Canada Running Series Inc. (“CRS”) is committed to protecting the privacy rights of all persons with whom it deals. We will take every step to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to your use of our website and of our services. This Privacy Policy governs CRS’s collection, use and/or disclosure of an individual’s personal information.
Accountability
CRS is accountable for all personal information under its care and control. CRS’s Privacy Officer is designated as the person responsible for the Privacy Policy and for the personal information received by CRS. The Privacy Officer can be reached as follows: by telephone at 416-944-2765 or by email at info@canadarunningseries.com.
Any questions relating to CRS’s handling of personal information should be directed to our Privacy Officer.
Personal Information We Collect
We collect Personal Information which you provide when you sign up for a newsletter, register to participate in one of our events, or when you visit the CRS website.
In order to facilitate the operation of our website, to provide our services and to ensure that all participants in the event have a safe and enjoyable experience, we may collect personal information from you. This information may include:
- Name
- Mailing address
- Email address
- Phone number
- Date of birth
- Whether an individual wishes to participate in any disability designated events
- Medical Information should a participant seek medical attention during an event
Purpose
CRS is required to collect and use personal information for the following reasons:
- to complete your registrations, to process payment, and to provide you with related customer service;
- to provide notifications concerning CRS events;
- to arrange access to your registered account, and providing you with related customer service responding to your requests and inquiries;
- to send administrative information to you, such as changes to our terms, conditions and policies;
- to answer frequently asked questions, to ensure you have CRS event materials (including race bib, any ancillary purchases made at the time or registration, and digital coupons);
- to enhance your experience of the event;
- to track and record your event results; and
- to ensure the health and safety of all participants.
We may also use your Personal Information to send marketing communications such as newsletters.
We may also use your Personal Information to accomplish our business purposes, such as for:
- data analysis, for example, to improve the efficiency of our Services;
- audits, to verify that our internal processes function as intended and are compliant with legal, regulatory or contractual requirements;
- fraud and security monitoring purposes, for example, to detect and prevent cyberattacks or attempts to commit identity theft;
- developing new events;
- enhancing, improving, or modifying our current products and services;
- identifying usage trends, for example, understanding which parts of our Services are of most interest to users;
- determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, so that we can adapt our campaigns to the needs and interests of our users; and
- operating and expanding our business activities, for example, understanding which parts of our Services are of most interest to our users so we can focus our energies on meeting our users’ interests.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
We may provide your personal information to our affiliates as well as to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities and to monitor and analyze the use of our services. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
From time to time, CRS may provide personal information to third parties who administer our products and services, to customer statement producers and to mailing services that process and mail statements.
In all cases, CRS limits the amount and type of information collected to that which is necessary to meet the purposes described above. CRS undertakes to keep all personal information it collects strictly confidential. All information that does not have a specific purpose or that no longer fulfills its intended purpose will be destroyed in a secure fashion. CRS will only retain personal information for the duration of its intended use or as otherwise required by law.
CRS does not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease any personal information collected, as well as any information that personally identifies you or allows us to connect you to any third parties who are not involved in our relationship with you.
In the event of a transaction including the sale of same or all of CRS, personal information will generally be one of the transferred business assets and, this, will become subject to a different privacy policy.
We may also disclose your personal information as required by law to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
In addition, we may use, disclose or transfer Personal Information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings). Such third parties may include, for example, an acquiring entity and its advisors.
How We Use Your Email Address
We may at times share with you news, products, and events. In order to share with you, Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) requires us to obtain your consent to receive electronic communications. When you provide us with your email address, we will then assume we have your consent to email you (unless you say otherwise). However, to ensure you want to receive our helpful emails, our emails will also have an “unsubscribe” option at the bottom. In addition, from time to time, we may ask you to confirm your consent to receive our emails.
Links
Certain links may contain content provided by third parties. Those third parties may collect information about your website usage, including information specific to your mobile device or computer (e.g., IP address) when pages are served to your web browser. Further, when you click on a third party link from the sites and mobile applications (including, without limitation, banner advertisements), that link will take you to a website(s) controlled and operated by third parties that we do not control. When you click on a third party link, you will be subject to that third party’s terms and privacy policy. Please review the privacy policy of all third party websites that you contact prior to sharing your personal information with such websites
Safeguarding Personal Information
All employees of CRS, other suppliers, funders and service or information providers who need to have access to your personal information in order to assist us in providing you with the products and services you have requested, understand the need to keep this information protected and confidential. They know they are to use the information only for the purposes intended. CRS will only provide personal information to third parties on an “as needed” basis and provided that such parties agree to be bound by CRS’s Privacy Policy. We have also established physical and systems safeguards, along with proper processes, to protect client information from unauthorized access or use.
Accuracy of Personal Information
CRS also makes every effort to keep all personal information it holds, including contact information and financial information, accurate, complete, and current. CRS will update any changes to personal information when received from you through the website. If CRS holds personal information about an individual which can be established by the individual to be inaccurate, CRS will take reasonable steps to correct it.
Consent
By using CRS’s website and its services and its website you consent to the uses indicated in this Privacy Policy. Should you choose, at any time, to withdraw your consent please immediately contact CRS’s Privacy Officer in writing to advise of this decision.
If CRS requires personal information for a new purpose, it will seek consent for such new use.
Access to Personal Information
You have the ability to access all your personal information on the website at any time. If you have any questions regarding the personal information held by CRS, you should, in writing, contact CRS’s Privacy Officer. CRS will respond to any written requests within 30 days of receiving written notice. CRS will keep records of enquiries and/or objections and will document their resolution. CRS will conduct all investigations in a timely, fair and impartial manner.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
CRS reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make a change to this Privacy Policy, we will post such changes on the Privacy page of the website. CRS will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if it seeks to collect, use or disclose your personal information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained unless otherwise required or permitted by law.
Last Updated: August 2022
Augmented Reality
This privacy policy governs your use of the marathon application TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2024 – Augmented Reality for mobile devices.
The Application has an augmented reality feature developed to allow users to click their picture wearing a finisher medal.
A. What information is your app collecting?
For Augmented Reality feature, app uses TrueDepth API that collects face features with the help of which we can display medal image on the phone screen. User then places the medal image around his neck and clicks his picture.
B. For what purposes are you collecting this information?
The Augmented Reality (AR) feature in the app enables to click a picture with a medal around their neck. True depth API identifies the users facial features and brings up the medal on the screen. Users now have to place the medal around the neck and click their picture. We are not collecting any user information from this feature.
C. Will the data be shared with any third parties? Where will this information be stored?
No, data will not be shared with any 3rd parties. User can click the picture and it can be shared to whomsoever with his consent.
Last Updated: October 2024