EarthCARE has adopted the following privacy policy as part of our commitment
to protect any personal information ("Personal Information")
which you may provide to us through this web site or by any
other means. Any change to this privacy policy will be posted
on this website and will become effective 5 days after posting.
Please note that this privacy policy does not apply to other
websites linked through this website. Personal information which
you choose to provide to other websites will be subject to the
privacy policies of those websites.
1. In no event will Ameresco Canada Inc. be liable for any damages including and not limited to lost profits, or incidental, special, indirect, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages arising from or related to this privacy policy, regardless of whether such liability is based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise.
2. We will not use or disclose your personal information unless you
have given your permission, except for the following purposes:
2.1 to assess, operate and improve this website and the services provided
through it;
2.2 to keep you informed about us and our services;
2.3 if we are required to disclose such Personal Information by any applicable
law, regulation or legal process.
3. We will not sell, trade or rent your Personal Information to others
unless you have given your permission. With your permission, we will only
share your Personal Information with carefully chosen, reputable and trustworthy
third parties. We will follow the relevant legal requirements and use
all reasonable precautions to ensure that only responsible third parties
see your Personal Information. However, we are not responsible for any
breach of security or act or omission of third parties who receive the
Personal Information.
4. Your Personal Information may be used, transferred to or stored in
countries outside your own. This privacy policy will apply to such Personal
Information whether or not required under the laws of each country.
5. In addition to the use of your Personal Information as described
above, we may also gather anonymous information which may be used by us
or shared with third parties. This is information which does not identify
you, but which may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving
this website or the services provided through it.
6. This website may, from time to time, use Cookies. Cookies are pieces
of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for
record keeping purposes and they can make the World Wide Web more useful
by storing information about your preferences on a particular site. The
use of Cookies is normal practice in the industry and many major websites
use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies do not
personally identify users but they do identify a user's computer. Most
browsers are initially set to accept Cookies. If you prefer, you can set
your Internet browser to refuse Cookies.
Information Collection and Use
EarthCARE is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways that differ from what is disclosed in this statement.
Usability Tester Registration
We sometimes recruit testers for our usability services via our web site. A visitor must first complete the registration form, which requests personal information, work experience and PC experience. This information is used to contact the visitor about participating in future usability tests.
Aggregate Information
Aggregate information allows people and their businesses to be smarter about customer experiences on their web site. Without giving out personally identifiable information, we occasionally make aggregate information gathered through our usability testing or surveys available to our customers. This could be in the form of customer preferences analysis, trends, usage patterns, etc.
Information Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners, customers, and visitors to our web site. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. In the event that EarthCARE works with a partner organization, any sharing of information with the partner will be done only with a users consent.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we [EarthCARE] are 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.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, track user's movement, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Security
EarthCARE takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit information via the web site or through our survey technologies, this information is protected both online and off-line.
Children's Guidelines
Children under 13 are not eligible to use our applications or
services and we ask that minors (under the age of 13) do not
submit any personal information to us. We do not knowingly collect
personal information from children under the age of 13. If you
are a minor, you can only view our public web site. If we learn
that we have personal information on a child under the age of
13, we will delete that information from our systems.
Personal Information
In the course of answering or responding to our surveys, you
may have the opportunity to voluntarily submit personal information
(e.g., providing profile information or providing an e-mail
address). EarthCARE may maintain this information in a database,
and may use this information to invite you to participate in
future surveys. If that contact is made via email, EarthCARE
will first validate the email address provided. Your decision
to participate in future surveys is completely at your discretion.
That is, you have no obligation to complete this or any future
survey. By participating in a survey or in visiting our Web
site, you understand and consent to this policy. If we decide
to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on
this page so that you are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose
it.
Confidentiality of Personal Information
We will not sell, trade, or rent your personally identifiable information to others outside of EarthCARE. Any information that you provide will not be attributable to you, as collected information is generally viewed at the aggregate level.
Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or to comply with a legal process served on our web site.
Cookies
Our site may use cookies to help track usage patterns on our site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. 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. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our business partners use cookies on their sites. However, we have no access to, or control over these cookies.
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 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.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site,
you can contact: Rose-Marie Batley, Executive Director EarthCARE
