Privacy Policy
Effective date: [Month Day, 2026] Last updated: [Month Day, 2026]
1. About This Privacy Policy
Total Prepare Inc. (“Total Prepare,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of our customers, website visitors, business contacts and other individuals who interact with us.
This Privacy Policy explains:
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What personal information we collect
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How and why we use it
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When we disclose it to service providers and other parties
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How we protect and retain it
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The choices and privacy rights available to you
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How to contact us with a privacy question, request or complaint
This policy applies to personal information collected through:
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Our website at www.totalprepare.ca
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Our website at solutions.totalprepare.ca
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Online orders and customer accounts
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Telephone and email communications
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Quote requests and organizational accounts
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Our Victoria retail location
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Customer-service, warranty and support interactions
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Marketing communications, surveys, contests and other promotions
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Other interactions where we indicate that this policy applies
2. What Is Personal Information?
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual. It may include information that identifies you directly, such as your name or email address, as well as information that may identify you when combined with other information, such as an IP address, device identifier or purchase history.
Personal information generally does not include information that has been anonymized so that it can no longer reasonably be associated with an identifiable individual.
3. Personal Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Total Prepare.
Contact and identity information
We may collect:
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Name
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Email address
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Telephone number
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Billing and shipping addresses
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Organization or employer
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Job title or professional role
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Preferred language
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Other contact information you provide
Order and transaction information
When you make a purchase or request a quote, we may collect:
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Products purchased or requested
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Order number and transaction history
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Billing and delivery details
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Shipping method and delivery status
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Discounts, promotions or gift cards used
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Returns, refunds, warranty claims and customer-service records
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Tax-exemption or organizational purchasing information, where applicable
Payment information
Payments are processed by Shopify Payments.
Payment providers may collect payment-card information, billing details and fraud-prevention information directly from you. Total Prepare generally does not receive or store complete payment-card numbers, although we may receive limited payment details such as the card type, the last digits of the card number, transaction status and payment authorization information.
Customer account information
When you create or use a customer account, we may collect:
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Account contact information
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Login or authentication information
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Saved addresses
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Order history
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Account preferences
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Communications and account activity
Organizational and quote information
When you contact us on behalf of a business, government body, school, healthcare provider, community organization or other institution, we may collect:
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Your business contact information
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Organization name and department
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Purchasing requirements
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Facility, program or project information
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Delivery locations
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Procurement and billing information
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Quote history and related communications
Please avoid providing confidential organizational information that is not reasonably necessary for us to respond to your request.
Communications and customer support
We may collect information you provide when you:
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Contact us by telephone, email, form, chat or social media
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Ask a product or preparedness question
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Request a quote
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Submit a complaint
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Request a return, refund or warranty service
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Participate in a survey or promotion
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Leave a review or other public submission
This information may include the content of your communication and any documents, photographs or other materials you choose to provide.
Marketing information
We may collect:
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Email subscription status
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Marketing preferences and consent records
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Engagement with emails, advertisements or campaigns
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Promotion, contest or survey participation
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Referring campaign or source
Website and device information
When you visit our website, we and our technology providers may automatically collect information such as:
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IP address
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Browser type and version
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Device type and operating system
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Device or cookie identifiers
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General or approximate location
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Referring website or campaign
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Pages viewed
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Links selected
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Search and browsing activity
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Cart and checkout activity
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Date and time of visits
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Website performance and error information
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Interactions with advertisements or marketing communications
Some of this information is collected through cookies, pixels, tags, software development kits and similar technologies.
In-store information
When you visit our retail location, we may collect personal information that you provide during a purchase, product inquiry, return or other customer-service interaction.
Other information you provide
We may collect other personal information when you voluntarily provide it and when the collection is reasonably connected to the purpose explained at the time.
We ask that you not provide sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your interaction with us.
