Privacy Notice

1. Accountability

• MGC is responsible for personal information under its control.
• All MGC employees are responsible for day-to-day compliance.
• When we use trusted third parties to act on our behalf by performing such functions as fulfilling orders, delivering packages, or processing credit card payments, contractual or other appropriate means are used to ensure compliance by such third parties with this Policy and all applicable privacy laws.

2. Identifying Purposes

• Unless the purpose is self-evident due to the nature of the transaction in question, MGC will identify the purposes for which personal information is collected at or before the time the information is collected.
• The proposed purposes will be described in a reasonably understandable manner.
• An example of a self-evident purpose is requesting the name and address of the person placing an order in order to ensure proper delivery.

3. Consent

• MGC will collect and use your personal information only with your knowledge and consent.
• You may withdraw your consent at any time, on reasonable notice, subject to legal or contractual restrictions.

4. Limiting Collection

• The collection of personal information by MGC will be limited to what is necessary to ship and process your orders or to sign you up for a desired online service.

5. Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention

• Personal information will be used for the purposes for which it was collected.
• Profile information may be used to create personalized content, services, and advertising on or related to MGC. MGC may also use your profile information to create aggregate reports. Such profile information is anonymous and does not contain any personally identifiable information.
• Your personal information will be retained only as long as necessary or as required by law.
• MGC will not sell or distribute your personal information, even with like-minded organizations.

6. Accuracy

• MGC will keep your personal information as accurate, complete and up-to-date as necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

7. Safeguards

• MGC will protect personal information by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, including through the use of the following measures: physical (i.e. locked filing cabinets, restricted access, appropriate disposal of personal information), organizational (i.e. security clearances, access only on a "need to know" basis), technological (i.e. passwords, encryption) and training of employees.

8. Individual Access

• MGC will ensure you have access to updating your information directly wherever possible.
• You have the right to challenge the accuracy and completeness of your information and have it amended as appropriate.

Security Notice

• Access to your account including placing an order online are protected with Secure Socket Layers ("SSL") encryption technology. This creates an encrypted connection between your browser and our servers, ensuring that your personal information is not intercepted and read by any other parties.
• MGC servers are kept in a secure Tier 1 environment to ensure unauthorized personnel do not get physical access to our machines.
• MGC never reveals your credit card number when confirming an order. In fact, MGC's on-line systems do not store your credit card number.
• MGC utilizes a reputable third party credit card processor that uses state of the art security and extensive physical access controls to ensure your data is maintained as strictly confidential. Read more about Moneris E-Select Plus.

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