Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy

Rosa Rugosa Ltd.: Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy")

Effective Date: August 1st, 2022

Rosa Rugosa Ltd. and all Rosa Rugosa Ltd. entities takes steps to protect your privacy and personal information, and this Privacy Policy describes our practices. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual ("Personal Information") including, without limitation, such information as a name, address, birth date, personal contact information, images and/or recordings of your likeness and/or voice and other information, set forth below.

This Privacy Policy applies to Rosa Rugosa Ltd. and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and related entities (collectively, “Rosa Rugosa” or “our”, “we”, or “us”). 

Please familiarize yourself with this Privacy Policy before using www.rosarugosa.ca ("Website"), purchasing Rosa Rugosa products or services, or applying for an employment opportunity with Rosa Rugosa. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about how we collect, use, disclose and protect Personal Information. This Privacy Policy applies to the collection, use, disclosure and protection of your Personal Information by Rosa Rugosa. 

Your use of our Website is further governed under the applicable Terms of Use [LINK]. 

Personal Information We Collect

Rosa Rugosa and its employees, agents, contractors, service providers, partners and representatives may collect the following Personal Information:

  • Contact Information (e.g. name, home address, home or mobile telephone number or e-mail address);
  • Credit or Debit Card Information, including card number, expiry date and 3 digit CVS code (e.g. when purchasing other products or services);
  • Survey Responses (e.g. when you provide your name or other contact information in order to take advantage of various benefits for participating in a survey, or when you consent to us contacting you about your comments);
  • Preferences and other Personal Information provided by you (eg: favourite products, preferred sizes & comments);
  • Job Applications (e.g. information you provide to us when applying for an employment opportunity: (i) by sending us a resume; (ii) by submitting a job application on our Website, or the website of an authorized third party service provider).

Use of Personal Information

We collect and use Personal Information for a number of purposes:

  • Purchases made by you: Personal contact and credit/debit card information will be used by Rosa Rugosa to process your purchases and reservations with us. For event bookings, certain additional information be required. In these cases, credit/debit card information is only used for the purposes required to process and complete the transaction and/or service requested by you, and is only retained in transaction records required for internal management and auditing purposes or as otherwise required by law, unless you are informed otherwise or you provide your consent.
  • Administration: Your name, address and telephone number will be stored by us should you provide such information when you use our lost-and-found services. Also, your name, address and telephone number may be collected and used by Rosa Rugosa for audit and refund verification purposes when you request a refund. 
  • Video Surveillance: Rosa Rugosa monitors its premises, electronically and otherwise, for security purposes, to which you implicitly consent when you visit our offices. In the event of an accident or theft, Rosa Rugosa may collect, use and disclose information related to the incident or theft as required for operational, insurance, legal or other necessary purposes.
  • Contests/Benefits: Rosa Rugosa may run contests on our website. We may request your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and we may also require proof of age for the purposes of determining eligibility.  Unless otherwise stated in the applicable contest rules, or if you provide your consent, your Personal Information will only be used for prize notification and fulfillment and related purposes in connection with the contest. Contact information may be required to administer other benefits our visitors and /or guests have requested or accepted.
  • Surveys: Your participation in such surveys or market research is entirely voluntary and, in some cases, you may be able to participate anonymously. Your contact information, including your name, address, telephone number and/or other Personal Information may be required: (1) to permit you to enjoy bonuses or benefits which may be available to survey or market research participants (in which case your contact information will only be used for notification or fulfillment purposes); or (2) where you have provided your express consent to us contacting you to discuss comments that you made during our surveys and/or market research. Except as described in this Privacy Policy, survey and/or research responses are only used by Rosa Rugosa on an aggregate basis.
  • Other Uses: We may also use Personal Information, where necessary, for:

 

  • establishing, maintaining and/or fulfilling relationships with our business partners, third-party vendors of products and/or services, as well as our corporate and business customers;
  • evaluating job applications or resumes which are sent to us, as further described in the Job Application section below;
  • Conducting, operating, administering and otherwise managing our business, to satisfy legal, regulatory, security, audit, financial and processing requirements, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Personal Information collected by Rosa Rugosa is not disclosed to other parties, except as follows:

