Privacy Policy  

Your Privacy is important to us.  

We are committed to maintaining the accuracy, confidentiality, and security of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”). As part of this commitment, our privacy policy governs our actions as they relate to the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information. Our privacy policy is based upon the values set by the Canadian Standards Association’s Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information and Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.  

Introduction We are responsible for maintaining and protecting the Personal Information under our control. We have designated an individual or individuals who is/are responsible for compliance with our privacy policy. Please read on for more details about our Privacy Policy.

 

Collection of Personal Information Personal information (“Personal Information”) is information about you as an individual, and includes information that identifies you and that can be used to contact you. This includes such information as your name, birth date, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number and/or social media accounts. We collect, use and disclose Personal Information to provide you with the product or service you have requested and to offer you additional products and services we believe you might be interested in. The purposes for which we collect Personal Information will be identified before or at the time we collect the information and consent may be implied as part of the service and/or order process.

 

Usage Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

 

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

 

Tracking and Cookies We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service.

 

Cookies and similar tools are used in the following ways on our Website: We use cookies to remember your preferences, purchases and settings when you navigate through our Website. We use cookies for security purposes. We use web beacons in our email communications to determine whether an email we sent was opened and whether you clicked on any of the links within the email communication. We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how long you stay on our Website or specific pages of our Website, how you arrived at our Website, and the website you visited before or after visiting our Website. These cookies also help us identify unique visitors to our Website. We use this information to help us improve our Website and the services and information we offer. We also use this information to understand the effectiveness of our advertising. We use cookies to facilitate the display of any video content on our Website. These cookies may collect information about how a video is played and information about the device used to access the video, such IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider and operating system. We use social media widgets and cookies to facilitate social sharing functionality on our Website. When you share information using a social media sharing button on our Website, the social network will record that you have done this and will use this information in accordance with its own privacy policy.

 

You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. By continuing to use our Website without changing your browser settings, you consent to our use of cookies as described above.

 

Use and Retention of Personal Information We will not use or disclose your Personal Information for any purpose other than those for which it was collected, except with your consent or as required or authorized or required by law. Forus collects and uses your information for the following purposes: To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

 

To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

 

To invite you to participate in client surveys or other opinion-gathering devices that assist us in making our technicians or staff more responsive to Your needs

 

To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation. To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

 

To protect against harm to the rights, property and safety of Forus, our employees, our clients and others.

 

We will retain your Personal information only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes. We may retain this data to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

Disclosure of Your Personal Information Your information may be transferred for the following reasons: Third Party Service Providers: We may transfer (or otherwise make available) your Personal Information to affiliates or service providers that provide services on our behalf, such as processing payments, storing customer data, hosting our Website, analyzing our business, running our contests and promotions, and communicating with you.

 

Business Transactions: If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

 

Law Enforcement : Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

 

Forus may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: Comply with a legal obligation Protect and defend the rights or property of Forus Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public Protect against legal liability

 

Consent Your knowledge and consent are required for the collection, use, or disclosure of your Personal Information. When you access our website or use any of our services either on our Website or at our store, you consent to the use of your Personal Information for the purposes listed above. You may refuse or withdraw your consent at any time; however we may not then be able to provide you with our full range of services. We will advise you when you refuse or withdraw your consent of the impact that will have on what we are able to provide.

 

Security The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us Forus is responsible for protecting any Personal Information under its control and any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Changes to This Policy. This privacy policy is effective as of the Effective Date below. We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. We will advise you of any changes to this privacy policy by posting the revised policy on our Website under the “Privacy Policy” section. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

 

Effective Date: April 1 2023