Horizon Computer Solutions Inc. Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us.

We are committed to protecting Your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how “We” collect, use, store, share and protect the information collected through https://www.horizon.ca (the “Website”).

In this Privacy Policy, “We”, “Us”, and “Our” refer to Horizon Computer Solutions Inc. 

For more information about Us in this Policy, see “Our Details” below.

Our Details

Horizon Computer Solutions Inc.
360 1st Avenue North, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, S7K 1X4, Canada

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to Our Terms and Conditions. Capitalized words used but not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to them in the Terms and Conditions.

Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered online through the Website. This Privacy Policy applies where We are acting as a data controller with respect to the Personal Data of visitors, users, clients and customers (“You,” or “Your”); in other words, where We determine the purposes and means of the processing of that Personal Data.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY because it affects Your rights under the law. You confirm that You have read and agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree with this Privacy Policy, You cannot use, access, create or publish in the Website. This Privacy Policy may change as We continuously improve the Website, so please check it periodically.

We reserve the right to modify or amend the Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean You accept those changes. If We intend to apply the modifications or amendments to this Privacy Policy retroactively or to Personal Data already in Our possession, We will provide You with notice of the modifications or amendments.

Your Data

Horizon Computer Solutions strives to provide you with the best possible service. In order to provide this service we may need to collect information from you from time to time. At all times we try to only collect the information we need for the particular function or activity we are carrying out and use it in accordance with this privacy policy.

We collect two basic types of information from You from Your use of the Website: Personal Data and Non-Personal Data.

Personal Data

“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

As a general matter, You can browse the Website without submitting Your Personal Data to Us. However, there are a number of circumstances in which You may supply Us with Your Personal Data.

Data We Collect

We collect the following Personal Data from You:

  • Full Name;
  • E-mail;
  • Phone Number;

How We Collect Data

  • Participating in communities, chat rooms and comment threads, other fora, and other interactive services in the Website;
  • Submission of User Content on any part of the Website that permit it;
  • Any other place in the Website where You knowingly volunteer to give Personal Data.
  • Registration for an Account on the Website;
  • Signing up to receive e-mail newsletters or e-mail alerts from Us;
  • Requesting for service or other assistance;

Personal Data On or From Social Media

When You interact with the Website or Your Account through a social media platform, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram or Meta, We may collect the Personal Data that You make available to Us on that page including Your account ID or handle. We will comply with the privacy policies of the corresponding social media platform and We will only collect and store such Personal Data that We are permitted to collect by these social media platforms.

Please do NOT supply any other person’s Personal Data to Us, unless We prompt You to do so.

Use of Personal Data

We do NOT sell or license Your Personal Data to any third party.

We may process any of Your Personal Data identified in this Privacy Policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is Our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of Our legal rights, Your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

In addition to the specific purposes for which We may process Your Personal Data set out in this clause, We may also process any of Your Personal Data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject, or in order to protect Your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

Specifically, We use Your Personal Data for the following:

  • responding to Your queries and requests;
  • investigating complaints;
  • enforcing Our Terms and Conditions;
  • as otherwise required or authorized by law or government agency.
  • providing Goods and Services to You;
  • improving and developing Our Website;
  • verifying Your identity;
  • processing Your requests or instructions;
  • customizing Services;
  • providing tips, news and/or updates;
  • processing Your feedback on Goods and Services;

Sharing of Personal Data

Third-Party Suppliers. We may disclose Your Enquiry Data to one or more of those selected third-party suppliers of Goods and Services identified on Our Website for the purpose of enabling them to contact You so that they can offer, market and sell relevant Goods and/or Services to You. Each such third party will act as a data controller in relation to the Enquiry Data that We supply to it; and upon contacting You, each such third party will supply to You a copy of its own privacy policy, which will govern that third party’s use of Your Personal Data. The suppliers and providers with whom We may share Your information include:

  • Analytics services
  • Legal, auditing and other professional advisors or consultants
  • Billing or data storage services

Other Purposes. In addition to the specific disclosures of Personal Data set out in this Section, We may disclose Your Personal Data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject, or in order to protect Our vital interests, Your vital interests, or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose Your Personal Data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

Retaining & Deleting Personal Data

Personal Data that We process for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

We will retain Your Personal Data for a maximum period of 3 months.

