Introduction
Bright Technology respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. Bright Technology has established this Privacy Policy so that you can understand the care with which we intend to treat such information. Bright Technology carries on business in Canada in compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act governing the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
The term “personal information” means information about an identifiable individual. Personal information does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization or any publicly available information such as a directory listing of names, addresses, telephone numbers and electronic addresses.
Purposes of Collecting Information
Bright Technology’s goal in collecting, using, and disclosing personal information is to enhance your product and service experience with us such as for the following purposes:
- providing you with general marketing, product, service and business partner information and offers;
- establishing and maintaining commercial relationships with partners, customers, suppliers and other third parties, including to issue invoices, administer accounts, collect and process payments, and to fulfill contractual obligations;
- conducting market analysis and research;
- meeting safety, security, legal and regulatory requirements;
- detecting and protecting Bright Technology and other parties against error, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, theft and other illegal activity, and to audit compliance with Bright Technology’s policies and contractual obligations;
- maintaining the accuracy of our records to respond to your inquiries and provide you with customer service communications and otherwise manage our relationship with you;
- satisfying other reasonable, legitimate business interests (such as collecting outstanding debts); and
- for any other purpose to which you consent.
Consent
BY USING BRIGHT TECHNOLOGY’S SERVICES OR SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BRIGHT TECHNOLOGY OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS OR AGENTS, YOU AGREE THAT WE MAY COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, BRIGHT TECHNOLOGY’S ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, TERMS OF SERVICE AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW. You also consent to Bright Technology having the right to collect, use and disclose any information acquired, whether through this Web site or use of Bright Technology’s services, which is not in a personally identifiable form, including aggregated information.
Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you may refuse or withdraw your consent to certain of the identified purposes at any time by contacting Bright Technology. If you refuse or withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you or continue to provide you with certain services or information which may be of value to you. If you provide Bright Technology or our service providers or agents with personal information of another individual, you represent that you have all necessary authority to do so and/or have obtained all necessary consents from such person to enable us to collect, use and disclose such personal information in accordance with Bright Technology’s practices.
Disclosure of Personal Information
If you provide us with personal information, we may from time to time disclose or transfer that information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction either within Bright Technology (including its subsidiaries and related companies) or to others including the following:
- service providers, including an organization or individual retained by Bright Technology to perform functions on its behalf, such as marketing, research, data processing, technical support, fulfillment and delivery services;
- an organization or individual retained by Bright Technology to evaluate your creditworthiness or to collect debts outstanding on an account;
- a person who, in the reasonable judgment of Bright Technology, is providing or seeking the information as your agent;
- third parties in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of Bright Technology’s business to which the information relates;
- any third party if, in Bright Technology’s judgment, the rights or property of Bright Technology, its affiliates, third party service providers, or the users of Bright Technology’s facilities and/or services are in jeopardy;
- any third party if, in Bright Technology’s judgment, the personal safety of users of Bright Technology’s services or facilities or other members of the public are in jeopardy; and
- any third party, where you consent to such disclosure or where disclosure is required or permitted by law or court order.
Bright Technology may also disclose aggregated information that does not allow you to be personally identified to third parties.
You agree that in certain circumstances personal information may be collected, used, or disclosed without your knowledge and/or consent. Examples of such circumstances include: a) legal, medical, or security reasons; b) detection and prevention of fraud or for law enforcement; and c) journalistic, artistic or literary purposes if its use is confined to those purposes.
You also agree that if the ownership of all or substantially all of Bright Technology’s business or individual business units owned by Bright Technology were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so our service can continue operations. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.
Security
Bright Technology is committed to protecting your personal information in compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. Your personal information may be stored and/or processed or otherwise used by or on behalf of Bright Technology both inside and outside of Canada (e.g., at secured locations with our service providers). To help protect the confidentiality of your personal information, Bright Technology employs administrative and technical security measures appropriate to the sensitivity of your personal information.
In terms of communicating personal information, you should note that there is no method of transmitting or storing data that is completely secure. While the physical characteristics of each are different, mail, telephone calls, faxes and transmissions over the Internet are all susceptible to possible loss, misrouting, interception and misuse of the information being communicated or transmitted. Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers or other special access features on our Web sites or in connection with Bright Technology’s services, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.
Contacting Us
Bright Technology is committed to continuous improvement and values your input. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or wish to update or correct or limit the use of any of your personal information that we may have, you may contact Bright Technology at:
Privacy Policy Modifications
Bright Technology reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time and at its sole discretion. It is the responsibility of the User to ensure that it has a current understanding of this Privacy Policy.