We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal information is processed and used. We promise that we will take steps to use your personal information only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy Policy.
What information are you collecting and how are you collecting it?
Every computer connected to the Internet is given a set of numbers that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol" IP address.
**** Growthstage.com and our web servers only recognize your domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our site.****
This information is used to examine our traffic in aggregate. Our web servers do not record email addresses of visitors.
Information Collection and Use
Growth Stage® Consulting Inc. is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Through contracted suppliers, Growth Stage also does research on our member's demographics, interests and behavior based on the information provided to us upon registration, during a promotion, from our server logs or from surveys. We do this to better understand our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. Growth Stage may share this aggregated data with advertisers or business partners.
Registration
In order to receive the Growth Stage newsletter or other communications from Growth Stage, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest.
What other information do you request?
We may also request your email address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting a survey or to provide additional services (for example, subscriptions to email newsletters, announcement lists or information about seminars). Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information is requested. We maintain a strict "No-SPAM" policy, that means that we will not sell, rent, or otherwise give your email address to a third-party.
In addition, Growth Stage will not send you email that you have not agreed to receive. We may from time to time send email announcing new products and services and to verify active email accounts.
When you enter a contest or other promotion, we may ask for your name, address and email address so we can administer the contest and notify winners.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to identify which areas of Growthstage.com you have visited or customized, so the next time you visit, those pages may be readily accessible. We may use this information to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions that you see on Growthstage.com.
You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and other web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
You can refuse the cookies or delete the cookie files on your computer using various widely available methods. In such cases, the ad serving system will serve up default ad campaigns, and our cookie analysis plans will lack the needed data. In addition, when we implement special subscriber benefits, cookied subscribers will have automatic access to them, but noncookied subscribers will have to enter a password.
Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to participate in any sweepstakes, contests or monthly drawings that may take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Log Files
We use log files to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Log files are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
We partner with other parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Growth Stage is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals and a newsletter.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
How can you access, update or delete your information?
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your postal code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can be done by utilizing the unsubscribe function on the Unsubscribe page, or by emailing our Customer Support at info@growthstage.com.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
What else should I know about my privacy when online?
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example through email, discussion lists, meeting rooms, chat rooms or elsewhere - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
This is the web site of Growth Stage® Consulting Inc.
Our postal address is:
Growth Stage Consulting Inc.
#150 - 251 Midpark Blvd. S.E.
Calgary, AB, Canada T2X 1S3
We can be reached via email at sales@growthstage.com,
or you can reach us by phone, toll free at 1-888-256-9557.
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