Privacy Policy - The Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC)

PPEC-Paper Privacy Policy

This website is provided by The Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (“PPEC-Paper”), subject to the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY.

PPEC-Paper may change the Privacy Policy from time to time. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE AFTER ANY CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE REVISED PRIVACY POLICY.

Type of Information Collected

PPEC-Paper may collect from and use information about the users of this website. This information falls into a number of different categories:

When a user fills in an electronic form on the website, PPEC-Paper may collect a user’s name, position, business address, telephone number, fax number, business email and financial information (including credit card information) required to process orders of goods and services.
A user may provide information which personally identifies a user (“Personal Information”) to PPEC-Paper when completing a registration or placing an order. Unless a user provides the minimum information noted on PPEC-Paper’s website, the user may be unable to complete transactions.
PPEC-Paper may collect the email addresses of users who communicate with PPEC-Paper via email and who wish to receive information from PPEC-Paper, such as member notices, PPEC-Paper’s electronic newsletters, etc.
PPEC-Paper may collect business information volunteered by users, for uses such as survey information. This information is kept confidential by PPEC-Paper and is not used for any purposes outside of the stated intent of the survey without the express consent of the participant. Aggregated or anonymized survey results that do not identify individual users may be used and disclosed by PPEC-Paper.
The PPEC-Paper website may use “Cookies,” which are small data files that are placed on an individual user’s computer. The Cookie identifies your browser and not personal information about you, such as your name.
The PPEC-Paper website automatically collects certain user information which is customarily logged by Internet servers, including the Internet Protocol address (“IP address”) through which users access the Internet, the date and time of access, and the Internet address of the website from which a user linked to this website (“User IP Information”).

How Information is Used

The reason for the collection of information on the website and uses which are made of the information which is collected depends on the nature of the information.

PPEC-Paper may use Personal Information collected on and through this website only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or for additional purposes which are disclosed at the time the Personal Information is collected. PPEC-Paper uses Personal Information when users order goods and services from PPEC-Paper.
PPEC-Paper may use contact information (i.e. name, job title, business address, telephone number, fax number, and business email) to inform users periodically by electronic newsletters, correspondence, phone calls, faxes and emails about industry issues, events, products and services of interest to your business. Members may also receive, from time to time, phone calls, correspondence or emails from PPEC-Paper affiliated trade associations and select sponsors associated with PPEC-Paper who provide information about industry issues, events, products and services of interest to your business.
The PPEC-Paper website may use Cookies to monitor website usage, measure aggregate user traffic and demographic statistics such as number of users, average time spent, and similar statistics. Any user may disallow receiving Cookies at any time through their web browser settings.
User IP Information may be used to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of this website, and to help make the PPEC-Paper website more useful to users.
PPEC-Paper may use User IP Information or Cookie information collected on and through the PPEC-Paper website to improve the design and content of the website. User IP Information and Cookie information may also be used for statistical purposes or to evaluate what portions of the website are more popular than others, determine where visitors came from, and where they go within the website, and how long visitors stay on a particular page, or on the website in general.

In certain limited circumstances, PPEC-Paper may be required or permitted by law to disclose Personal Information, such as to the police in the course of a criminal investigation.

How Your Information is Protected

PPEC-Paper uses commercially reasonable steps to keep any Personal Information which it collects about users secure from unauthorized access, deletion or alteration, but, as with any communication of information over the Internet, there is a risk that data will be intercepted or otherwise interfered with by third parties. PPEC-Paper will have no liability to users if Personal Information is intercepted or otherwise interfered with by third parties. Users should take precautions to ensure that others do not access their Personal Information; such precautions include the use of passwords and encryption, and turning off the computer when finished using it.

PPEC-Paper treats all information collected on our website as securely as possible. PPEC-Paper’s website uses SSL or “Secure Sockets Layer,” an industry-standard security protocol, to process credit card transactions for event registration, membership registration. When users connect with PPEC-Paper’s secure server, the communication between the browser and the secure server is encrypted.

Although PPEC-Paper uses commercially reasonable steps to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, PPEC-Paper cannot assure that information it collects will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

Transferring of Personal Information

PPEC-Paper may use third parties to provide services or functionality relating to the PPEC-Paper website. As a result, Personal Information may be transferred to one or more third parties, such as a data processor or fulfillment agency, for processing relating to these services or functionality. PPEC-Paper will ensure that any such third parties do not use such Personal Information for their own purposes and that Personal Information is safeguarded to the same standards as are used by PPEC-Paper.

Sharing of Contact Information

PPEC-Paper may share contact information with its affiliated trade associations so that users can be informed about industry issues, events, products and services of interest to your business. Contact information that is limited to name, job title, business address and telephone number may also be shared with select sponsors of PPEC-Paper events. Contact fax numbers and email addresses will not be provided to sponsors.

Access to Personal Information

Upon request, PPEC-Paper will provide an individual with details of any Personal Information about him or her, which PPEC-Paper has in its possession or control. PPEC-Paper can be contacted at pp**@********er.com or by mail to The Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council, 42-2601 Matheson Blvd E, Mississauga, ON L4W 5A8 Attention: Privacy Officer.

Opting Out and Correcting Your Information

If you would like to remove your name from PPEC-Paper’s electronic participation lists, please let us know by contacting us at pp**@********er.com or by mail to The Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council, 42-2601 Matheson Blvd E, Mississauga, ON L4W 5A8, Attention: Privacy Officer or by following the “unsubscribe” instructions in our electronic newsletters and emails.

If you wish to correct the information that we have about you, please contact us at pp**@********er.com or by mail to The Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council, 42-2601 Matheson Blvd E, Mississauga, ON L4W 5A8 Attention: Privacy Officer.

Collection of Information by Third Parties

This website may contain links to websites which may be operated by third parties whose information and privacy practices may be different than PPEC-Paper’s. These links are provided solely for convenience. Users should consult the privacy notices on such other sites. PPEC-Paper may have no control over any information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties and is not responsible for the content of any such third-party websites. Accessing and viewing of any such third-party website is conducted at the user’s own risk.