The Breken Group of Companies Inc. (Operating as YLM)
This privacy policy was last modified on November 7, 2012.
The Breken Group of Companies Inc. knows that you care how information about you is used and shared. This Privacy Policy explains what information of yours will be collected by YLM when you use YLM.ca and related services, how the information will be used, and how you can control the collection, correction and/or deletion of information. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have questions about the Privacy Policy or would like to suggest improvements, please contact us at privacy@YLM.ca.
Information We Collect
User-Provided Information
You provide us information about your organization, such as organization name, physical address, e-mail address, organization related details and contact information when you register with the Service.This information is used to create and display your filter and/or listing to the public.
Cookies Information
When you visit YLM.ca, we may send one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets YLM help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the site. A cookie does not collect personal information about you. YLM uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser's directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Service may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Log File Information
Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you access a web page. When you register with or view our site, our servers automatically record certain information that our web browser sends whenever you visit any web site. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
How We Use Your Information
Organization Information
We use the organization and Contact information you submit to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service.
Contact Information
Any contact information or content that you provide us is considered private unless you otherwise designate it as public.
If an organization is deleted, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages (i.e. Google, Yahoo) or if other users have copied or stored this information.
YLM may use certain information about your organization and/or your contacts without identifying you as an individual to third parties.
We do this for purposes such as analyzing how the Service is used, diagnosing service or technical problems, maintaining security, and personalizing advertisements and promotions.
YLM reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the User Content you post on the site.
YLM has the right to remove any such information or material for any reason or no reason, including without limitation,
if in its sole opinion, such information or material violates, or may violate, any applicable law or
to protect or defend its rights or property or those of any third party.
YLM also reserves the right to remove information upon the request of any third party.
Cookies
We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to:
(a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the site;
(b) provide custom, personalized content and information;
(c) monitor the effectiveness of our service;
(d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors and traffic;
(e) diagnose or fix technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP; and
(f) help you efficiently access your information after you sign in.
How We Share Your Information
Personally Identifiable Information
YLM will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to others. YLM may share your personally identifiable information with third parties solely for the purpose of providing services to you. If we do this, such third parties' use of your information will be bound by this Privacy Policy. We may store personal information in locations outside the direct control of YLM (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).
As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customer, email, and visitor information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, or dissolution. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain subject to this Privacy Policy.
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, YLM will not disclose personal information to any third party
unless required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to:
(a) conform to the law, comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities;
(b) to take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and
(c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of YLM, our users or others.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
We may share non-personally identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third parties to help them understand the usage patterns for certain YLM services.
How We Protect Your Information
YLM uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information.
We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to YLM and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information,
YLM makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information
may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account.
You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from YLM, at all times.
Compromise of Personal Information
In the event that personal information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, YLM will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised, in accordance with the notification procedures set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
Your Choices About Your Information
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through YLM, in which case YLM may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your account information and email preferences at any time in the "Settings" section.
Links to Other Web Sites
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web site to another Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other Web site, including those that have a link on our Web site, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Notification Procedures
It is our policy to provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business related purposes, to you via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notice on our Web site page, as determined by YLM in its sole discretion. We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications you, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. You are bound by changes to the Privacy Policy when you use the site after those changes have been posted.
Questions
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at privacy@YLM or at 271 Brock Street, Peterborough, ON K9H 2P8.