  • We may share your Personal Information with outside parties who sponsor or otherwise participate in sweepstakes or other promotions, whether on our Website or otherwise. However, we will not share your Personal Information with these parties except with your express consent and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
  • Rosa Rugosa may contract with third parties, such as other companies, individuals, contractors, and/or other entities, without limitation, to perform certain technical functions on our behalf. For instance, we may use such third parties to host message boards, user forums or webpages, to develop and operate software applications and create and maintain databases, or send and receive communications on our behalf. Your Personal Information may be disclosed to such third party companies, individuals, contractors and/or other entities, without limitation, in the ordinary course of our business operations.
  • All Rosa Rugosa employees, agents, contractors, service providers, partners and representatives who have access to your Personal Information are required to protect the information in a manner that is consistent with this and any other Rosa Rugosa Privacy Policy, other policy and/or procedure, in effect from time to time.
  • Your Personal Information may be disclosed to our parent, subsidiary, affiliated and/or related corporations or entities, or to their employees, agents, contractors, representatives, servants, legal counsel and/or accountants without limitation, for operational, management and administrative purposes, as well as internal audit, legal, regulatory, security, insurance, financial, processing and other purposes, or as otherwise permitted or required by law. Personal Information may also be transferred to certain other entities, whether subsidiary, related or affiliated entitles to Rosa Rugosa or otherwise, where such entities provide administrative, management, operational, processing, support or other services to us, in which case we take steps to ensure that your Personal Information is protected and not used or disclosed for any purpose except: (i) as directed by Rosa Rugosa; (ii) as permitted by this Privacy Policy; (iii) for which you are deemed to consent under the terms of this Privacy Policy; and/or (iv) as permitted or required by law.

 

In addition, Rosa Rugosa may transfer Personal Information to outside agents, contractors or service providers who perform services on our behalf, in which case we use contractual or other means to ensure that your Personal Information is protected and not used or disclosed for any purpose except: (i) as directed by Rosa Rugosa; (ii) as permitted by this Privacy Policy; and/or (iii) as permitted or required by law.

Your Personal Information may be used by Rosa Rugosa and disclosed to parties connected with the contemplated or actual financing, insuring, sale, assignment or other disposal of all or part of Rosa Rugosa's business or assets, including for the purposes of permitting such parties to determine whether to proceed or continue with such transaction or business relationship, to fulfill reporting, audit, legal and/or other requirements or, in the case of sale or assignment, the use and disclosure by those parties for substantially the same purposes as described in this Privacy Policy.

Rosa Rugosa may also disclose Personal Information as necessary to meet legal, audit, regulatory, insurance, security or other requirements. Rosa Rugosa does not disclose your Personal Information except: (i) as permitted by this Privacy Policy; (ii) where you have provided express consent for us to do so; and/or (iii) as permitted or required by law.

The Website and the Internet

On the Website, visitors may conduct activities where Personal Information is required or may be provided, including but not limited to: registering to receive customized information, entering contests, participating in polls or surveys or purchasing products and/or services. Rosa Rugosa does not collect Personal Information about you unless you choose to provide us with such information for such purposes or activities.

Regarding External Links: The Website contains links to a number of third party websites or third party webpages. These third party websites and webpages are not owned or controlled by Rosa Rugosa and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such websites or webpages. Should you decide to navigate to any websites or webpage external to the Website, you do so entirely at your own risk. External links to third party websites or webpages accessed through our Website, as well as the content on such third party websites or webpages, are not investigated, assured, guaranteed, verified, monitored, recommended or endorsed by Rosa Rugosa. The inclusion of such links on the Website does not imply that we endorse or recommend such websites or webpages. We specifically disclaim any liability, obligation or responsibility whatsoever for the content or use of such third party websites or webpages.