4. How We Collect Personal Information
We may collect personal information:
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Directly from you
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From a person acting with your authorization
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Automatically through our websites and digital services
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From payment, delivery, technology or customer-service providers
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From an organization you represent
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From advertising, analytics and social media platforms
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From publicly available sources, where permitted by law
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Through referrals, partnerships or promotions, with appropriate authorization or consent
5. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
Provide products and services
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Process and fulfil orders
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Arrange shipping, pickup and delivery
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Create and manage customer accounts
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Process payments, refunds and credits
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Provide quotes and product recommendations
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Respond to questions and service requests
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Administer returns, warranties and complaints
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Communicate about orders, deliveries and account activity
Support organizational customers
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Assess organizational or project requirements
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Develop product and kit recommendations
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Prepare quotes and procurement documentation
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Coordinate inventory, fulfilment and national delivery
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Maintain organizational account histories
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Provide replenishment and ongoing account support
Operate and improve our business
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Maintain customer and transaction records
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Manage inventory and fulfilment
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Improve products, kits, services and website functionality
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Analyze sales and customer-service trends
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Train and support staff
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Conduct quality assurance
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Administer surveys, contests and promotions
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Plan business operations
Communicate and market
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Send newsletters, product announcements, promotions and educational content where we have appropriate consent or other legal authority
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Measure email and campaign engagement
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Personalize communications and product recommendations
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Manage marketing preferences and unsubscribe requests
Protect Total Prepare and our customers
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Verify transactions
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Prevent fraud, misuse and unauthorized activity
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Protect accounts and website security
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Enforce our terms and policies
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Investigate suspected unlawful or harmful conduct
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Protect the rights, safety and property of Total Prepare, our customers and others
Meet legal and regulatory requirements
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Maintain tax, accounting and transaction records
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Respond to lawful requests and legal proceedings
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Manage recalls, safety notices and regulatory obligations
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Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
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Comply with applicable laws
We will not use personal information for a materially different purpose without obtaining additional consent or otherwise having legal authority to do so.
6. Consent and Your Choices
We collect, use and disclose personal information with consent where consent is required by law.
The form of consent may vary depending on:
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The sensitivity of the information
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The purpose for which it is collected
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The reasonable expectations of the individual
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The method through which the interaction occurs
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Other circumstances permitted by law
Consent may be express or implied. For example, when you provide a shipping address to place an order, you consent to our use and disclosure of that address to process and deliver the order.
You may withdraw consent to certain uses of your personal information, subject to reasonable notice and any legal, regulatory, contractual or operational limitations. Withdrawing consent may affect our ability to provide certain products or services.
You may not be able to withdraw consent where personal information must be retained or used to complete a transaction, meet legal requirements, prevent fraud, maintain necessary business records or establish or defend legal claims.
7. When We Disclose Personal Information
We do not rent personal information to third parties.
We may disclose personal information to service providers and other parties that assist us with the purposes described in this policy.
Ecommerce platform
Our online store is hosted and supported by:
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Shopify: Ecommerce hosting, checkout, customer accounts, order processing, analytics and related services
Shopify may process personal information in accordance with its agreements with Total Prepare and its own privacy documentation.
Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy: https://www.shopify.com/ca/legal/privacy
Payment providers
We may disclose information to payment providers for payment processing, fraud screening, chargeback management and transaction support.
Current providers may include:
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Shopify Payments
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PayPal
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GooglePay
Inventory and order-management providers
We may use service providers to manage product inventory, purchasing, order information and fulfilment.
Current providers may include:
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Cin7 Omni
Shipping, warehousing and delivery providers
We disclose delivery information to carriers, warehouses and logistics providers so they can fulfil and deliver orders.
Current providers may include:
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ShipStation
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Canada Post
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UPS
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FedEx
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Purolator
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Day & Ross
A carrier’s handling of personal information may also be governed by its own privacy policy.
Customer relationship and support providers
We may use customer relationship management, email, chat, telephone and support platforms to manage inquiries and customer relationships.
Current providers may include:
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HubSpot
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Telus
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TrustPilot
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Google
Email and marketing providers
We may disclose contact and engagement information to providers that help us distribute and measure marketing communications.
Current providers may include:
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Shopify Email, Klaviyo
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HubSpot
Analytics and advertising providers
We may use analytics, advertising and social media providers to understand website activity, measure campaign performance and deliver or improve advertisements.
Current providers may include:
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Google Analytics
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Google Ads
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Meta
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LinkedIn
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Microsoft Advertising
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Shopify
These providers may collect information through cookies, pixels and similar technologies. Their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.
