Privacy Notice

Corico Distributions Inc. Website Privacy Statement

The purpose of this document is to explain how information is collected from the Corico Distributions Inc. website and to outline our policies regarding the use and security of this information. It addresses the following issues:

• Type of information collected.
• Manner in which this information will be used.
• Access to information by third parties.
• Options regarding personal information.
• Applets and cookies.
• Security.

Information Collected by Browsing this Site

Whenever you browse the site, read material on the site and download documents, we gather and store information regarding your visit. None of this information can be used to identify you personally. Only the following is gathered and stored:

• Date and time of your visit
• Pages and services you accessed
• Browser and operating system you are using
• Your IP address (unique number which is assigned to you on a temporary or permanent basis by your service provider)
• Your domain name (usually the name of your service provider i.e. sympatico.ca, aol.com, videotron.ca)
• Website which referred you to this site. If the referring site was a search engine such as Google, we will also log keywords with which we were found.

Your personal information is only gathered when you proceed with a purchase.

Information Volunteered By You

If you fill in an online form, purchase a product or perform some other automated transaction while on the Corico website, we may collect and store the following information:

• Information volunteered through the online registration form
• Information relevant to processing your order

*We do not receive or store credit card information, all credit card transactions are handled through a payment gateway.

How We Use the Information We Collect and Store

Information gathered by Corico from its website is used to process orders as well as communicate with customers.
Your email address will be used only to respond to you. In a case where the appropriate response must come from another entity, your email address will be forwarded to them so that they may reply to you. Information that you volunteer on an online form is used only for the purpose stated on the form, usually to enable Corico to provide services to you.

Third Parties

Except as otherwise stated above, information gathered by the website is used only by Corico and is never divulged to third parties unless Corico is obliged to do so as a result of a court order, search warrant or other legal obligation.

Your Options Regarding Personal Information

It is up to you whether to disclose personal information through this website. Personal information is defined as information about an individual which readily identifies that person and includes an individual’s name, address or phone number. An internet domain name or IP address is not considered personal information. We do not collect any personal information unless you provide it of your own free will by sending us email, filling in an online form, or purchasing a product. You may choose not to do any of these things while using the site. Such choice will not compromise your ability to browse the Corico site or download information from it.

Applets and Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer by a website to store session and login information, and can be used to store personal information volunteered by you. Applets are programs downloaded to your computer which are used to enhance the browsing experience or to display information in a unique manner. Unless otherwise specified on the page in question, it is not necessary for you to accept cookies or applets in order to use this site, but choosing not to accept them may adversely affect the appearance of the site on your computer. Consult the documentation that came with your browser for information on how to configure your computer to refuse cookies and applets.

Security

The Corico website has shopping cart software in place to manage customers and orders, it does not however manage credit card information. Credit card information is handled by a 3rd Party (Beanstream). Please read their Privacy Policy located at www.beanstream.com for more information.