Privacy Policy

BG Gold Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, “BG Gold”, “we”, “our” or “us”) recognize the importance of privacy. The purpose of this Privacy Statement is to inform you about our privacy practices, including how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you use our website or otherwise interact with us.

What This Privacy Statement Covers

This Privacy Statement covers the following topics:

Personal Information We Collect

“Personal information” means any information that can be used to identify an individual directly (on its own) or indirectly (in combination with other information). Personal information does not generally include any business contact information that is solely used to communicate with you in relation to your employment, business or profession, such as your name, position name or title, work address, work telephone number or work e-mail address.

We may collect different types of personal information, depending on our relationship with you. Generally, we collect the following types of personal information: 

  • If you express an interest in obtaining information about our services or business, including by calling us or filling out our “Contact Us” form, we may collect your contact information, such as your name, phone number and email address, and any other information you choose to provide to us.
  • If you register for our newsletter or subscribe to a mailing list, we may collect your contact information, such as your name and email address, and information about your preferences for receiving our newsletter.
  • If you use and interact with our website or emails, we automatically collect information about your device and your usage of our websites or emails through cookies, web beacons and similar tracking technologies (see the “Device and Usage Data” section below for more information).

We may also create, use, and share anonymized data for any purpose. Anonymized data is generally not considered personal information because it cannot be used to identify you.

Device and Usage Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to automatically collect information about your computer or mobile device, your use of our website and your interaction with our emails. This information is not usually of a personal nature. It may include IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, pages and files viewed, searches, operating system and system configuration information, and date/time stamps associated with your usage. We use this information to facilitate the use of our website and for our business or analytical purposes, such as assessing website traffic and tracking search criteria.

If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can adjust your web browser settings so that you automatically deny the storage of cookies or are informed each time a website requests to store a cookie. Previously stored cookies can also be deleted through your web browser. Please refer to your web browser’s help pages for more information. Some areas or features of our website rely on cookies and may not work if you delete or decline cookies.

How We Use Personal Information

We generally use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • to respond to your inquiries, complaints or requests
  • to facilitate and improve your use of our website or other technology applications
  • to send you marketing information, including our newsletters or other updates about our business and operations
  • to manage our business and our operations, including to detect and prevent errors and fraud
  • for such other purposes as you may consent to from time to time, and as otherwise required or permitted by law

How We Share Personal Information

We generally identify to whom, and for what purposes, we will disclose your personal information (and we obtain your consent to such disclosure) at the time we collect your personal information.

We may disclose your information when we believe such disclosure is required or permitted by law. In addition, we may disclose your personal information to a third party in the event of any significant business transaction, such as a merger or reorganization.

We may transfer personal information to service providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf, such as technical support and data storage and processing service providers.

We may collect, use, and disclose your personal information with your consent. How we obtain your consent, including whether it is express or implied, will depend on the circumstances and the sensitivity of the personal information in question. Generally, we will seek your consent at the time we collect your personal information, either orally, electronically, or in writing.

If you wish to withdraw your consent to our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, please contact us using the contact information below. We will accommodate your request to withdraw consent, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. Withdrawal of your consent may mean that we will no longer be able to provide you with certain services.

In certain circumstances, we may collect, use, and disclose your personal information without your consent to the extent permitted or required by law.

Opting Out of Marketing Communications

If you no longer want to receive marketing-related e-mails from us, you may opt out by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any e-mail you receive from us. You may also opt out by contacting us directly using the contact information below. If you opt out from receiving marketing-related e-mails, we may still need to send you communications about other matters.

Retention and Storage of Personal Information

We generally will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, and for a longer period when permitted or required by law.

We may transfer your personal information outside of Canada to fulfill the purpose for which we collected it, including for processing and storage by service providers. While your personal information is outside of Canada, it is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located, which may have different data protection laws than Canada. Those laws may require disclosure of your personal information to authorities in that country. For more information about our policies and practices regarding service providers outside of Canada, contact us using the contact information below.

Information Security

We have implemented physical, organizational, contractual, and technological security measures in an effort to protect your personal information from loss or theft, unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Despite these measures, we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will always be effective. A breach of security safeguards can result in risks such as phishing and identity theft. We will address such breaches as required by law.

If you have reason to believe that your personal information is no longer secure, please contact us immediately using the contact information below.

Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information

We expect you to supply us with updates to your personal information, when required. We will not routinely update your personal information unless such a process is necessary. 

You may make a request to review any personal information about you that we have collected, used, or disclosed, and information about those uses and disclosures,and we will provide you with any such personal information to the extent required by applicable laws.

You may also challenge the accuracy or completeness of your personal information in our records. If you demonstrate that your personal information in our records is inaccurate or incomplete, we will amend or delete your personal information as required.

We may require that you provide sufficient identification to fulfill your request to access or correct your personal information. We will not charge you any fees to access your personal information in our records without first providing you with an estimate of the approximate fees, if any.

Third-Party Websites and Services

We may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. We may also make opportunities available to you to purchase, subscribe to, or use other products or services from third parties with different privacy practices. Those other websites, products, or services are governed by the privacy statements and policies of the respective third party. This Privacy Statement does not extend to any websites, products, or services provided by third parties. We do not assume responsibility for the privacy practices of third parties not acting on our behalf and we encourage you to review all third-party privacy statements prior to using third-party websites, products, or services.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

The Privacy Statement was last revised as of the date that appears at the top of this page. From time to time, we may make changes to this Privacy Statement. When changes are made, they will become immediately effective when published in a revised Privacy Statement posted on our website, unless otherwise noted. We may also communicate the changes to this Privacy Statement by other means.

How to Contact Us

All comments, questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal information or our privacy practices should be forwarded to our Privacy Officer as follows:

Privacy Officer

contact@bggold.ca
130 King Street West, Suite 1900
Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1E3