Celebrations simplified, amplified and filled with love. Award-winning wedding and event planner based in Hamilton, Ontario. 

As of March 1, 2022

At Amavi Event Planning + Design, accessible from https://amavievents.ca/ (hereafter referred to as AmaviEvents.ca) one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors.  This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Amavi Event Planning + Design and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at plan@amavievents.ca.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collected in Amavi Event Planning + Design.  This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. 

Our Privacy Policy does not cover communications or information shared on other websites or third-party websites such as, but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, or YouTube.  The Privacy Policies of those websites govern how that information is shared and is in no way related to, or governed by the information presented below.

CONSENT

By using this website, you indicate that you have read, understand, and consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you visit AmaviEvents.ca, we automatically collect certain information about the device you use to access our website.  This includes information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device.  As you browse our website, we collect information about the individual pages and products you view, what websites or search terms brought you to our website and information about how you interact with our website.  This automatically collected information is known as “Device Information.”

Device Information is collected using the following technologies:

  • “Cookies,” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier.  These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited.  The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.  For more information about cookies and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • “Log Files,” track actions occurring on the website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels,” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the website.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly (for example, through our contact form) we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, as well as any other information you may choose to provide.

If you register for an account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

Additionally, if you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through our website, we collect information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number).  This information is known as “Order Information.”

HOW WE MAY USE YOUR INFORMATION

Amavi Event Planning + Design may use your personal information to provide you with products, information, and services.  Your information can be used to track your purchase history and to contact you for your account and promotional purposes.  We may also use your personal information for other legitimate business purposes, including but not limited to:

  • Providing, operating, and maintaining our website;
  • Maintaining accurate business records;
  • Improving, personalizing, and expanding our website;
  • Understanding and analyzing how you use our website;
  • Developing new products, services, features, and functionality;
  • Communicating with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes;
  • Sending you emails;
  • Collecting amounts owing;
  • Finding and preventing fraud;
  • Using log files.

Amavi Event Planning + Design follows a standard procedure of using log files.  These files log visitors when they visit websites.  All hosting companies do this as a part of hosting services’ analytics.  The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks.  These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.  The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the website, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information may be shared with third-party companies that perform services for us, such as order fulfillment, package delivery, sending postal mail and emails, customer data analysis, marketing assistance, credit card payment processing, fraudulent activity investigation, conducting customer surveys, and providing customer service.  

Third-party companies may also include creative partners (commonly referred to as wedding/event vendors) contracted on your behalf by Amavi Event Planning + Design to perform services.

If you use any features made available to you on our website by a third party it may result in information being collected or shared between us and the third party. For example, if you use Facebook’s “Like” feature, Facebook may register the fact that you “liked” a product and may post that information on Facebook.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

RETAINING DATA

When you contact us through our website, we will retain your information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

OUR ADVERTISING PARTNERS

Some of the advertisers on our website may use cookies and web beacons.  Our advertising partners are listed below.  Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data.  For easier access, we have hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

Google Doubleclick Dart Cookie

Google is a third-party vendor on our website.  It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our website visitors based upon their visit to AmaviEvents.ca and other websites on the internet.  However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on AmaviEvents.ca, which are sent directly to users’ browsers.  They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.  These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Amavi Event Planning + Design has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

THIRD PARTY PRIVACY POLICIES AND LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

AmaviEvents.ca may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us.  If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website.  Amavi Event Planning + Design’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites.  Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information.  It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.  We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, Privacy Policies or practices of any third-party websites or services.

You may choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options.  To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.  If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights.  Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.  We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.  If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We take the task of protecting your personal information very seriously.  We maintain reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to aid us in protecting your information.  However, we acknowledge that no security system is perfect and we cannot promise that the information you have shared with us will remain secure in all circumstances.

MINORS’ INFORMATION

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet.  We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide the online activity of children.

Amavi Event Planning + Design does not knowingly or intentionally collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of sixteen (16).  If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will employ our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.  If you are under the age of sixteen (16), you may look at our website, but please do not make a purchase, register, or submit personal information to us.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the laws and to reflect any changes to the way we operate our website and the way we expect users to behave when using our website.  We will notify users of changes to these Terms and Conditions by posting the updated Privacy Policy on this web page and/or by posting a notice on our website homepage.  We will also update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy web page.  You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.  Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective immediately upon being posted on this web page.  By continuously linking to our website, you agree to be bound by and follow this Privacy Policy in its most current and up-to-date version.  We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, at our discretion.

CONTACT DETAILS

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at plan@amavievents.ca.

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