Privacy Policy

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PRIVACY POLICY

of

Wendy's Barnyard Treats

1) INTRODUCTION

a. This privacy policy is revised as of: December 16, 2024.

b. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (S.C. 2000, c.

5) (PIPEDA) governs how organizations collect, use, and disclose personal

information of individuals in the course of business.

c. This privacy policy is intended to provide information on the way in which

Wendy's Barnyard Treats uses, collects, and discloses the personal information of

its clients and customers.

d. Only the information that Wendy's Barnyard Treats requires in order to carry out

its services to clients and customers will be documented and stored in a secure

manner. Our business to our clients and customers includes the following and is the

reason for which we require personal information:

Personal information such as email address and payment information is collect

at the time of purchase or email only when using the contact form

e. Wendy's Barnyard Treats always ensures to protect the personal information of

its clients while in the course of business.

f. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (Commissioner) oversees PIPEDA and

addresses complaints by individuals.

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2) COLLECTION AND CONSENT

a. Collection of personal information is classified as an individual's name, age,

income, heritage, credit records, medical records, Social Insurance Number, marital

status, education level, and more.

b. Consent can be either express or implied.

c. Consent to use, collect and disclose your personal information may be implied by

your conduct with Wendy's Barnyard Treats. This may include correspondence and

communications with us about retaining our services. By engaging Wendy's

Barnyard Treats, consent to the collection, use and disclosure of our clients' and

customers' personal information is implied by such engagement. Throughout the

duration of our engagement, Wendy's Barnyard Treats will continue to obtain

necessary personal information in order to accurately represent its' clients and

customers, and such, in accordance with PIPEDA.

d. Wendy's Barnyard Treats makes attempts to collect information directly from our

clients and customers, but may need to collect information indirectly from other

sources when necessary, all of which is completed in a legal manner consistent with

PIPEDA.

e. Legal exceptions to having to obtain consent include as follows:

if asking for express consent has the effect of compromising the accuracy of

the information;

collection of information is in the best interests of our client or customer;

information is in a witness statement and the collection is needed to settle an

insurance claim;

to comply with the law, including warrants, subpoenas, and investigations.

f. Clients and customers may withdraw their consent. This withdrawal may be

subject to certain restrictions depending on the circumstances. If that's the case,

reasonable notice may be required.

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3) PURPOSE OF COLLECTION

a. Wendy's Barnyard Treats needs to collect personal information from its clients or

customers in order to properly and accurately represent its clients and customers,

and such, in accordance with PIPEDA. Information also needs to be collected for

the following purposes:

b. The information that we collect may also include information of other entities with

whom our clients or customers conduct business. This may be needed in order to

facilitate our services to our clients and customers.

c. Any changes in the use of the information that we collected shall be done with the

- The purpose of the records collected are in conduction with the purchase of the

items contained within the website.

express consent of our clients and customers. This means that if we collected client

information for a certain purpose and later needed to conduct a separate, unrelated

matter for the same client, we will obtain the client's consent prior to using the

information for the separate, unrelated matter.

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4) USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

a. Personal information provided to Wendy's Barnyard Treats by its clients and

customers may need to be disclosed to third parties in order for us to properly

represent and act in our clients' and customers' best interests. Only the information

required by a third party is disclosed in order to complete the tasks for which the

information was needed. This may include, for example, having to disclose personal

information to a government authority in order to register our client or customer with

a regulatory government body.

b. Information may need to be disclosed in the narrowest of circumstances to

facilitate our engagement.

c. When information is provided to us, whether upon our request or not, the delivery

of such information is deemed to be done with consent, and Wendy's Barnyard

Treats may collect, use, and disclose that information.

d. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our clients' and customers' personal information

shall be treated with the strictest confidence, and thus, any personal information

shall not be disclosed without consent, unless otherwise required by law. However,

as a professional bound by a code of conduct, such code may require the disclosure

of personal information pursuant to such code under certain circumstances.

e. In accordance with our professional obligations, rules and regulations, Wendy's

Barnyard Treats may be subject to audit by its professional governing body. Such

an audit may require the disclosure of sensitive client information. Auditors and file

reviewers are subject to the same code of confidentiality, and therefore client or

customer information shall not be disseminated.

