Privacy Policy for Plate Me Happy
Effective Date: August 1, 2025
At Plate Me Happy, accessible from platemehappy.com, your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how we use it, and the measures we take to protect it, in compliance with Canadian federal and provincial privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (BC PIPA).
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
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 Plate Me Happy. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent and Legal Basis for Processing
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. Where required by law, particularly for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information, we will obtain your express consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Withdrawal of consent may affect your ability to access certain features or services on our website.
We collect, use, and disclose your personal information only for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances, and only to the extent necessary to fulfill those purposes.
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, 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, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, address, email address, and telephone number.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
– Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services.
– Improve, personalize, and expand our website and offerings.
– Understand and analyze how you use our website to enhance user experience.
– Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
– Communicate 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 (where consent is obtained).
– Send you emails related to your interests or our services.
– Detect and prevent fraud and other malicious activities.
Log Files
Plate Me Happy follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes 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 site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering broad demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like many other websites, Plate Me Happy uses ‘cookies’ and similar technologies. 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 detailed information on how we use cookies, please refer to our separate Cookie Policy.
Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites 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
Our Advertising Partners
Some of our advertising partners on our site 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
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Amazon Associates Program
Plate Me Happy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As part of this program, Plate Me Happy will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. Please see our Affiliate Disclosure for more details.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
Plate Me Happy’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these thirdparty ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can 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.
Canadian Privacy Rights (PIPEDA & BC PIPA)
As a Canadian website, we adhere to the principles of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (BC PIPA). These laws provide individuals with significant rights regarding their personal information. You have the right to:
– Access: Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
– Correction: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
– Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and
reasonable notice.
– Challenge Compliance: Address a challenge concerning our compliance with these privacy principles to our email at [email protected].
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the contact details provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
Cross-Border Data Transfer
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.
Plate Me Happy will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Data Security
We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We implement reasonable security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the
information to protect it against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. These measures include physical, organizational, and technological safeguards.
Retention of Personal Information
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. When personal information is no longer required, we will securely dispose of it.
Children’s 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 their online activity.
Plate Me Happy does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. 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 do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:
Plate Me Happy, [email protected]