Technology, hosting and security providers
We may disclose information to providers that support:
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Website hosting and content delivery
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Cloud storage
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Cybersecurity
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Fraud prevention
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Error monitoring
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Data backup
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Document management
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Business communications
Current providers may include:
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Cloudflare
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Microsoft 365
Professional advisers
We may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary to accountants, auditors, insurers, lawyers and other professional advisers who provide services to Total Prepare.
Legal and regulatory disclosures
We may disclose personal information when we reasonably believe disclosure is required or permitted to:
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Comply with a law, court order or legal process
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Respond to a lawful request from a government, law-enforcement or regulatory authority
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Investigate fraud, security incidents or unlawful activity
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Protect the rights, property or safety of Total Prepare, our customers or others
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Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
Business transactions
Personal information may be disclosed as part of a proposed or completed financing, sale, merger, reorganization, transfer of assets or other business transaction.
Where required, we will use contractual or other safeguards and limit the information disclosed to what is reasonably necessary for the transaction.
8. Service Providers and Accountability
Some service providers process personal information on our behalf. Depending on the service, a provider may also process information for its own purposes under its own privacy policy and terms.
We select providers based on factors that may include their capabilities, security practices, contractual commitments and the nature of the information involved.
Where appropriate, we use contractual, organizational and technical measures intended to require providers acting on our behalf to:
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Protect personal information
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Use it only for authorized purposes
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Limit access to personnel who require it
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Notify us of relevant privacy or security incidents
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Retain information only as necessary
Total Prepare remains responsible for personal information under its control, including information transferred to service providers for processing.
9. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used for the following purposes:
Essential technologies
These technologies support necessary functions such as:
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Website security
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Shopping-cart operation
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Checkout
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Account authentication
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Fraud prevention
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Remembering privacy choices
The website may not function properly without essential technologies.
Functional technologies
These technologies remember choices and help provide features such as language, location, account or display preferences.
Analytics technologies
These technologies help us understand how visitors use the website, identify errors, measure performance and improve the customer experience.
Advertising and personalization technologies
These technologies may be used to:
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Measure advertising performance
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Understand whether an advertisement led to a visit or purchase
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Build advertising audiences
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Personalize content or advertisements
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Limit repetitive advertising
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies and similar technologies will not be activated until you provide consent.
You can manage your choices through:
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Our cookie banner or privacy-preference tool
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Your browser settings
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Advertising controls offered by individual platforms
Blocking certain technologies may affect website functionality or the accuracy of saved preferences.
Our website recognizes Global Privacy Control signals in the regions and circumstances supported by our ecommerce or consent-management platform.
10. Profiling and Automated Processing
We and our service providers may use browsing, purchase and engagement information to better understand customer interests, measure marketing performance, prevent fraud and provide relevant product recommendations.
We do not currently make decisions that have significant effects on an individual based exclusively on automated processing without meaningful human involvement.
Where required by law, you may request information about the use of automated processing, the principal factors involved and the opportunity to have the decision reviewed by a member of our team.
11. Marketing Communications
We may send promotional emails or other commercial electronic messages where we have your express consent, valid implied consent or other legal authority.
Marketing messages will include an unsubscribe mechanism. You may unsubscribe at any time by:
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Selecting the unsubscribe link in the message
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Updating your communication preferences
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Contacting us using the information below
Unsubscribing from promotional communications will not prevent us from sending transactional or service-related messages, such as:
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Order confirmations
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Shipping updates
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Account or security notices
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Responses to inquiries
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Recall or product-safety information
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Other communications necessary to provide requested services
We may retain limited information about an unsubscribe request to ensure that the preference continues to be respected.
12. International and Interprovincial Processing
Total Prepare is based in British Columbia and serves customers throughout Canada.
Some of our service providers may store or process personal information:
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Outside British Columbia
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Outside your province or territory
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Outside Canada, including in the United States or other jurisdictions
As a result, personal information may be subject to the laws of another jurisdiction and may be accessible to courts, law-enforcement agencies, national-security authorities or other government bodies in accordance with those laws.
Where required, we assess relevant privacy considerations and use contractual or other measures intended to protect personal information processed by providers in other jurisdictions.
Contact our Privacy Officer for more information about our use of service providers outside your province or Canada.
