Privacy PolicyBy using this website or any of the products or services available on or through it or from Aquaterra Corporation, you agree that this Privacy Policy, as from time to time amended, applies.

1. Your Privacy
   Aquaterra Corporation respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use and disclose personal information. Aquaterra Corporation recognizes the importance of obtaining consent where required by law for collection, use and disclosure of personal information. Aquaterra Corporation intends to comply fully with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, commonly known as "PIPEDA". This Policy does not govern personal information about our employees, which is addressed by other internal Aquaterra Corporation policies. If you have any questions about our use of personal information, please see the contact particulars for our Privacy Officer at the end of this Privacy Policy.
    
2. What Constitutes Personal Information?
   Personal information is any information about an identifiable individual, but does not include certain business contact information including the name, title, and business address or business telephone number of an employee of any organization.
    
3. Collection of Personal Information
   We may collect the following personal information about you:
   • Name
   • Date of birth
   • Identity of Your Employer
   • Address (postal and email) and telephone number
   • Financial, credit and banking information
   • Credit card information
   • Social insurance number (optional but used to assist with credit checks)
   • Any personal information collected via electronic means
   • Other information as required or permitted by law.
   
   The information above is generally collected from you, but we may also obtain such information from financial institutions and credit agencies for the purpose of processing your payments for our products and services and for the purpose of assessing your credit as we believe necessary.
   
   Provision of your Social Insurance Number is optional. Please note however that most credit reporting agencies use the Social Insurance Number as a unique identifier to ensure proper identification when conducting credit reviews and preparing credit reports. If you do not wish to provide your Social Insurance Number, our ability to obtain a timely and accurate credit report may be affected.
    
4. Use of Personal Information
   Your personal information may used by us as permitted or required by law and for the following purposes:
   • to provide our products and services to you
   • to process invoices and your payment by credit card, debit systems or other billing options
   • to contact you for customer follow up and to seek your input and advise you about products and services of Aquaterra Corporation and its affiliated companies, but only your name, address and telephone number will be used for this purpose.
5. Sharing Your Personal Information: We do not sell your personal information to third parties
   We may share some or all of your personal information as required or permitted by law and to the following persons or entities:
   • to contractors and agencies that work with us to provide our products and services to you, who will be provided with access to personal information as needed to perform their functions, but we shall not authorize them to use your personal information for other purposes
   • to the Air Miles program to permit you to earn Air Miles reward miles on applicable purchases
   • to mailing services for invoicing and payment processing, but such services shall not be authorized by us to use your personal information other than for such processing
   • to credit bureaus to conduct credit checks as we believe necessary
   • to financial institutions and their affiliated companies for the purpose of processing your payments to us
   • to collect any debt you may owe to us;
   • to affiliated companies and independent contractors for the purpose of customer follow up and to seek your input and advise you about products and services of Aquaterra Corporation and its affiliated companies, but for this purpose we shall not share more than your name, address (postal and email), telephone number; and to another company or business, in the event of a proposed transfer or actual transfer of ownership of all or part of our company to that other company or business, but for this purpose, we shall not authorize use of your personal information beyond the scope of any such transaction or this Policy.
6. Safeguards for Personal Information
   The security of your personal information is important to us, and we use various technical, contractual, administrative and physical security measures to protect personal information that you provide to us. We instruct our employees to comply with privacy laws and with this Privacy Policy. We strive to regularly improve the security of personal information that you may provide to us through our website or via other means, but please note that there is no method of transmitting or storing data that is 100% secure.
    
7. Cookies
   We use "cookies" which are software devices which are sent to your internet browser and are stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies allow us to remember who visits our site, so that you do not need to re-enter a password multiple times, permit our server to recognize you when you visit our website in the future and allow us to customize our site to you, including in respect of advertising at this site. When you view advertisements at our site, our advertisers may also use cookies to make their advertising effective, and use of the cookies by our advertisers is subject to their own privacy policies and not Aquaterra Corporation Privacy Policy. We also use cookies to collect aggregate information about our users, but no personal information will be shared with recipients of this aggregate information. You can configure your browser to accept or reject cookies, but rejection of cookies may limit your ability to use this site.
    
8. Links and Other Associated Sites
   Our site may contain links to other sites, including sites of affiliated companies. We do not endorse or otherwise accept responsibility for the content or privacy policies of these sites. You should carefully review the privacy statements and other terms of use for such sites. These other sites may collect, use and disclose personal information in a very different manner from this site.
    
9. How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Information?
   We may retain your personal information as least as long as you remain our customer. If your relationship with us as a customer ends, we may use and disclose your personal information as required and permitted by law, to conclude any outstanding matters relating to your relationship with us, to contact you for customer follow up, and to seek your input and advise you about products and services of Aquaterra Corporation and its affiliated companies that may interest you. If you do not wish to receive any such further information, please contact us as indicated under the "Contact Us" heading below. We also retain your personal information as necessary to satisfy any potential legal obligations we may have.
    
10. Contact Us
    If you wish to file a complaint, make inquiry regarding or obtain access to your personal information that we may hold, please contact us as follows:
    
    Attn: Privacy Officer
    Aquaterra Corporation
    245 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 5B
    Mississauga, Ontario, ON, L4Z 3C9
    
    Please be aware that access may not be provided to certain information which is protected by lawyer-client privilege, constitutes confidential commercial information, was collected in respect of the investigation of a breach of an agreement or of law, or is generated in respect of dispute resolution.
     
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
    We regularly review our Privacy Policy and procedures, and this Privacy Policy may be changed from time to time. Please check back often so you will be aware of changes to the privacy policy.