Effective Date: May 16, 2024
Welcome to HR News Canada. This Privacy Policy explains how HR News Canada collects, uses, maintains, protects and discloses personal information when you visit www.hrnewscanada.com, subscribe to our newsletters, register for events or webinars, participate in surveys, submit content, or otherwise interact with us.
By using our website or providing personal information to HR News Canada, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information we collect
Personal information
HR News Canada may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This may include your name, email address, job title, employer or organization, industry, province, country, phone number, newsletter preferences, event or webinar registration details, attendance status, survey responses and other information you choose to provide.
We may collect this information when you:
- subscribe to a newsletter or email update;
- register for a webinar, virtual event, conference or other program;
- attend or view a webinar or event recording;
- respond to a survey, poll or registration question;
- submit content, comments, story ideas or other material;
- contact us by email, form or other means; or
- interact with HR News Canada, its website, emails, advertisers, sponsors or event partners.
Webinar and event information
When you register for or attend a webinar or event, HR News Canada may collect information related to your registration and participation. This may include your registration information, responses to registration questions, whether you attended the live session, whether you accessed a recording, questions submitted during the event, poll responses and other event-related activity.
Non-personal and technical information
As you navigate and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. This may include:
- details of your visits to our website, including traffic data, logs, pages viewed and resources accessed;
- information about your computer, device and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type;
- approximate location information; and
- information collected through cookies, analytics tools or similar technologies.
2. How we use your information
HR News Canada may use the information we collect or that you provide to us for the following purposes:
- to present our website and its contents to you;
- to provide you with information, newsletters, products, services, events or webinars that you request from us;
- to register you for webinars, virtual events, conferences or other programs;
- to send registration confirmations, reminders, event links, access instructions, recordings, slides, resources and followup materials;
- to administer surveys, polls, contests, awards programs or other audience engagement activities;
- to analyze newsletter, website, webinar and event performance;
- to improve our journalism, products, services, events and user experience;
- to notify you about changes to our website, policies, products, services or events;
- to send you HR News Canada newsletters, updates, event notices, sponsored messages or other communications that may be of interest to HR professionals, employers and workplace leaders;
- to respond to your questions, requests or submissions;
- to protect the security and integrity of our website, systems and business; and
- for any other purpose disclosed when you provide the information or with your consent.
3. Email communications
HR News Canada may use your email address to send newsletters, event notices, webinar reminders, followup materials, sponsored content, promotional messages and other communications related to human resources, employment law, workplace issues, business, events, products or services.
You may unsubscribe from HR News Canada commercial emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our messages or by contacting us directly. Please note that even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send you transactional or administrative messages, such as registration confirmations, event access details or responses to direct inquiries.
4. Free webinars, sponsored events and sharing of registrant information
HR News Canada offers free webinars, virtual events and related programs. Some of these programs may be presented, sponsored, supported or hosted in partnership with third-party organizations, including advertisers, sponsors, speakers, service providers or event partners.
When you register for a free webinar or event, HR News Canada may share your registration and attendance information with the sponsor, partner, speaker organization or other third party associated with that webinar or event.
The information shared may include your name, email address, job title, employer or organization, province or country, registration details, attendance status, responses to registration questions, poll responses and other information related to your participation in the webinar or event.
By registering for a free sponsored webinar or event, you consent to HR News Canada sharing your registration and attendance information, including your email address, with the named sponsor, partner or participating organization for purposes related to the webinar or event. These purposes may include event followup, sharing related resources, sending information about products or services, and other communications that may be of interest to registrants.
Any sponsor, partner or third party that receives personal information from HR News Canada is responsible for its own use of that information and for complying with applicable privacy and anti-spam laws, including any requirements to identify itself, provide contact information and include an unsubscribe mechanism in commercial electronic messages.
If you do not want your registration information shared with a sponsor or partner for a free webinar or event, you should not register for that webinar or event. You may contact HR News Canada before registering if you have questions about how your information will be used or disclosed.
5. Disclosure of your information
HR News Canada may disclose aggregated information about users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide:
- to our subsidiaries, affiliates or related businesses;
- to contractors, vendors, technology providers, email service providers, webinar platforms, analytics providers and other third parties we use to support our business;
- to sponsors, advertisers, speakers, event partners or participating organizations connected to free webinars, virtual events, conferences or other programs, as described in this Privacy Policy or disclosed at the time of registration;
- to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, sale or transfer of some or all of HR News Canada’s assets;
- to comply with any court order, law, regulation or legal process;
- to enforce our terms, protect our rights, protect our users, or protect the security and integrity of our website, systems or business;
- for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; or
- with your consent.
HR News Canada does not sell general mailing lists. Any sharing of webinar or event registration information is tied to the specific webinar, sponsor, partner, event or program identified to registrants.
6. Cookies and analytics
HR News Canada may use cookies, analytics tools and similar technologies to understand how visitors use our website, measure traffic, improve content, support advertising and improve the user experience.
You may be able to adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Some parts of the website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
7. Third-party websites and platforms
Our website, newsletters, webinars and event materials may include links to third-party websites, platforms or services. HR News Canada is not responsible for the privacy practices, policies or content of third-party websites or services.
Webinars and events may be hosted through third-party platforms such as Zoom or other technology providers. Your use of those platforms may also be subject to the privacy policies and terms of those providers.
8. Data security
HR News Canada has implemented measures designed to help protect personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure.
However, the transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure. Although we take reasonable steps to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to or through our website, email systems, webinar platforms or other online services. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
9. Retention of information
HR News Canada keeps personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to provide services, to maintain business records, to comply with legal obligations, to resolve disputes and to enforce agreements.
10. Accessing, correcting or withdrawing consent
You may contact HR News Canada to request access to your personal information, ask that inaccurate information be corrected, or withdraw consent for certain uses or disclosures, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.
You may unsubscribe from HR News Canada commercial emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our messages or by contacting us directly.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
HR News Canada may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page. If we make material changes to how we handle personal information, we may provide additional notice on our website or by other appropriate means.
The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page.
12. Contact information
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy or HR News Canada’s privacy practices, contact us at:
