Last revised: 10-2-2022
By visiting and/or using https://uplinks.io/ (the “Website”) or purchasing the Services (as defined herein below) in any capacity, you agree to be bound by the terms of the present Privacy Policy (the “Policy”).
If you do not agree with the Terms of Use or any applicable policies, please do not browse or consult the content of the Website.
In this Policy, a Website visitor may be referred to as “you”. The Policy should be read in conjunction with the Terms of Use, as both these documents govern your use of the Website and represent an agreement between you and Uplinks.
Where you (or you acting on behalf of a company or other organization) are in the process of purchasing any Uplinks products, or if you subscribe to any of the Uplinks services (collectively, the “Services”), you will be subject to the Terms of Use, which should be read in conjunction with this Policy.
Uplinks reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to modify or replace any of the Policy. Any changes to the Policy can be found at this URL. It is your responsibility to check the Policy periodically for changes. Your use of the Website following the posting of any changes to the Policy constitutes acceptance of those changes. If there are any significant changes to the Policy that materially affect the way we treat your information, you will be notified via email.
If you have any questions about the Policy or if you wish to inquire about and / or access any Personal Information (as defined herein below) Uplinks holds about you, please contact:
Uplinks takes your privacy and security of Personal Information very seriously. This Policy describes the limited ways the information is used and the limited access to such information in connection with the Website.
This Policy covers the treatment of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) and other information gathered by Uplinks when you are using or accessing the Website. This Policy also covers Uplinks’s treatment of any Personal Information that Uplinks may share with its business partners or other third parties under very limited circumstances as a result of your use or access to the Website.
This Policy does not apply to the treatment of information in connection with the Services. In such case, please refer to the Terms of Use.
Furthermore, this Policy does not apply to the general practices and treatment of information (whether personal or not) by third parties that Uplinks does not own or control, including but not limited to any third-party websites or services that you elect to access through the Website or via a link from the Website (“Third-Party Website”), or to individuals that Uplinks does not manage or employ. While we attempt to facilitate access or link only to those Third-Party Websites that share our respect for your privacy, we cannot take responsibility for the content or privacy policies of those Third-Party Websites. We encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies of any Third-Party Website you access. We have named and provided links to the most important of these Third-Party Websites further in this Policy.
Finally, this Policy does not cover any Personal Information you send to Uplinks via any nonsecured mode of communications such as email, instant messenger or social networks, as communications via these methods may be subject to interception, loss, or alteration.
Uplinks does not, as a matter of course, gather any of your Personal Information while you are using the Website, unless you are asked to provide such information, for example by signing up for an account and making a purchase. Personal Information is only gathered with your informed consent. Where you have provided Personal Information, it will only be used for the stated purpose, as detailed more specifically in the next section.
The following is a list of Personal Information collected from you when you use the Website and what we use it for. You acknowledge that you are submitting this Personal Information with your informed consent.
For the purposes of this Policy, Account and Order Information, as well as Billing Information may all be considered Personal Information.
Uplinks uses only industry best practices (physical, electronic and procedural) in keeping any data collected via the Website (including Personal Information) secure. In addition, Uplinks uses third party vendors, service providers and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run the Website, and these third parties have been selected for their high standards of security, both electronic and physical. You acknowledge that our third-party vendors and hosting partners may be located in jurisdictions or countries where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your home province, state, country or other governmental jurisdiction.
Uplinks automatically collects certain information using third-party analytics programs such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how our users use the Website, but none of this information identifies you personally. For example, each time you visit the Website, we automatically collect your IP address, browser and computer type, access times, the web page from which you came, and the web page(s) you access (as applicable). We use information collected in this manner only to better understand your needs and the needs of the Website users in the aggregate. Uplinks also makes use of information gathered for statistical purposes to keep track of the number of visits to the Website and the specific pages on the Website with a view to introducing improvements.
Except as provided in the next paragraph and the sections in this Policy regarding Security and Encryption of Information, Secured Payments, Mailing List Management and SMS Communications, Uplinks does not divulge any Personal Information gathered via the Website to third parties. Moreover, Uplinks does not sell, rent, trade or license any Personal Information collected via the Website regarding its users to third parties. Only the employees, representatives, subcontractors, officers, or agents of Uplinks are responsible for the management and development of the Website and the processing and delivery of your order(s), and only these individuals have access to the information collected there. These employees, representatives, subcontractors, officers or agents have all been instructed, and have agreed, to comply with the Policy.
