Blendtek Privacy Policy

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Date of issue: November 8, 2023

OVERVIEW

Blendtek Fine Ingredients Inc. is committed to protecting the privacy of users who use the Blendtek public Web Site (the “Website”) www.blendtek.com.

SCOPE

Blendtek has developed data practices that comply with applicable privacy laws and is designed to appropriately protect the information of the user. This privacy policy describes how Blendtek collects, protects, uses, and discloses Personal Information that it receives. All user information collected through the Website is governed by this policy.

NOTICE

“Personal Information” is personally identifiable information such as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address and includes information about your business, service and recorded complaints.

Personal Information is collected by Blendtek when you specifically and knowingly choose to provide it to us, such as when you choose to receive program information, register for events, or engage in the service offering provided by Blendtek.

Blendtek collects and uses your Personal Information primarily for the purpose of providing you with the information, products and services you have requested from us.

VISITING OUR WEBSITES

When you visit any Blendtek Website and navigate from page to page or download content onto your computer, we record the pages that are visited and the content that is downloaded.

We use this information to determine the number of people visiting our Websites and sections of the sites are visited most frequently. This helps us to determine the type of information that is most useful to our visitors so that we can improve our Websites and make it easier for you to access information.

Blendtek logs the date and time, the URL of the referring page (if applicable) and originating IP address of your computer or network that you use to access our sites. This is done for systems administration and security related purposes. Your IP address identifies the location of your computer on the internet.

USE OF COOKIES ON OUR WEBSITES

Blendtek uses a browser feature called a “cookie” to collect information anonymously and track user patterns on and off Blendtek Websites. We may also use cookies to show you relevant advertising across third party web sites and to determine how that ad performed.

What are cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Types of Cookies we use

Manage cookie preferences Cookie Settings You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the cookie button in the bottom left. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

 

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

EMAIL

When you send us an e-mail or when you ask us to respond to you by e-mail, we collect your exact e-mail address and any information you have included in the e-mail message.

We use your e-mail address to acknowledge your comments and/or reply to your questions, and we will store your communication and our reply in case we correspond further. We may use your e-mail address to send you information about offers on products or special promotions that we believe may be of interest to you.

Blendtek uses images imbedded in e-mail messages called “web beacons”. Web beacons are clear images that allow Blendtek to determine if a message has been opened. It also allows Blendtek to determine the IP address of the user that opened it and to access any Blendtek cookies. We may use this information in the aggregate to assess and improve our email messages.

Email web beacons can be disabled by turning off HTML display and displaying text only or by turning off image display while still using HTML within your email client.

Remember that e-mail sent over the Internet is generally unencrypted and transmitted in clear text. We recommend that you use caution when forwarding free-format e-mail messages to us and that you do not include confidential information (such as unique user IDs, passwords or Personal Information) in those messages. Confidential information should be transmitted to us through other secure methods as defined by Blendtek.

CHOICE

If you indicated that you were interested in receiving information from our website, or other marketing initiatives (webinars, conferences, etc.) your personal information would also be used to contact you or to send you materials via e-mail and other mailings about products and services that might be of interest to you.

In the case that you enter a contest or other promotion offered by Blendtek, your Personal Information will be used to administer the promotion, including the use of your name and selected other information for the purposes of contacting, announcing and promoting the winners of the contest or promotion.

If you don’t want us to contact you by e-mail with offers on products and special promotions, you may tell us by selecting the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the communication or by contacting customer service.

Blendtek may also contact you from time to time to conduct market research and surveys in an effort to continually improve our product and service offering.

Anonymous or “non-personal” information gathered by Blendtek through our Websites may be used for technical, research or analytical purposes. Information collected through surveys, existing files and public archives may be used by Blendtek to analyze our markets and to develop or enhance product or service offerings.

Blendtek will seek your consent, as required by applicable privacy legislation, prior to the collection, use and disclosure of the information. Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you can refuse to consent to our collection, use or disclosure of information about you. You may also withdraw your consent to any further collection, use or disclosure of information about you at any time by giving us reasonable notice. If our intended disclosures or uses of information change, we will notify you accordingly.

Your Personal Information will not be used for any other purpose without your consent.

