Privacy Policy

Please see our Terms of Use.

The following document outlines the Privacy Policy of the casaGOODER website. Before using any of the casaGOODER services, you are required to read, understand, and agree to these terms.

The parts of these Terms labeled “In Other Words” are provided to help you better understand the content of the Terms of Use. They are provided as a courtesy and are not legally binding.

This Privacy Policy covers casaGOODER’s treatment of personal information that casaGOODER gathers when you are on the casaGOODER website and when you use casaGOODER services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that casaGOODER does not own or control, or to individuals that casaGOODER does not employ or manage.

  1. OUR PRIVACY POLICY

At Abstract to Earth Consultants Inc. (“casaGOODER” and also “our”, “us”, “we”), we are committed to protecting your privacy, and maintain a general policy of openness about how we collect, use and disclose your personal information. casaGOODER is owned by an Ontario corporation. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) constitutes a legal, binding agreement between you (“you”, “your” or “user(s)”), a user of our websites, and casaGOODER.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about casaGOODER’s practices relating to the collection, treatment, disclosure and safeguard of any personally identifiable information that may be provided through access to or use of our website, services and publications, or that may otherwise be collected by us. By using our website or submitting information to our website at www.casaGOODER.com (the “Site”).

This Policy applies only to people who wish to enter our Site. If you do not need or do not want to use our Services, please close this web tab and exit the Site. You hereby consent that casaGOODER may collect, use and disclose such personal information (as defined below) in accordance with the following terms and conditions, and as permitted or required by law.

In Other Words: Welcome to our website. This Privacy Policy is a legal agreement, and it is important for your privacy. You accept this Policy.

In Other Words: Welcome to our website. This Privacy Policy is a legal agreement, and it is important for your privacy. You accept this Policy.

This Privacy Policy also explains how you can Contact Us if you have a question about, want to make a change to or want to delete any personal information that casaGOODER may be maintaining about you. We strongly recommend that you take the time to read this Privacy Policy and retain it for future reference. For purposes of this Policy, the Site shall be the initial point of contact between you and casaGOODER, and will serve as initial point of collection of any personal data you may provide us. Please read carefully this Policy and our applicable Terms of Use, incorporated by reference.

In Other Words: Take the time to review the Policy.

As used herein, the terms “use”, “collect”, “treat”, “process” and “disclose”, when related to personal information and other data, include, among other items, use of cookies inside a computer, and statistical and analytical compilation thereof for the creation of aggregate databases and marketing strategies; also including but not limiting, the storage, use, combination, integration, disclose, process, and transfer of such personal information within our affiliates or other third parties.

In Other Words: We are legally responsible for your personal data, and we will take good care of it.

  1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, and in accordance with applicable privacy laws, “personally identifiable information” is generally defined as personal information about an identifiable individual or person, not a legal entity, or information that allows an individual to be personally identified.

Public Content
● In general we collect, use and disclose personal information for use on the Site. From time to time, we may ask you to provide us with more detailed information and we will inform you as to why we are collecting it. Your account profile and anything you post on the Site are meant for public access. Such content may be displayed on the Site or be distributed to a public audience through third party websites or other web services.

Location & Activity
● The personal information casaGOODER may collect about you may include, but is not limited to: your contact information, including an online name & neighbourhood of residence, zip or postal code, the date and time of your visit, your IP address, content viewed, the name of companies recorded in your account, e-mail address and demographic information.

Financial Transactions
● If you make any financial transactions through our website, such as pay for memberships, your billing information may be stored. This sensitive information is encrypted according to industry standards and is only shared with third parties who will assist casaGOODER in completing the purchase transaction.

Messaging
● We may also retain any communications you send us and other users, including e-mail messages, forum posts, reviews and responses we send you.

In Other Words: We collect your registration and user profile data. Our servers also collect log information used to make the website faster and better. We also collect geographic location data; this allows us to present a more personalized experience.

  1. CHILDREN AND MINORS

Children and minors, that is, persons under the age of 18, are not eligible to use the Site unsupervised, and therefore we ask that children do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use this Site in conjunction with and under the supervision of your parents or legal guardians.

In Other Words: Please only use this site if you are an adult.

  1. TREATMENT AND PURPOSE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use your personal information for the purposes of operating and providing the products and services of casaGOODER on or in connection with the Site. More specifically, we generally collect, use, and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
● To verify the validity of your e-mail address and identity;
● To communicate with you regarding information you submit to the Site;
● To research, develop, manage, protect and improve those communications;
● To respond to questions and suggestions you submit to the Site;
● To verify any reviews submitted to the Site;
● To advise you about new products and services that may be of interest to you;
● To allow other Users or appropriate third parties to communicate with you regarding your requested services or goods.

