Privacy Policy

At Lightsout Canada and Lightsout World we recognize that privacy is important. This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products, services and websites offered by Lightsout Canada and/or Lightsout World, or its subsidiaries or affiliated programs; collectively, Lightsout. In addition, where more detailed information is needed to explain our privacy practices, we post supplementary privacy notices to describe how particular services process personal information.


If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us through our website or email us at lightsoutcanada@gmail.com


Information we collect and how we use it


We offer a number of services that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personal information to us. In order to provide our full range of services, we may collect the following types of information:

 

  • Information you provide  When you sign up for an account or other Lightsout service or promotion that requires registration, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address and an account password). We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other Lightsout services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information.

 

  • Cookies When you visit Lightsout, we send one or more cookies, a small file containing a string of characters, to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends.

  • Log information When you access Lightsout services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.

  • User communications When you send email or other communications to Lightsout, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.

 

  • Affiliated sites We offer some of our services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Lightsout in order to deliver the service. We process such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.

 

  • Links Lightsout may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed.

  • Other sites This Privacy Policy applies to Lightsout only. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed links from within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.

 

Lightsout only processes personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and/or the supplementary privacy notices for specific services. In addition to the above, such purposes include:

 

  • Providing our services to users, including the display of customized content and advertising;
  • Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services;
  • Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
  • Developing new services.

 

Lightsout processes personal information on our servers. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. We may process personal information to provide our own services. In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party.


Choices for personal information


If we propose to use personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy and/or in the specific service privacy notices, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or use sensitive information, which includes information we know to be related to confidential medical information, racial or ethnic origins, political or religious beliefs or sexuality and tied to personal information.


Information sharing


Lightsout only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Lightsout in the following limited circumstances:

 

  • We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
  • We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated programs or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
  • We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Lightsout, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

 

We restrict access to personal information to Lightsout administrators, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.


Data integrity


Lightsout processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.


Enforcement


Lightsout reviews from time to time its compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Lightsout treatment of personal information by contacting us through this web site or by emailing us at lightsoutcanada@gmail.com.



Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Privacy Policy changes). Each version of this Privacy Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date.


If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this web site or email us at lightsoutcanada@gmail.com.