Privacy Policy

This site is operated by Score Media Ventures Inc. ("SMV"). SMV and its affiliated companies as they may exist from time to time (each, a "Score Company") are committed to controlling the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.

Your Consent

BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO A SCORE COMPANY OR ITS AGENTS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, YOU AGREE THAT WE MAY COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW.

What is Personal Information?

"Personal information" is personally identifiable information about an individual, as defined by privacy laws applicable to the relevant Score Company. Personal information may include your residential address, residential e-mail address, information about your product and service subscriptions and usage, credit information and billing records, service and recorded complaints.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

The Score Companies, and their agents and service providers acting on a Score Company's behalf, collect and use your personal information primarily for the purpose of providing you with the products and services you have requested from us.

In addition to the purposes described above, Score Companies and their respective agents and service providers may collect, use and/or disclose personal information for the following purposes:

1. to consider whether a Score Company should establish or continue a commercial relationship, including without limitation, to extend credit, evaluate credit standing, to match and provide credit information to credit bureaus and credit reporting agencies, to check references and to confer with banking institutions;
2. to establish and maintain commercial relations with customers, investors, shareholders, suppliers, financial institutions, insurers, and affiliates, and to provide ongoing products and services, administer accounts, facilitate deliveries, make and receive payments, and fulfill contractual obligations;
3. to understand and respond to the inquiries, needs and preferences of our customers, website visitors and other individuals, including to communicate and to conduct research and surveys;
4. to administer contests and promotions offered by a Score Company or on a Score website, including to use winner names and selected other information for the purposes of contacting, announcing and promoting the winners of the contest;
5. to distribute newsletters, press releases, promotional information and other material to individuals, in any format or media, including via third party mailing houses;
6. to develop, enhance, market, sell, provide, and inform individuals of, the products and services of a Score Company and those of third parties with whom a Score Company has a commercial relationship. A Score Company may also disclose certain personal information (such as name, email address and relationship to Score) to a third party to enable the third party to communicate with the individual, including for marketing and advertising purposes;
7. to monitor communications to ensure the quality of the products and services of a Score Company, its suppliers, distributors and other third parties;
8. to detect and protect the Score Companies and other third parties against error, negligence, breach of contract, theft, fraud and other illegal activity, to comply with Score Company audit requirements, and to audit compliance with Score Company corporate policies, procedures, laws and contractual obligations;
9. to engage in due diligence and carry out business transactions that may involve the sale or transfer of personal information, including the purchase, sale, lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal, securitization or financing involving a Score Company;
10. as permitted by, and to comply with, any laws or regulations; and
11. for any other purpose to which an individual consents.

Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you can refuse to consent to our collection, use or disclosure of personal information about you. You may also withdraw your consent at any time by giving us reasonable notice and subject to legal and contractual requirements; however such withdrawal may affect the products and services which we can provide to you.

Disclosure

The Score Companies may share your personal information with other Score Companies and with selected third parties who are acting on our behalf as our agents, suppliers or service providers. Such third parties are provided only with such information as is necessary in the circumstances and may be used only for the purpose stipulated. Score Companies will use contractual or other means to provide a comparable level of protection for personal information disclosed to such third parties.

SECURITY

Physical, technological and administrative security measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information, such as locked cabinets, restricted access and the use of passwords and encryption, have been adopted to protect your personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

Access, Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns, or if you simply want to know whether we have any of your personal information on file, you may contact a Privacy Compliance Officer at the contact information provided below. Except in limited circumstances as set out in applicable privacy laws, the applicable Score Company can tell you whether it holds personal information about you. It will use reasonable efforts to tell you the source of the information, allow you access to your personal information, and give an account of the use that has been made or is being made of the information and the third parties to whom it has been disclosed. If you are not satisfied with the response from a Privacy Compliance Officer after making a complaint, you have recourse to additional remedies under applicable privacy laws.

Privacy Compliance Officer

To contact the Privacy Compliance Officer, please email privacyofficer@scoremedia.com. You may also contact the Privacy Compliance Officer by conventional mail at:

Last Updated: September 29, 2005