Privacy Policy

We at Fitness Republics (“website”) respect your privacy in handling Personal Information relating to you and your use of our website fitnessrepublics.com (” Website “).“Personal Information” may include any personal information, such as your name, address, IP address, mailing address, contact information, email address or phone number and other information you may submit through the Website. For example, if you sign up to receive Fitness Republics newsletters, or submit blog posts to Fitness Republics, may request and you may be required to provide personal information, including, without limitation, your e-mail address. While the personal information we collect may come directly from you, it may also be provided by our affiliates or other third parties.

By using or accessing the Website in any way, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your information in the manner described herein.

When you provide Personal Information to us, in any way or through any medium (e.g. customer service, Website, tec.), you are consenting to the manner in which Company may collect, use, disclose and otherwise manage your Personal Information, which is set forth herein.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully in order to understand what information Fitness Republics collects about visitors to the Website, and how Fitness Republics uses that information. If you do not agree with the content of this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website. We encourage you to check our Website frequently to see the current Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in effect and any changes that may have been made to them. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy we will post the revised Privacy Policy and the revised effective date on this Website. If you use the Website after any changes to the Privacy Policy have been posted, this means you agree to all of the changes. This Policy is part of our Terms and Conditions. Please click here to see that agreement. You may withdraw your consent to collection, use and disclosure of your personal information at any time, subject to legal and contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.

This Privacy Policy only covers our treatment of your personal information that we gather when you are accessing or using our Website.

Permission to Use This Website . The Website is not intended or designed to be used by anyone under the age of 13. Company does not collect Personal Information from any person it knows to be under the age of 13. If you are under 13, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE AND DO NOT SEND ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. IF YOU ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 17, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE UNLESS YOU ARE SUPERVISED BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN OR HAVE RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM YOUR PARENT/GUARDIAN.

DO NOT SEND US INFORMATION UNLESS YOU CONSENT TO THE APPLICATION OF CANADIAN AND U.S. LAW AND TO THE USE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION CONSISTENT WITH THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT.

Collection and Use of Personal Information. We may collect Personal Information that you provide us when you: purchase, order, return, exchange or request certain information about our products and services; contact customer service; register with the Website or participate in another feature of our Website, that requires your Personal Information; or when you provide us with comments, suggestions or content for social media or blog posts. We would like to inform you of products and services, sales and special offers that might benefit you. When you register online, you will have the opportunity to sign up for e-mails about our products, services, sales and special offers. If you would like to stop receiving such promotional information from Company, please see the “Privacy Preferences/Opt-Out” section of this Privacy Statement.

We may also collect Personal Information about you from our third party service providers who provide us with e-commerce and/or technical related associated with functionality and purposes of the Website.

Company also uses Personal Information to continually assess and improve the Website and the products and services we offer. To serve you better, we may combine the Personal Information that you give us with publicly available information and information we receive from or cross-reference with our marketing partners and others.

Fitness Republics may also collect, use and disclose personal information you provide in order to contact you; respond to your inquiries and provide you with relevant information from time to time; provide services and products requested by you; administer or otherwise carry out our obligations in relation to any agreement you have with us; bill for services and products provided to you for which there is a charge; compile statistics for analytical and marketing purposes, and any other purposes which we inform you about when we ask you for information.

Fitness Republics will not sell, rent or otherwise disclose this information to any third party, except as described in this Privacy Policy. Personal Information may be collected, used and disclosed as described in this Privacy Policy, and as required or permitted by law, and by submitting your Personal Information you are agreeing that Fitness Republics may do so. Fitness Republics may disclose non-personal information (from which individuals cannot be identified, and which do not relate to individuals) in aggregate form, with third parties for business purposes, such as consultants and advisors to Fitness Republics. Fitness Republics will disclose your personal information to a third party if required or permitted to do so by law or if, in good faith, Fitness Republics believes that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend Fitness Republics 's rights and property or prevent fraud; (3) protect Fitness Republics against abuse, misuse or unauthorized use of Fitness Republics's products or services; or (4) protect the personal safety or property of its personnel, users of this Website or the public. The servers that serve the Website automatically identify a computer by its IP address. If Fitness Republics, in good faith, determines that you have used the service to menace, threaten, harass, intimidate or otherwise deceptively pose as another person, or in any other way not consistent with law or Fitness Republics’s
Terms and Conditions of Use and this Privacy Policy, your actions will be investigated and your IP address may be
disclosed to the recipient of any email, their legal counsel or representatives, and law enforcement officials as part of such an investigation. Fitness Republics may transfer its database, including personal information contained therein, to a third party who acquires all or substantially all of the assets or stock of Fitness Republics whether by merger, acquisition, reorganization or otherwise.