We use information which you provide to us on the Website to facilitate your registration, to understand the identity of our guests and the nature of their preferences, to improve the content of the Website, to customize the content and/or layout of our webpages for each visitor based on the information provided to us, to send you periodic newsletters and mailings that you request, to process your purchases and to conduct surveys, polls and contests. Rosa Rugosa does not disclose Personal Information contained in our subscriber database to any third parties except: (i) as permitted by this Privacy Policy; (ii) where you have otherwise provided express consent for us to do so; and/or (iii) as permitted or required by law.

Individuals who provide us with their telephone numbers will only receive communications from us with respect to orders, contests or other products or services that they have requested, unless they provide express consent to receive telephone calls or SMS messages from us. If you make inquiries of Rosa Rugosa directly by e-mail, or through our Website, these inquiries are forwarded to the relevant department and are not used for other purposes, or stored (other than maintaining a record of our correspondence with you).

Unsubscribe / Deletion Requests

E-Mail and SMS messages

Receiving e-mail and SMS messages from us is optional and you may unsubscribe at any time by (a) following the unsubscribe link in any email or SMS message; (b) changing your communication preferences; or (c) contacting us using the information contained at the end of this Privacy Policy:

Mail

If you provide us with your mailing address, you may receive periodic mailings from us, or our business partners, with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mail from us, please change your preferences on the Website, or contact us as indicated at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.

Online Profile

When you register for a Rosa Rugosa Connect account on our Website, make purchases, enter contests, respond to surveys, or otherwise participate in our online community, our servers may store your Personal Information, contact details or other information in order to facilitate site login, the automatic completion of forms and otherwise for your convenience. 

Information Storage

The nature of internet browsing is such that this activity passively and automatically collects and discloses certain information about each individual’s use of the internet. This information may be associated with an individual’s Internet Protocol ("IP") address. This is a unique internet "address" which is assigned to all internet users by their Internet Service Provider ("ISP"). Our server logs record statistical information, such as visitors' IP addresses, type of operating systems, time and duration of visit, webpages requested, as well as identifying categories of visitors by items such as domains and browser types.

Cookies and Behavioural Advertising

Our Website makes use of both "sessional" and "persistent" cookies. We use cookies to store your preferences, record session information such as language preferences, record user-specific information on what pages you access or visit, develop information about your preferences and interests, alert you to areas that we think might be of interest to you when you return to our site, record past activity in order to provide better service when you return to our site, help rotate banner advertising so as to ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customize Website content based on your browser type or other information you provide.

For each visit to our Website, cookies may be used by our server to recognize where you have indicated your preference to be automatically logged in.

You may disable cookies using your browser's settings. Please consult your browser's help function for information on how to disable cookies. Note that if you disable cookies, certain features of our Website will not function to their fullest potential.

Rosa Rugosa or its service providers may place ads on our webpages. As a result of your visit to our site, or by clicking on these ads, we may collect passive information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information.

On our Website, we store subscriber and password information in a secure manner not accessible to Web browsers, behind password protection, or off-line. We endeavor to use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our Website.

Some of the ads on our Website are served through one or more reputable ad-serving companies, including but not limited to Google.  These third parties may use non-personal information, such as webpages you visit and cookies, to provide ads that may be of interest to you.   In addition, we may use IP addresses to allow our third party advertising partners to display more targeted ads and content.  This process does not include the use of your Personal Information, nor do we share your Personal Information with these ad-serving companies. 

Job Applicants 

We may collect and use your Personal Information or any information you provide to us when you apply for a job, such as your previous employers, education, professional accreditations, or work experience (collectively, “Applicant Information”), whether you send us a resume; submit a job application on our Website; or submit a job application through a third party website.  Your Personal Information and Applicant Information may be used to make hiring decisions, and to comply with applicable laws.  Should you be hired, relevant portions of your Personal Information will be used to create and maintain your employment records.   By providing Applicant Information, you agree that we may contract the employers, organizations, schools, professional associations provided by you, to verify the accuracy of such information. 

All Personal Information and Applicant Information provided by you and during the application process must be true, complete and correct to the best of your knowledge.  Any misrepresentation or omission of facts may result in refusal to hire or, if hired, may result in your dismissal at any time regardless of when the false answer or omissions are discovered.

