Privacy Policy

Pacific Smoke International Inc. and our affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively the "Company" or "We") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it by complying with this policy.

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes how our customers and website users’ (“you”) personal information is collected, used, maintained, protected and disclosed when you visit or make a purchase from www.pacificsmoke.com (the “Site”).

Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices for collecting, processing, and storing your information before using or submitting information to the Site. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Site. By accessing or using this Site, you indicate that you understand, accept, and consent to the practices described in this policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Site after we make changes indicates that you accept and consent to those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Privacy laws in Canada generally define "personal information" as any information about an identifiable individual, which includes information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person. Personal information does not include business contact information, including your name, title, or business contact information.

This policy applies to information we collect, use, or disclose about you:

On this Site.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Site.
Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Site, which provides dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Site.
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

The Site may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, services, social networks, or applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow the third party to collect or share data about you. If you follow a link to a third-party website or engage a third-party plugin, please note that these third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We do not control these third-party websites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

CONSENT

This Privacy Policy forms part of this site's Terms of Use. Your use of this site and your provision of personal information to the Site means that you have reviewed the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, and you agree that (i) we may collect, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Policy, and (ii) we may send commercial electronic messages to you using the electronic contact information (such as an email address) that you have provided through this site. If you do not agree with these terms, you may not use this site, and are requested not to provide any personal information through this site.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

- “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, PayPal), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.

When we talk about “personal information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

We use different methods to collect your information, including through:

Direct interactions with you when you provide it to us, for example, by filling in forms or corresponding with us by phone, email, or otherwise.
User contributions. You may also provide information for us to publish or display on public Site areas or transmit to other Site users or third parties.
Automated technologies or interactions, as you navigate through our Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Third parties or publicly available sources, for example, our business partners.

Some content or applications on the Site, including advertisements, are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Site. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they are used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the personal information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).

Additionally, we use this information to:

Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
To present our Site and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill the purposes for which you provided the information or that were described when it was collected, or any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts with you, including for billing and collection or to comply with legal requirements.
To notify you about changes to our Site or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
To improve our Site, products or services, marketing, or customer relationships and experiences.
To allow you to participate in interactive features, social media, or similar features on our Site.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your personal information with third parties to help us use your personal information, as described above. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://www.google.com/intl. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage.

We may also disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
In accordance with applicable law, to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about our customers and users is among the assets transferred.
To advertisers and advertising networks that require the information to select and serve relevant advertisements to you and others.
To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist us with Site improvement and optimization) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, in accordance with applicable law.
To enforce or apply our terms of use or terms of sale and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

ADVERTISING

As described above, we use your personal information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at networkadvertising.org

You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com

- Google: https://www.google.com

- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

DATA RETENTION/TRANSFERS

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

We may transfer personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist us with Site improvement and optimization) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy.

We may process, store, and transfer your personal information in and to a foreign country, with different privacy laws that may or may not be as comprehensive as Canadian law. In these circumstances, the governments, courts, law enforcement, or regulatory agencies of that country may be able to obtain access to your personal information through the laws of the foreign country. Whenever we engage a service provider, we require that its privacy and security standards adhere to this policy and applicable Canadian privacy legislation.

SECURITY

The security of your personal information is very important to us. We use physical, electronic, and administrative measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Any amendments will be posted on the Site and the effective date the Policy was revised will be indicated at the bottom of this page. The revised Policy will apply to information collected from the date that the revised Privacy Policy is posted and to information held by the Site at the time of amendment.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This Site may contain links or references to other websites. Please be aware that the Site does not control other websites and that this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We strongly advise you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

MINORS

The Site is not intended for individuals under the legal age within your jurisdiction. No one under the legal age may provide any information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you are under the legal age, do not use or provide any information on this Site or on or through any of its features/register on the Site, make any purchases through the Site, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Site, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a minor under the legal age without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a minor under the legal age, please contact us at service[at]pacificsmoke.com.

CHANGES

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. We include the date the privacy policy was last revised at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Site and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

CONTACT US

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes. By law, you have the right to request access to and to correct the personal information that we hold about you.

We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and your right to access and to provide you with the personal information that we hold about you or make your requested changes. Applicable law may allow or require us to refuse to provide you with access to some or all of the personal information that we hold about you, or we may have destroyed, erased, or made your personal information anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices. If we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

Where you have provided your consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information, you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, contact us at service[at]pacificsmoke.com. Please note that if you withdraw your consent we may not be able to provide you with a particular product or service. We will explain the impact to you at the time to help you with your decision

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e‑mail at service[at]pacificsmoke.com or by mail using the details provided below:

Pacific Smoke International Inc.

[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]

2930 14th Ave, Markham, ON, Canada. L3R 5Z8

Effective date: November 8, 2023

13072392.1