13. Retention of Personal Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, or as required or permitted by law.
Retention periods vary based on factors such as:
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The type and sensitivity of the information
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The purpose for which it was collected
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The duration of the customer or business relationship
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Tax, accounting and regulatory requirements
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Product warranties and safety obligations
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Fraud-prevention and security requirements
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Limitation periods and potential legal claims
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Customer preferences and consent
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Our internal retention schedule
For example, we may retain transaction records after an order has been completed to meet tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, warranty, product-safety and legal requirements.
When personal information is no longer required, we will securely delete, destroy or anonymize it in accordance with our retention practices and applicable law.
14. Safeguarding Personal Information
We use administrative, technical and physical safeguards appropriate to the nature and sensitivity of the personal information in our custody or control.
These safeguards may include:
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Access controls and staff permissions
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Password and authentication controls
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Encryption in transit
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Secure payment processing
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Staff training and confidentiality requirements
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Service-provider assessments and contractual safeguards
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Monitoring, backup and security tools
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Physical protections for records and facilities
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Privacy and security incident-response procedures
No website, network, transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.
Customers are responsible for protecting their account credentials and should contact us promptly if they believe an account or interaction with Total Prepare has been compromised.
15. Privacy and Security Incidents
We maintain procedures for identifying, assessing and responding to privacy and security incidents.
Where required by law, we will notify affected individuals, privacy regulators or other organizations of a breach of security safeguards.
We also maintain records of privacy and security incidents as required by applicable law.
16. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and the circumstances of your request, you may have the right to:
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Request access to personal information we hold about you
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Ask how your personal information has been used or disclosed
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Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
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Withdraw consent to certain uses or disclosures
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Request deletion or anonymization where applicable
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Object to or limit certain processing where applicable
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Request information about automated decision-making where applicable
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Request review of a decision made exclusively through automated processing where applicable
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Request a portable copy of certain computerized personal information where applicable
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Submit a privacy complaint without retaliation
These rights are subject to exceptions and limitations under applicable law. For example, we may be unable to provide information that would reveal another person’s personal information, confidential commercial information or legally privileged information.
We may also need to retain certain information to meet legal obligations or complete an ongoing transaction.
Submitting a request
Send privacy requests to our Privacy Officer using the contact information at the end of this policy.
Please clearly describe:
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The information or action you are requesting
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Your name and contact information
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Your relationship with Total Prepare
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Relevant order, account or correspondence details
We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before processing a request. We will use identity-verification information only for the purpose of confirming the request.
We will respond within the period required by applicable law. Where permitted, we may extend the response period or charge a reasonable fee, but we will notify you before doing so.
17. Children and Minors
Our website and services are intended for adults and are not directed to children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children where parental or guardian consent is required by law.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate authorization, contact our Privacy Officer so we can review the matter.
18. Reviews, Social Media and Public Content
Information submitted through a public review, comment, social media interaction or other public feature may be visible to other users and may be copied or shared outside our control.
Do not include sensitive personal information, order details, payment information or other confidential information in public submissions.
We may use or display reviews and public submissions in accordance with the permissions provided at the time of submission and applicable law.
19. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to websites, social media platforms and services operated by other organizations.
This Privacy Policy does not govern the privacy practices of third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information or using their services.
A link to another website does not mean that Total Prepare controls or endorses its privacy or security practices.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect:
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Changes to our products, services or technology
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Changes to our service providers
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Changes to our business operations
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Legal or regulatory developments
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Improvements to our privacy practices
The revised policy will be posted on our website with an updated “Last updated” date.
Where changes are material or where required by law, we may provide additional notice through the website, email, account notification or another appropriate method. We will request additional consent where required.
Previous versions of this policy may be available by contacting our Privacy Officer.
21. Questions and Complaints
Contact our Privacy Officer with any question, access request, correction request or complaint concerning personal information.
We will investigate privacy complaints and respond within a reasonable period.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to contact the applicable privacy regulator, including:
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The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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The Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec
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Another provincial or territorial privacy regulator, where applicable
22. Contact Total Prepare
Privacy Officer Total Prepare Inc. 48 Crease Avenue Victoria, British Columbia [Postal code] Canada
Privacy email: hello@totalprepare.ca General email: hello@totalprepare.ca Telephone: 1-888-832-1733 Local telephone: 778-265-5331