By applying for a job with us, you hereby authorize Rosa Rugosa to thoroughly investigate your background, references, employment record and other matters related to your suitability for employment.  You further authorize persons, schools, my current employer (if applicable), and previous employers and organizations contacted by Rosa Rugosa to provide any relevant information regarding my current and/or previous employment and thereby release all persons, schools, employers of any and all claims for providing such information.  You understand that you may be required to sign a confidentiality and/or non-competition agreement should you become an employee of Rosa Rugosa.  You understand that nothing contained in your job application, or conveyed during any interview which may be granted, is intended to create an employment contract.  You understand that submitting a job application does not indicate there is a position open and does not obligate Rosa Rugosa to hire you.

Consent

Consent to the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information may be given in various ways. Consent may be express (e.g. orally, electronically or on a form you may sign describing the intended uses and disclosures of Personal Information) or implied (e.g. when you provide information necessary for a service you have requested (such as providing us with your name, phone number and/or email for use by our lost and found services), or in some circumstances where notice has been provided to you about our intentions with respect to your Personal Information and you have not withdrawn your consent for an identified purpose, such as by using an "opt-out" option. Consent may be given by your authorized representative (such as a legal guardian, person having a power of attorney or a mandatary). By providing us with Personal Information, we will deem you to understand this Privacy Policy, and we will deem you to consent to our collection, use and disclosure of such Personal Information for the purposes identified or described in this Privacy Policy, if applicable, or otherwise at the time of collection. You may withdraw your consent to our collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information at any time, subject to contractual and legal restrictions and reasonable notice. Note that if you withdraw your consent to certain uses of your Personal Information, we may no longer be able to provide you with certain of our products or services.

Rosa Rugosa does not disclose your Personal Information except: (i) as permitted by this Privacy Policy; (ii) where you have provided express consent for us to do so; and/or (iii) as permitted or required by law. However, Rosa Rugosa may be required or permitted under statute, regulation or as otherwise at law or in equity to collect, use or disclose Personal Information without your consent (for example, in response to a court order or subpoena, or to comply with local or federal regulations, or to collect a debt owed to us).

Data Security

We protect your Personal Information using physical, electronic or procedural security measures as are appropriate and proportional to the sensitivity of the information in our custody or control, including safeguards to protect Personal Information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. Rosa Rugosa and its employees, agents, contractors, legal, accounting or other service providers, partners, representatives and mandataries who require access to your Personal Information in order to fulfill their job requirements will have access to your Personal Information. You transmit or provide all Personal Information entirely at your own risk.

Transfer of Information

Rosa Rugosa's websites are operated on equipment located in Canada. If you are located outside Canada, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to Canada. By visiting the Website, purchasing our products or services, participating in our online community and/or providing us with your Personal Information, you consent to this transfer. Regardless of your location, we shall protect your Personal Information using physical, electronic or procedural security measures as are appropriate and proportional to the sensitivity of the information in our custody or control, including safeguards to protect Personal Information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. Please note that the Personal Information which you provide to us will be held and used in accordance with such Canadian federal or provincial laws as exist from time to time, and as are applicable.

Policy Changes

This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as Rosa Rugosa deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion. If we materially change our privacy practices, we shall notify you of such changes on our Website; if necessary, we shall also update our Privacy Policy as it appears on our Website. If our information practices change such that your privacy may be materially affected, we shall notify you of such changes on our Website; if necessary, we shall also update our Privacy Policy as it appears on our Website. You will continue to have the ability to opt out of new non-essential uses or disclosures. If you are concerned with how your Personal Information is used, we encourage you to bookmark this site and to periodically review our Privacy Policy, or contact us as described below to obtain a current copy of our Privacy Policy.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or about our practices with respect to Personal Information, or if you wish us to stop communicating with you, or if you wish us to delete your Personal Information from our database, please notify us:

  • by email at info@rosarugosa.ca or by mail at:

107-358 Dufferin St Toronto, ON
M6K 1Z8

Attn: Privacy Officer

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