Privacy

Principle 1 – Accountability

Norscan Instruments Ltd. is responsible for maintaining and protecting the personal information under its control. Norscan Instruments Ltd. has designated an individual who is accountable for compliance with the Ten Privacy Principles.

Principle 2 – Identifying Purposes

The purposes for which personal information is collected will be identified before or at the time the information is collected.

Principle 3 – Consent

Knowledge and consent are required for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information except where required or permitted by law.

Principle 4 – Limiting Collection

The personal information collected must be limited to those details necessary for the purposes identified by Norscan Instruments Ltd..

Principle 5 – Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention

Personal information may only be used or disclosed for the purpose for which it was collected unless you have otherwise consented, or when it is required or permitted by law. Personal information may only be retained for the period of time required to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or as required by law.

Principle 6 – Accuracy

Personal information must be maintained in as accurate, complete and up-to-date form as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is to be used.

Principle 7 – Safeguarding Customer Information

Personal information must be protected by security safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity level of the information.

Principle 8 – Openness

Norscan Instruments Ltd. will make information available to our customers concerning the policies and practices that apply to the management of their personal information.

Principle 9 – Customer Access

Upon request, a customer shall be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of their personal information, and shall be given access to it. Customers may verify the accuracy and completeness of their personal information, and may request that it be amended, if appropriate.

Principle 10 – Handling Customer Complaints and Suggestions

Customers may direct any questions or enquiries with respect to the privacy principles outlined above or about our practices by contacting:

Norscan Instruments Ltd.
Privacy Officer
30 Prairie Way
Winnipeg, MB
Canada R2J 3J8
Tel: (204) 233-9138
Fax: (204) 233-9188
info@www.norscan.com

If you have questions or concerns regarding our organization’s privacy policy and practices, you should first contact Norscan Instruments Ltd. directly.

What information does Norscan Instruments Ltd. collect? How does Norscan Instruments Ltd. collect this information, and how is it used?

• We collect personal information such as names, addresses, e-mail addresses and some demographic information when submitted by you through our customer registration process, surveys and/or other information gathering processes.
• Your e-mail address is used only to send you information you’ve requested (such as electronic newsletters), to administer surveys, and/or to respond to communications from you. Demographic information is only used in summary form to assist us in identifying our audiences and their interests, or to help us develop conclusions about survey results. We do not use this information for other purposes.
• We also use “cookies,” or small pieces of information that we store on users’ computers (see definition below), to recognize returning visitors and monitor traffic through our site. Cookies identify you as a unique visitor to our site, enabling us to effectively aggregate site usage statistics to improve our Web site and make it more user-friendly.
• If, at any time, you want to correct, update or delete any of the information we have collected from you, or you do not want to receive any further information from us, let us know by contacting us at info@www.norscan.com. Please be sure to include in your message the means by which such information was submitted (e.g. our registration or other information-gathering processes) and the e-mail address you used so that we can verify your request.

What is a “cookie”?

• A cookie is a small file containing an ID number that is stored on users’ computers. It is transferred to your hard drive by a Web server, and can only be read by that server. A cookie will not transmit information that you did not provide to us. Cookies are used, for example, to help identify unique visitors to a Web site and/or to help the user access their own data from a Web server data base.

Does Norscan Instruments Ltd. distribute individually identifiable information that it gathers to third parties?

• No, we do not sell, trade, or disclose to third parties any customer identifiable information.

How does Norscan Instruments Ltd. store my personally identifiable information?

• Norscan Instruments Ltd. stores information in secure databases which can be accessed only by password.