Respecting and protecting your privacy is important to us and a priority in our continuing relationship.
Stephen Rhodes and Associates collects a minimal amount of personal information through various means, such as through your enrolment in Training Seminars and e-mails, which you send to us.

-Stephen Rhodes and Associates collects this information so that we can carry out one or more of the following:
-Include you in preferred contact activities, such as special promotions and bonus offers and the quarterly newsletter.
-Manage, develop and improve our business and operations.
-Assist in the development and marketing of our training products and services.
-To comply with any legal or regulatory requirements, or to cooperate with police and/or financial institutions during any investigation of credit/debit card and/or suspected criminal/fraudulent activities.

Stephen Rhodes and Associates takes great care to ensure your personal information is securely stored. Access to this information is restricted to authorized personnel of Stephen Rhodes and Associates. Your personal information is held in confidence and will not be made available to third parties except by legal requirement.

It is important to protect your privacy in the online world, and to insist that the Web sites you deal with respect your privacy.
The technology that enables the Internet is constantly changing, but the good news is that standards for privacy continue to rise. Stephen Rhodes and Associates is committed to upholding your privacy rights which are subject to federal privacy laws in Canada.

This page summarizes our privacy policy and information practices for this Web site. It is intended to provide you with a complete and accurate basis for making informed decisions when choosing to communicate with Stephen Rhodes and Associates via this site.

During a visit to our Web site, your privacy is respected. We do not collect personal information about you unless you choose to send us an e-mail, in which you voluntarily provide your name and contact information. The nature of the Internet is such that it passively and automatically collects certain information about a user's traffic patterns, linked to their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. These are unique Internet "addresses" assigned to all Web users by their Internet Service Providers (ISP). Web servers automatically log IP addresses. While the IP address does not identify an individual on its face, it may with the cooperation of the ISP be used to locate and identify an individual using the Web. The IP address is considered personal information because it is an identifying number, and IP addresses are therefore protected by most privacy legislation Visitors' personal information received via e-mail is provided only to Stephen Rhodes and Associates personnel, who require the information to respond to inquiries. We do not use this information for any other purpose. We protect all personal information in our custody with strong security safeguards, including strict access controls.

As we cannot guarantee the security of electronic systems or e-mail, we do not recommend sending sensitive personal information electronically at this time.

Server logs: Our servers automatically log information about visits to our Web site in the normal course of establishing and maintaining Web connections. Server logs record statistical information, such as visitors' IP addresses, type of operating systems, time and duration of visit, Web pages requested, and identify categories of visitors by items such as domains and browser types. We do not link server log information to any other data in a way that would enable us to identify individual visitors. However, we may review server logs for security purposes, for example, to detect intrusions into our network. The possibility therefore exists that server log data, which contains visitors' IP addresses, could in instances of criminal malfeasance be used to trace and identify individuals. In such instances, raw data logs would be shared with appropriate investigative bodies authorized to investigate such breaches of security. Under normal circumstances, these logs are retained for a maximum period of 45 days.

Cookies: Our site makes use of "per-session" cookies. Cookies are small text files offered to your computer by Web servers in order to keep track of your browser as you navigate the site. Unlike "persistent" cookies, which are stored on your hard drive and can last for years, even decades, "per-session" cookies are stored only in your browser's temporary (cache) memory and are deleted when you shut down your browser.

Here is how our session cookies work: Each time you visit our site, our Web server offers your browser a temporary session cookie containing only a randomly generated alphanumeric string.

Our use of session cookies ensures your online privacy and security. Here's why:
- The contents of our session cookie are not linked, shared or associated in any way with personal information that you may have supplied to us or made available elsewhere.
- A new and unique session cookie is randomly generated for each visit. This means that we cannot track or link together multiple visits by any single user over time.
- Our session cookies cannot be "read" by any other Web servers, meaning that you cannot be tracked or profiled using our cookie when you surf across multiple sites on the Web.

NOTE: Visiting our Web site with cookies disabled will have no significant impact on your browsing experience. You can set your browser to detect and reject cookies. Please consult your browser's Help Menu for instructions.

Other sites to which we provide links may be governed by different policies. Stephen Rhodes and Associates does not assume responsibility for the information practices of these other Web sites, and we strongly encourage all Web visitors to review the privacy policies and statements of all externally linked sites.
Contact: Questions about this policy may be directed to info@stephenrhodes.ca