Privacy Policy

By using and/or accessing southgranville.org, southgranville.info, southgranvilleblog.com, southgranville et al, the South Granville website, the South Granville Mobile Site and/or any South Granville online content and/or online web-address, you agree to the terms of the South Granville online Privacy Policy, as outlined here. If for any reason you don’t agree with these terms, please do not access or use these websites or make use of any South Granville online content. South Granville and the South Granville Business Improvement Association (South Granville BIA, SGBIA), and southgranville.org, southgranville.info, southgranvilleblog.com, southgranville et al reserve the right to change this online Privacy Policy from time-to-time at its sole discretion. Use of this site is subject to the most current version of the South Granville online Privacy Policy at time of use.

Notification of Changes

We will continue to update and improve the content of these websites and all South Granville online content to further enhance your browsing and shopping experience while engaging with South Granville online. As a result, our online policies will continue to change. We are continually implementing new technologies to provide you with new services and as a result we will continue to update this Privacy Policy. Therefore, we respectfully request that you continue to access this page and our Privacy Policy details on an ongoing basis to be kept up-to-date on the most current policies and practices of any South Granville content online.

Security

South Granville and southgranville.org et al use industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information. This includes secure servers and firewalls. Any user data we collect is protected against unauthorized access to the best of our ability. Only authorized employees and contractors who utilize the information to perform specific job activities are granted access to this information.

Cookies

A “cookie” refers to data stored on the user’s hard drive, containing information about the user. Any cookie obtained by South Granville online, will not contain any personally identifiable information about the user. As well some of our business partners may use cookies on their sites. You may choose not to accept cookies by setting your personal web browser to not accept cookies and/or to notify you of any cookie activity. However, if you choose to not accept cookies through your web browser, you may not be able to see, engage with, or access and use certain features of a South Granville website and/or South Granville online content.

Surveys, Contests and/or Special Event Activities

From time-to-time South Granville, the South Granville BIA and South Granville online content may request information from users via surveys, contests and/or special event activities. Participation in these surveys, contests and/or special event activities will be considered voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose their responses and any information. Any information requested may include personal contact information (such as your name and your email address), and possibly certain demographic information (such as your postal code, your specific age or a range of age, and your regular mailing address).

We will not sell this information to any third party nor use this information for any other purposes beyond the scope of the surveys, contests and/or special event activities. Any business sponsoring the surveys, contests and/or special event activities may use the information submitted by the user for specific marketing purposes as they relate to the marketing of surveys, contests and/or special event activities. For any further information regarding the possible use of this information, please contact the South Granville BIA office via email at info@southgranville.org or by telephone at 604-764-3195.

Online Mailing List

This website has the option for users to subscribe to the South Granville BIA online mailing list for the purpose of receiving newsletters, enews or email marketing campaigns. Users can subscribe through an online automated form and process should they wish to do so, but do so at their own discretion.

Subscriptions are taken in compliance with Canada’s Anti Spam Legislation (CASL). Emails distributed by the South Granville BIA may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include, but not limited to; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity. This information is used to refine the online newsletters, enews or email marketing campaigns, and to supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.

In compliance with CASL, subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign.

Third Party Links

South Granville online content may from time-to-time link to websites and other online content operated by third parties that are not under South Granville or the South Granville BIA’s control. This Privacy Policy applies to South Granville online content owned and operated by South Granville and the South Granville BIA, and is not intended to describe the privacy policies of any third party sites and/or online content.

Please note that South Granville, the South Granville BIA, South Granville employees, South Granville contractors and affiliated merchant businesses are not responsible for any online content or privacy practices of non South Granville websites or online content to which southgranville.org et al may link.

Personal Information Updates and Removal Requests

At any time you will have the right to change your personal information and privacy preferences and/or request to have your personal information removed from our systems. To request a change or removal, please contact the South Granville BIA office via email at info@southgranville.org or by telephone at 604-764-3195.

Concerns Related to Details of this Privacy Policy

If for any reason you feel that South Granville and the South Granville BIA have not complied with the details of this online Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information, please contact the South Granville BIA office via email at info@southgranville.org, by telephone at 604-764-3195 or by regular mail at:

South Granville BIA
330 - 2608 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V3