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Privacy Policy for Visitors to the public website: Brightsquid.com<\/span><\/p>\n

For the Privacy Policy related to the use of Brightsquid applications visit this page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last updated: November 22, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Brightsquid Secure Communications Corp (\u201cus\u201d, \u201cwe\u201d, or \u201cour\u201d) operates the public website https:\/\/brightsquid.com\/us<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Personal Information Collect, Use, Disclosure and Consent<\/span><\/p>\n

Personal Information may include your geographic location and technical and browser information related to your visit to our public website. You may be asked to provide your name, email address, age, home address, and phone number for registration purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are committed to providing our public website visitors (\u201cyou\u201d, \u201cyour\u201d or \u201cthem\u201d) with exceptional website visitor experience. Providing exceptional website visitor experience may involve the collection, use, and, at times, the disclosure of your Personal Information as related to your visit to the public website, Brightsquid.com. Protecting your Personal Information is one of our highest priorities. While we have always respected your privacy and safeguarded all Personal Information, we have strengthened our commitment to this goal. This is to continue to provide an exceptional website visitor experience to you and to comply with all laws regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information. Please note that there is a separate privacy policy related to the use of Brightsquid Secure-Mail available when logged in to your Brightsquid account.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will inform you of why and how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information; obtain your consent, as required; and handle Personal Information according to applicable law. Our privacy commitment includes ensuring the accuracy, confidentiality, and security of your Personal Information and allowing you to request access to, and correction of, your personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you visit the public website, Brightsquid.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will only collect Personal Information that is necessary to fulfill the following purposes:<\/span><\/p>\n

To verify identity;<\/span><\/p>\n

To identify your preferences;<\/span><\/p>\n

To open and manage an account;<\/span><\/p>\n

To ensure you receive a high standard of website visitor experience;<\/span><\/p>\n

To meet regulatory requirements;<\/span><\/p>\n

Other legal reasons as apply to the goods and services requested.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will obtain your consent to collect, use or disclose Personal Information. In some cases, we can do so without your consent (see below). You can provide consent orally, in writing, electronically or through an authorized representative.<\/span><\/p>\n

You provide implied consent when visiting our public website where our purpose for collecting, using or disclosing your Personal Information would be considered obvious or reasonable in the circumstances. Consent may also be implied where you have notice and a reasonable opportunity to opt-out of having your Personal Information used for mail-outs, marketing or fundraising and you do not opt-out.<\/span><\/p>\n

We may collect, use or disclose Personal Information without consent:<\/span><\/p>\n

When permitted or required by law;<\/span><\/p>\n

In an emergency that threatens an individual\u2019s life, health, or personal security;<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Personal Information is available from a public source;<\/span><\/p>\n

When we require legal advice from a lawyer;<\/span><\/p>\n

For the purposes of collecting a debt or protection from fraud;<\/span><\/p>\n

Other legally established reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will not sell your Personal Information to other parties. We retain your Personal Information for the time necessary to fulfill the identified purposes or a legal or business purpose. We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that your Personal Information is accurate and complete. You may request correction to your Personal Information to ensure its accuracy and completeness. A request must be in writing and provide sufficient detail to identify your Personal Information and the correction being sought.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are committed to ensuring the security of your Personal Information related to your visit to our public website and may use passwords, encryption, firewalls, restricted employee access or other methods, at our discretion. We will use appropriate security measures when destroying your Personal Information such as shredding documents or deleting electronically stored information, at our discretion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Log Data<\/h3>\n

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our public website (\u201cLog Data\u201d). This Log Data may include information such as your computer\u2019s Internet Protocol (\u201cIP\u201d) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our public website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this type of information in order to increase our public website\u2019s functionality. These third party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cookies<\/h3>\n

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer\u2019s hard drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

We use \u201ccookies\u201d to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our public website. If you do not instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, your consent to our use of your Personal Information may be implied.<\/span><\/p>\n

Behavioral Remarketing<\/h3>\n

Brightsquid Secure Communications Corp may use remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visit our public website. We, and our third party vendors, use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our public website. In certain circumstances, your implied consent to our accessing, using or disclosing may be provided if you do not instruct your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is sent or if you do not opt out of Google Analytics or other services, as indicated below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Service Providers<\/h3>\n

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our public website experience, to provide the experience on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our public website is used.<\/span><\/p>\n

These third parties may have access to your Personal Information related to your visit to our public website only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

Communications<\/h3>\n

We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.<\/span><\/p>\n

Compliance With Laws<\/h3>\n

As set out above, and for clarity, we will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our public website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Security<\/h3>\n

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information related to your visit to our public website, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.<\/span><\/p>\n

International Transfer<\/h3>\n

Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to \u2014 and maintained on \u2014 computers located outside of your province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including Personal Information related to your visit to our public website, to Canada and process it there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Links To Other Sites<\/h3>\n

Our public website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party\u2019s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Privacy<\/h3>\n

Our public website does not address anyone under the age of 18 (\u201cMinor\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Minors. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Minor has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from Minors without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Changes To This Privacy Policy<\/h3>\n

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on our website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Us<\/h3>\n

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy related to your visit to our public website, please contact us.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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