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, We may retain Your Personal Data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject, or in order to protect Your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

Data Security

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to Us, both during transmission and once We receive it. We maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse, and any other unlawful form of processing of the Personal Data in Our possession. This includes, for example, firewalls, password protection and other access and authentication controls.

We use HTTPS

HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is an internet communication protocol that protects the integrity and confidentiality of data between your computer and www.www.horizon.ca. The use of HTTPS makes sure your communication with us is:

Encrypted — The data you exchange with us is secure from eavesdroppers. That means that when you are browsing www.www.horizon.ca, nobody can track your activities across multiple pages, or steal the data exchange between your computer and www.www.horizon.ca.

Integral — The use of HTTPS preserves the integrity of data. Your data cannot be modified or corrupted during transfer.

Authenticated — HTTPS protocol authenticates your communication with us. This ensures that you are always communicating with our servers.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information You transmit to Us or store on the Website, and You do so at Your own risk. We also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of Our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. If You believe Your Personal Data has been compromised, please contact Us at marketing@horizon.ca.

If We learn of a security systems breach, then We attempt to notify You electronically so that You can take appropriate protective steps. We may post a notice through the Website if a security breach occurs.

Non-Personal Data

Non-Personal Data includes information that does not personally identify You, but may include tracking and usage information about Your location, demographics, use of the Website and the internet.

When You interact with the Website, We may collect Non-Personal Data and Our servers may automatically keep an activity log of Your use of the Website.

Generally, We collect and store the following Non-Personal Data:

  • Demographic information such as age, gender, and five-digit zip code as part of collecting Personal Data;
  • Device information about Your computer, mobile device, or other device that You use to access the Website. This information may include IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information;
  • Usage information about Your use of the Website. This information includes a reading history of the pages You view.
  • Additional “traffic information” such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, application errors, session identification number, access times, and referring site addresses.
  • Your search terms and search results.
  • Other information regarding Your use of the Website.

Use of Non-Personal Data

We may disclose or share Non-Personal Data (or other information, other than Personal Data) in any other manner that We deem appropriate or necessary.

Among other things, We will disclose Non-Personal Data to third parties to help Us determine how users use parts of the Website and who Our users are so We can improve the Website.

We will also disclose Non-Personal Data to Our partners and other third parties about how Our users collectively use the Website.

Personal & Non-Personal Data From Other Sources

We may also collect and store information about You that We receive from other sources to, among other things, enable Us to update and correct the information contained in Our database and to better customize Your experience on the Website.

Account Data

We may process Your Account Data (“Account Data“). The Account Data may include Your name and email address. The source of the Account Data is You. The Account Data may be processed for the purposes of operating Our Website, providing Our Services, ensuring the security of Our Website and Services, maintaining back-ups of Our databases and communicating with You. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

Customer Relationship Data

We may process information relating to Our customer relationships, including customer contact information (“Customer Relationship Data”). The Customer Relationship Data may include Your name, Your contact details, and information contained in communications between You and Us. You are the source of the Customer Relationship Data. The Customer Relationship Data may be processed for the purposes of managing Our relationships with customers, communicating with customers, keeping records of those communications and promoting Our Goods and Services to customers. The legal basis for this processing is Our legitimate interests, namely the proper management of Our customer relationships.

Transactions and Payment Data

We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of Goods and Services, that You enter into with Us and/or through Our Website (“Transaction Data”). The Transaction Data may include Your contact details, Your card details, the transaction details, and/or your authentication details. The Transaction Data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased Goods and Services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of Our Website and business and a contract between user and you or taking steps at user request to enter a contract.

Your Choices

In general, if You register on the Website, You may update the information You have provided to Us.

When You register on the Website, You may be able to indicate Your preferences regarding marketing communications. You may be able to change those preferences and select the categories of communications that interest You.

You will not be able to opt-out of receiving certain service-related or transactional communications relating to the Website unless You cancel Your registration or subscription.

Even after Your account is cancelled, We may retain Your information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Your Right to Access

We provide You with reasonable access to the Personal Data that You may provide through the Website.

Your Right to Withdraw Consent

At any time, You may legitimately object to the processing of Your Personal Data, except if otherwise provided by applicable law. You may decline to share certain Personal Data with Us, in which case We may not be able to provide to You some of the features and functionality of the Website.

