Centerfire Press (“Centerfire Press,” “us,” “we” or "our") owns and operates this website located at http://www.centerfirepress.com (the “Site”) and the services, features, products, good and/or services offered by Centerfire Press (collectively the “Content” and when used together with the Site, the “Service”).

The purpose of this privacy policy (the “Policy”) is to outline the types of information that may be collected about you when visiting the Site or using any of the Services, how that information will be used and disclosed, and how you can control, correct and update the information.

Each visit to the Site or use of the Services constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of the Policy. Providing personal information or authorizing a third party to disclose personal information to us signifies your consent to the Centerfire Press collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Policy.

For the purposes of this Policy, “personal information” means information that can identify an individual directly or through other reasonably available means. The meaning of “personal information” shall be interpreted in a manner that conforms with the minimum requirements of applicable provincial and federal privacy legislation.

OUR PRIVACY PRINCIPLES

Information You Provide & Type of Personal Information Collected: You may provide to Centerfire Press what is generally called “personally identifiable” information (such as your name, age, postal/zip code, email address, credit card number, postal mailing address, and telephone numbers) if you use certain Services from the Site or otherwise use the features and functionality of Centerfire Press. The type of information we collect is linked to the purposes. For instance, when you submit a contact form or email subscription, we may collect your name, address, phone number, email address, and other personal information as well as information about the Content you are contributing. If you are a licensee of Content, we may collect your name, address, contact information and payment information.

Automatically Collected Information: When you access the Site (including through your computer or your mobile device) or open one of our HTML emails, we may automatically record certain information from your system by using different types of tracking technology. This “automatically collected” information may include and internet protocol address (“IP Address”), a unique user ID, version of software installed, system type, your listening preferences, the content and pages that you access on the Site, and the dates and times that you visit the Site.

Obtaining Your Consent: The purposes for which we collect personal information is mostly what you would reasonably expect. Where it is not reasonably evident why we are collecting information, we would identify the purposes for collecting your personal information at or before the time it is collected. We will not collect, use or disclose your personal information without your informed consent, unless required or permitted to do so by law.

To provide you with a few examples of why we collect your personal information, we collect, use and disclose personal information about you so we can:

1. maintain and manage your membership, if applicable;

2. contact you when you submit a contact form, email submission form, question, or inquiry;

3. grant licenses to people who wish to use the Content;

4. allocate and account for any credits under your account, if applicable;

5. process payment transactions; and

6. directly target advertisements in order to make the Site and/or Services more personal and useful to you.

We may also use your personal information to communicate with you about new products, services, offerings or other information we reasonably believe may be useful for you.

LIMITING THE COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

INFORMATION GATHERED AND USED

We collect personal information by fair and lawful means and limit collection to that information which is necessary for the purposes identified in this Policy.

The choice to provide us with your personal information, either directly or through a third party, is always yours. However, your decision to withhold particular information may limit our ability to provide you with some of our Services.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS COLLECTED

Most of the personal information we collect will be done online. However, personal information may also be collected in a number of ways, including in person, over the phone, by mail or, yes, even by fax if necessary. We may also collect personal information from third parties who you have authorized to disclose personal information to us.

We make every reasonable effort to ensure that those third parties that disclose your personal information to us have first obtained your consent. If you believe that a third party has inappropriately disclosed your personal information to us, please contact that third party directly. If the third party does not sufficiently respond to your inquiries, please let us know immediately.

Your personal information will only be used or disclosed in accordance with the purposes for which it was collected unless you have otherwise consented or except where required or permitted by law.

Web cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer from a web page to keep track of information about your browsing on that website. Through the use of web cookies, we may monitor the ads you see and the number of times you view them. The use of cookies also allows us to capture standard web traffic information, such as the time and date you visited our Site, your IP Address, and your browser information. In no circumstances do the cookies capture any information that can personally identify you.

DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES

From time to time we may share your personal information with third parties, as approved by you and/or as described in this Policy. Use of this Site and/or Services signifies your consent for Centerfire Press to collect, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Policy.

The type of information we are legally required to disclose may relate to criminal investigations or government tax reporting requirements. In some instances, such as a legal proceeding or court order, we may also be required to disclose your personal information to authorities. Under circumstances such as this we will only disclose the information specifically requested, and we will take precautions to satisfy ourselves that the authorities that are making the disclosure request have legitimate grounds to do so.

Your personal information may be disclosed in situations where we are legally permitted to do so, such as in the course of employing reasonable and legal methods to enforce your rights or to investigate suspicion of unlawful activities. We may release certain personal information when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of ourselves and others.

