AOR understands and appreciates the importance of keeping your information private and secure. Our privacy statement thoroughly explains how we guarantee your security and use your information when ordering or requesting information from AOR.ca. By visiting AOR.ca, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

1. Using Information We Collect Online

Our primary goal in collecting your Personal Information or Usage Information is to provide you with an enhanced experience when using our website. We automatically collect information about your Internet connection, such as: (i) the IP address of the web site from which you linked directly to our Site; (ii) the date and time you access our Site; and (iii) the pages you visit; and (iv) the date, time and page from which you exit our Site.

2. Information Provided by You

You may provide personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) in order to use certain portions of the Site and so that we can communicate with you. By providing such information, you consent to our collection and use of this Personal Information, as described in this Privacy Policy. Your Personal Information includes information you provide during any registration process or information you provide to us subsequently, including contact information, such as your name, address, phone number and email address; financial and billing information, such as your credit card number and/or bank and account information.

3. Use and Security of Your Information

We use Personal Information obtained from you to provide products and services to you, respond to your questions or inquiries, identify areas of user interest, allow you to participate in contests and promotions, assess your suitability as a potential franchisee, communicate with you and consider possible improvements to our site. While we strive to protect your information through measures to protect our system, such security cannot be guaranteed. Consequently, we do not ensure or warrant the security of information you transmit, and you do so at your own risk.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or other’s rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

5. Linked Sites

We mayprovide links on AOR.ca to other sites of interest. We do not review or endorse the content of these sites or guarantee that they will abide by this Privacy Policy. Your use of such linked websites is subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policies of the providers of those sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave AOR.ca and to read the privacy statements of each website that collects Personal Information.

6. Cookies

 AOR may use “cookies” to track your preferences and activities on the AOR website. Cookies are small data files transferred to your computer’s hard-drive by a website. They keep a record of your preferences, making your subsequent visits to the site more efficient. Cookies may store a variety of information, including, the number of times that you access a website, your registration information and the number of times that you view a particular page or other items on the site. The use of cookies is a common practice adopted by most major websites to serve their clients better. Most browsers are designed to accept cookies, but they can be easily modified to block cookies; see your browser’s help files for details on how to block cookies, how to know when you have received cookies and how to disable cookies completely. You should note, however, that without cookies, some of the website’s functions will not be available, and the user will lose some of the benefits of the site.

7. Opt-Out Email Addresses

If you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from AOR, please follow the opt-out instructions on any marketing email you receive from AOR Connect.

8. Information Collected on Pages AOR has on Social Media Sites

Personal information may be collected directly by AOR through our Social Media Pages and may also be collected by the social media site hosting the AOR Social Media Page.

Personal information collected by the social media sites: This privacy policy does not cover the privacy and security practices of the social media sites on which AOR has Social Media Pages. Please review privacy policies and terms of service on social media sites if you have any questions about their privacy or security practices.

The social media sites where AOR has Social Media Pages may provide cumulative information and analysis to AOR about your use of our Social Media Pages. This allows us to better understand and evaluate our user growth, general demographic information about the users of our Social Media Pages, and interaction with content on our Social Media Pages. Overall, this information may be used to help us understand the types of visitors and users of our Social Media Pages and use of the content.

9. The AOR Blog

AOR offers a Blog on our website, which is publicly viewable and accessible. Please note that any information you provide on the Blog, including, but not limited to, comments, may be read, collected and used by others who access the Blog. Also, if you choose to comment on any Blog post, the content of such comment, along with your username, photo, and a description of your previous activity on the Blog, if applicable, will be publicly viewable via the Blog. If you have placed your Personal Information on the Blog and want it removed, contact us at [email protected]

10. Giveaways, Contests and Promotions

From time to time, we offer giveaways, contests, and other promotions through our website that require registration. By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to official rules that govern that Promotion, and we may request certain information (including Personal Information) from you to allow your participation. Participation in Promotions is completely voluntary, and you, therefore, have a choice whether or not to disclose any of such needed Personal Information or other information.

11. Information Collected via Telephone Support

We may collect personal information from you when you contact us via telephone. This will include any information that you may provide us over the phone about yourself or the issue you are contacting us about. We will use this information solely to provide the relevant customer support services to you.

Updates to Privacy Policy

As we continue to offer you new and different types of content and services, we may modify our information collection, use or disclosure practices. Should there be a material change to our information collection, use or disclosure practices, it will be applied only to information collected on a going forward basis, and we will update this privacy policy statement.