Effective Date: August 9, 2026 Last Updated: August 9, 2026 1. Information We Collect & How We Use It Pine Social ("Pine Social," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. We may collect information you voluntarily provide to us, including your name, email address, phone number, business or mailing address, account information, professional information, photographs, videos, communications, payment or transaction information, event registrations, marketing preferences, and other information necessary to provide our services. We may also automatically collect technical information when you use our websites, platforms, or services, including IP address, browser and device information, operating system, approximate location, pages visited, website activity, cookies, analytics information, and security-related information. We use this information to operate and improve Pine Social, provide services, process transactions, communicate with users, manage partnerships and events, provide customer support, conduct marketing and analytics, prevent fraud and unauthorized activity, maintain security, develop new services, and comply with legal and regulatory obligations. We will collect, use, and disclose personal information only for purposes that are reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances and in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Where consent is legally required, we will obtain appropriate consent. You may withdraw consent where permitted by law, although doing so may affect our ability to provide certain services.
Pine Social ("Pine Social," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. We may collect information you voluntarily provide to us, including your name, email address, phone number, business or mailing address, account information, professional information, photographs, videos, communications, payment or transaction information, event registrations, marketing preferences, and other information necessary to provide our services. We may also automatically collect technical information when you use our websites, platforms, or services, including IP address, browser and device information, operating system, approximate location, pages visited, website activity, cookies, analytics information, and security-related information. We use this information to operate and improve Pine Social, provide services, process transactions, communicate with users, manage partnerships and events, provide customer support, conduct marketing and analytics, prevent fraud and unauthorized activity, maintain security, develop new services, and comply with legal and regulatory obligations. We will collect, use, and disclose personal information only for purposes that are reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances and in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Where consent is legally required, we will obtain appropriate consent. You may withdraw consent where permitted by law, although doing so may affect our ability to provide certain services. Pine Social does not sell personal information for monetary consideration in the ordinary course of business. However, we may share personal information where reasonably necessary to operate our business or provide our services. This may include sharing information with trusted service providers such as hosting companies, cloud-storage providers, payment processors, marketing and communications platforms, analytics providers, cybersecurity companies, event providers, professional advisers, and other contractors or partners acting on our behalf. We may also disclose information when required or permitted by law, including to courts, regulators, government authorities, law enforcement, or professional advisers, or when necessary to protect Pine Social's rights, property, users, or business. If Pine Social participates in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, investment transaction, bankruptcy, or similar corporate transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction where permitted by law. Some of our service providers or technology systems may be located outside Canada. As a result, personal information may be stored, processed, or accessed in other jurisdictions where privacy laws may differ from those in Canada. Pine Social will take reasonable steps appropriate to the circumstances to ensure that personal information receives appropriate protection. Third-party websites, applications, social media platforms, advertising platforms, and services linked to or integrated with Pine Social are governed by their own privacy policies. Pine Social is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third parties.
Pine Social uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, loss, theft, modification, or destruction. These safeguards may include access controls, authentication, encryption where appropriate, monitoring, employee policies, security procedures, vendor controls, and incident-response measures. However, no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Pine Social cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted over the internet. Our websites may use cookies, pixels, analytics, tags, and similar technologies to operate our services, remember preferences, analyze traffic, improve functionality, measure marketing effectiveness, and maintain security. You may be able to control cookies through your browser or device settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality. Where required by law, we will obtain consent for non-essential technologies. Pine Social retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, operate our business, maintain appropriate records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, comply with legal obligations, and protect our legitimate interests. When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete, destroy, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable law. Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to request access to personal information we hold about you, request corrections, ask how information is being used or disclosed, withdraw consent, and make a privacy complaint. We may need to verify your identity before processing a request, and certain legal exceptions may
If you have a question, concern, access request, correction request, consent withdrawal, or complaint regarding your personal information, contact the Pine Social Privacy Officer. Pine Social Attention: Privacy Officer Email: contact@pinesocial.ca Address: 3385 Federal Avenue Halifax NS B3L 3X5 Website: www.pinesocial.ca We will review privacy complaints and take reasonable steps to investigate and address concerns. Where applicable, individuals may also have the right to contact the appropriate privacy regulator, including the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada where federal private-sector privacy legislation applies. Pine Social may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, technology, services, privacy practices, or legal requirements. The "Last Updated" date indicates when the policy was most recently revised. Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice of material changes. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to remove, restrict, or override any privacy rights or protections that cannot legally be excluded or waived. By using Pine Social's websites, platforms, or services, or voluntarily providing personal information to us, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent, Pine Social will obtain consent through an appropriate mechanism. Pine Social is committed to responsible, transparent, and secure handling of personal information.