Designer Bud
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 1, 2021
Introduction
The following is the privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) of Designer Bud Inc. and its affiliates
(“Designer Bud”, “we” or “us”). Designer Bud recognizes the importance of your right to
privacy, and we are committed to safeguarding your personal information.
Categories of Information We Collect
“Personal Information” means any information about an identifiable individual by which you can
be identified or contacted. The types of Personal Information we collect include: your name,
mailing address, telephone or mobile number, birth date, payment card numbers, language
preference, resume information, including your employment history and educational
qualifications (if you submit employment applications), purchase/return/exchange information
and e-mail address.
Identifying Purposes for Collection of Personal Information
Designer Bud collects, uses, and discloses Personal Information in order to provide you with
goods and services and/or information on products and services you might be interested in. We
also collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information to comply with legal and regulatory
requirements and as otherwise may be permitted or required by applicable laws. Designer Bud
collects Personal Information for the following purposes:
Designer Bud’s Privacy Policy will apply to all Personal Information collected, used, or
disclosed by Designer Bud when an individual:
Limiting Collection of Personal Information
Designer Bud limits the collection of Personal Information to that which is necessary for the
identified purposes in this Privacy Policy and will collect, use, and disclose this information in
accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Information
Personal Information will not be used without your consent for purposes other than those for
which it was collected or in accordance with applicable laws. From time to time, we may wish to
use your Personal Information for new or additional purposes. We will obtain your consent to
use your Personal Information for such new or additional purposes before doing so. We may also
use and disclose your Personal Information to other third parties under the following limited
circumstances:
From time to time, we may decide to sell or transfer all or part of our business to a related
company or to a third party, to merge with another entity, to insure or securitize our assets, or to
engage in another form of corporate or financing transaction (including transfers made as part of
insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or as part of a corporate reorganization or stock sale or
other change in corporate control). In addition, the manner in which products, services,
programs, contests, promotions, and events are provided to you, and the organization providing
those products, services, programs, contests, promotions, or events, may also change. Where
your Personal Information is required in connection with any such transactions, we may use and
disclose such Personal Information and will require that the parties involved, including affiliates
and advisors agree to protect your Personal Information with policies meeting standards
equivalent to those set out in the Privacy Policy both during and after completion of the
transaction.
Additionally, any suppliers or service providers that have access to Personal Information are
chosen carefully by us and are required to have privacy and security standards that meet our
requirements. We use contracts and other measures with our service providers and suppliers to
maintain the confidentiality and security of users’ Personal Information and to prevent Personal
Information from being used for any other purpose, including for any advertising or other
commercial purposes. However, you should know that service providers and suppliers
performing services on our behalf may store, transfer and process Personal Information on
servers located outside of Canada, in jurisdictions (including the United States) whose data
protection laws differ from those of Canada. As a result, Personal Information may be subject to
access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in those jurisdictions according to
laws in those jurisdictions. For example, information may be shared in response to valid
demands or requests from government authorities, courts, and law enforcement officials in those
countries. Subject to applicable laws in such other jurisdictions, we will use reasonable efforts to
ensure that appropriate protections are in place to require our service providers and suppliers to
maintain protections on Personal Information that are equivalent to those that apply in Canada.
Exceptions
This Privacy Policy does not impose any limits on the collection, use or disclosure of the
following information by Designer Bud:
Placing an Order on the Designer Bud Online Store
If you place for a product with our Online Store, we request the information reasonably needed
by us to complete the processing of your orders and billing. When we collect payment
information directly from you, like credit card numbers and expiration dates, we transmit this
data directly from you to the credit card processing company and it is not stored by Designer
Bud. We also share our users’ Personal Information with outside shipping companies and credit
card processing companies in order to bill and ship your order, but we do not provide any more
information than reasonably necessary for these purposes. We may also use the information to
contact you regarding your order and to provide you with ongoing services and offers which may
be of interest to you.
