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Privacy Policy
Collection, Use and Disclosure | Limits to the Collection of Personal Information | Usage, Disclosure and Retention | Accuracy | Security | Individual Access | Challenging Compliance
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The following policy statement (hereby referred to as the
policy), outlines the privacy policies and practices for Payless
Travel Corp, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively
referred to as, Payless Travel Corp) with respect to the collection,
use and disclosure of personal information. This policy may
be amended by Payless Travel Corp giving reasonable notice
of the revised policy (including by email or by positing on
Payless Travel Corp websites) and this policy may be supplemented
or modified by agreements entered into between Payless Travel
Corp and an individual from time to time. |
Personal information
is any information about an identifiable individual, as
defined under the Canadian Privacy Act and the Personal
Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
or other applicable laws.
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| Collection,Use and Disclosure |
Except where otherwise
required or permitted by law, Payless Travel Corp will inform
individuals of the purpose for the collection, use or disclosure
of the individual’s personal information, prior to the collecting,
using or disclosing that personal information.
Payless Travel Corp
collects information from clients and potential clients
through various means including application forms, web-form
registrations, marketing campaign, purchase/sale agreements
and survey responses. The type of information collected
will vary depending on the means through which an individual
submits his/her personal information. The type of information
collected may include an individual’s name, residential
address, email address, home phone number, age group, preferences,
credit information and specific comments.
Payless Travel Corp
uses information collected from clients and potential clients
to provide services or products, in respond to the requests
for information or the purchase of Payless Travel’s products
& services; for mailing contacts for Payless Travel
Corp publications, marketing materials, special events or
other marketing activity and for additional purposes that
may be identified at or before the time that the information
is collected. Payless Travel Corp also uses personal information
from purchasers for accounting and transactional completion
purposes.
Payless Travel Corp may disclose personal information to legal, financial
and other professional advisors or in connection with the
sale or reorganization of all or part of or its business
or operations.
Requirement for consent to the collection, use or disclosure of personal
information vary depending on circumstances and on the type
of personal information that is intended to be collected,
used or disclosed. In determining whether consent is required
and, if so, which form of consent is appropriate, Payless
Travel Corp will take into account both the sensitivity
of the personal information at issue and the purposes for
which Payless Travel Corp will use the information.
Consent may be express, implied through the use of opt-out consent
where applicable or deemed. On giving reasonable written
notice to Payless Travel Corp, an individual may withdraw
consent to the collections, use or disclosure of his or
her personal information. Upon receipt of this withdrawal,
Payless Travel Corp will notify the individual of the likely
consequences of withdrawing their consent. Except where
otherwise required or permitted by law, Payless Travel Corp
will then cease collecting, using or disclosing the individual’s
personal information.
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| Limits to the Collection of Personal Information |
Except where required or permitted by law, Payless Travel Corp will
limit the collection of personal information to that which
is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it is collected.
Personal information will be collected by fair and lawful
means.
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| Usage, Disclosure and Retention |
Payless Travel Corp will not use or disclose personal information
for purposes other than those for which it was collected,
except with consent of the individual or as required or
permitted by law.
Once the information
is no longer required to fulfill its intended purpose, and
is no longer required or permitted to be retained for legal
or business purpose, it will be destroyed, erased or made
anonymous.
Payless Travel Corp
may disclose certain information to third party service
providers and to affiliated entities in order to carry out
work on behalf of Payless Travel Corp. Prior to making this
disclosure, Payless Travel Corp will take appropriate steps
to ensure that such recipients safeguard the personal information
and use the information only for authorized purposes.
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| Accuracy |
Payless Travel Corp will make reasonable efforts to ensure that any
personal information collected by it, or on its behalf,
is accurate and complete if the personal information is
likely to be used by Payless Travel Corp to make a decision
that affects the individual to whom the personal information
relates or if the information is likely to be disclosed
to a third party.
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| Security |
Payless Travel Corp
will protect personal information with security safeguards
appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. Security
safeguards are employed to protect personal information against
loss, theft and unauthorized access, collections, use, disclosure,
copying, modifications or disposal or similar risks. The nature
of these safeguards will vary depending on the sensitivity
of the personal information that has been collected. The methods
of safeguards include: |
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- Physical
security measures
- Security
clearance and limiting access
- Technological measures such as user ID and passwords
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Payless Travel Corp
will inform employees about Payless Travel’s policies and
practices for protecting personal information and employees
are required to comply with Payless Travel’s Privacy Policy.
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| Individual Access |
Upon written request,
with sufficient detail to enable Payless Travel Corp to
identify the individual and the personal information being
sought, Payless Travel will inform an individual of the
existence, use and the disclosure of his or her personal
information under Payless Travel’s control and will provide
access to such information, unless otherwise prohibited
or permitted by law. Payless Travel Corp will respond to
all requests within 30 days. Payless Travel Corp may extend
the time limit for a further 30 days, or for a longer period
with the Privacy Commissioner’s consent or as otherwise
permitted by law.
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| Challenging Compliance |
An individual may direct
a complaint concerning compliance with the policy to Payless
Travel’s Privacy Officer.
The complaint must be
in writing. Within a reasonable time of receipt of the complaint,
the Privacy Officer will conduct an investigation into the
complaint.
Within a reasonable time of conclusion of the investigation, the
Privacy Officer will inform the complainant, either verbally
or in writing, of their findings. If the Privacy Officer
finds merit in the complaint, Payless Travel will take appropriate
measures necessary to rectify the source of the complaint.
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