Privacy Policy

This Policy was created July 09, 2022.

  1. Introduction

    Welcome to the Quarry Cooperative Community webpage. We are committed to providing a positive, friendly, informative and safe experience for all our users.

    This Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your Personal Information when providing our Services to you.

  2. Definitions

    Throughout this policy:

    1. “Personal Information” means information that can be used to identify you as an individual but does not include business contact information or information that has been made anonymous.
    2. “Services” includes any of our and our related services, tools, or applications, including applications for mobile devices.
    3. “we” “us” or “our” refers to Zap Design and its divisions, subsidiaries, or assigns -basically, just me: Ted Bishop.

    3. Your Consent

    We use some of googles services, the login, and maybe ads. We (I) cannot control what information Google collects when you click on an ad. The only information that we record is your email, login photo from google (if that's how you registered).

    By using our Services, you expressly consent to our collection, use, disclosure and retention of the Personal Information you have saved here as described in this Policy.

    There are times when we must legally disclose your Personal Information to other persons or organizations, but under no circumstances do we sell or rent your Personal Information. Here are examples of when we may disclose your Personal Information:

    1. •At your request or with your consent (e.g. when you put your Personal Information in an advertisement that you post);
    2. •When required or permitted by law;
    3. •In relation to an investigation or legal proceeding;
    4. •In order to protect you, other customers, or ourselves from error, fraud or illegal activity; or
    5. •In connection with a bankruptcy or a transaction to sell or merge parts of our business.

  3. Cookies

    Cookies, web beacons and similar technologies (“Cookies”) are small files placed on your computer to record information when you visit or interact with a website. Most websites use Cookies to improve web functionality and we are no exception. We may use data from Cookies stored on your computer for such purposes as:

    1. •Analyzing our website traffic;
    2. •Identifying returning users or account holders and ensuring account security;
    3. •Allowing returning users to navigate our websites more easily; or
    4. •Tracking the use of our Services so that we can improve our sites and applications;

    We may contract with certain third parties, such Google Analytics, to place Cookies on our websites, but we do not permit them to collect your Personal Information. Such third parties assist us in operating our websites and they may provide you with additional products and services.

    By visiting our websites or using our Services, you consent to our use of Cookies as explained above. If you do not wish for us to use Cookies, you can delete Cookies from your hard drive and disable Cookies in your browser at any time. Please note that disabling Cookies may affect the functionality of our Services.

    You may also opt out of specific networks being able to provide personalized advertising by going to http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

  4. Protecting and Retaining Your Personal Information

    We store your Personal Information on our computers in Canada and elsewhere in the world where we operate. We take various security measures to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure or alteration. Such measures include the use of firewalls, data encryption, physical access controls, and information access authorization controls.

    We take steps to ensure that the Personal Information we collect is accurate and up to date. You may update your Personal Information by changing your account settings.

    Upon your request, or if required to enforce our Terms of Use Agreement, we will close your account. Personal Information from closed accounts will be made private and, in due course, deleted or rendered anonymous within a reasonable period of time after the account is closed or deactivated.

    We may retain your Personal Information for longer periods of time when there are valid grounds for doing so, including to prevent illegal activity, collect fees, resolve disputes, to enforce our Terms of Use Agreement, or to otherwise take actions permitted by law. In such circumstances, your Personal Information will be kept only as long as it is necessary and relevant to our operations and to comply with applicable laws.

  5. Third Parties

    Except where otherwise stated, this Policy addresses only the use and disclosure of Personal Information we collect from you. We are not in control of or responsible for any Personal Information you disclose to others, including buyers or sellers on our websites, or to other websites throughout the internet. Different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the Personal Information you provide them.

    We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your Personal Information to others.

  6. Changes to this Policy

    From time to time, we may make changes to this Policy. When we do so, we will place a notice on our website. All amendments shall become effective within 90 days of such notice.

  7. Contact Us

    If you have questions about your privacy or this Policy, or if you have a complaint about our collection, use or disclosure of your Information, please contact our Privacy Office:

    the Quarry Cooperative Community
    190 Jasper Rd.
    Salt Spring Island, BC
    V8K 2X8