiQ.net to request the removal of their information from our database.

You may prevent SREDiQ.net email invitations and other messages from being sent to any email address you control by sending a single email with the subject "BLOCK" to privacy@SREDiQ.net. Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to block.

Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public Forums

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, message boards including Ask the Expert, or any other public forums provided at this website, that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications. You post this content at your own risk. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal from SREDiQ.net, copies of member content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other members have copied or stored this content.

Access and Correction

To keep your personally identifiable information accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct personally identifiable information in our possession that you have previously submitted via this website.

Members of the SREDiQ.net community may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features on their customizable member page.

Security

SREDiQ.net member accounts are secured by member-created passwords.  SREDiQ.net takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We take reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information as you transmit your information from your computer to our website and to protect such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time.

You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, email sent to or from this website may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email. Moreover, when using passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features, on this website, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.

Links to Other Websites

This website may contain links or references to other websites. Please be aware that we do not control other websites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on SREDiQ.net.

We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Other Terms

Your use of this website is subject to our Terms and Conditions.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of this site, please contact us as follows:

A12-1250 Eglinton Ave. W., Suite 330

Mississauga, ON  L5V 1N3

Toll Free: 1-855-5-SREDIQ (1-855-577-3347)

privacy@srediq.net

Changes to This Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may make changes to our Privacy Policy. If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this website. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 1, 2011.