PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated on August 28, 2021

Runefire Publications & A.A. Gordon respect your privacy and value the relationship we have with you. This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices with respect to information collected through our websites, email newsletters, social media pages, pixels, marketing, and any other services that link to this Privacy Policy.

Please carefully review this Privacy Policy below before using our services. By using our services, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the services.  We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of our Privacy Policy without notice.  

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including: 

  • Product purchases

  • Newsletter subscriptions

  • Contact with our Customer Service

  • Publicly available databases, including marketing and data analytics resources

  • Authors and joint marketing third parties, when they share the information with us

  • Social media platforms and other third-party service platforms

  • Third party business customers, clients, and partners

 

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We and our service providers use Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests

  • To complete your transactions, verify your information, fulfill your orders, and provide you with related customer service

  • To send you marketing related emails

  • For data analysis, for example, to improve the efficiency of our services

  • For audits, to verify that our internal processes function as intended

  • For fraud and security monitoring purposes, for example, to detect and prevent cyberattacks or attempts to commit identity theft

  • For identifying usage trends, for example, understanding which parts of our services are of most interest to users

  • For determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, so that we can adapt our campaigns to the needs and interests of our users

OTHER USES

We also use your Personal Information as necessary or appropriate, in particular when we have a legal obligation or legitimate interest to do so:

  • To comply with applicable law and regulations. This may include laws outside your country of residence

  • To cooperate with public and government authorities

  • To cooperate with law enforcement

  • To enforce our terms and conditions

  • To protect our rights, privacy, safety or propert

in connection with a sale or business transaction

  • We have a legitimate interest in disclosing or transferring your Personal Information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

 

WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We disclose Personal Information:

  • To our third-party service providers, to facilitate services they provide to us, including providers of services such as website design and hosting, data analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, ad serving, research survey/interview/focus group management and analysis, marketing, auditing, and other services.

  • To our joint marketing partners. We may ask for your consent to provide your Personal Information to our joint marketing partners, for example, to provide you with special offers or promotions that may be of interest to you. Although our treatment of your Personal Information would be governed by this Privacy Policy in those cases, the third party’s treatment of your Personal Information would be governed by its privacy policy.

  • Please note that any information you post or disclose through on message boards, chats, profile pages, blogs, and other services to which you are able to post may be public and may be available to other users and the general public

OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTED USING TECHNOLOGY

“Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual. The Services collect Other Information such as:

  • Browser and device information

  • Information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies

  • Demographic information and other information provided by you that does not reveal your specific identity

  • Information that has been aggregated in a manner such that it no longer reveals your specific identity


COLLECTION OF OTHER INFORMATION

We and our service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, including: 

  • Your browser or device

  • Cookies

  • Pixel tags and other similar technologies

  • Pixel tags

PHYSICAL LOCATION

  • We may collect the physical location of your device by, for example, using satellite, cell phone tower or WiFi signals. We may use your device’s physical location to provide you with personalized location-based services and content

  • We may also share your device’s physical location, combined with information about what advertisements you viewed and other information we collect, with our marketing partners to enable them to provide you with more personalized content and to study the effectiveness of advertising campaigns

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to you when you access and use the services and other websites or online services.

 

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Unless we request it, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security numbers, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics or criminal background) on or through the services or otherwise to us. 

 

SECURITY

We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization.  Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us.

 

THIRD PARTY SERVICES

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the services link.  The inclusion of a link on the services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.

In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure, or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, or any other social media platform provider.

 

CONTACTING US

Runefire Publications, located at PO Box 2376 Southampton, ON N0H 2L0, is the company responsible for collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information under this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us as follows:

By email:
info@runefirepublications.ca

By mail:
Attn: Runefire Publications
PO Box 2376 Southampton, ON N0H 2L0

Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include credit card or other sensitive information in your emails to us.