Cookies, Web Beacons, Tags and Other Similar Technologies
As you interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technology and services
to record and collect information that identifies your computer, tracks your use of our website,
and collects certain information about you and your surfing habits. This information may include
information that identifies your device, IP address, browser type and language, referring and exit
pages and URLs, keywords, date, and time, what sections of a website you visit, and other
similar information concerning your use. This information is used for fulfilling contracts with
our business partners, and to help us serve you better by improving our website design, as well as
our products, services, and promotions.
Our website uses “cookie,” “web beacon,” “tag” and other similar technologies. A cookie is a
small data file that is placed on the hard drive of your computer so that your computer will
“remember” information when you visit a website. Web beacons and tags are small strings of
code that are used in conjunction with a cookie and that allow us to record activity on our
website. A web beacon allows us to capture certain additional types of information about a
visitor’s actions on a website, such as a visitor’s cookie number, the time, date, duration and
number of page views, a description of the page where the web beacon is placed, and details
about any items that were purchased.
You can reject or disable cookies by managing your browser settings and following the
directions provided in your Internet provider’s “help” file. If you turn off cookies, you may still
visit the website, but you may not be able to use some areas of the website.
Information obtained through cookies, web beacons and tags may be shared with or obtained by
service providers on our behalf. If third parties provide such analytics services and software (see
the section immediately below), the third parties may also receive the information collected and
their use of such information is governed by their privacy policies.
Third-Party Advertising Partners
We use third-party service providers to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet.
These advertising service providers may collect non-identifiable information about your visits to
our website, and your interactions with our products and services. Such non-identifiable
information does not include your name, address, email address or other Personal Information.
Such providers may place and access their own cookies, tags, web beacons or similar
technologies on your computer or device used to access the website to serve you ads or other
content personalized to your interests. In addition to the information about your visits to our
website, our service providers may also use the information about your visits to other websites to
target advertisements for products and services available from Designer Bud.
As described above, you may be able to set your browser to refuse cookies. If you refuse
cookies, you may still receive online advertising, but it may be less personalized.
“Do Not Track” Signals
Unless your browser settings are configured to make your online activities and publicly available
information about your online activities (such as traffic data) invisible to usage analytics tools,
we do not presently have the capability to omit you from usage analytics to the extent your
browser only sends us a “do not track” signals or message and does not otherwise screen you
from tracking without any action on our part.
Third parties, other than our vendors (such as our website analytics provider), do not have
authorization from us to track which websites you visited prior and after visiting our website.
That said, we cannot control third party tracking and there may be some third-party tracking over
time and across third-party websites that occurs without our knowledge or consent.
Third Party Links
Our website may contain links to other websites which are not under the control of Designer
Bud. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements
of each website to which we may link that may collect personal information.
Information Received from Third Parties
We may receive information about you (including Personal Information) from third parties. For
example, if you are on another website and you opt-in to receive information from Designer Bud,
that website will forward to us your email address and other information about you so that we
may contact you as requested. You may also choose to participate in a third-party application or
feature (such as our pages on Facebook or another social platform or website) through which you
allow us to collect (or the third party to share) information about you, including Personal
Information.
Security
We maintain technical, physical, and administrative security safeguards to protect your Personal
Information against loss, theft, and unauthorized access. Any Personal Information you provide
to us is exchanged on a secure server. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can
be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we are committed to protecting your
Personal Information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide
to us.
Accessing and Accuracy of your Personal Information
If you have registered for an account online, you may access certain categories of Personal
Information by logging into your account. You may also request access to your Personal
Information which we may hold by contacting our Designer Bud Privacy Officer at the contact
information set forth below, and we will respond within the time periods provided for under
applicable laws. We will need to verify your identity before providing you with the Personal
Information we hold about you. There is no cost for such access request unless you require
copies of records. We may not be able to provide you with access to your Personal Information if
the information cannot be separated from the Personal Information of others, cannot be disclosed
for reasons of security or commercial confidentiality, or is protected by legal privilege. If we
cannot provide you with access to your Personal Information, we will advise you of the reasons
access is being denied, unless we are prohibited by law from doing so.
