This Privacy Policy describes how Meridian Journal ("we", "us" or "our"), operated at YOURDOMAIN.com, collects, uses, discloses and protects personal information in accordance with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy legislation.
By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Meridian Journal is an independently operated editorial website. Our Privacy Officer can be contacted at: privacy@YOURDOMAIN.com. Our mailing address is: Sarah Mitchell, 200 Bay Street, Suite 1200, Toronto ON M5J 2J2, Canada.
We may collect the following types of personal information:
We collect and use personal information only for the purposes disclosed at or before the time of collection. These purposes include:
We will not use your personal information for any purpose other than those listed above without first obtaining your consent, or as otherwise permitted by law.
Under PIPEDA, we rely on your consent for the collection and use of personal information. Where we send commercial electronic messages (as defined under CASL), we will only do so with your express consent, obtained through an un-pre-checked opt-in checkbox at the time of form submission.
You may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us at privacy@YOURDOMAIN.com or by using the unsubscribe link in any electronic communication we send. We will honour unsubscribe requests within ten (10) business days, in compliance with CASL requirements.
We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:
If personal information is transferred outside Canada, we take reasonable steps to ensure that equivalent protections apply in the receiving jurisdiction.
Under PIPEDA, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer at privacy@YOURDOMAIN.com. We will respond to requests within 30 days.
Complaints may also be directed to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: www.priv.gc.ca.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Email contact information collected through our forms is retained for a period not exceeding two years from the date of collection, or until you withdraw consent, whichever is earlier.
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
If you are a resident of Quebec, you have additional rights under Quebec's Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (as amended by Law 25 / Bill 64), including the right to data portability and the right to be de-indexed from certain digital publications. To exercise these rights, please contact privacy@YOURDOMAIN.com.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes by posting a notice on our website or, where appropriate, by email. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of our website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Privacy Officer: Sarah Mitchell
200 Bay Street, Suite 1200, Toronto ON M5J 2J2, Canada
Email: privacy@YOURDOMAIN.com
This contact page is intended to make our contact details easily accessible in accordance with CASL requirements for commercial electronic messages in Canada.