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Effective March 2, 2007.

WEBSITE DISCLAIMER
Viewing, Use and Communication
Our Commitment to Privacy
Accountability
Information Collection and Use

Subscriptions
Customer Service
Contests, Surveys and Feedback
Online Forums
Website Browsing

E-mail Inquiries/Submissions
Third Party Links
Limiting Information Collection and Use
Information Disclosure
Accessing Your Personal Information
Policy Changes
Contact Us

WEBSITE DISCLAIMER

Please note that all content on the website, www.cottagemagazine.com, is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. You acknowledge that Cottage Magazine and its website, under the parent company, OP Publishing, do not warrant that the site will be accessible without interruption or that the site or the server providing access to the site are free of errors, defects, design flaws, omissions, or from viruses or other harmful components. OP Publishing does not warrant the accuracy, integrity or completeness of the content provided, including any advice or similar information obtained by you from us or through the site. OP Publishing does not make any representation that the content provided is applicable or appropriate for use outside of Canada. The terms of the Cottage Magazine Privacy Policy and the use of this site are governed by Canadian law. This disclaimer, the privacy policy and terms outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights on behalf of any party.

Viewing, Use and Communication

Please carefully read the WEBSITE DISCLAIMER and the following terms of the Cottage Magazine Privacy Policy. Your acceptance of these terms is required for your right to visit the site. If you do not accept these terms, you have no right to visit this site and are fraudulently using this site.

Our Commitment to Privacy

OP Publishing is committed to ensuring your personal information is kept secure, accurate and confidential, both electronically and within our administrative system. Personal information is stored in our secure databases and in secure physical filing systems. Only individuals responsible for administering the uses described under Information Collection and Use have direct access to personal information. Please read all of the following to understand how and why your personal information is collected and used. This privacy notice, including the WEBSITE DISCLAIMER, is easily accessible from the cottagemagazine.com homepage.

Accountability

OP Publishing makes all reasonable effort to ensure the intended use of personal information collected by us is specified at or before the time of collection. OP Publishing makes all reasonable effort to ensure external parties providing us with personal information have obtained consumer consent before we receive the information. OP Publishing will not transfer, sell or otherwise distribute your personal information to an outside organization or individual without your consent. OP Publishing is accountable for all personal information in its custody, including any information transferred to a third party for processing.

Information Collection and Use

The following are circumstances in which OP Publishing, through Cottage Magazine and/or its website, may collect personal information and general information from you, and how the information is used.

Subscriptions

Personal information collected will be used to fulfill a subscription or to send an invoice, refund, or notice of renewal. When subscribing electronically, by mail or by telephone, we require some or all of the following personal information: name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card or other payment information. When you order gift subscriptions for others, we require some or all of the following recipient information: name, address and telephone number.

Customer Service

When contacting our customer service department by telephone or by e-mail, you may be asked personal information for the purpose of identifying your subscription details (or details of a gift-subscription recipient) in our database. This information may be retained to better serve you in the future.

Contests, Surveys and Feedback

Collection of personal information for contests, surveys and customer feedback may be used in two ways: to contact you in case of prize distribution, and to compile and analyze consumer data in order to improve the content of Cottage Magazine and/or its website. While we may occasionally use the information for marketing opportunities, we will not do so without your consent.

Online Forums

In order to take advantage of the online forums found at www.cottagemagazine.com, you may be asked to register by name, e-mail address and password. While OP Publishing will keep those details private, any personal information voluntarily supplied by you in our forums does not fall under our corporate privacy policy.

Website Browsing

You browse www.cottagemagazine.com anonymously and you are not required to identify yourself or reveal any personal information while browsing the site. However, the site's web server may automatically record some general information about your visit such as:

The date and time you visit the site, along with the address of the previous site you visited, if you linked to us from an outside site.
The Internet domain for your Internet service provider, such as “company.com” or “service.ca” and the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer accessing the website, such as “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.” Our web server automatically recognizes only the consumer's domain name, but not the consumer’s e-mail address (where possible).
The type of web browser you are using (such as "Netscape version x" or "Internet Explorer version x").
The type of operating system you are using (such as Macintosh, Unix, or Windows).
The specific web pages you visit on our site.

The general information collected is not personal information. The site tracking system does not record personal information about individuals, nor does it link general information to any personal information. OP Publishing uses the general information for statistical analysis, for tracking overall traffic patterns on the site, to gauge the public interest in OP Publishing and the site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. The information we collect is used for internal review and is then safely discarded.

E-mail Inquiries/Submissions

Site visitors who communicate with the site by e-mail do so under two conditions:

They give permission for contact by the site.
They are subject to any submission provisions of the terms of use and this privacy policy.

Third Party Links

The Cottage Magazine website sometimes includes links to outside websites which may interest or prove useful to our readers. Third party links do not imply an endorsement of other companies, websites and products outside of OP Publishing and its products and websites. OP Publishing is not responsible for the privacy of information gathered by third party websites. When accessing third party links from www.cottagemagazine.com, please refer to the privacy policies of each website you visit.

Limiting Information Collection and Use

OP Publishing makes all reasonable effort to ensure personal information collection and use is limited to those circumstances and uses described under Information Collection and Use. When additional information is collected and/or information is used in another capacity, we will ask for your consent or provide an opportunity to opt-out before or at the time of collection and/or use.

Information Disclosure

OP Publishing will not disclose personal information to external parties by way of sale, rent, transfer or any other means of distribution without prior consent from the consumer. We may occasionally use personal information for marketing opportunities within our company and with outside parties, but we will not do so without your consent.

Accessing Your Personal Information

OP Publishing is committed to ensuring consumer accessibility of personal information. Please contact us if you need to access and/or amend your personal information.

Policy Changes

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy policy. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will use only data collected from the time of the policy change onward for these new purposes. We will also update the terms of this privacy policy to indicate any changes made to information collection and/or use.

Contact Us

Should you have questions about our privacy policy, need access to your information, or have concerns about the accuracy, security or confidentiality of the personal information collected and stored by Cottage Magazine, its website and OP Publishing, please contact us by e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it telephone: 604-998-3310, fax: 604-998-3320 or in writing: OP Publishing, Privacy Department, Suite 500 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2T1.