In addition to the purposes indicated above, Fitness Republics may use personal information to provide other products, services and information that users request, to contact users in connection with Fitness Republics’s events, news and other activities, and to provide users with additional information about events, products and services in which they might be interested. If you do not want your personal information used for these purposes, you may opt out by contacting our Privacy Officer as outlined below under Personal Information: Access and Correction.

Your personal information may be transferred outside of Canada for processing and storage. We or our service providers may store personal information on servers located in other jurisdictions, including the United States. Please note that privacy laws in such jurisdictions differ from Canadian privacy laws and that in some jurisdictions your personal information may be accessed by law enforcement authorities or the courts in such jurisdictions. You may obtain information and address questions about the privacy policies and practices relating to handling of your personal information outside of Canada by contacting our Privacy Officer as outlined below under Personal Information: Access and Correction.

Privacy Preferences / Opt-Out. If you wish to Opt-Out from any of the aforementioned uses of Personal Information, except in the case of Legal Proceedings, please contact us via email at info@fitnessrepublics.com your subsequent disclosure of Personal Information nullifies any prior Opt-Out request. Third Party Access to Personal Information. Some of our operations, such as website administration, technical support, and/or electronic commerce, may be managed by third parties unaffiliated with Company. These companies may share Personal Information with their affiliates and with service providers whom they engage to perform services related to our Website or the operation of our business.

Legal Proceedings. If Company or any of our service providers is requested by law enforcement officials or judicial authorities to provide Personal Information on individual users, Company or the applicable service provider may, without your consent, provide such information. In matters involving claims of personal or public safety, Company or the applicable service provider may provide your Personal Information to appropriate authorities without your consent or court process. Company or our Service Providers also will provide your Personal Information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or in litigation involving Company, the applicable service provider, or otherwise as required by law. We may also disclose Personal Information to assist in debt collection where you owe a debt to us.

California Resident Information Sharing Disclosure Requests. If you are a California resident, you have the right to request one Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure per year which will identify the third parties with whom Company or any of our affiliates has shared the Personal Information we have collected from you. You may request the Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure by writing to us at privacy@fitnessrepublics.com. We will respond to your request for a Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure within 30 days.

Cookies. Our Website uses “cookies”. A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Websites can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so we can recognize your computer when you return. Cookies also assist with performance of various aspects of the Website. You may set your Web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. However, should you decide not to accept cookies from our Website, you will limit the functionality we can provide when you visit our Website.

Security. We maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure of Personal Information in our custody and control. We also are committed to employing reasonable technology in order to protect the security of our Website. However, even with the best technology, no website is 100% secure.

Outside Links. This Privacy Statement only applies to the Website. The Website may include links to the websites of our business partners, vendors and advertisers. These other sites are outside of our control. Please be aware that these websites may collect information about you, and operate according to their own privacy practices which may differ from those contained in our Privacy Statement.

Modification to Privacy Statement. From time to time we may modify or amend this Privacy Statement in order to comply with new laws or regulations or to reflect future changes in our business practices. Any changes in our policies will be communicated in this page so please check back on occasion.

LINKED WEBSITES

This Website (including, without limitation, such features as Fitness Republics’s newsletters or blogs) may contain links or otherwise provide access to third party websites and services. Please be aware that Fitness Republics has no control over the policies and practices of third party websites or businesses as to privacy or anything else and is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. Fitness Republics encourages users to be aware when they leave this Website and to read the privacy statements of each website they visit that collects personal information. While Fitness Republics carefully chooses the websites to link to, this Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected on this Website.

SECURITY

Fitness Republics uses appropriate physical, organizational and technological measures to protect the personal information you provide to us against loss or theft, and unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. This includes limiting access on a “need-to-know” basis. However, no electronic data transmission can be guaranteed to be secure from access by unintended recipients and Fitness Republics will not be responsible for any breach of security unless this breach is due to its negligence.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: ACCESS AND CORRECTION; QUESTIONS

If you wish to access your personal information, or request that your personal information be removed from our database, you may contact our Privacy Officer as outlined below. Fitness Republics will provide access to this information, correct any factual inaccuracies identified, and remove information as requested. We may be unable to remove information to the extent that it is permitted or required to be retained by applicable law or document retention and data backup policies, or if removal is not practicable due to technological reasons. Removal of your personal information may prevent us from providing further services and information to you.

If you have any questions about this policy, this Website or its offerings, or to request access to or update your Personal Information, or if you have questions or concerns about the collection, use, disclosure, amendment or deletion of your personal information, you may contact us online at info@fitnessrepublics.com