Our Channels A. USER AGREEMENT
Stornoway Communications Inc. welcomes you to its website(s). Using this website(s) indicates your consent and agreement to be bound by this User Agreement and any policies or practices contained herein.
B. PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy and the integrity of any information you provide are important to us. We have developed the following policy pursuant to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000 c.5. (The "Privacy Act"). Policy:
This policy applies to the family of Stornoway website(s) only. It is designed to inform you of how and why Stornoway gathers personal and non-personal information about you.
This website(s) is connected by "hyperlinks" to other website(s). We are not responsible in any way for the privacy practices on other website(s) and suggest that you review the privacy policies on those linked website(s) before using them.
We protect the personal information we gather and it is used or may be used or disclosed only to Stornoway, its affiliates and related companies, agents, suppliers, sponsors and advertisers to enhance products or services and our marketing to you. We are accountable for our Privacy Policy and our practices on our website(s).
What Information Is Collected?
Stornoway collects three kinds of information from our website(s):
(1) your voluntarily provided personal information; (2) anonymous information about your visit, and: (3) "cookie" based information to help us track which pages on our website(s) you're most interested in.
1. Your Personal Information:
During normal Website(s) usage, you can visit our site without communicating any personal information. However, to make use of certain features on our site, such as contests, quizzes, promotions, personalized services, subscriptions or newsletters, users may need to register with the Stornoway website(s). As part of this voluntary registration, Stornoway may request contact information (such as name, mailing address, e-mail address, etc.) and other data required for operating these services. The only way we can collect personal information from you is if you voluntarily provide it to us with your consent. By voluntarily providing this personal information to us by sending us a comment or suggestion, by entering a chat room or bulletin board, or by entering a contest that is posted on our website(s), you will be consenting to the collection, use and distribution of your personal information by Stornoway for the purposes of running the contest and/or for distribution to sponsors who manage the contests and for purposes of marketing (for example the sponsor may directly contact the contestant to promote products and services) and/or distribution to third parties who may participate in chat rooms and bulletin boards on the website(s). You are under no obligation to provide us with this personal information and can access and enjoy many parts of the Stornoway website(s) without providing us any personal information. However, for clarity, please understand that by volunteering this personal information you are also agreeing to its collection, use and distribution for the purposes stated below.
We will or may at our discretion, use the personal information collected in the following ways:
- To run contests, select entrants, and choose prize winners;
- To respond to your questions or the comments you e-mail to us;
- To provide you with newsletters or other information about our programming, special offers or services;
- To distribute to sponsors and advertisers who run the contests and/or for purposes of marketing by our sponsors and advertisers;
- To run chat rooms, discussion groups and bulletin boards;
- To keep aggregate information on website(s) use.
You should be aware that when you share personal information in public areas of our website(s), such as chat rooms, discussion groups or bulletin boards, this information might be seen and used by other members of the public. We urge you to exercise good judgment when sharing personal information in these forums.
2. Anonymous Information About Your Visit:
When you visit our site, information about your visit (e.g. how you navigate the site) may be collected and stored. This information may include the length of your visit, the date and time of your visit, the pages you look at and the sites you visit before and after leaving our site. It does not include personally identifiable information such as your name, mailing or e-mail address or telephone number. We use this non-identifiable and aggregate information to better design our Website(s). We also may share this information with our affiliates, suppliers, sponsors and advertisers. We collect the following non-identifiable information when you visit our website(s):
- Your IP address
- Your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Your Web Browser
3. "Cookie"-Based Information:
To tailor our site to the needs and interests of our visitors, we keep track of the pages visited by our users by placing a small entry-in text file, called a "cookie", on your hard drive. A cookie is transferred to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you.
Cookies do not reveal personal information. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself such as passwords, purchases and preferences. Cookies cannot read data from your hard drive.
You may visit the site with your cookies turned off. However, you may not be able to access some of the areas of our site, which require cookies for customization and personalization.
How Is My Personal Information Protected?
Stornoway is committed to protecting your personal information and has developed policies and procedures to ensure our compliance with our own Security and Privacy Policy and with applicable Federal and Provincial laws.
We also understand your concerns about online security and we do our best to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control. We encourage parties linked to our site to follow similar practices, however we have no control over how other websites fulfill their obligations and conduct their privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on the websites linked to our website.
Will Stornoway Share My Information?
When you voluntarily provide Stornoway with personally identifiable information online, that information is kept within the Stornoway family of website(s) and may be shared or distributed to our affiliates, partners, sponsors or advertisers.
As a general rule, the non-identifiable information and passive information we collect on our website(s) will or may be shared with our affiliates, partners, sponsors or advertisers.