In addition, from time to time, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:
● To detect and protect casaGOODER and third parties against error, fraud, theft and other illegal activity, and to audit compliance with casaGOODER’ policies and contractual obligations;
● To understand your needs and preferences, including to contact and communicate with you and to conduct surveys, research, and evaluations; and
● For any other purpose we may indicate to you from time to time.

In Other Words: We will communicate about our services and to confirm your preferences. At any time you can opt out of receiving communications but it may disrupt your service.

  1. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Except with your consent and as set out below, we will not sell, license, trade, or rent your personal information to or with others.

Third Parties:
we may disclose personal information to our authorized third party providers, including those engaged to assist us in providing our services via the Site (including but not limited to, software development, website development and hosting, data processing, document management and office administration) to you or to carry out one or more of the uses described above. These service providers are prohibited from using your personal information for any purpose other than to provide this assistance and are required to protect personal information disclosed by casaGOODER and to comply with the general privacy principles describes in this Privacy Policy.

Investigations:
casaGOODER reserves the right to disclose personal information to a third party if a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order legally requires or authorizes us to do so.

Business Transfers:
casaGOODER also reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer personal information to a third party in the event of a proposed or actual purchase of all or any portion of casaGOODER or of any of the business or assets or shares of casaGOODER or a division thereof in order for you to continue to receive the same products and services from the third party.

Aggregate:
Aggregate information is collected by casaGOODER. This information may be shared with third parties, such as advertisers. Often this information is collected and used for statistical purposes to determine the current areas of interests of users.

Injured, Ill, Deceased:
casaGOODER shall, where required by law, disclose personal information requested for the purpose of communicating with the next of kin or authorized representative of an injured, ill, or deceased individual.

Defense:
We will also release any and all collected information and/or personal data under the following circumstances: if required by applicable law, to defend ourselves and our affiliates from legal claims by third parties and to respond to such claims and legal processes (including takedown notices and subpoenas), to protect the property, rights, and integrity of casaGOODER or any third party, and to prevent or terminate any activity we may consider to be posing a risk of any illegal, unethical, or objectionable activity.

In Other Words: We do not sell your information to anyone. We may share information so that we can provide our service, and we may share information where required by law. We may also share information with third-parties that help casaGOODER provide services to you.

  1. KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT

Use of the casaGOODER website is voluntary. We will seek express consent for the use or disclosure of your personal information at the time of collection or to communicate with you. In certain rare circumstances, consent may be sought after the information has been collected but before use (for example, when we want to use information for a purpose not previously identified).

You may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. 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 that may be of value to you.

We will not, as a condition of the supply of a product or service, require you to consent to the collection, use or disclosure of information beyond that required to fulfill the explicitly specified and legitimate purposes for which the information is being provided.

In Other Words: By using our website, you agree with this Policy and consent to collection of information. Still, you can always withdraw consent you give to us. We will always tell you what info you consent to giving to us.

  1. USE OR DISCLOSURE FOR MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP PURPOSES

We may also use your personal information to promote and market additional goods, services and special offers from us, our affiliates and sponsors, including by means of direct marketing. We may only disclose aggregated statistics with anonymized data, based upon use of the Site by our users. To ensure advertisers understand who our subscribers are and what they are interested in, we will compile your information and create general profiles of our subscribers’ demographic information and interests. However, we will never share any of your personally identifiable information with our advertisers.

From time to time, we will ask you for express permission and consent to receive Commercial Electronic Messages (‘CEM’), which we will sometimes send from or to Canadian computers to our users. A CEM is a message in an electronic format (e.g. emails, SMS, social media messages, push notifications and other form of communications) which is then sent to an electronic address (e.g. email, instant message accounts, smartphone, social media profile) that contains a message asking recipients to participate in commercial activities (e.g. purchase of products and services). For purposes of this Policy, and in compliance with the Canada Anti-Spam Law (‘CASL’), express consent shall require our clear and concise description of the purpose of such consent, along with a description of the CEMs you may receive from us.

Express consent for CEMs does not apply for those CEMs that we may send and that are: (i) opened or accessed outside of Canada; (ii) for security, refunds or guarantees of products and services on our Site; (iii) for providing information about purchases and transactions about your account; (iv) account related notifications.

