Privacy Policy for CANRENTS.CA
Effective Date: January 1, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to canrents.ca ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. This policy applies to all information collected through our website (canrents.ca) and any related services, sales, marketing, or events.
By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the website, or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect or receive for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Manage Our Services: To create and manage your account, provide our core services (such as displaying your listings), and respond to your inquiries.
- To Make Information Publicly Available: To display the content and information you provide for your listings to the public, as is the primary function of our service.
- To Communicate with You: To send you administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies, as well as respond to your support requests.
- To Improve Our Website: To analyze usage and trends to improve our website and user experience.
- To Enforce Our Terms and Policies: To protect our website, users, and business interests.
4. How We Share Your Information
We are committed to not sharing your personal information with third parties without your consent, except in the specific circumstances described below.
- Publicly Available Information: As stated above, any information you provide in a public listing or on your public profile will be visible to anyone who visits our website. You are responsible for the information you choose to make public.
- With Your Consent: We may share your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
- Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work (e.g., web hosting, data analysis, and customer service). These parties are obligated to protect your data and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.
- Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device. We use cookies to help us operate our website, remember your preferences, and understand how users interact with our service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
6. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, the transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk.
7. Your Rights and Choices
You have certain rights regarding your personal information. Depending on your location, these may include the right to:
- Access and Update: You may review, change, or update the information in your account at any time by logging into your account settings.
- Delete Your Account: You may request to delete your account by contacting us. Please note that upon deletion, your public listings will be removed. We may retain some information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes (such as for record-keeping or to prevent fraud).
8. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
9. Children's Privacy
Our service is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a revised "Effective Date" and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact us at: