Privacy Policy

The Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network (CACN) is a coalition of individuals, companies, firms and associations that have joined together in the fight against product counterfeiting and copyright piracy in Canada and internationally. CACN is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and the visitors to its website.


CACN Membership Information


Upon joining, members are asked to provide information regarding the types of anti-counterfeiting activities they or their organizations are involved in, as well as contact details for the company representatives listed on the membership form.


If membership information provided to CACN includes personal information as defined in applicable laws, you consent to CACN’s collection, use and disclosure of such personal information for the purposes of membership administration and promotion.


CACN may use personal information in aggregate form for statistical analysis, to recruit new members and/or for lobbying purposes. We may disclose personal information in aggregate form to third parties such as sponsors, government representatives, advertisers or for auditing purposes.


When you provide personal information to CACN, such information is stored electronically on secured servers in Mississauga, Ontario. CACN takes reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss and unauthorized use, and to delete, destroy or make anonymous personal information when it is no longer required for its intended purposes. CACN cannot, however, guarantee that loss or unauthorized use will never occur (e.g. that someone will not overcome our security measures), and makes no representations or warranties to this effect.


CACN Website


The operating system for the CACN website (www.cacn.ca) may automatically record some general information about your visit, such as:


  The Internet domain for your Internet service provider and the IP address of the computer accessing the

website.


  The type of browser you are using


  The type of operating system you are using.


  The date and time you visit our site and the web pages that you visit on our site, along with the address

of the previous website you were visiting, if you linked to us from another website.


CACN may use this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our site more useful to visitors. We may disclose this information in aggregate form to third parties such as sponsors, government representatives, advertisers or for auditing purposes.

 

The CACN website may use “cookies” that identify you as a return visitor. A cookie is a piece of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then store the cookie on your hard drive. So, when you come back to visit CACN’s website again, information can be tailored to suit your individual preferences. The goals are to save you time, provide you with a more meaningful visit and measure website activity. Most Internet browsers allow you to disable cookie collection or inform you when a cookie is being stored on your hard drive.

 

This Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices for the CACN website (www.cacn.ca). However, the CACN website contains links to other sites. For example, upon joining CACN, members can elect to have links to their websites installed on the CACN website. This function is aimed at encouraging lobbying and communications activities between members of the network. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of the new site. CACN encourages you to read the privacy policies of all websites you visit, especially if you share any personal information.

 

CACN may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be accessible via the Privacy link on the CACN website.