This Privacy Policy describes how JFC International, Inc. collects, processes, protects, or otherwise handles the information you provide to us when you visit payment.jfc.ca in compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and other applicable privacy laws in Canada.
SCOPE OF POLICY
This Privacy Policy applies to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (information about an identifiable individual), as defined in applicable Canadian privacy laws. This Privacy Policy does not impose any limits on the collection, use or disclosure of business contact information or certain publicly- available information.
Information Collected and its Uses:
Voluntarily Submitted Information
When registering, placing an order, or otherwise using our site,
you may be invited to share personally identifying information,
including your name, email address, mailing address, phone number,
credit card information, in order for us to operate, maintain and improve our portal and services, and contact you,
to facilitate any requested transactions, and to provide you with a better experience.
Passively Collected Information
We automatically receive certain information from your browser when you visit our site.
This information includes your browser type, system type, IP address, cookie information, and referring URL.
If you register for our site or opt-in to receive emails from us,
our emails may also include an embedded image that tells us whether you opened the email.
We use this information to operate, maintain, measure and improve the performance of our portal, site and emails.
Information Sharing:
Information Shared Within JFC Family of Companies
We may share information with our family of companies, which includes Kikkoman Corporation, Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc., Kikkoman Foods, Inc., JFC International, Inc., and other subsidiaries and affiliates of Kikkoman Corporation, for a variety of purposes, including improving our products and services and providing you with the latest information about our products and services.
Due to the global nature of our operations, we may transfer or disclose your personal information to affiliates, personnel, servers, or service providers outside of your jurisdiction. Applicable laws in those other jurisdictions might permit foreign governments, courts, law enforcement, or regulatory agencies to access the information in those jurisdictions. In these cases, we will comply with applicable local law requirements relating to the conditions for disclosure or release of personal information.
CONSENT:
We will obtain your consent to collect,
use or disclose personal information except where we are authorized or required by law to do so without consent.
Your consent can be express, implied or given through an authorized representative.
You may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal, contractual and other restrictions, provided that you give us reasonable notice of withdrawal of consent.
If you notify us that you withdraw consent, we will inform you of the likely consequences of that withdrawal of consent,
which may include our inability to provide certain services for which that information is necessary.
LIMITS ON COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION:
We will not collect personal information indiscriminately but will limit collection of personal information to that which is reasonable and necessary.
We will also collect personal information as authorized by law.
LIMITS FOR USING, DISCLOSING AND RETAINING PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Your personal information will only be used or disclosed for the purposes set out above and as authorized by law.
We will destroy, erase or make anonymous documents or other records containing personal information as soon as it is reasonable to assume
that the original purpose is no longer being served by retention of the information and retention is no longer necessary for a legal or business purpose.
ACCURACY:
We will make a reasonable effort to ensure that personal information we are using or disclosing is accurate and complete.
We generally rely on you to provide accurate and current information. If you demonstrate the inaccuracy or incompleteness of personal information,
we will amend the information as required. When a challenge regarding the accuracy of personal information is not resolved to your satisfaction,
we will annotate the personal information under our control with a note that the correction was requested but not made.
Information Shared with Vendors
We work with a limited number of vendors and business partners who help us operate the site, process data, deliver emails, and facilitate any requested transactions. We may also share aggregated information with other parties for marketing and advertising purposes. However, this aggregated information does not include nor is linked to any information that can identify any particular person.
Information Shared with Other Third Parties
We do not sell or trade your information with third parties. However, we may disclose your information to third parties (other than those identified above) in certain circumstances, including but not limited to:
- to comply with valid legal process including subpoenas, court orders or search warrants, and as otherwise authorized by law; in cases involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person or other emergencies;
- to protect our rights or property or the safety of our customers or employees;
- to protect against fraudulent, malicious, abusive, unauthorized or unlawful use of our products and services;
- to advance or defend against complaints or legal claims in court, administrative proceedings, and elsewhere;
- to a third party that you have authorized to verify your account information;
- to outside auditors and regulators; and
- with your consent.
In the event there is a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of JFC’s assets of business, your information may also be transferred as a part of or in connection with the transaction.
Our Use of Cookies:
Cookies are small data files transmitted from a website or its service providers and stored on your computer by your web browser. We use cookies to facilitate the user experience, collect analytic data, and improve website performance. Cookies allow us to save your preferences based on previous or current site activity and makes the website easier to use, including saving you time when filling out a form by pre-populating it with information you previously provided. Cookies also help us to better understand how people interact with our website by collecting information like the number of visitors, whether a visitor is new or returning, how often a visitor comes to the website, which pages they have visited. This information enables us to provide you with improved services.
You may change your browser settings to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or to turn off all cookies. Each browser is a little different, so please review your browser's settings and help center to modify your cookie settings.
Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some website features may not be fully functional.
Links to Third-Party Websites and Content:
Our website may include links to third-party websites and content on those sites. Our site may also feature embedded media, such as images or videos, that are hosted on other third-party platforms. When you click on these links or interact with these types of external content, the third-party providers of such content may place their own cookies on your computer, access existing cookies, and gather information about you. To learn about how these third parties treat the data they collect from you, please review their respective privacy policies.
Marketing Emails:
Marketing emails you receive from JFC include instructions on how to unsubscribe from and opt-out of receiving future marketing-related emails. You may also opt-out of receiving marketing-related emails by contacting us through any of the methods identified in the “Contact Us” section.
Information Security:
We implement a variety of security measures designed to protect against the unauthorized access to any information you may provide us. However, please note that no website or company can fully eliminate security risks. Despite our efforts to safeguard your information, third parties may circumvent our security measures to intercept or access data transmissions or personally identifiable information.
Updates to this Privacy Policy:
We may update our Privacy Policy as necessary, so please check back periodically for changes. You will be able to see that changes have been made by reviewing the effective date at the end of the Privacy Policy.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
JFC International, Inc.
Attn: Privacy Request
1025 Kamato Road
Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 0C1
info@jfc.ca