TaskMastrs.com Outsourcing & Virtual Assistant Privacy Policy
At TaskMastrs, we respect your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you use our website or become a customer. Your information will be filed securely on our computers and servers and any paper copies will be stored securely.
Personal information we collect
When you use our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.” Additionally, as you browse the website, we collect information about the individual web pages or services that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the website, and information about how you interact with the website including and not limited to your name, contact details, the nature of your enquiry, company name, phone number via our “Contact Us” or “Enquire” form.
We collect device information using the following technologies:
- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the website.
There is a contractual requirement for us to process your personal data if you become a customer and we need to fulfil our contractual responsibilities.
We do not use any automated decision-making. We do use cookies to monitor the use of our website. You can read more here.
Who do we share your personal data with
Companies that provide services to us. Our telephone service providers will get to see your phone number if we call you, and our broadband supplier could see your email address (but not the content of what you send us if you encrypt it).
Cloud service & IT providers. We use a number of cloud services & IT providers, such as our CRM, project management systems and web hosting. We also share with IT professionals who not only ensure that our systems run smoothly, but are also committed to the highest standards of data protection compliance.
We use PayPal, Payzone, Eazy Collect and Shopify to process payments when buying a HoneyBadger package.
We use an Accountant to help us with our finances.
We use a marketing consultancy and an email service so that we can update you with our regular content, news and events.
We use a web-hosting company to assist us with building and hosting websites.
In response to a court order, it is possible, though unlikely, that we might be forced to disclose your information.
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
How do we use your personal information
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the website (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our website (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the website, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
Sharing your personal information
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store–you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the website–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Behavioural advertising
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
Do not track
Please note that we do not alter our website’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
Your rights
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the website), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
Data retention
When you place an order through the website, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
Changes
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
Contact Us
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at contactus@taskmastrs.com or by mail using the details provided below:
5110 Creekbank Rd, Mississauga, ON, L4W 0A1, Canada
Last Modified October 20, 2021