Privacy Policy for www.accoladedental.com

Last updated : May 16, 2007
The following is the privacy policy for the www.accoladedental.com web site. In this policy, we (Accolade Dental) describe what personal information we collect on our site, how we use it, and your options regarding information we may collect about you. If you have questions about this policy, please feel free to contact us at :

Accolade Dental
2 Bloor Street W. Suite 3405
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3E2
info@accoladedental.com
416.928.6828

Information collected from all visitors

While you are browsing the www.accoladedental.com web site, anonymous information will be gathered in our computer system log files. We use this information to administer our site and learn, for example, which areas of our Site are the most popular and which may be having performance problems.

Collection of your Personal Information

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering before entering a contest, or requesting a whitepaper. Personal information collected by Accolade Dental will usually be limited to name, mailing address, e-mail address and phone number. Occasionally other personal information may be requested for certain contests or other similar activities in which Accolade Dental may engage. Accolade Dental may also receive personally identifiable information from our business partners.

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:
1.   To send information to you that you may have requested, e.g. whitepapers
2.   To occasionally contact you
3.   To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

Control of your Personal Information

Personal information collected from www.accoladedental.com will be stored within secured databases at Accolade Dental. Accolade Dental will not sell, loan, or rent any personal information that we collect to any other organization.
We may disclose personal information about you to other companies or people when:
1.   We have your authorization to do so;
2.   We need to in order to service a request that you have made;
3.   We respond to court orders or some other legal process;

Access to your Personal Information

Web site users may access any personal information that we have collected about them by making a request to the email address provided at the beginning of this document. Users can correct discrepancies, update records with new information, or have personal information removed from our database(s) by sending a message to the same email address.

Use of Cookies

Some of our web pages utilize "cookies. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about web site activity. Popular browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. Additionally, you can set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you can choose to block cookies with your browser.
No user identifiable information is stored in any cookies we use. You may reject or delete the www.accoladedental.com cookie at any time. Information about viewing and/or deleting cookies will typically be included in your browser's help documentation.

Security of your Personal Information

Accolade Dental is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. To help protect this information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure we use a variety of security technologies and procedures. The personal information you provide is stored in computer servers with limited access that are located in a controlled facility. If we transmit sensitive information over the internet, we will protect it through the use of encryption (e.g. SSL).

Information collected in contests

If you enter one of our contest, the data we collect will be used exclusively for purposes related to the contest. Accolade Dental will not give, sell, or loan any personal information collected during the contest to any other organization.

Updates to this policy

If we make significant changes to our data handling practices a prominent notice will be posted on our web site and, we will make efforts to notify our active customers in other reasonable ways that may include an administrative email or other notice. If the change involves the use of your personally identifiable information, the notice will contain instructions on how you can opt-out of such use. This privacy policy will be governed by the laws of the Canada and the Province of Ontario.