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Welcome, Peter Davis+Associates would like to thank you for visiting our Web site. We are pleased to have the opportunity to help make the Internet a secure, private, and reliable place to share information and conduct business. We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.

The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: http://www.pdaconsulting.com.

Peter Davis+Associates is based in Canada.

Our principal activities are:

  • Information Security Consulting
  • Information Security Auditing

What Information is Collected?

For each visitor to our Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes no information regarding the domain or e-mail address. We do not automatically log personal data nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals. You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations. We only collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail. The information we collect is used for internal review and is then discarded.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will contact you before we use your data for these new purposes to notify you of the policy change and to provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses.

What about children's privacy?

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

We do not take specific steps to protect the privacy of children who disclose their personal data to us.

We do not provide information about our personal data practices in relation to children on our home page, or at those sites on our Web site where we collect personal data.

What about internet protocol addresses?

In keeping with our overall privacy commitment, Peter Davis+Associates does not keep track of internet protocol ("IP") addresses. An IP address is the unique number assigned to your server or Internet Service Provider ("ISP"). Although IP addresses do not identify you personally, they are frequently used to track information about previously visited Web sites.

What about cookies?

A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies should you prefer.

We do not set any cookies.

What about on-line ads?

Any online banner advertisements you see on the site are displayed by Peter Davis+Associates.

We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

What information do you share?

We do not share your information with other companies.

What about links to other sites?

This site contains links to other sites. Peter Davis+Associates is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. When you link to other Web sites from our site, please be aware that these Web sites are beyond our control. We cannot guarantee that the privacy policies of these Web sites meet our high standards. As always, you should read the privacy policy of those Web sites.

What about security?

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

  • unauthorized access
  • improper use or disclosure
  • unauthorized modification
  • unlawful destruction or accidental loss

We do not give visitors to our Web site the option of using a secure transmission method to send us their personal data.

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except when required by law or other regulation.

How can I control the use of my information?

Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by e-mailing us at the address provided below.

Consumers can access this information by e-mail at the address below.

Consumers can have this information corrected by sending us e-mail at the address below.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the addresses below.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending us e-mail at the address below.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line, you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line.

How do I opt-out?

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

  1. You can send email to info@pdaconsulting.com

How do I correct or update information?

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to all information [including proprietary information] that we maintain about them. We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data that we keep about you, within a week. We do not reserve the right to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

We may require proof of your identity.

We will provide the information without any charge.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data:

  • erased
  • rectified or amended
  • completed

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.

  1. email info@pdaconsulting.com

How do I contact the Web Site?

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:

Webmaster

Peter Davis+Associates

Suite 10, 593 Oriole Parkway

Toronto, ON

M4R 2B9

info@pdaconsulting.com

We do not recommend any other means to address your concerns.

Do we comply with privacy laws?

There are no national laws or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organization.

There are no global or regional regulatory or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organization.

In order to demonstrate that our privacy policy accords with the above privacy instrument, we are voluntarily committed to a Self Assessment procedure.

How can I tell whether you changed the privacy statement?

Peter Davis+Associates will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. When we post changes to this Statement, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of the Privacy Statement. If there are material changes to this Statement, we will notify you by placing prominently a notice on the Web site. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to stay informed of how Peter Davis+Associates protects your information

Last Updated: January 27, 2009