Our Privacy Policy is designed to clearly explain how we collect and use your personal information collected from and/or submitted through our website(s).
The following policy explains 1) who we are, 2) types of information we collect, 3) how we collect this information, 4) how we use that information and opting out, 5) whom we disclose this information to and 6) how we protect your personal information.
This Privacy Policy forms part of our overall terms and conditions for Newcomers Canada website. Our Privacy Policy Statement is very important, so please make sure you read it and don’t use our website(s) unless you agree to it. By proceeding to use our website(s) you will be deemed to have accepted our Privacy Policy Statement. We may also modify this statement at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting the modified agreement on the website. These terms were last updated 23 May 2018.
At any time, if you have concerns regarding your privacy or you wish to ask us a question, please contact our Privacy Policy Coordinator by email at the following email address contact@newcomerscanada.ca
1. Who we are
Newcomers Canada is owned by Newcomers Canada Networks Inc.
2. Two types of information we collect.
At Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. we collect information that generally falls into two categories.
Personally identifiable information
Personally identifiable information is information that discloses to Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. who you are, including details of your name, email address, telephone number, address etc., which is gathered with your full knowledge and consent when you provide your details to Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. for the purposes of newsletter subscriptions, opening an online account, building an online profile, registering to attend an Event, applying for a job through NewcomersCanada.ca and to a lesser extent when you place a user generated comment on our website using your personal Facebook.com.
The second type of information we collect is Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information relates to your device e.g., computer, smart phone, mobile phone or other device used to access our website(s). The most popular Non-Personally Identifiable Information that we collect is Cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from our website(s)’ computers and is stored on your devices’ hard drive. Each website can send its own cookies to your browser if your browser’s preference settings allow it. To protect your privacy, your browser will only permit a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you. You can choose whether or not to accept ‘cookies’, however, if you do not accept Newcomers Canada Job Fairs Inc. cookies, some of our services may not be available to you.
In addition to Cookies, we also track and analysis your movement throughout our website(s), which is designed to help us understand what pages are visited most, how long you have stayed on a particular page and if you engaged or subscribed to services on our website(s).
3. How we collect Personally identifiable information.
We collect Personally identifiable information with your full knowledge and permission, when you use the following services on our website(s).
Online Account
When you register for an online account you are required to supply certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to, your name, email address, telephone number, country of residence, nationality and other personal information.
Online Profile
If you choose to create an online profile, which are for the purposes of immigration and not employment, as such, you maybe asked for personal details relating to your nationality, residency, age, gender, martial status, medical examination history, skills assessment, criminal records and/or English language proficiency.
Events
Registering to attend an Newcomers Canada Networks will require you to setup an online account. Online accounts can be setup through our website or upon entry to an event using a dedicated registration portal.
Job Board
Applying for a job through our job board will require you to setup an online account.
Newsletter
Subscribing to our newsletter (if applicable) will require you to setup an online account.
User Generated Comments
Posting comments on our website using your personal Facebook.com, will make some of your personally information identifiable to Newcomers Canada Networks Inc, including your name and/or your on screen name, your photo, as well as any other information that is publicly available on your Facebook.com Profile.
Competitions
Registering for a competition directly through our website will require you to setup an online account. Registering for a competition through our social media accounts on LinkedIn.com, Twitter.com and Facebook.com, will make some of your personally information identifiable to Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. including your name and/or your on screen name, your photo, as well as any other information that is publicly available on your Facebook.com, or Twitter.com or LinkedIn.com Profile(s).
