Aug 23 Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is applicable to all Franchise websites.

The Franchise respects the privacy of its Internet users and will protect that privacy as vigorously as possible.

The Franchise does not collect information that personally identifies individuals except when individuals provide such specific information on a voluntary basis. There may be occasions where specific personal information is requested before an individual can enter certain sections of a The Franchise site. For example, registration is needed to comment on the The Franchise. This kind of registration helps us to ensure that content standards on these sections of the site are rigorously upheld.

In all such cases, The Franchise will collect only information that is voluntarily provided by the user and undertakes that such information will be kept strictly confidential. Individual information provided to The Franchise to gain access to any feature of a The Franchise site will not be sold or made available to a third party.

The Franchise 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 Franchise 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 Franchise uses cookies only for the above-mentioned purposes and will not use them to identify users or to track non-The Franchise usage.

If you do not want a cookie placed on your computer by The Franchise, you may disable cookies altogether by modifying the Preferences section of your Netscape or Internet Explorer browser (under Edit/Preferences/Advanced). Note that it is possible that some aspects of The Franchise sites may be unavailable to you if you choose this option.

If you have no problem accepting cookies, but wish to be informed of their appearance, you may turn on a warning prompt by modifying the cookie warning section in Edit/Preferences/Advanced.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here .

House Rules

The Franchise accepts no responsibility for messages posted in the comments section of this website. The views expressed are those of the author, and are not necessarily the views of The Franchise or any persons associated with this site.

You agree, that you will not use this site to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of Canadian law.

You agree not to hijack threads for your own agenda or profit. Advertisements, chain letters, harassments, personal attacks, solicitations, and gratuitous deviations from the topic at hand are inappropriate in this site's comments section.

We reserve the right to remove comments, and in the event of repeat offenders, posting privileges of any user who posts inappropriate material to this site.

Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable should contact us immediately by email. info@thefranchise.ca

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