Privacy Statement

In compliance with Canadian law, NorthernGates.ca maintains this privacy statement of which details all aspects of the information we collect and how we use it. We constantly strive to better protect the information of the website’s users.

Official Privacy Statement

Being an online business, NorthernGates.ca makes every effort to provide users with a safe and secure environment for offering information. This privacy statement describes all data collection and usage policies and practices as they apply to the NorthernGates.ca website. By registering on the NorthernGates.ca website, you consent to the policies and practices described in this statement.

There are links to other websites on the NorthernGates.ca website, of which we have no control. NorthernGates.ca is not responsible for the content and privacy policies and practices of other websites that you choose to link from the NorthernGates.ca website. Although we encourage you to review the privacy policies of these other websites, this privacy statement applies solely to the information we collect on the NorthernGates.ca website. In no way does this privacy statement apply to information we collect in any other fashion.

Collection and Retention of Information

As both the main aspect of the NorthernGates.ca website and to fulfill basic operations, we request or may request that you provide personal information inclusive of your name, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number, school name, program of study, grade point average (GPA) and/or percentage grades, and any other information from which your identity is discernible. An example of this is our student registration form.

In some areas of the website, NorthernGates.ca may afford you the opportunity to provide descriptive information about yourself. It is solely up to you whether you furnish such information. For example, such information may be used as part of our student registration form.

Use of Information by NorthernGates.ca

The information we gather on the NorthernGates.ca website is used entirely for basic site operations and improvement, and successfully delivering the services that we offer.

At the time of registration, you have the option to receive additional communications such as employer interest updates. If you choose to receive these updates, NorthernGates.ca may use your contact information to send you e-mail communications regarding employer interest in your profile and any other information that may be of interest to you.

NorthernGates.ca maintains an email account (feedback@northerngates.ca) specifically for you to submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in this area becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as success stories) for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.

Disclosure of Information to Others

NorthernGates.ca does not disclose any information (personal) about you to third parties, except as set forth in the following two subparagraphs.

1. We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if required to do so by a government body, or if we believe that such action is necessary to conform to Canadian law and the legal process, protect the rights or property of NorthernGates.ca, prevent a crime or protect national security, or protect the personal safety of the users or the public.
2. We may disclose or transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of NorthernGates.ca's business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event NorthernGates.ca becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, NorthernGates.ca or its trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court.

NorthernGates.ca may also share aggregated anonymous information about registered users on the website with other third parties so that they understand the kinds of users that are registered on the NorthernGates.ca website.

Personal information supplied by you in a registration/profile area becomes part of the NorthernGates.ca database, but is not accessible by anyone other than you, NorthernGates.ca, and the company concerned without your consent.

Profiles and Resumes

Since NorthernGates.ca operates as a database for students, the student’s profile and resume are searchable by employers.

We attempt to limit access to our searchable student database only to paying employers, recruiters, hiring managers, headhunters, and human resource professionals, as well as law enforcement and national security agencies, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this database. We are not responsible for the use made of profiles and resumes by third parties who access such resumes while they are in our searchable database. You may remove your resume from our database at any time. However, employers, recruiters and others who have paid for access to that database or to obtain a copy of that database, as well as parties who have otherwise gained access to the database, may have retained copies of your profile and resume in their own files or databases. We are not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of profiles and resumes in these instances.

Use of Webalizer

NorthernGates.ca exercises the use of Webalizer software to monitor traffic on the website. It is a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our website usage.

Updating Your Information

You have the right to demand that your personal information be deleted from NorthernGates.ca. You may review, correct, update or change your NorthernGates.ca account profile information at any time by simply logging into your account, going to the “edit profile” option, and editing it with the options provided. If you opted to receive e-mails from NorthernGates.ca, but subsequently change your mind, you may opt-out by editing your profile as described above. If you previously opted not to receive such communications, you may later opt-in by editing your profile.

Security

NorthernGates.ca has implemented several measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

Children

NorthernGates.ca is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to the Privacy Statement

If we decide to change our privacy statement for NorthernGates.ca, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. If at any time, you have questions or concerns about NorthernGates.ca's privacy statement, please feel free to email us at feedback@northerngates.ca.

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