We take your right to privacy seriously and want you to feel comfortable using our web site. This Privacy Policy deals with personally identifiable information (referred to as “Data” below) that may be collected by us on our site. This Policy does not apply to other entities that we do not own or control or persons that are not our employees, agents or within our control.

1. Collection of Data

Our registration process requires only a valid e-mail address and a unique user ID and password. Providing us with other information is at your option. Please take note that your username, e-mail address, or other submissions that you make on this site may contain your real name or other personally identifiable information and, as a result, may appear on this site. Like many web sites, we may also automatically receive general information that is contained in our server log files such as your IP address and cookie information. Information about how advertising may be served on this site (if at all) is set forth below.

We adhere to the Privacy Policy set out by Google.

2. Use of Data

We may use Data to customize and improve your user experience on this site. We will make efforts so that your Data will not be provided to third parties unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy; (ii) we obtain your consent, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out to the sharing of Data; (iii) a service provided on our site requires the interaction with or is provided by a third party, by way of example an Application Service Provider; (iv) pursuant to legal process or law enforcement; (v) we find that your use of this site violates our this Policy, Terms of Service, other usage guidelines or as deemed reasonably necessary by us to protect our legal rights and/or property; (vi) or (vi) this site is purchased by a third party whereby that third party will be able to use the Data in the same manner as we can as set forth in this Policy. In the event you choose to use links that appear on our site to visit other web sites, you are advised to read the privacy policies that appear on those sites.

What Personal Information We Collect

DARKLING ACRES is responsible for the personal information under our possession and control. Personal information is any information recorded in any form that identifies or can identify an individual. You can access and browse the DARKLING ACRES website without disclosing your personal information.

As a general policy, no personal information is collected from our visitors. The only personal information we collect is the information that you volunteer. You may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, delivery address, phone number, and credit card information. You may provide us with your personal information:

-when you sign up to order products from us

-when you give us feedback, ask a question, or complete a survey and give us your email

-address to allow us to send you requested information

-when you sign up to receive an email bulletin

-when you sign up to receive social media updates

How We Use Your Personal Information

DARKLING ACRES collects personal information for the following purposes:

-to provide products to you that you have purchased on our website

-to respond to any correspondence from you or inquiries you ask us

-to understand, research, and improve our services, including understanding survey data and user feedback

-for any other reasonable purposes for which you may have provided your express consent or in which your consent can be reasonably implied

Email mailing list subscriptions

When you subscribe to an email list from DARKLING ACRES, you need to provide your name and an email address. This email address is used to deliver the mailing list messages to you, such as information about DARKLING ACRES activities or projects, and information updates. Your email address will not be disclosed to any other mailing list subscriber, organization, website, or government agency. If you do not wish to hear about DARKLING ACRES publications, activities or projects, you may unsubscribe at any time.

3. Cookies

Like many web sites, we set and use cookies to enhance your user experience, such as retaining your personal settings. Advertisements may appear on our web site and, if so, may set and access cookies on your computer and is subject to the privacy policy of those parties providing the advertisement. However, the companies serving the advertising do not have access to our cookies. These companies usually use non-personally identifiable or anonymous codes to obtain information about your visits to our site.

4. Editing or Deleting Your Account Information

We provide you with the ability to edit the information in your user account information that you provided to us in registration by using your personal page configuration area. You may request deletion of your user account by contacting our webmaster. Content or other data that you may have provided to us and that is not contained within your user account, such as posts that may appear within our forums, may continue to remain on our site at our discretion even though your user account is deleted. Please see our Terms of Use for more information.

5. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this Policy from time to time. We will notify you of substantial changes to this Policy either by posting a prominent announcement on our site and/or by sending a message to the e-mail address you have provided to us that is contained within your user settings.

6. Links on Our Website

The DARKLING ACRES website provides links to other websites. DARKLING ACRES is not responsible for the privacy policy of these websites or how personally identifiable information is collected, stored, and used. We encourage visitors to review each website’s privacy policy before disclosing any personally identifiable information.

7. NO GUARANTEES

While this Privacy Policy states our standards for maintenance of Data and we will make efforts to meet them, we are not able to guarantee these standards. There may be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure of data. Therefore, we disclaim any warranties or representations relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of Data.

The content of this privacy policy was inspired by information published on the website of Steps to Justice, a project of Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) at https://www.cleo.on.ca/