4. How we use your Personally identifiable information & opting out.
The personally identifiable information you provide Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. is used for the following purposes:
Services
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. uses your personally identifiable information to provide access to services on our website that you have subscribed to, including but not limited to, applying for jobs on our job board. You can opt out from accessing our services at any point by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Analysis
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. uses your personally identifiable information to conduct statistical, demographic and marketing research and analysis of users and to provide such research to clients of Newcomers Canada Job Fairs Inc. on users of our website as well as internally to improve the services we provide. You can opt out from accessing our services at any point by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Newsletters
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. uses your personally identifiable information to send you newsletter(s), such newsletters may contain information, products or services that specifically relate to personally identifiable information you have provided us, including countries you are interested in moving to and/or services or products you have expressed an interest in using. You can opt out from accessing our services at any point by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Push Notifications
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. uses your personally identifiable information to send you push notifications by email, mobile app notification and/or by text message, such push notifications may contain information or advice, job listings, details of products or services that specifically relate to personally identifiable information you have provided us, including countries you are interested in moving to and/or services or products you have expressed an interest in using. You can opt out from accessing our services at any point by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Promotional Emails (Newcomers Canada Networks Inc.)
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. uses your personally identifiable information to send you promotional marketing emails relating to Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. Products or Events. Such emails may contain information or advice, job listings, details of products or services that specifically relate to personally identifiable information you have provided us, including countries you are interested in moving to and/or services or products you have expressed an interest in using. You can opt out from accessing our services at any point by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Promotional Emails (Third Party)
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. uses your personally identifiable information to send you third party promotional marketing emails relating to third party products and services. Such emails may contain information or advice, job listings, details of products or services that specifically relate to personally identifiable information you have provided us, including countries you are interested in moving to and/or services or products you have expressed an interest in using. You can opt out from accessing our services at any point by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Remarketing
Newcomers Canada uses remarketing tools to further promote information or advice, jobs, details of products, services or events by targeting people who have previously visited our websites. In the instance you maybe targeted for remarketing whereby Newcomers Canada believes you would benefit from or be interested in, the information or advice, jobs, details of products, services or events that Newcomers Canada is advertising. Remarketing involves third-party websites displaying advertisements of behalf of Newcomers Canada while you are visiting a website that is not owned or related to Newcomers Canada. This is done using the Cookies that Newcomers Canada has placed on your computer when you visited a Newcomers Canada website. You can opt out of remarketing at any point by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
5. Who we disclose Personally identifiable information with.
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. may disclose your personally identifiable information to companies that provide services to Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. such as contractors for printing event registration badges, website analytics, visitor surveys and as required by law as to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process. In addition, if Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. or any related company is sold or merges with another business, or any form of sale of some or all of the company’s assets, your personally identifiable information will be transferred to the new and/or joint owners.
Sponsors & Partners
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. may supply your personally identifiable information to carefully selected and approved sponsors and partners of Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. A list of our sponsors and partners are available upon request, please contact our Privacy Policy Coordinator. You can opt out from your information being supplied to approved sponsors and partners by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Clients
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. will allow clients of Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. very limited access to your personally identifiable information via your Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. Account for the purposes of clients conducting statistical, demographic and target marketing research of Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. users. You can opt out from your information being supplied to approved sponsors and partners by deleting your Account and/or by emailing “Remove Account” in the Subject line to contact@newcomerscanada.ca
If you decide to close your account, account details are generally deleted within a 48-hour period. Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. cannot guarantee that data held on back up servers is deleted within the same timeframe.
6. How we protect your personal information.
Newcomers Canada Networks Inc. protects your personally identifiable information with industry-standard safeguards, including the use of a variety of encryption and security technologies and we endeavor to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private and that it is used only for the purposes described above. It is our company policy to restrict access to administration usernames and passwords both in terms of direct employees and external contractors. Please note that no transmission of information via the Internet, or storage of electronic data is 100% safe. Therefore, you should always exercise caution when using the Internet for transmitting personally identifiable information.
7. Other information.
This privacy policy statement does not apply to companies that the Newcomers Canada website links to.
8. Contact Newcomers Canada
If you have any questions or comments about our website(s), please contact us;
Telephone:
Western Canada – +1 604 670 6514
Eastern Canada – +1 647 800 8246
Email: contact@newcomerscanada.ca
Write to us: 130 King Street W, Suite 1800, Toronto, ON M5X 1E3