Privacy policy

Introduction

SPACES is owned and operated by Village Media. This policy governs the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information by SPACES, whether oral, electronic, or written. The application of this policy is subject to the requirements or provisions of any applicable legislation, regulations or agreements (such as collective agreements), or the order of any court or other lawful authority.

SPACES reserves the right to amend this policy from time to time.

What is Personal Information?

Personal information is information that can be linked to an individual. For example, your email address is considered personal information, even if it does not include your name. This policy does not cover business contact information such as your name, title, business address and phone number. Nor does it include information that is collected, used, or disclosed solely for journalistic purposes.

How SPACES Collects Personal Information

Most of the Personal Information collected by SPACES is provided directly by users of the service. For example, if you make a free account, you will be asked to provide your name, phone number, and email address.

SPACES also uses third party services which collect usage and browsing information and provide aggregate non-personal information about visitors to the site.

What Personal Information Does SPACES Collect?

• Name, phone number and email address;

• Username and password;

• IP addresses and information about your browsing habits;

• Correspondence, requests and comments; and

• Any other personal information you may submit.

Purposes for Collection of Personal Information

SPACES collects Personal Information for the following purposes:

• To identify a user for the purpose of allowing access to certain areas of the SPACES site;

• To communicate with members via email;

• Protect the rights, property and safety of SPACES, staff and third parties;

• To detect and investigate security breaches and enforce our Terms of Use; and

• To undertake marketing and promotions.

The Personal Information collected is the minimum required for the stated purposes and will only be stored as long as is necessary to achieve the stated purposes.

Access to your Personal Information

You may request access and/or corrections to your personal information. We will make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes.

We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, or would jeopardize the privacy of others.

Email [email protected] to make a request.

Third Party Services

SPACES uses third party services to personalize users’ interaction with our website and to collect aggregate non-personal information. The privacy policy for SPACES’ analytics providers can be found on their websites: Google Analytics , Scorecard Research .

Disclosure

SPACES does not sell your Personal Information, but may disclose limited information to third party platforms for advertising and promotional purposes.
SPACES does not otherwise disclose your information, unless it is legally required to do so or if disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of SPACES, its staff, users, or members of the public.

Advertising and Promotions

When SPACES discloses information to third party advertising platforms, they may link that information to other data that they already have about you in order to tailor advertisements or to identify other people who might be interested in SPACES content.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on a user’s computer when they visit a website. They collect and store information about users in order to do things like remember user preferences and tailor advertising. SPACES uses cookies to personalize user experience and to compile aggregate, non-personal information about how many people are visiting our site and which pages they viewed. Users can choose to disable cookies at any time, though it may affect some site functionality.

Comments Section

Users of SPACES should be aware that posts and replies posted to the site are visible to the public, and that any Personal Information shared in the spaces is not secure.

Security

SPACES uses password-protected, restricted access services to keep its users’ data secure. Employees who have access to Personal Information are trained on how to keep this information secure. SPACES uses industry-standard SSL encryption on the site so that users who visit and interact with the website will have their traffic encrypted, protecting it from third party surveillance.

Accuracy and Access

Users may direct any questions or concerns they have about SPACES’ privacy policy or practices to [email protected].