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ONWARD TRANSFER

To ensure that we efficiently provide the information, products or services you have requested from us, Blendtek may share your Personal Information with selected Service Providers who are acting on our behalf to assist us in carrying out the purposes identified in this policy. For example, we may work with Service Providers to track and manage the request that you have made on the Website for white papers, demos, information about the Blendtek Service offering, etc. Such Service Providers are provided only with information as is necessary which may include your physical mailing address, e-mail address and name. Information provided to Service Providers may be used only for the purpose stipulated and is subject to strict terms of confidentiality. Blendtek represents that any third party for which Personal Information may be disclosed by Blendtek subscribes to The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and/or the principles in Privacy Shield, and/or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework or are subject to applicable laws providing the same level of privacy protection.

If you live in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a location outside the EEA. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for Blendtek or for one of our Service Providers. Among other things, such staff may process and store your information and provide support services.

Blendtek reserves the right to transfer any Personal Information Blendtek has about you in the event that we merge with or are acquired by a third party or should any such transaction be proposed. Blendtek may also use, or disclose your Personal Information to third parties, if Blendtek has reason to believe that using or disclosing such information is necessary to: (i) conduct investigations of possible breaches of law; (ii) identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating an agreement they have with us; (iii) investigate security breaches or cooperate with government authorities pursuant to a legal matter; or (iv) to protect our rights, safety or property, and/or the rights, safety, and property of our clients, users of our platform, and any other persons. Lastly, we may disclose your Personal Information for any other purpose to which you consent.

SECURITY

Blendtek is committed to protecting your privacy. Security measures such as locked cabinets, restricted access to offices and information, the use of passwords and encryption and implementing to protect your Personal Information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. Blendtek employees have been trained to respect your privacy and those employees with access to your Personal Information shall use your Personal Information strictly for the purposes of serving you better.

DATA INTEGRITY AND PURPOSE LIMITATION

Blendtek will try to ensure that information about you is accurate, complete and up-to-date. In the event that your information is incorrect or if there is a change to your information, contact customer service to request a correction to the information. If we have disclosed inaccurate information about you to a third party, we will be pleased to contact the third party in order to correct the information.

Blendtek assumes no responsibility for the content or the privacy policies of third party Websites to which we may provide links or references. Please be aware that when you do follow any links from a Blendtek Website to another Website not owned or operated by Blendtek you are subject to their Privacy Policies.

Blendtek has internal policies in place that govern the retention of your Personal Information. Your Personal Information will be retained when you are a prospect or customer or for a reasonable time thereafter, or as required by relevant statutory, regulatory or contractual requirements. When Blendtek is no longer required to retain your Personal Information, we will securely destroy your Personal Information based on our data disposal policies and relevant regulations or return the data to your employer for destruction at their request.

ACCESS

If you have any questions about the collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information by Blendtek, or if you simply want to know whether we have any of your Personal Information on file, you may contact our customer service department. Except in limited circumstances, as specifically provided by applicable privacy legislation, Blendtek can tell you whether we hold Personal Information about you.

Blendtek will only refuse access to your Personal Information in those circumstances permitted and required by applicable privacy legislation. If Blendtek refuses access to you, it will provide you with the reasons for its refusal upon request. Exceptions may include information that contains references to other individuals, information that cannot be disclosed for legal, security or commercial proprietary reasons, and information that is subject to solicitor-client or litigation privilege. Blendtek will respond to your requests for access in accordance with applicable privacy legislation.

ENFORCEMENT

Blendtek will conduct periodic assessments to validate its continued adherence to this Privacy Policy.

Where Blendtek has knowledge that one of Blendtek’s employees or Service Providers is using or disclosing Personal Information in a manner contrary to this Policy, Blendtek will take reasonable steps to prevent or stop the use or disclosure. Blendtek holds its employees and Service Providers accountable for maintaining the trust that employers and users place in our company.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Blendtek will investigate and attempt to resolve complaints and disputes regarding the use and disclosure of Personal Information in accordance with the principles contained in this Policy. All other disputes that cannot be resolved between Blendtek and the complainant will be handled in accordance with applicable dispute resolution procedures through our Canadian-based third party dispute resolution provider. We strongly encourage you to raise any complaints you may have with regard to this Privacy Policy and/or our activation of this Policy to Blendtek prior to proceeding to the arbitration procedure described in this Policy.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS

If you have any questions or concerns about your Personal Information held by Blendtek or about the compliance by Blendtek with the Blendtek Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Office or contact your customer service representative.

By Regular Mail:
Attn: Privacy Office
Blendtek Fine Ingredients Inc.
10 Goddard Cres
Cambridge, ON
Canada
N3E 0A9

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Blendtek reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time-to-time. Blendtek will provide notification of any material changes to this Privacy Policy through in the form of a banner, pop-up or other methods of notification.

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