You also understand and agree that we may use your personal information and disclose your personal information to third parties in connection with the proposed or actual financing, insuring, sale, securitization, assignment or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets (including accounts) for the purposes of evaluating and/or performing the proposed transaction. These purposes may include, as examples, permitting such parties to determine whether to proceed or continue with the transaction, fulfilling any reporting or audit requirements to such parties, and/or disclosing personal information as part of concluding a sale or transfer of assets. Our successors and assigns may collect, use and disclose your personal information for substantially the same purposes as those set out in this Policy. In the event the transaction does not go through, we will require, by contract, the other party or parties to the transaction not to use or disclose your personal information in any manner whatsoever for any purpose, and to return or destroy such personal information.

Personal information may also be disclosed to service providers and/or third party contractors who we work with and/or employ on our behalf to help operate Centerfire Press, the Site and/or the Services.

In the case of information that cannot be used to reasonably identify an individual (“Anonymous Information”) it may be used in aggregate form, combined with other users Anonymous Information and shared with third parties.

Personal information collected during a promotion, contest, sweepstake or poll (“Promotion”), in part or in its entirety, may be disclosed publicly and/or to third parties, as disclosed in the Promotion rules at the time of collection. We do not take responsibility for the privacy policy or practices of any third party. Upon participation in any Promotion, you are subject to any official rules, terms and conditions of that Promotion.

Some or all of your personal information may be shared with Licensors of the Site and/or Services. This Policy does not cover the privacy policies or practices of the Licensors.

Personal Information may also be collected and shared with third party Sponsors, Merchants and/or Vendors. A notice at the time of collection of personal information on behalf of a Sponsor will be provided to you along with a link to the Sponsor’s privacy policy.

Any information that you share and make publicly available may be made available to all users and third parties. We are not responsible for any information that you share, and your use of the Site and/or Services constitutes your acceptance of any risk involved in your disclosure of such information.

ADVERTISERS

Centerfire Press may use third-party ad servers or ad networks to serve advertisements both on and off the Site. These third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements that appear on the Site and they will automatically receive your IP Address and other automatically collected information when this happens. Such third-party ad servers may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize their advertising content.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for further information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of such advertisers or other websites. Centerfire Press reserves the right to add or remove third-party ad networks or ad servers in its discretion and Centerfire Press may not at all times list such updated ad network or ad server partners in this Policy.

Our Site is governed by the provisions and practices stated in this Policy. Our Site may contain links to third-party websites that are not governed by this Policy. Although we endeavor to only link to websites that share our commitment to your privacy, please be aware that this Policy will no longer apply once you leave our websites and that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of third party websites. We therefore suggest that you closely examine the respective privacy policies of third party websites to learn how they collect, use and disclose your personal information.

IN THE EVENT OF MERGER, SALE OR OTHER CHANGE

In the event that Centerfire Press is acquired by or merged with a third-party entity or ever files for bankruptcy, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information that we have collected from you as part of that merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. Information Centerfire Press receives from you may be considered an asset and in bankruptcy could be subject to disposition pursuant to jurisdiction and procedures thereunder.

ACCESS TO MINOR’S

IF YOU ARE A MINOR AND HAVE NOT YET REACHED THE AGE OF MAJORITY OR LEGAL AGE IN YOUR COUNTRY, THEN PLEASE DO NOT USE OR ACCESS THIS SITE AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY MANNER.

The Site and Services are not directed toward, nor intended for minors. Individuals who have not yet reached the age of majority or legal age should not register for the Site and/or Services, or provide any personal information. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from minors. Parents and/or legal guardians who believe a minor under their care has registered and/or provided any personal information on the Site should contact us so that we may delete and remove any such personal information.

UPDATING THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes to our privacy standards and information handling practices will be reflected in this Policy in a timely manner. Centerfire Press reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Policy at any time. Please be sure to check this page periodically for any updates or modifications. To determine when this Policy was last updated, please refer to the modification date at the bottom of this Policy.

ADDRESSING YOUR INQUIRIES AND CONCERNS

We are happy to provide you with a copy of this Policy upon request and willing to discuss any of its content with you. Upon request, we will inform you of the type of personal information we have collected, how your personal information has been used, and any third parties to whom your personal information has been disclosed.

GOVERNING LAW

This Policy and all related matters are governed by the laws in force in the Province of Ontario, Canada. Be advised that Centerfire Press may perform some of its activities outside of Canada through third parties, and some users (such as employees or affiliates with whom you may interact with via the Site and its Services) may reside outside of Canada. You acknowledge and agree that, as a result, your personal information may be processed, used, stored or accessed in countries outside of Canadian jurisdiction and therefore may be subject to the laws of those specific countries. For example, information may be disclosed in response to valid demands or requests from government authorities, courts, or law enforcement in other countries. In particular, information that is processed, used, stored or accessed inside or outside of Canada may be subject to the Criminal Code and any other applicable legislation.

Last modified: February 17, 2024

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