Our Website(s) contains hyperlinks to other websites. While we encourage these organizations to follow similar security practices, Stornoway is not responsible for the policies or content of such Website(s).
How does the Privacy Policy deal with Children?
Children should always get permission from their parents before sending information about themselves (such as their names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers) over the Internet. We will not knowingly encourage any minor to register with our site or to access those features which require registration. If a child has provided us with personal information, Stornoway asks that any concerned parent or guardian of the child contact us.
Can I Opt Out?
By visiting our website(s) and voluntarily providing personal information to the Stornoway website(s), you agree to the terms of this online User Agreement and the Privacy Policy contained herein. If you do not want to be contacted for product, service or marketing initiatives, or do not agree with this Privacy Policy, do not provide us with any personal information. If you have already provided us with personal information and you would like to be removed from any direct marketing initiatives, or direct mail or e-mail list, please e-mail us or call * to remove your personal information from our lists.
How Can I Correct Errors In My Information?
You can correct errors in your personally identifiable information by sending an e-mail to us or by contacting us at info@stornoway.com
What If I Do Not Agree With Your Privacy Policy?
By visiting our website(s) and voluntarily providing personal information to the Stornoway website(s), you agree to the terms of this online User Agreement and the Privacy Policy contained herein. However, we welcome your comments and/or suggestions on improving our website(s) and policies. If you do not agree to these terms, or wish to limit the use of any of your personal information that we may have, you may contact us.
C. TERMS OF USE
All content and information (including, but not limited to, broadcast schedules, guides, promotional contests, press releases, articles, plans, recipes, reviews, photos, images, illustrations, audio clips, and video clips) displayed on our website(s) is owned or licensed by Stornoway and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Any names, titles, logos and designs displayed on the website(s) that contain Stornoway names, titles, logos, or brands are the exclusive property and trademarks of Stornoway. You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer, sell, reproduce, re-post or alter any such content. Stornoway hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to use and display, for home, noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any content that you may download from this website(s). Any other use or reproduction of this website(s), in whole or in part, will be considered to be a violation of Stornoway's intellectual property rights.
Your use of this website(s) constitutes your agreement to abide by these terms of use included in this online User Agreement. Stornoway reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this User Agreement at any time and visitors are encouraged to review this User Agreement from time to time.
If you disagree with any of the above terms of use or any part of the User Agreement, do not use this Stornoway website(s).
D. DISCLAIMER
You are visiting this website(s) at your own risk. Stornoway, its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, agents, officers, directors, employees, representatives and licensors shall not be responsible for any damages of any nature arising out of or relating to the use of this website(s) or any hyperlinked website(s).
The materials in this site and the hyperlinked third party sites are provided "as is" and without warranties or representations of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of timeliness, merchantability, fitness or non-infringement. Further, Stornoway does not represent warrant or endorse the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of any information, content, views, opinions, recommendations or advertisements distributed through or accessed from any of the services contained on this website(s). Neither Stornoway Communications Inc. nor its subsidiary companies nor their affiliates operate or control in any respect any information, products or services on hyperlinked third party sites. Stornoway does not represent, warrant or endorse any product, information or material that is displayed, purchased or obtained by you as a result of an advertisement or any other information or offer displayed on Stornoway website(s) or any hyperlinked websites.
Stornoway does not warrant that the functions contained on its website(s) or the third party hyperlinked websites will be error-free or accessible on an uninterrupted basis, that defects will be corrected, including Discussion Groups or bulletin boards, or that the server that makes the website(s) available are free of viruses or other harmful components.
By visiting this website(s) you are agreeing to save Stornoway, its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, agents, officers, directors, employees, representatives and licensors harmless from any damages, actions or causes of actions that may now or hereinafter arise out of your use of the website(s).
E. JURISDICTION
Stornoway is a Canadian company with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Consequently, by visiting this website(s) you agree that in all matters relating to this website(s) you shall be governed by the laws of the province of Ontario or Canada, as applicable, and further, that you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the province of Ontario.
You may not use this website(s) if law prohibits you from doing so in the country in which you reside.
F. SUBMISSIONS
Stornoway does not condone any lewd, defamatory, offensive or discriminatory submissions of its users.
Stornoway monitors the contents of its chat rooms, discussion groups and bulletin boards and reserves the right to pull any submissions from the site at its sole discretion.
Stornoway reminds you to check this User Agreement from time to time as it may change without notice.
BY CONTINUING TO USE THE STORNOWAY WEB SITE(S), YOU ARE AGREEING TO ABIDE BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS USER AGREEMENT.
