Privacy Statement
Your privacy is important to us. This privacy statement describes the information we collect via the Purchasing Practice Web site (www.purchasingpractice.com), how we collect and use that information and how we protect your privacy.

Your consent
By using our site and/or registering data with us in any way, you consent to the collection and use of this data by us. If we decide to change The Privacy Statement, we will post those changes on this site so that you are always aware of what data we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Your data may also be used by us and our agents, affiliates to occasionally notify you about important functionality changes to our site, new services and special offers we think you’ll find valuable.

Collection of Information
By offering various business services, Purchasing Practice, may gather two types of information: Personal information, provided voluntarily by you whilst visiting this site; and Aggregated information collected by our electronic systems, which tracks user behaviour in aggregate but does not relate to you personally.

What personal information we collect
We do not collect personal information unless our Web site visitors volunteer it. When you respond to request on our site, we may collect personal information such as your name and e-mail address. When you complete online transactions, job applications, or enter our online surveys or contests, we may collect personal information such as your name, address, e-mail address and your internet IP address. When you voluntarily send us electronic mail, we collect your email address, your internet IP address and your message so that we may reply to you.

What session information we collect
We keep no individual visitor data. When you visit the Purchasing Practice Web site, our web server automatically collects a small amount of information which we use to provide a more personalised service and enhance our services. This information is aggregated, and is never used for individual tracking. It is only used to report our visitors’ collective viewing habits and technical environment (e.g., browser type).

Cookies and Tracking
We may use a “cookie” file containing information that can identify the computer you are working from. The “cookie” file is anonymous as it gives us details of only your IP address, PC platform, Browser and domain (local or offshore). We may use the information generated by “cookies” to track traffic patterns to and from our site. You can choose to refuse “cookies” by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive. You do not need to have “cookies” turned on to use our web site.

How do we protect and use the personal information that we collect?
Purchasing Practice’s collection, use, disclosure and retention of information complies with the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Collected information is used only by authorized Purchasing Practice staff to fulfill the purpose for which it was originally collected, or other purposes which will be described in the transaction you are completing.

We will not sell or trade any personally identifiable information that may be collected from our Web site and will not disclose such information to third parties except as authorized by law. When you send us electronic mail via our Web site, your message is stored as business correspondence accessible only to authorized Purchasing Practice staff.

We may provide you with details of opportunities in the market place as well as to develop further this site to be useful to you and enable us to provide further services on this site in the future. We may also wish to provide you with news and information about goods and services which may be of interest to you to assist in providing the services requested by you;

We may also provide further information to you about other business services or offerings which we believe may be of interest to you; Your data may also be used for marketing, promotional and publicity purposes, including direct marketing, market research and surveys. If you would rather not receive this data, please contact us at: info@purchasingpractice.com

Caution
E-mail you send to us is not encrypted. Your e-mail may be intercepted by other Internet users, without your knowledge or permission, while in transit to us. Therefore you should not e-mail us information that you consider confidential.

Changes to this Privacy Statement
Purchasing Practice may revise this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect changes to our Web site. As a result, you should visit this page periodically to review the contents.

Links to other sites
We will try to provide you with links to high quality, reputable sites which we believe will be of interest and relevant to you, but please note that such third party sites are not under our control and we do not contribute to the content of such websites.Please be aware that privacy policies vary from site to site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other Web sites to which our site may link. When you click through to these sites you leave the area controlled by us. We cannot accept responsibility for any issues arising in connection with either the third party’s use of your data, the site content or the services offered to you by these sites.

Terms of Use

1. Definitions
“CPP” shall mean Corporate Purchasing Practice Inc.
“Site” “the service” shall mean HYPERLINK “http://www.purchasingpractice.com” www.purchasingpractice.com “Visitor” shall mean any person accessing and using the Site “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean ” patents, rights in design, trademarks, trading, business or domain names and e-mail addresses, copyrights (including any such rights in typographical arrangements, web-sites or software) whether registered or not and any applications to register or rights to apply for registration of any of the foregoing, rights in inventions, know-how, trade secrets and similar confidential information, rights in databases and all other intellectual property rights of a similar or corresponding character which subsist now or in the future in any part of the world. “Privacy Policy” means CPP’s policy with respect to the collection and use of Personal Data as may be amended from time to time by CPP “Terms” shall mean the sole terms and conditions governing the use of this Site.

1.1 Unless the context otherwise requires reference to:

(a) a “person” includes any person, client, individual, firm, registered business, company, government body or agency of a government body or any undertaking or other association (whether or not having separate legal personality) or any two or more of the foregoing;

(b) a “party” means a party to this agreement and includes permitted assignees and/or the respective successors in title to substantially the whole of its undertaking;

(c) a time of day is a reference to the time in Vancouver, Canada;

(d) the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.