Your Right to Update, Correct or Delete

You may update, correct, or delete Your Account Data and preferences at any time by accessing Your Account settings page on the Website. If You wish to access or amend any other Personal Data We hold about You, or to request that We delete any information about You that We have obtained from an Integrated Service, You may contact Us. Please note that while any changes You make will be reflected in active user databases instantly or within a reasonable period of time, We may retain all information You submit for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where We otherwise reasonably believe that We have a legitimate reason to do so.

We will however retain Your information needed for administrative and transactional communications.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but Personal Data that We store about You may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Cookie We Use

Session Cookies

These are temporary cookies that contain no expiration date and  are deleted after the users browser is closed. You will be required to log in again at the next session, where you will be treated as a new user.

Session cookies examples: Shopping cart, remembering previous actions, managing and passing security tokens, multimedia content player session cookies, load balancing session cookies and third party social content plug in sharing cookies.

Persistent Cookies

These are cookies which are saved in your browser until they are deleted by the you or are deleted by your browser after they reach their expiration date.

Persistent cookies examples: Authentication, language selection, theme selection, favorites, internal site bookmarks, menu preferences, address and payment information.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies allow us to remember choices that have been made by you in order to create an experience that’s made to fit. These cookies safely store authentication and identification information, for example your language selection or region.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies allow us to collect information, such as the most used pages or error messages, in order to understand how you use our website and enable us to create a better user experience. All information collected by performance cookies in anonymous.

Advertisement Tracking Cookies

Advertising tracking cookies are third party cookies used by advertisers to enable them to tailor their advertising to you. Information is collected from your browser about the types of websites you visit in order to offer advertisements which will most likely interest you. The cookies are placed by our advertisers with our permission.

Purpose Of Using Cookies

Authentication – We use cookies to identify You when You visit Our Website and as You navigate Our Website;

Status – We use cookies to help Us determine if You are logged into Our Website;

Personalization – We use cookies to store information about Your preferences and to personalize the Website for You;

Security – We use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect Our Website and Services generally;

Advertising – We use cookies to help Us to display advertisements that will be relevant to You;

Analysis – We use cookies to help Us to analyze the use and performance of Our Website and Services;

Cookie Consent – We use cookies to store Your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.

Cookies Used by Our Service Providers

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on Your computer when You visit Our Website.

Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of Our Website. Google Analytics gathers information about Website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to Our Website is used to create reports about the use of Our Website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Managing Cookies

You can disable cookie tracking and learn more about the privacy policies of the third parties We use by visiting the following links:

Third Party – Google Analytics

Third Party – Google Analytics

Opt Out Page – Opt Out

Google Privacy Policy – Privacy Policy

The Website may contain links to other sites operated by Our affiliates or third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy do not apply to information gathered through these other sites. We are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other sites.

Interest Based Advertising

To help ensure that You receive ads that are relevant to Your interests on the Website, Our advertisers’ services, and elsewhere on the Internet, We and third parties (including service providers, advertisers, and advertising companies) may collect information about Your online activities over time and across different sites, apps, and devices. We and third parties may use that information to help understand audience segments. Advertisers may use the segments to determine the audience groups to which they wish to deliver particular ads. Through this process, We do not use information that directly identifies You.

Opt Out. You can opt out of receiving interest-based advertising on Your computer or laptop from some companies, including Us and Our service providers. 

If You wish to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising on Your mobile device, please see the advertising preferences information on support.apple.com for iOS devices or support.google.com for Android devices.

Opting out does not mean You will no longer receive advertising. It means that the company or companies from which You opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to Your web preferences and usage patterns.

Changes And Updates

Please revisit this page periodically to stay aware of any changes to this Privacy Policy, which We may update from time to time. If We modify the Privacy Policy, We will make it available through the Website, and indicate the date of the latest revision. Any material changes will be posted on this Website and will come into effect 30 Days after their posting.

In the event that the modifications materially alter Your rights or obligations hereunder, We will make reasonable efforts to notify You of the change. For example, We may send a message to Your email address, if We have one on file, or generate a pop-up or similar notification when You access the Website for the first time after such material changes are made. If You do not refuse the changes in writing before they become effective, this shall mean that You have consented to the Privacy Policy as changed. Your continued use of the Website after the revised Privacy Policy has become effective indicates that You have read, understood and agreed to the current version of the Privacy Policy.