MRPdata.com Privacy Policy

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This privacy policy governs your use of the Web Site and all other software, features, tools, websites, and services offered by or through MRPdata.com from the operator of MRPdata.com, News Canada Inc. ("News Canada").

When you register with and subscribe to MRPdata.com, and use the Web Site, you provide MRPdata.com with personally identifiable information (your "MRP Information"). This Policy explains the information practices that apply to your MRP Information. This Policy does not apply to information collected by third party Web sites linked to or otherwise accessible from offerings presented through MRP. The information collected or received by third party Web sites is subject to their own privacy policies.


Collection of Your MRP Information

Your MRP Information consists of personally identifiable information collected or received about you when you register to use MRPdata.com or log in to MRPdata.com as a registered user and interact with the MRPdata.com Web Site. Depending on how you use the Web Site, your MRP Information may include registration-related information (such as name, home or work addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers); transaction-related information (such as credit card or other preferred means of payment, or a history of purchases through MRPdata.com); information about your visits to the MRPdata.com Web Site and pages, and your responses to the offerings and advertisements presented on these sites and pages; information about the features or offerings from MRPdata.com that you use, and how frequently you use them); your billing and shipping information; customer service information about you as an MRP™ user or subscriber; and other information specifically related to your use of a particular feature or offering. Your MRP Information may be supplemented with additional information from other companies.

Your MRP Information may also include certain technical information gathered by MRP™ when you use the Web Site. Some of the technical information that may be collected or received includes: the type of browser you are using (e.g. Netscape or Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g. Windows XP or Mac OS), CPU type (e.g. Pentium), your manner of connecting to the Internet (e.g. connection speed through narrowband or broadband access); Internet protocol address; other information about your geographic location; and the domain name of your Internet service provider.

When you register with MRPdata.com, your MRP Information may be collected and stored in Canada by News Canada as the operator of MRPdata.com. Additionally, MRPdata.com will use your MRP Information to authenticate you on MRPdata.com, help store your registration and transaction-related information, and enable you to take advantage of various offerings from MRPdata.com.

How Your MRP Information Is Used

Your MRP Information is used to operate and improve the features, offerings and content presented to you by NC; to personalize the content and advertisements provided to you; to fulfill your requests for products, programs, and services; to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries; to conduct research about your use of MRPdata.com; and to help offer you other products, programs, or services that may be of interest.

Your MRP Information may be shared within News Canada and its business divisions. Your MRP Information will not be shared with third parties unless it is necessary to fulfill a transaction you have requested, or in other circumstances in which you have consented to the sharing of your MRP Information. News Canada may use your MRP Information to present offers to you on behalf of News Canada and its business partners. These business partners and advertisers receive aggregate data about groups of MRP™ users, but do not receive information that personally identifies you.

Your MRP Information may be accessed and disclosed in response to legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena), or in other circumstances in which MRPdata.com has a good faith belief that MRPdata.com is being used for unlawful purposes. News Canada may also access or disclose your MRP Information when necessary to protect the rights or property of MRPdata.com, or in special cases such as a threat to your safety or that of others. News Canada may use agents and contractors in order to help operate the MRPdata.com. If such agents and contractors have access to personally identifiable information, they are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for NC. In the unlikely event that News Canada transfers or assigns its operational interest in the MRPdata.com Web Site , your MRP Information may also be transferred. News Canada will provide you notice prior to any such transfer of your MRP Information. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your MRP Information, News Canada will also provide you notice of the changes in those circumstances.

Cookies and Web Beacons

MRPdata.com may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to enhance and personalize your experience on MRPdata.com, including to operate and improve offerings through the MRPdata.com; to help authenticate your identity when you visit and transact with MRPdata.com; to remember your preferences and registration information; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of MRPdata.com offerings, advertisements, and e-mail communications (by determining which MRP™ e-mails you open and act upon); and to customize the content and advertisements provided to you by News Canada or MRPdata.com.

Our Commitment to Security

News Canada has established safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your MRP Information, but cannot guarantee that your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy (for example, in the event of unauthorized acts by third parties that violate applicable law or the policies of News Canada or MRPdata.com). To protect your privacy and security, News Canada uses passwords to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to any of your MRP Information.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us by clicking here.

Changed to this Privacy Policy and Additional Information

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, and so you should review this Policy periodically. If there are significant changes to NC's information practices, you will be provided with appropriate online notice. News Canada may in the future offer other special features and services, and if these features and services are not described in this Policy, you will be provided with additional privacy-related information.

Last updated April 4, 2006