BigCulture Privacy Policy

BigCulture.com values your privacy and is committed to maintaining the accuracy, confidentiality and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the personal information that BigCulture.com and any other affiliate programme collects from or about you, how this information is used and to whom the information is disclosed.

Does this Policy Apply to Me?

BigCulture.com complies with the privacy legislation within each jurisdiction in which this website is available. Privacy legislation and any related individual's right to privacy maybe different from one jurisdiction to another.

This privacy statement has been created to address the specific privacy concerns of registered users (or website users), who access BigCulture.com. All questions concerning information that is related to privacy should be directed to privacy@bigculture.com.

This Policy has a limited scope and application and the rights and obligations contained in this Policy may not be available to all users or in all jurisdictions. This Privacy Statement covers only those activities that are subject to the provisions of Canada's federal and provincial private sector privacy laws, as applicable.

If you are unsure if this Privacy Policy applies to you, please contact our Privacy officer by directly at privacy@bigculture.com .

Who Is BigCulture.com?

BigCulture.com is a social bookmarking service that allows you to discover, save and share your favorite Jamaican content from a single place.

What is Personal Information?

Throughout this Privacy Policy, we refer to “personal information” as any information about you as an identifiable individual, other than your personal home address or contact information when used or disclosed for the purpose of communications. Personal information does not include non-identifiable or non-personal information (i.e. information that cannot be associated with or tracked back to a specific individual).

What Personal Information does BigCulture.com collect?

We collect and maintain different types of personal information in respect of the individuals with whom we interact. This includes:
• contact and identification information, such as your e-mail address;
• information that you freely provide to us, such as your feedback and comments.
• Sometimes we collect information (e.g. surveys or comments cards) concerning website usage.
• As a general rule, BigCulture.com collects personal information directly from you. In most circumstances where the personal information that BigCulture.com collects about you is held by a third party, we will endeavour to obtain your permission before we seek out this information from such sources. Such permission may be given directly by you, or implied from your actions.

Where permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements, we may collect information about you without your knowledge or consent.

Site Security & Monitoring

In the course of conducting our operations, we may monitor the activities of individuals in respect of proper use and security of this website.

This is not meant to suggest that all individuals will in fact be monitored or their actions subject to surveillance. It is meant to bring to your attention that such monitoring may occur and may result in the collection of website usage information from you.

How do we Use and Disclose Your Personal Information?

We may use or disclose your personal information:
• for the purposes described in this Policy; or
• for any additional purposes that BigCulture.com advises you of and where, if your consent is required by law, we have obtained your consent in respect of the use or disclosure of your personal information.
We may use your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements to do so.

When and to whom does BigCulture.com Disclose Your Personal Information?

We may share your website usage information with those of our employees, volunteers, or affiliates and other parties who require such information to assist us with managing our relationship with you. Further, your personal information may be disclosed:
• as permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements;
• to comply with valid legal processes such as search warrants, subpoenas or court orders;
• as part of BigCulture.com' regular reporting activities;
• to protect the rights and property of BigCulture.com;
• during emergency situations or where necessary to protect the safety of a person or group of persons;
• where the personal information is publicly available; or
• with your consent where such consent is required by law.

Rest assured, we are not in the business of selling, renting or giving away your personal information to third parties for the purpose of allowing others to market their wares or services to you.

Our Commitment to Privacy

At BigCulture.com, we take your privacy seriously. We believe it is important to confirm to you that we endeavour to undertake our activities in a manner that respects your privacy.

Typically, where your consent is required by law, we will seek your consent at the time that we collect your personal information. In certain circumstances, your consent may be obtained after collection but prior to our use or disclosure of your personal information. If we plan to use or disclose your personal information for a purpose not previously identified (either in this privacy statement or separately), we will advise you of that purpose before such use or disclosure.

To the extent that your consent is required, we will assume, unless you advise us otherwise, that you have consented to BigCulture.com collecting, using and disclosing your personal information for the purposes stated above (including any other purposes stated or reasonably implied at the time such personal information was provided to us).

Where your consent was required for our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, you may, at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice, withdraw your consent. All communications with respect to such withdrawal or variation of consent should be in writing and addressed to our Privacy Officer.

In certain circumstances, we may collect, use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required to do so by applicable law or regulatory requirements.

How is Your Personal Information Protected?

BigCulture.com seeks to maintain physical, technical and procedural safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information in question. These safeguards are designed to prevent your personal information from loss and unauthorized access, copying, use, modification or disclosure.

How Long is Your Personal Information Retained?

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements, BigCulture.com only retains your email addresss in order to fulfill the purposes for which this information was collected (including, for the purpose of registration notification, password reminders).

Access to Your Personal Information

You can ask to see the personal information that we hold about you. If you want to review, verify or correct your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact information set out below. Please note that any such communication must be in writing.

When requesting access to your personal information, please note that we may request specific information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information that we hold about you. We may charge you a fee to access your personal information; however, we will advise you of any fee in advance. Note, we may require a deposit before your access request is processed. If you require assistance in preparing your request, please contact the office of our Privacy Officer.

Your right to access the personal information that we hold about you is not absolute. There are instances where applicable law or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide some or all of the personal information that we hold about you. In addition, the personal information may have been destroyed, erased or made anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices.

In the event that we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will endeavour to inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

Inquiries or Concerns?

If you have any questions about this External Privacy Policy or concerns about how we manage your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer at privacy@bigculture.com

We will endeavor to answer your questions and advise you of any steps taken to address the issues raised by you. If you are unsatisfied with our response, you may be entitled to make a written submission to the Privacy organization applicable for your jurisdiction.

Revisions to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may make changes to this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our legal or regulatory obligations or in the manner in which we deal with your personal information. We will post any revised version of the Privacy Policy on our website at www.bigculture.com, and we encourage you to refer back to it on a regular basis. This Privacy Policy was last updated on March 25, 2009.

Interpretation of this Privacy Policy

Any interpretation associated with this Privacy Policy will be made by the Privacy Officer. This Privacy Policy includes examples but is not intended to be restricted in its application to such examples, therefore where the word 'including' is used, it shall mean “including without limitation”.

This Privacy Policy does not create or confer upon any individual any rights, or impose upon BigCulture.com any obligations outside of, or in addition to, any rights or obligations imposed by Canada's federal and provincial privacy laws, as applicable. Should there be, in a specific case, any inconsistency between this Privacy Policy and Canada's federal and provincial privacy laws, as applicable, this Privacy Policy shall be interpreted, in respect of that case, to give effect to, and comply with, such privacy laws.