When you are online a bunch of information is collected about you. It is possible for your information to be linked together with other information that you might post on your social media accounts or on other websites. Your privacy is a big deal to us. The internet collects a lot of information about you. This may or may not be obvious. We encourage you to access The Officer of the Privacy Committee of Canada’s article “What kind of information is being collected about me when I’m online?” for a great breakdown.
Last Updated March 19, 2019
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.tiebuilder.com (“TIE Builder”)
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Data Collection and Use
At this time our forms collect your name and email address and potentially your phone number when you sign up for our newsletter or via our contact form.
We collect information about your navigation of our website through the use of cookies and other standard Internet technologies. This includes device information, such as information about your browser version, operating system, and IP address. This information is used by us to better tailor our messaging and website navigation by providing us with information about things like the amount of time you spend on our website, what you viewed, how you found us.
If you sign up for our newsletter, leave comments on the site, or otherwise fill in your name and email we collect that data. This information may be saved as “Cookies” (see more about cookies below). Additionally, your IP address and browser user agent string are used in order to help spam detection and for website security purposes. Also, an anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
We use a company called Mailchimp to manage our newsletter correspondence with you. You can find out more about Mailchimp and their privacy policy here
Cookies
A cookie is a very small piece of data stored on your computer When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name and email address in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you “Log in” to our website, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
If you sign up for our newsletter, leave comments on the site, or otherwise fill in your name and email we collect that data. We use a company called Mailchimp to manage our newsletter correspondence with you. You can find out more about Mailchimp and their privacy policy here
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if You (the visitor) has visited the other website. Please be aware that when you navigate away from our website to another location on the internet we no longer have control over your privacy. Please ensure you use your due diligence to ensure you are aware of the privacy policies for each place you visit on the internet/mobile apps.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
At TIE Builder we strive to ensure that the information you may share with us does not end up in malicious hands. We will not sell or otherwise share your personal information and we will always limit the amount of information we collect from you. Your information may be shared with third parties who are connected to our website in order to help us:
- Stop SPAM
- Limit our exposure to viruses
- Send you our newsletter or other communication
- Analyze navigation patterns and interactions to allow us to improve our website
- To direct you to our e-commerce solution provider
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register or Log In to our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Purchasing through our Website
In instances where you may make a purchase through out website, your purchase will be completed through a third party company. In these instances, any information you use for such a purchase will not be housed on this website but instead will be used by our e-commerce vendor to obtain payment. Please ensure you do your due diligence to become aware of the terms and conditions, and privacy policies of these third party vendors. Currently our e-commerce solution provider is Woo Commerce – Their privacy policy can be found here – https://automattic.com/privacy/ Through Woo Commerce we use Square for payment processing. Square’s privacy policy can be found here – https://squareup.com/ca/en/legal/general/privacy
Other Connections
It is our intention to protect your privacy on our website. Through our newsletter correspondence we will only collect your first name and email address. You may opt out of our newsletter at any time and we will delete your name and email from our data and email lists. Although we will diligently seek out third party partners that are well established and have all the safeguards in place to ensure your privacy – in the interest of your personal privacy we recommend that you always do your due diligence in understanding the terms and conditions, and privacy policies, of any other websites you are linked to from ours. We unfortunately cannot control how your information is used beyond our website borders.