You may request to update and change your Personal Information by e-mail or writing to the
Designer Bud Privacy Officer at the contact information set forth below. We shall endeavor to
correct or complete any Personal Information which you advise us is inaccurate or incomplete. If
you have an account with our Online Store, you can log in and update your account information,
including contact, billing, and shipping information.
E-mail Communications
Designer Bud complies with Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL), and we will not send you
electronic communications in contravention of this law. Our Online Store allows you to sign up
and expressly consent to receiving electronic communications. We will ensure that each e-mail
includes an opt-out feature and instructions on how to un-subscribe if you no longer wish to
receive future e-mails from us. You may also contact us at support@designerbud.ca to stop
receiving them If you do not expressly consent to receiving electronic communications, we will
only communicate with you during the time period and for the limited purposes permitted under
CASL.
f you do not wish to receive promotional mail, you have the ability to unsubscribe to
promotional e-mails via the opt-out link included in each promotional e-mail.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly
collect Personal Information from such children through our website. If you are under 13, please
do not give us any Personal Information. If we learn that we have collected the Personal
Information of such a child, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
Notice to Residents Outside of Canada
Designer Bud is headquartered in Canada and our website is operated in Canada and the United
States. Personal Information may be accessed by us or transferred to us in Canada or to our
affiliates, business partners, or service providers elsewhere in the world. If you are located
outside of Canada, please be advised that any information you provide to us will be transferred to
and stored in Canada and that, by submitting information to us, you explicitly authorize its
transfer and storage within Canada. We will protect the privacy and security of Personal
Information according to this Privacy Policy regardless of where it is processed or stored.
Your California Privacy Rights
Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code (known as the “Shine the Light Law”),
residents of California have the right to request from a business, with whom the California
resident has an established business relationship, what types of personal information the business
shares with third parties for direct marketing purposes by such third party and the identities of
the third parties with whom the business has shared such information in the immediately
preceding calendar year. To access this information, write to Designer Bud Inc., Care of: Privacy
Officer, 4773 Yonge Street Toronto ON M2N 5M5 Canada or email Privacyofficer@DesignerBud.ca
Designer Bud will endeavor to respond to such requests within a reasonable time by providing a
report that includes the information required by applicable law. Please be advised that Designer
Bud is not required to respond to requests from any individual resident under the Shine the Light
Law more frequently than once per calendar year.
Consent
By submitting Personal Information to Designer Bud or its service providers and agents, you
agree that Designer Bud may collect your Personal Information and you consent to the
collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of your Personal Information in accordance with this
Privacy Policy and as permitted by applicable law.
Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you may refuse or withdraw your consent to
certain of the purposes identified herein at any time by contacting us at support@designerbud.ca
If you refuse or withdraw your consent, you acknowledge that Designer Bud may not be able to
provide you or continue to provide you with certain services or information which may be of
value to you.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Designer Bud reserves the right, in its discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of
this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to you. Such changes,
modifications, additions, or deletions shall be effective immediately upon posting unless
otherwise indicated. However, we will treat your continued use of our Designer Bud Web Site
following such revision as your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not consent
to our privacy practices as described in the revised version of the Privacy Policy, please do not
use the website in any manner, and we will continue to treat previously collected information in
accordance with the privacy practices described in the applicable, prior version of this Privacy
Policy or as otherwise required by applicable law.
How to Contact Us – Designer Bud’s Privacy Officer
We welcome your feedback. To request a correction or to review your personal Information,
withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Information, correct or update your Personal
Information or wish to ask questions about privacy at Designer Bud, please contact Designer
Bud’s Chief Privacy Officer at: Privacyofficer@DesignerBud.ca