privacy

Your privacy is of great importance to us. As a user of this Site, you are valued by us and we will take appropriate measures to protect the information provided by and collected from you on the Site in connection with the functions, facilities, products and services offered on our Site (the "SAMSUNG Services"). As our business changes and grows, so will this Privacy Statement. Please check back periodically for posted additions and changes.

We ask you to provide certain personal details about yourself when making an order on this Site. Personal Information shall be defined as but not limited to your name, email address, postal address and age. We will also collect billing information such as your credit card details and billing address. We use this information to verify your name, address and other information.

In order to help us improve our Site, we will also collect information automatically about your visit to our Web Site to help us with identifying user's browsing preferences. This information is collected for internal purposes only so that we can carry out research on our users' demographics, behaviour and interests. By using this Site you consent to our collecting data about you and using it in the manner set out in our privacy policy.

Your Personal Information will be used to process your order. We will also use this information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts and to assist us with improving our content and services offered on the Web Site. As stated above, we also collect statistical data so that we can analyse Site usage and customer needs. If you join our email subscription services or if you make an order with us (and do not opt out of the direct mailing option), then we will send you promotional emails about our latest offers or new services. Every time we send you an update, you will also be given information on how to unsubscribe.

samsung.ca is operated by and on behalf of SAMSUNG Electronics Canada Inc., a company incorporated in Canada under registered number 104707617 and whose registered office address is at:
55 Standish Court
Mississauga, Ontario L5R 4B2.

Except as set out below, we will not pass your personal details to any third party except to our Web Site contractors or our professional advisers.

You can rest assured that we will not sell or rent your Personal Information to any other organisation. If, however, in the future, we sell our business to a third party, then we will pass your personal details to the business purchaser but only if it has a privacy policy similar to or identical to ours.

We may use your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes within SAMSUNG Electronics Canada Inc. and from time to time you may receive direct marketing from us. If at any time you decide you do not want to receive marketing, please notify [snamkung@seca.samsung.com] and your Personal Information will be removed from our database as soon as reasonably practical.

SAMSUNG would, however, like to pass your Personal Information to other members of the SAMSUNG Group for direct marketing purposes.

At times, we may use a feature of your browser to send your computer a "cookie". Cookies are used by thousands of Web Sites in order to enhance your Web experience. A cookie is a small data file that assigns a unique anonymous number to your browser from a Web server and is stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies can not damage or read information stored on your hard drive. Cookies make your Web experience more enjoyable by storing passwords and preferences. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to inform you when a cookie is being placed on your hard drive. However, your election not to accept cookies may diminish your experience with the Site because of additional time needed to repeatedly enter information.

You may be able to access third party Web Sites through links available on this Site. You understand and agree that your use of such third party Sites, including other SAMSUNG Sites, will be governed by the privacy policies of those Sites and not by this Privacy Statement.

The SAMSUNG Services and this Site are not intended for children under the age of 13 years age. We will not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Statement by instructing their children to never provide information on this Site without their permission.

If you desire access to your own Personal Information, to correct existing Personal Information, or to remove your Personal Information, please contact us using the contact information provided below. If you request removal of Personal Information, you acknowledge that residual Personal Information may continue to reside in SAMSUNG's records and archives, but SAMSUNG will not use that information for a commercial purpose. SAMSUNG reserves the right to maintain your Personal Information if SAMSUNG has suspended, limited, or terminated your access to the Site for violating the SAMSUNG Terms of Use.

SAMSUNG will maintain the confidentiality of the information it collects. We maintain internal practices that help protect the security and confidentiality of this information by limiting employee access to and use of this information.

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact ndiponzio@seca.samsung.com.