David Chapman’s Ice Cream Limited -
Internet Privacy Policy
Revised: January 2007
David Chapman’s Ice Cream Limited (“Chapman’s”)
is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our website. Any personally
identifiable information about you (“personal information”) that
we collect from you on this website will be processed in accordance with this
Internet Privacy Policy.
Please review the information below to familiarize yourself
with our website privacy policies so that you can take full advantage of all
the fun activities available on our site for you and your family. By using this
site you agree to the terms of this Internet Privacy Policy.
Collection of Personal Information from Minors
We understand children’s use of E-mail and the Internet is cause for special
concerns regarding privacy and security of information. Therefore, Chapman’s
does not collect and keep personal information from and about children under
the age of 13 without their parent’s consent. We encourage parents to
spend time online with their children as well as check and monitor their children’s
online activities. Please help us to protect your child’s privacy by instructing
them never to enter their personal information without your permission and consent,
on this site or any other site.
We do not base a child’s participation in an activity on the child disclosing
more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that
activity. We will not share your children’s personal information with
third parties.
What Information Do We Collect?
In order to fully participate in the Kid’s Club and make consumer inquiries,
you will be asked to provide us with your name, address, age, and/or email address.
We do not require anyone to disclose more information than necessary to participate
in the Chapman’s Kid’s Club or to enable us to respond to inquiries,
as the case may be. You may elect not to provide us with such information but
by doing so you will not be able to access many of the games, activities and
opportunities available in the Kid’s Club and we may not be able to respond
to your inquiries.
While you browse our website, technical information in regards to your Internet
browser and your IP address may be passively collected. This information is
used to ensure our website is kept compatible with as many web browsers as possible.
What is the Information Used for?
Information collected from consumer inquiries will be used to help us respond
to such inquiries.
Mailing information is collected strictly for the purpose
of mailing prizes claimed by the online member and account holder. We collect
information about ages in order to help us tailor the Kid’s Club activities
and generate statistical data to assist us with product development.
With Whom Do We Share Information?
Product information and comments, questions and suggestions may be forwarded
to our Quality Assurance or Product Development departments, or to our distributors
for the purpose of product development and quality control. Technical information
gathered is only available and used by our Web Development and Database Administration
departments to administer this website.
Except as described in this policy, we never share personal
information that we receive online. We do not provide any “customer lists”
to outside companies for use for marketing or any other purposes.
Security
Your personal information is kept secure on web servers located in Canada. Only
authorized Chapman’s Ice Cream staff and affiliated companies’ staff
(who have agreed to keep the information secure) have access to your personal
information. We take commercially reasonable precautions to keep your personal
information secure. All access to the information we collect is subject to physical,
electronic and managerial restrictions to prevent unauthorized access, modification
or misuse. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we cannot guarantee the security of
any information you disclose online, and you do so at your own risk.
Spamming and Cookies
We do not practice "spamming". Spamming is where unsolicited e-mails
are sent to recipients containing advertisement or marketing related materials
without the prior consent of the recipient.
"Cookies" are small files or pieces of information
that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive when you
visit a website. Chapman’s also does not collect information passively
though “cookies” or other tracking mechanisms. Chapman’s uses
"cookies" to temporarily store your Kids Club membership information;
the server will read back this information to calculate your login and accumulated
points and delete the cookie when you log off of the website.
Links To and From Other Web Sites
Our website does not contain links to other third party websites and Chapman’s
is not responsible for the contents of or privacy practices on any other website
you visit.
Contacting Us in Regards to our Privacy Policy
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us at contactus@chapmans.ca
or by using the link above.
Thank you for reading our Internet Privacy Policy. We hope
you have a better understanding of the many activities offered on our website
and the ways in which we are committed to safeguarding online privacy.