Privacy policy

This privacy policy applies to the use of www.wintroniccomputers.com

We highly value your privacy and make this policy easily available throughout our site to assist you in understanding the handling of information in the course of using this site.

Log Files and Cookies:

Wintroniccomputers.com utilizes industry standard analytics packages which gathers limited information on visitors to our website automatically, and stores this anonymous information in server log files. This information may include IP addresses, browser type, basic IP information, referring pages, operating system used and date/time stamps. This information does not identify individual users; it is used only for site administration, as well as for analysis of website usage and trends.

Additionally, cookies may be used to provide easier and faster access to website features such as logins and/or repeat visits. Cookies are very small text files that are stored on personal computers for reference purposes. We do not the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you have submitted while on our site.

We have no access to or administration abilities over any cookies that are used by any advertisers on our site. 

Links to Other Websites:

www.wintroniccomputers.com may contain links to other sites that are not controlled in any way by us. Please be aware of this when you click on any such links; we are not responsible for the privacy practices and/or policies of any website other than our own. Consequently, we strongly suggest that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit, whether or not they are linked to by our own site.

Gathering of your Personal Information:

We collect your information to complete your order processing and to provide you better service with pertinent information, such as confirmation and status updates and also to verify your identity to prevent fraud.

Personal Information includes your name, password, shipping address, billing address, telephone number, email address and payment information such as your credit card number.

We also provide visitors to our website the opportunity to opt-in to receive communications from us. In this case, we ask the visitor for his or her email address and name. These communications will include our regular newsletter, product promotions and any other information that we feel may be pertinent to the visitor. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications by emailing us at wintronic@wintroniccomputers.com

Again, if you provide us with your email address and/or name for the purposes of receiving communications from us, this information will not be shared with any third-party organization except with your express consent.

Sharing of Personal Information:

We will not rent, sell or otherwise disclose your personal information to unrelated third parties without your consent, except as stated in this Privacy Notice

  • Financial Institutes: If you place an order through the Site, the Personal Information you provide is transmitted to your financial institute  to verify and authorize your purchase. At certain times we may offer financing options with or without third party participation. If you use a financing option, information provided by you (such as your address, birth date, social security number, and credit card number) may be used to request a credit report from third parties or may be sent to a third party for processing.
  • Shippers: If you make a purchase through the Site, your name, telephone number and shipping information must be provided to third party shippers such as UPS, Purolator and Canada Post to deliver your purchase. There also may be instances in which we drop-ship orders directly to you from one of our manufacturers or suppliers. These drop-shippers are only given your name, postal address, and telephone number for the sole purpose of fulfilling your order.
  • Legal Disclosure: To the extent permitted by law, we will disclose Personal Information to government authorities or third parties pursuant to a legal request, subpoena or other legal process. We may also use or disclose your information as permitted by law to perform charge verifications, report or collect debts owed, fight fraud or protect our rights or property.
  • Service Providers: We may employ third party companies to perform functions on our behalf. These functions may include order fulfillment, package delivery, marketing assistance, postal and e-mail delivery, customer service, data analysis, and credit processing. The third parties we contract for these purposes have limited access to your personal information and may not use it for other purposes.

Security

We take precautions to protect our customers' information. When you enter sensitive information on our website (such as your credit card number), that information is not stored on our website, all personal information is redirected to our order processing secure server which is protected with 128-bit encryption technology and Secure Socket
Layers (SSL).

However, please be aware that no method of electronic storage can ever be 100% secure and there are always risks associated with internet transactions. To make sure you have the latest security features on your browser, you may wantto download the most recent version of your favorite browser, which should have full SSL support.

Contact:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, please contact wintronic@wintroniccomputers.com or write to us at:

Wintronic Computers Plus
9B-4200 Fairview Street,
Burlington, ON, L7L 4Y8

Changes to policy:

Wintroniccomputers.com reserves the right to modify this privacy policy from time to time. You should visit our Web site periodically to review any changes.

Last Update:

This privacy policy was last modified on November 15, 2011