In Other Words: We comply with Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, which applies to residents of Canada.

casaGOODER may use proprietary software tools and other third party tools such as Google Analytics and AdSense (which include remarketing code functionalities) to gather information about websites you browse view or when you undertake specific actions in a website.

Finally, if you use the Site through a mobile device, you may also use your device’s settings for control items such as your location sharing, tailored advertising and other privacy settings.

In Other Words: Google or your phone collects information about you. They claim to try to give you some sense of control of privacy.

  1. COOKIES

When you visit our Site, we may place a “cookie” in the browser directory of your computer’s hard drive. A cookie is a small text file of information that a website can store on your web browser and later retrieve. Some cookies are temporary and others can be valid for several weeks or months, stored on your computers or mobile devices even beyond when you exit your browser. We also use web beacons, tags and other means on our Site. Such beacons are an electronic file, sometimes only a pixel or small image, embedded on websites. We use such kind of cookies for various legitimate business purposes. In addition to the identified uses described in this Policy, we may use information provided by cookies and disclose it to third parties to measure the use of our Site, to improve the functionality and content of the Site, and to facilitate usage of the Site. You can reset your browser to notify you when you have received a cookie or refuse to accept a cookie. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, usually through the settings tab.

In Other Words: You may have cookies on your computer. But you can delete them.

  1. WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

casaGOODER makes all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that personal information collected from you is protected against loss and unauthorized access. Your casaGOODER account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.

Where casaGOODER considers it appropriate, having due regard to the sensitivity of the particular information that casaGOODER collects, uses or discloses, casaGOODER uses encryption or authentication tools, among other methods, practices and procedures, to protect certain of your personal information irrespective of which format it is stored in.

casaGOODER’s service providers and agents are required to maintain client confidentiality and may not use or disclose any information provided to them by casaGOODER for any unauthorized purpose.

This protection applies in relation to information stored in both electronic and hard-copy form. It is casaGOODER’ policy to give access to personal information only to those employees who require it to carry out the responsibilities of their jobs or to other such third parties with similar designated responsibilities and who are subject to contractual confidentiality restrictions with casaGOODER. casaGOODER educates its employees on the importance of privacy. In addition, casaGOODER employs appropriate information security techniques to protect personal information against loss and unauthorized access.

We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information. We cannot guarantee its absolute security. In the event of a breach of personal information under our control, casaGOODER shall retain records of any and every such breach for twenty-four months following the day on which we determine that a breach has occurred. In the event that it is reasonable to believe that a breach of personal information creates a real risk of significant harm to an individual, notice shall be given to the effected individual, unless prohibited by law.

In Other Words: Your account is protected by an encrypted password. We keep it secure; you must also keep it safe. Our employees may not access your account unless required to do a specific job.

  1. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES

This website may offer links to unaffiliated third-party websites for your convenience. You should be aware that operators of linked websites may also collect your personal information (including information generated through the use of cookies) when you link to their websites. casaGOODER is not responsible for how such third parties collect, use or disclose your personal information. It is important to familiarize yourself with their privacy policies, which may differ from ours, before providing them with your personal information. casaGOODER cannot be held liable for your use of such third-party websites.

In Other Words: If you click on third party links, they can collect data from you too, under their rules, not ours.

  1. CONTROL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

At casaGOODER, we want you to be able to maintain control over how we use your personal information. We continuously try to improve our user experience, and to give you the best choices for providing, editing, removing or instructing us not to use certain personally identifiable information collected by us from you.

In Other Words: We are continuously working so that you have more control over your personal information.

  1. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

casaGOODER reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time without notice, and at our sole and final discretion. The Policy posted at any time or from time to time via this Site shall be deemed to be the Policy then in effect, and therefore we strongly suggest that you review frequently for any updates. Your simple access or use of our Services after such amendments or changes become effective is your acknowledging and acceptance of the new Policy.

In Other Words: We may make changes to our Policy and you accept the changes.

  1. REMOVAL OF YOUR INFORMATION

Upon your request to us, and after proper review, we may edit, deactivate and/or delete your personal data and other information from our active databases. Please be advised that we may not be able to delete all of your personal data from some of our secure databases and, in such a case, we will make the data permanently inaccessible to any third parties. You may also be able to edit the personal information we store about you, by going to your account settings in the Site.

In Other Words: You can request to have your account, personal data, and personal information deleted. We will do our best to comply. Anything that cannot be deleted will be guarded.

  1. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you can reach us at the following email address:
Abstract to Earth Consultants Inc.
mail@abstracttoearth.com

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Date of last update to this policy:
28 January, 2022