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DRUXY'S INC. PRIVACY POLICY
Druxy's Inc., as the operator of the Druxy's family of companies, including but
not necessarily limited to Druxy's Franchising Inc. as franchisor for the Druxy's
system of quick-service delicatessen restaurants and through its affiliated corporations,
is also the operator of corporately-owned delicatessen restaurants, is committed
to the protection of its customers’ Personal Information (as defined below). As
evidence of this commitment, we have implemented the following Privacy Policy (the
“Policy”), which complies with or exceeds the requirements of the federal
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, also
known as "PIPEDA". References in this Policy to “we”, “our”, "the franchisor" or
“Druxy's” are references to Druxy's Inc., its affiliated corporations, and its franchisees
unless otherwise indicated.
This Policy is designed to assist our franchisees, employees, and customers in understanding
how we collect, store, use, disclose, protect and ensure the accuracy of information
collected and controlled by Druxy's. It also applies to all Personal Information
held in Druxy's databases and utilized by our franchisees and employees.
WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
became enforceable in respect of the public sector in Canada on January 1, 2004,
to ensure that information that individuals provide in commerce as any form of "record",
including photographs, commentary, or factual information, is used in an appropriate
manner, with their consent, and properly protected by those to whom the Personal
Information is given. The legislation defines Personal Information as “information
about an identifiable individual, but does not include the name, title or business
address or telephone number of an employee of an organization”. In other words,
it is information particular to an individual that would allow them to be identified.
This would include your name, residential address, e-mail address(es), telephone
number, credit card particulars, and your personal purchasing history.
WHY WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
Druxy's collects personal information in order to facilitate the services that are
offered through our network of franchisees and our corporately-owned restaurants
to you, the customer. This means that our affiliated corporations, franchisees and
employees collect Personal Information in order to assist you with offering the
most enjoyable and satisfying dining experience possible. Druxy's not only collects
Personal Information about its customers, but also about its franchisees, for example,
to determine their credit-worthiness or for the preparation and/or registration
of documents needed to grant a franchise to an individual. Druxy's, its affiliated
corporations and its franchisees may put Personal Information to a variety of uses,
which may include invoicing customer accounts as appropriate; communicating information
and offers to customers; to better understand, analyze, and respond to our customers’
needs and preferences, and to subsequently develop, enhance, and/or provide products
and services to meet those needs. We do not collect Personal Information for any
other reason other than as described in this Policy, nor is it used in any way other
than as described herein.
CONSENT
We try to ensure that you understand how we use your Personal Information. One of
the ways this is done is by obtaining your consent. Consent may be either express
or implied. Express consent is given when we specifically ask you if it acceptable
to you that we gather certain information and you explicitly agree that it is. Implied
consent occurs when you provide information that may be Personal Information without
objection. As we obtain only the 670683v1 information necessary to assist you with
the transaction you require, we operate under the understanding that you have agreed
to provide us with this Personal Information voluntarily and with knowledge of this
Policy whenever you do so.
USE AND RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as we provide or may potentially
provide services to you. When your Personal Information is no longer necessary to
Druxy's for the purposes described in this Policy, we will destroy, erase, or de-personalize
the Personal Information. The only exception to this will be where we may be required
to keep or provide your Personal Information as a result of legislation, as required
by law or government regulation, or due to a binding court order.
NO SHARING, SELLING, OR BARTERING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your Personal information is not given, rented, or sold to any third party for any
reason. It may be combined with other Personal Information collected by Druxy's
or our franchisees to provide us with aggregate statistical information about our
customers’ purchasing/service usage preferences, but at no time will your Personal
Information be shared with any other parties that might be involved in this aggregate
collection of Information. ACCURACY To ensure that the Personal Information you
provide to us is accurate, complete, and up-todate, we urge you to provide us with
updates regarding such information and to inform us of any errors affecting the
Personal Information we may hold. SECURITY We employ ongoing security measures in
an effort to protect Personal Information held by us from unauthorized use, access,
disclosure, distribution, loss or alteration. Your Personal Information is protected
by implementing the following kinds of safety precautions:
- physical, such as the locking of filing cabinets
or restricting access to certain areas of our offices to appropriate personnel;
- administrative/organizational, such as the
implementation of proper policies to be followed by all Druxy's employees, agents,
franchisees and affiliates, and to ensure that they are trained to know their ongoing
obligations to you. Employees, agents, our affiliated corporations and our franchisees
are provided with only the Personal Information that is necessary for them to perform
their duties properly and with no other Information or for any other purpose, and
- technological, such as the utilization of
passwords, encryption, and secure servers on all of our computers and/or electronic
databases.
Personal Information is stored on-site at our franchisees' places of business, on-site
at the locations of any corporate-owned restaurants, and/or at Druxy's head offices
in North York, Ontario, Canada., and Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, and is protected
using some or all of the above safeguards, as appropriate.
ACCESS
You are entitled to know what Personal Information about you that we have collected,
as well as how it has or will be used. If you provide a written request for this
information, we will provide it 670683v1 to you within 60 days of confirmation of
your identity. We will inform you whether or not we hold Personal Information about
you and, when possible, the source of the Information, its use, and any parties
to which it may have been disclosed.
This Policy can also be viewed through the
Druxy's website, at
www.druxys.com, or via letter mail upon request. You may be
required to provide sufficient proof of your identity at this time to ensure the
safety and security of the Information we hold and that it is provided to individuals
in accordance with this Policy. In the event that we cannot provide a complete list
of the Personal Information that we have collected about you, we will provide you
with the reasons why your access to this information is being denied. This usually
takes place in only limited circumstances, where we may not be able to supply Personal
Information as a result of legal requirements. Whenever possible, we will give you
given appropriate reasons as to why this is the case however, in certain instances,
such as in certain criminal investigations, we may not be able to provide you with
any reasons as to why your Personal Information cannot be provided.
SATISFACTION
We are committed to ensuring that you have full knowledge of how and why we collect
your Personal Information, and what is done with it. If you wish to offer comments
or challenge the compliance with federal or provincial legislation of the Policy,
we invite you to send a letter addressed to Druxy's Inc., Attention: Privacy Compliance
Officer, 1200 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 802, North York, Ontario, M3C 1H9. We
will respond as quickly as possible and inform you of the steps, if any, that have
been or will be taken in order to address the concern or implement the suggestion,
including, if necessary, amending the policies and procedures of Druxy's.
AMENDMENT TO THE DRUXY'S PRIVACY POLICY AND PROCEDURES
This Privacy Policy is in effect as of January 1, 2004. Druxy's recognizes that
legal interpretation of PIPEDA and future Provincial privacy legislation may impact
its privacy policies and procedures. Our privacy officer will review and revise
this Privacy Policy from time to time, and notification of any revisions will be
posted on the Druxy's Internet web site, as well as communicated to Druxy's franchisees
and corporate stores nationwide. Privacy Policy changes will apply to the Personal
Information collected from the date of the posting of the revised Privacy Policy
to the Druxy's Internet web site.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about Druxy's Privacy Policy, please contact Harold Druxerman,
Vice-President Finance and Administration, at Druxy's Inc., 1200 Eglinton Avenue
East, Suite 802, North York, Ontario, M3C 1H9. Telephone: (416) 385-9500, Fax: (416)
385-9501, or on-line at harold@druxys.com.
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