Tracey Retallack - Author is committed to safeguarding the personal information

entrusted to us by our subscribers. We manage your personal information in accordance with

Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act and other applicable laws.

This policy outlines the principles and practices we follow in protecting your personal information.

This policy applies to Tracey Retallack - Author. Any person providing services on our behalf will have their own privacy p0licy.

A copy of this policy is provided to any subscriber on request.

What is personal information?

Personal information means information about an identifiable individual. This includes an

individual’s name, home address and phone number, age, sex, marital or family status, an

identifying number, financial information, educational history, etc.

What personal information do we collect?

We collect only the personal information that we need for the purposes of providing services to our subscribers, including personal information needed to:

• Deliver requested products and services.
• Enrol a subscriber in a service or program.
• Send out subscription information and updates.
• follow up with subscribers to determine satisfaction with products and services
• Notify subscribers of upcoming events of interest
• Grant bonus gifts for their ongoing support

We normally collect subscriber information directly from our subscribers (First name and email address). We may collect your information from other persons with your consent or as authorized by law.

We inform our subscribers, before or at the time of collecting personal information, of the purposes for which we are collecting the information. However, we don’t provide this notification when a subscriber volunteers information for an obvious purpose (for example, producing a credit card for an in-person purchase when the information will be used only to process the payment).

Use of Service Providers outside Canada

Our service providers in the U.S.A. collect, use or disclose your personal information for

the following purposes:

• open and manage an account
• deliver requested products and services
• enrol a client in a program [specify program]
• guarantee a travel or hotel reservation
• process a magazine subscription
• send out association membership information
• provide warranties for products and services
• follow up with clients to determine satisfaction with products and services
• notify clients of upcoming events of interest
• administer our loyalty program
• grant credit

Each Service Provider will have their own Privacy Policies. Please contact them directly for more information.

Consent

We ask for consent to collect, use or disclose subscriber personal information, except in specific circumstances where collection, use or disclosure without consent is authorized or required by law. We may assume your consent in cases where you volunteer information for an obvious purpose.

In cases where we collected personal information before January 1, 2004, we assume your consent to our use and, where applicable, disclosure for the purpose for which the information was collected.

We ask for your express consent for some purposes and may not be able to provide certain services if you are unwilling to provide consent to the collection, use or disclosure of certain personal information. Where express consent is needed, we will normally ask the subscriber to provide their consent orally (in person, by telephone), in writing (by signing a consent form, by checking a box on a form, or electronically (by clicking a button).

A subscriber may withdraw consent to the use and disclosure of personal information at any time, unless the personal information is necessary for us to fulfil our legal obligations. We will respect your decision, but we may not be able to provide you with certain products and services if we do not have the necessary personal information.

We may collect, use or disclose client personal information without consent only as authorized by law. For example, we may not request consent when the collection, use or disclosure is reasonable for an investigation or legal proceeding, to collect a debt owed to our organization, in an emergency that threatens life, health or safety, or when the personal information is from a public telephone directory.

How do we use and disclose personal information?

We use and disclose subscriber personal information only for the purposes for which the information was collected, except as authorized by law. For example, we may use client contact information to deliver goods. The law also allows us to use that contact information for the purpose of collecting a debt owed to our organization, should that be necessary.

If we wish to use or disclose your personal information for any new business purpose, we will ask for your consent.

How do we safeguard personal information?

We make every reasonable effort to ensure that subscriber information is accurate and complete. We rely on our subscribers to notify us if there is a change to their personal information that may affect their relationship with our organization. If you are aware of an error in our information about you, please let us know and we will correct it on request wherever possible.

In some cases we may ask for a written request for correction.

We protect subscriber personal information in a manner appropriate for the sensitivity of the information. We make every reasonable effort to prevent any loss, misuse, disclosure or modification of personal information, as well as any unauthorized access to personal information.

We will notify the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, without delay, of a security breach affecting personal information if it creates a real risk of significant harm to individuals.

We retain subscriber personal information only as long as is reasonable to fulfil the purposes for which the information was collected or for legal or business purposes.

We render subscriber personal information non-identifying, or destroy records containing personal information once the information is no longer needed.

We use appropriate security measures when destroying client personal information, including shredding paper records and permanently deleting electronic records.

Access to records containing personal information

Subscribers of Tracey Retallack - Author have a right of access to their own personal information in a record that is in our custody or under our control, subject to some exceptions.

For example, organizations are required under the Personal Information Protection Act to refuse to provide access to information that would reveal personal information about another individual. Organizations are authorized under the Act to refuse access to personal information if disclosure would reveal confidential business information.

Access may also be refused if the information is privileged or contained in mediation records.

If we refuse a request in whole or in part, we will provide the reasons for the refusal. In some cases where exceptions to access apply, we may withhold that information and provide you with the remainder of the record.

You may make a request for access to your personal information by writing to Tracey Retallack - Author.

You must provide sufficient information in your request to allow us to identify the information you are seeking.

For personal information collected before January 2004, if we do not have a record of disclosures, we will provide information about any disclosure of your information that is likely to have occurred.

You may also request a correction of an error or omission in your personal information. We will respond to your request within 45 calendar days, unless an extension is granted. We may charge a reasonable fee to provide information, but not to make a correction. We will advise you of any fees that may apply before beginning to process your request.

Questions and complaints

If you have a question or concern about any collection, use or disclosure of personal information by Tracey Retallack - Author, or about a request for access to your own personal information, please contact Tracey Retallack - Author in the first instance:

Tracey Retallack

email tracey at traceyretallack.com

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you should contact the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta:

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta

Suite 2460, 801 - 6 Avenue, SW

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3W2

Phone: 403-297-2728 Toll Free: 1-888-878-4044

E-mail: generalinfo@oipc.ab.ca Website: www.oipc.ab.ca