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5) SECURITY AND RETENTION OF INFORMATION

a. Pursuant to our professional code of conduct, we are required to retain

information of our clients and customers in accordance with the terms therein. We

adhere to the requirements of our professional code of conduct. Where our

professional code of conduct permits, we will only retain personal information for as

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long as it is necessary to complete the tasks for which we were retained.

b. When it is reasonable and legal to do so, Wendy's Barnyard Treats shall discard

all of our clients' and customers' personal information, whether digitally stored or

otherwise, and shall comply with applicable law in doing so.

c. During the destruction process, all information that Wendy's Barnyard Treats

holds shall be kept confidential.

6) SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION

a. Employees of Wendy's Barnyard Treats shall only have access to relevant

records if they are delegated tasks for which access to those records is necessary.

Access to records is on a need-to-know basis.

b. Wendy's Barnyard Treats is a paperless office and will protect electronic records

by:

Information is collected and stored using the highest encryption software that is

provided from the website host.

c. Wendy's Barnyard Treats ensures that all of the hardware is password-protected.

d. All important communications from Wendy's Barnyard Treats to third-parties or

other entities containing sensitive client or customer information shall be encrypted

through the use of secure-software communications and password-protected PDFs,

where applicable.

e. Workplace policies are in place which prohibit Wendy's Barnyard Treats from

clicking on any form of spam mail, suspicious messages, or access to malicious

websites.

f. Personal devices and hardware of employees and staff at Wendy's Barnyard

Treats is prohibited unless specific authorization is requested and subsequently

granted.

g. Where applicable, Wendy's Barnyard Treats will utilize public and private clouds

to store and secure client and customer data across all of their devices. Public cloud

use is through one or more of Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, and more. Private cloud

use is done with the storage of files and records on secure servers using a private

cloud network with, typically, more than one harddrive working in tandem through

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usage of a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and specific configurations.

h. Cyberattacks are taken very seriously and we ensure to maintain strong firewalls

and applications to prevent malicious cyber threats that may compromise the

confidential nature of the sensitive information we keep on file.

7) REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION

a. Individuals have the right to submit a written request to have their information

removed from the records of Wendy's Barnyard Treats, and to access and verify

their information. Where permitted by law, we will respond to any request in the

timeframe provided for under PIPEDA.

b. Access may not be granted in certain circumstances, including the following:

I. Information protected by solicitor-client privilege;

II. Information that could be reasonably expected to reveal confidential

commercial information;

III. Information disclosed to law enforcement;

IV. Information produced in a formal dispute; and

V. All other exceptions under PIPEDA.

c. Information that clients or customers have with Wendy's Barnyard Treats may be

corrected and amended upon written request. Notice must be provided with the

updated information so that our records can be duly updated to reflect the changes.

Once the changes are made, we shall also provide notice to relevant third parties

and keep them informed.

d. Personal information maintained is kept accurate, up-to-date, and complete.

Individuals may challenge any information that is incorrect or incomplete by giving

notice to Wendy's Barnyard Treats. However, only information that is necessary for

purposes related to the collection of the information in the first place shall be

changed by Wendy's Barnyard Treats.

e. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner can be contacted for any complaints.

8) CONTACT

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, or the manner

in which information is stored or kept confidential, do not hesitate to contact Wendy's

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Barnyard Treats using the below contact information. We shall respond to inquiries as

soon as practicable. For inquiries with specific timelines established under PIPEDA, we

shall adhere to those criteria.

Wendy's Barnyard Treats

Roslin

Ontario

Canada

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wendysbarnyardtreats@gmail.com