Privacy Policy

Who is The Green Barn
The Green Barn has been in the recycling business (buying and selling) for the past two years. We are located in Granville Centre, Nova Scotia Canada, and maintain the web site thegreenbarn.ca.

What Information does The Green Barn Collect and How is it Used?
At The Green Barn we collect two types of information: personal information and non-personal information.

With your consent we may use your personal information for a number of different purposes, for example to:

• fulfill requests for products, services or information;
• provide customer services;
• offer new products and services;
• measure and improve the effectiveness of our Web Sites or our marketing endeavours; and
• tailor our online or in-store offerings to your preferences.
• we may also collect and summarize customer information in a format that no longer identifies the individual for statistical purposes.

Personal information typically includes your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. You can always choose not to provide us with any of your personal information. However, if you make this choice we may not be able to provide you with the product, service, or information that you requested.

Non-personal information does not identify you as an individual.

Your Implied Consent
In some cases, your consent is implied if we ask you to provide personal information with a stated purpose. For example, we can only deliver the product you have purchased if you provide us with your address, email address and phone number.

Your Express Consent
In other cases, we will ask you to give your express consent to use your personal information to advise you of products or services that may be of interest. You always have the opportunity to "opt out" of having your information used for this purpose. For example, at your request you may be added a " Wanted/Search/Wish List" in which case we would notify you if we find a certain item that you collect.

Withdrawing Your Consent
If you have asked us to be put on a "Wanted/Search/Wish List" we will always provide you the opportunity to be taken off the search list.

Information The Green Barn Collects from You
Listed here are some examples of the ways that we collect information about you and how we use it.

In-Store and Online Purchases
When you purchase an item from The Green Barn, you may need to provide us with contact and payment information (such as credit card information) so that we can process your request. Examples where we need contact information include but are not limited to delivery services and product servicing and returns. If we collect this information, we will also ask for your consent to use this information to send you promotional information on products

Privacy on the Internet
The Green Barn does not collect information that personally identifies individuals except when individuals provide such specific information on a voluntary basis. The Green Barn undertakes that such information will be kept strictly confidential. Individual information provided to The Green Barn to gain access to the site will not be sold or made available to a third party.

The Green Barn does reserve the right, however, to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics, in order to measure interest in and use of the various sections of its sites so as to improve design and navigation and to gather marketing information. Only aggregated data from these analyses, not individual data, will be used for this purpose.

As well, users should be aware that certain non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by The Green Barn through the operation of what are called "cookies". "Cookies" are small text files that identify an individual computer's browser entering a web site. They allow the site to track that browser's movement through the site over several sessions. Through cookies, a web site can recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behaviour that will allow content improvements. The Green Barn uses cookies only for the above-mentioned purposes and will not use them to identify users or to track non-The Green Barn usage.

Privacy Standards
The Green Barn’s privacy provisions are based on the CSA International's Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information, recognized as a national standard in 1996. The standard addresses the ways in which organizations collect, use and disclose personal information. It also addresses the rights of individuals to have access to their personal information and to have it corrected if necessary.

Definitions
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act is described as:
An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances, by providing for the use of electronic means to communicate or record information or transactions and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the Statute Revision Act.

The term record includes any correspondence, memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing, diagram, pictorial or graphic work, photograph, film, microform, sound recording, videotape, machine readable record, and any other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, and any copy thereof.

The term personal information is defined as information about an identifiable individual but does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.

1. Statement of Policy
It is the policy of The Green Barn to control the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in accordance with all requirements set out in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

1.1 Requirements
The following requirements shall be met by The Green Barn unless exempted by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

1. Accountability
The Green Barn is responsible for personal information under its control and shall designate a Privacy Coordinator to be accountable for the The Green Barn 's compliance with the Act.

2. Identifying Purposes
The purposes for which personal information is collected shall be identified at or before the time the information is collected.

3. Consent
The knowledge and consent of the individual are required for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information.

4. Limiting Collection
The collection of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified.

5. Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as permitted by law. Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

6. Accuracy
Personal information shall be as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

7. Safeguards
Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

8. Openness
The Green Barn shall make readily available to individuals specific information about its policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

9. Individual Access
Upon request, an individual shall be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of his or her personal information and shall be given access to that information. An individual shall be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate.

10. Challenging Compliance
An individual shall be able to address a challenge concerning compliance with the above principles to the designated individual or individuals accountable for the purpose of compliance.

Operating Principles
All questions related to the interpretation and application of this policy should be directed to the:.

Privacy Officer
The Green Barn
Hwy #1
RR #2
Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia
Canada B0S 1K0