Effective Date: November 3, 2022
Rubicon Publishing Inc.a Savvas Learning Company (“Rubicon”, “we”, “us” or “our”) operates “www.mzine.ca” (the “Service”).
This page describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that information.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personal information, which is information or an opinion, including information or an opinion forming part of a database, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion (“Personal Information”) that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal Information may include, but is not limited to:
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and store certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Examples of Cookies we use:
Learn more about cookies: All About Cookies. We use both Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Functionality Cookies
Tracking and Performance Cookies
Rubicon uses the collected data for the following purposes:
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
Any personally identifiable information you provide to us in connection with this Site, RUBICON products or services will be stored on our servers, affiliates and/or authorized vendors and will be accessible by authorized employees, agents and contractors of the Company and its affiliates and authorized vendors. Due to the global nature of the Site, personally identifiable information may be transmitted, stored or processed in a country other than the one in which you reside (“Resident Jurisdiction”). Reasonable contractual or other measures we may take to protect your personally identifiable information while outside the Resident Jurisdiction are subject to applicable foreign legal requirements, for example, lawful requirements by governmental authorities or court order to disclose personally identifiable information to government authorities in the countries in which such data may be stored or processed. SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, IF YOU RESIDE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OTHER JURISDICTION WITH SIMILAR DATA TRANSFER REGULATIONS, BY ACCEPTING THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU EXPLICITLY CONSENT THAT THE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE MAY BE TRANSFERRED AND STORED IN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR YOUR RESIDENT JURISDICTION, INCLUDING CANADA IN CONNECTION WITH THE TERMS OF USE, THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOU. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT, PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE US WITH ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SHALL ONLY BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT.
Rubicon will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy. No transfer of your Personal Information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Under certain circumstances, Rubicon may be required to disclose your Personal Information in the following circumstances:
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy
We may use Your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.
We may use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send emails to you.
We may use third-party Service Providers to provide better improvement of our Service.
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child(ren) provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
By provided us with Personal Information, we will assume that you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of such information for the purposes identified or described in this Privacy Policy, if applicable, or otherwise at the time of collection. If you provide us with Personal Information about a third party, we will assume that you have the consent of that third party.
You may withdraw your consent to our collection, use and disclosure of personal information at any time, subject to contractual and legal restrictions and reasonable notice.
If you would like to request access or correction of any of your Personal Information we have in our custody of control, you may submit a written request to us at: contact@rubiconpublishing.com. Your right to access or correct your Personal Information is subject to applicable legal restrictions.
We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. To avoid delays in obtaining information, please provide sufficient details to permit us to identify you and the information you are requesting. We will advise of the reasons for restricting access subject to legal or regulatory limitations.
If you wish to make inquiries or complaints or have other concerns about our personal information practices, you may write to us as described above, email us at: contact@rubiconpublishing.com or telephone us at (toll free) 1-800-336-0980 or (direct) 905-849-8777.
Rubicon keeps your Personal Information only as long as necessary and relevant for the purposes for which it was collected.
Rubicon will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
By email: contact@rubiconpublishing.com
By phone number: (toll free) 1-800-336-0980 or (direct) 905-849-8777
By mail: 2040 Speers Road, Oakville, Ontario Canada L6L 2X8