Notwithstanding anything in the Policy to the contrary, we may share any information we have collected about you or that you have submitted via the Website (whether Personal Information or not): (1) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims or demands; (2) if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or any violation of the Terms of Use; (3) if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding situations that involve abuse of the Website infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as voluminous spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of the Website infrastructure or the Website generally); (4) to a parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control with Uplinks (in which case we will require such entities to honour this Policy); (5) if Uplinks merges with another entity, is subject to a corporate reorganization, sells or transfers all or part of its business, assets or shares (in which case we will require such entity to assume our obligations under this Policy, or inform you that you are covered by a new privacy policy).
Uplinks uses third parties such as PayPal for processing of secured payments for purchases of Uplinks products made on the Website. No Billing Information is ever stored on servers controlled by Uplinks. PayPal has our permission to store, on behalf of Uplinks, the data pertaining to the executed transactions by customers (including all Billing Information) with the goal of ensuring a secure method of payment and proof of purchase archive, allowing for the protection of customers, and for follow-up as needed. This data may be used for validation and registration purposes of customers, and to trace any fraudulent activities if necessary. When you make a purchase using PayPal, you are subject to the PayPal Privacy Statement, which we encourage you to read.
Uplinks may use a third party to manage our mailing list and send out emails. Personal Information (your name and email address) is transferred to such third parties in order for the mailing list to function properly. Your Personal Information is only used to send out emails properly; it is our understanding that such third parties do not use this Personal Information for any other purpose, and will not transfer or sell your Personal Information to any other third party.
You may unsubscribe from Uplinks’s mailing list at any time, by following the link at the bottom of all Uplinks emails. Please note if you unsubscribe from Uplinks emails, you may not receive important information about your account.
Uplinks is committed to ensuring that we respect anti-spam legislation, specifically the Canadian law informally known as Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (“CASL”, S.C. 2010, c. 23). If you believe you have received emails from us in violation of this law, please contact us using the contact information further up in this Policy.
Uplinks uses storage and tracking technology (“Cookies”) on the Website and by using the Website, you agree to their use. Cookies are small text files placed on your hard drive when you visit a website, in order to track use of the site and to improve the user experience by storing certain data on your computer. The Website uses “session cookies,” which improve your user experience by storing certain information from your current visit on your computer.
Specifically, we may use Cookies for the following functions:
Your browser can be set to refuse Cookies or delete them after they have been stored. Please refer to your browser’s help section for instructions. Please note that deleting these Cookies may reduce your user experience on the Website by requiring you to re-enter certain information, including information required to use the Website, use the Services and make purchases. Furthermore, as we use authentication Cookies, deleting those Cookies may prevent certain functions, including the purchase process, from working at all. Uplinks will not be held responsible for any function that may not operate after you delete Cookies, or any losses or damages (pecuniary or otherwise) arising from those functions not operating, or having reduced functionality.
You have the following rights with respect to your Personal Information:
Please note that deletion of your Personal Information may make it impossible for you to use the Website or the Services.
Despite Uplinks' best efforts to ensure that third parties will not access or obtain your Personal Information through your use of the Website, complete confidentiality and security cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. Communication via the Internet is subject to interception, loss, or alteration. You acknowledge and agree that Uplinks cannot be held responsible for damages resulting from the transmission of confidential information or Personal Information over the Internet and that such communications are at your own risk.
Uplinks, and / or its respective officers, directors, shareholders, owners, officials, partners, partnerships, principals, employees, affiliates and other related entities, servants, agents, representatives, successors and assigns, will not be held liable for any losses or damages (pecuniary or otherwise) resulting from the misuse of any information collected by any third party, or any misuse of any information collected through the Website not in violation of the Policy.
This Policy and Uplinks’s practices in general are designed to be in compliance with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”, S.C. 2000, c. 5) and Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. F.31). If you have any questions regarding this compliance, please contact us using the contact information further up in this Policy.
