TAAL Distributed Information Technologies Inc. (“we” or “TAAL”) is the operator of its website TAAL.com.
At TAAL we care about your privacy and want you to be confident in the way we use your personal information and other data.
This Data Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use and any documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it. If you do not wish your personal data to be used in the ways set out in this Data Privacy Policy, you should not use this website.
For the purpose of any applicable data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the data controller is TAAL Distributed Information Technologies Inc.
We will collect and process the following data about you
We use information you give us:
We use information we receive from other sources:
We may combine information you give to us with any information we collect about you and/or information we receive from other sources and use it in the ways set out above (depending on the types of information we receive) where this is necessary for our legitimate business purposes in providing you with a better and more tailored experience.
We may share your personal information with:
We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:
The personal data that we collect may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside Canada. It may be processed by staff outside of Canada who work for us or for one of our suppliers engaged in the processing of your personal data. We will take all reasonable and necessary steps to ensure your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with this Data Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, and will not transfer personal data outside Canada unless an appropriate safeguard is implemented, such as entering into a standard contractual clauses (or equivalent measures) with the party outside Canada receiving the data. No party will process your personal data unless it is in accordance with our instructions and it is being processed in order to provide the agreed upon services while protecting the integrity and confidentiality of your personal data.
You have the right to ask us at any time not to process your personal data for marketing purposes, or to stop processing your data for these purposes if you have previously agreed to this. You can exercise your right to prevent the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. If you have already agreed to receive marketing communications from us but have now changed your mind, you can easily unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions (such as to click an “unsubscribe” link in emails) included in these marketing communications. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected].
Our Site may contain links to and from websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to these websites, they have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Under applicable data protection laws (to the extent they apply to the Site and to you), you have the right to:
You can make any of these requests in relation to your personal data by sending the request by email to our Privacy Officer [email protected].
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the local data protection authority if you believe that we have not complied with applicable data protection laws. If you are based in, or the issue relates to, the European Economic Area (EEA), a list of local data protection authorities in the other EEA countries can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
If you are located in British Columbia, Canada you can contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia.
Your personal information is processed by us and/or our service providers only for the period necessary for the purposes for which the information is collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. When we no longer need to use your information for those purposes, we will remove it from our systems and records or take steps to anonymize it so that you can no longer be identified from it (unless we need to keep your information to comply with legal or regulatory obligations to which we are subject).
Our Site shall at all times maintain the appropriate security and technical measures to best prevent the loss, use or unauthorized access to your personal data. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
Please note that unfortunately the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its security once transmitted to our Site; any transmission is at your own risk. We have put in place procedures to address any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Because TAAL is a global organisation, information collected on the Site or through other means may be transferred from time to time among the TAAL offices or personnel, or to related third parties located throughout the world, including offices located outside the European Economic Area and Canada, and the Site may be viewed and hosted anywhere in the world, including countries that may not have laws regulating the use and transfer of personally identifiable data. TAAL has in place safeguards to ensure that foreign TAAL entities as well as third-party contractors adhere to the applicable laws and regulations as well as this Privacy Policy. By using the Sites, submitting information through the Sites, or submitting information to TAAL through other means, you voluntarily consent to such international transfer and hosting of such information.
Our Site may include links to other websites or online services whose privacy practices may differ from those of TAAL. If you submit information to any of those websites or online services, your information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to read carefully the privacy statement of any websites you visit. TAAL is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any non-TAAL websites to which we link from the Site or Apps.
TAAL complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. TAAL may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities without express user consent if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules, and regulations of any nation, state, or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms of use of the Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through the Site, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete, as the case may be, any personally identifiable information that you submit to TAAL through the Site or through other means. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the Sites on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered or contact us. Please note this will be subject to TAAL’s Data Retention Policy.
Your access to and use of the Sites and the Apps are subject to certain terms and conditions, which are summarized in our Terms of Use.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the collection and use of information by TAAL, please contact us here: [email protected]
Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page.