1.2 Headings in the Terms are inserted for convenience only and are not to be used in construing this agreement.

2. General
CPP is a consultancy working with organisations, fully focussed on, and driven by, the business needs of our clients. The Site is a web site for data and marketing purposes only. CPP provides its content on this site subject to the Terms. The Visitor represents that you have read and understood the Terms and agree to be bound by them. Use of any internal or external links on this site constitutes acceptance of the Terms.

3. Privacy and Data Protection Notice
For an explanation of CPP’s practices and policies relating to the collection, use, and storage of a Visitors or persons data, please read our Privacy Statement.

4. CPP Intellectual Property
4.1 Copyright licence (’licence’) to use this site
All the content of the site apart from content supplied by third parties is the copyright of CPP. All Visitors to the site are allowed to print and download extracts of the site for personal use and may save extracts of it to their local hard disk for the purposes of creating one personal back-up copy.

4.2 What is not permitted
All other copying and distribution of any of the contents of this site is strictly forbidden. In particular, no part of this site may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose/gain. No part of this site may be reproduced on or transmitted to or stored on any other web site or other form of electronic retrieval system nor may be accessed in such manner as to make them appear part of any third party’s web site or electronic database or retrieval system without CPP’s prior written permission.

4.3 Other intellectual property rights on the site
CPP does not confer on anyone any other intellectual property licences or rights or those of any third party other than those granted in these terms.

5. Disclaimers
To the fullest extent permitted at law, we are providing the site and its contents on an “as is” basis and make no (and expressly disclaim all) representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to the site or the accuracy, completeness, age of the data, other content, other materials or products included in this site including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose. So, use of the site and materials is at the Visitors own risk and we disclaim all liability for the effect any errors or omissions may have on a user’s data technology system or any other system or device. Neither the company nor any of its agents shall be liable for any loss or damages suffered as a result of any use of the site, including but, not limited to direct loss, consequential loss and loss of profits (but not including death or personal injury caused by our negligence).

6. Variation
Whilst it is not our intention to do so, we reserve the right to change the site’s policies and terms at any time. Price and availability data is subject to change without notice. Any such changes will be posted on the site.

7. Third party disclaimer
We disclaim any responsibility for the content of any third party materials provided through or on the site.

8.Indemnity
In order to use this site you must agree to be legally bound and to abide by the terms and to indemnify and hold us harmless from all alleged or actual damages, claims and expenses relating to any warranty, guarantee or representations posted on the site or linked sites. This also includes, without limitation, lawyer’s fees. The use of this site for any reason is deemed to be an agreement of this condition.

9. Data indemnity
The Visitor agrees not to rely on any data obtained from the site and indemnifies us from mistakes, omissions, errors, interruptions, delays of service or performance, defects, harmful components, viruses and bugs, howsoever caused. It is the user’s duty to execute anti-contamination or virus software and ensure that any data, if contaminated or infected, will not damage the user’s data or system. The entire risk as to the use of the site is with the user. CPP shall not be responsible or liable for telephone, network, ISP, electronic, computer or other communication problems or failures of any kind. Personal data sent to CPP is at the senders own risk.

10. Availability of service
We do not warrant or guarantee that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free. No responsibility will be accepted for call charges sustained as a result of automatic connection to the internet due to page refresh commands or for any reason. It is the user’s responsibility to disable automatic connection in their Internet settings.

11. Links and site content
11.1 We do not make any warranties, either expressed or implied as to the accuracy, validity, completeness, suitability, reliability, or currency of any data content within the site or sites to which this site links to.

11.2 Links to other web sites are provided solely as a resource guide and do not represent an endorsement or guarantee, either expressed or implied. We do not assume any liability for any of the products, services, or data of any other sites.

11.3 It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate the data, opinion, advice, or other content contained within the site. We do not accept responsibility for the validity or quality of any inclusions contributed by a third-party.

11.4 This site has not verified, reviewed or approved all linked sites and makes no representation warranty or guarantee as to any such sites accuracy or suitability. Links may contain material which is illegal, objectionable or offensive. If you have any inquiries and disputes with linked sites they should be directed to the individual sites involved.

12. Severance
If a term, covenant, provision, or condition of this agreement becomes, or shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be against public policy or illegal, all remaining provisions of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect and unaffected, impaired or invalidated by this decision. The invalidated item shall be modified by the parties to the full extent possible to carry out all the intentions and directives stated in this agreement.

13. Governing law
We control and operate the Web site from our offices in the Province of British Columbia, Canada and make no representations or warranties that the content or use of the site is legal in other locations, jurisdictions. Any such contract will be interpreted, construed and enforced in all respects in accordance with the laws of British Columbia (BC). Unless otherwise agreed or specified, these terms and any contract between CPP and the user are performed in BC. Both CPP and the user irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the BC Courts.