Privacy Policy
Last Revised: September 2023
Azimuth Collective Partners Inc. Privacy Policy
Azimuth Collective Partners Inc. (“Azimuth” or “we”) works with licence holders under Canada’s federal Cannabis Regulations to provide branding and direction on cannabis products (the “Products”) and distribution of the Products in accordance with Applicable Law. Azimuth receives, retains, and safeguards information for an email correspondence list and otherwise in the course of communicating with the public in relation to the Products and other points. Some of the information Azimuth receives is Personal Information as defined below.
Purpose and Definitions
This privacy policy describes Azimuth’s Personal Information management practices including in relation to providing information about the Products, browsing the Azimuth website (the “Site”) and subscribing to the Azimuth newsletter. More specifically, this privacy policy describes the purposes for which Azimuth collects, uses and discloses personal information, including personal health information, of a User, or other visitors to the Site.
In this privacy policy, “Personal Information” means information about an identifiable individual, such as a User, including in some cases information relating to the individual’s physical health, mental health, health history, health care providers or health care services or agent for healthcare (“Agent”). In this privacy policy, an Agent is a person who is authorized to assist an individual to obtain healthcare and related services or make decisions about healthcare, including a substitute decision maker, a legal guardian, a person exercising a power of attorney or a person who is acting on the individual’s behalf with the individual’s consent.
Amendments to Privacy Policy
Azimuth reserves the right to amend this privacy policy, including in response to changes in Applicable Law as defined below, changes in policies applicable to the Products or in response to other motivations. The date on which this privacy policy was last amended is shown at the top of this privacy policy. You are responsible for verifying whether amendments have been made to this privacy policy. As in the Azimuth Website Terms and Conditions, located at [NTD: insert link to Azimuth Website Terms and Conditions], your access to the Site after amendment of this privacy policy will be understood to be your agreement to Azimuth Website Terms and Conditions and the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with the amended privacy policy.
Azimuth’s Legal Obligations
Azimuth has obligations as a developer of the Products. Azimuth’s obligations are based on applicable federal, provincial or local law as may be appropriate in the context, including privacy legislation, the Cannabis Act (Canada), the Cannabis Regulations (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), the Food and Drug Regulations (Canada), the Criminal Code (Canada), the Civil Code (Québec), other statutory law and regulations, common law (collectively or in any combination, “Applicable Law”). These obligations include limits on the collection and disclosure of certain Personal Information. No agreement between you and Azimuth can override a legislative requirement to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information and to retain your Personal Information for a specified period of time.
In addition to the Personal Information that Azimuth is required to collect, you may voluntarily provide us with additional Personal Information, for example relating to medical conditions. With your express consent, we will use such Personal Information provided by you for medical or market research, education, improving the Products and other offerings, or otherwise improving the experience of Website users or purchasers of the Products.
Collection, Use, and Storage of Personal Information
Azimuth collects and uses Personal Information in the course of providing information about the Products. Once Azimuth receives Personal Information, the Personal Information is stored digitally or in hard copy. All hard copies are stored securely in [NTD: Province or Country] and digital records of Personal Information are stored on encrypted servers located in [NTD: Province or Country].
Disclosure of Personal Information
Azimuth may also disclose your Personal Information for the purposes of a court, administrative, or other proceeding to which it is a party, as permitted by Applicable Law.
If Azimuth is required to disclose Personal Information pursuant to a court order, subpoena, warrant or other legal requirement, or discloses your Personal Information for the purposes of a court, administrative, or other proceeding to which it is a party, Azimuth will not disclose any more Personal Information than required for the purpose and will, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, provide you with notice of the disclosure. There are circumstances, for example where a criminal investigation is in progress, where Azimuth may be prohibited from notifying you of a disclosure obligation.
Personal Information of Visitors to the Azimuth Website
When you visit the Site, we may collect technical information, which may include the address of the Site that you visited before visiting the Azimuth Site, the pages of the Site that you visit, the browser you used to view the Site, the search terms you entered on the Site, and other such technical data (“Technical Information”). The Technical Information may not in itself constitute Personal Information.
We aggregate the Technical Information we collect from visitors to the Site and use the aggregate Technical Information to measure and improve the effectiveness of the Site and improve its content and responsiveness to visitor interests. We will not combine the Technical Information with any Personal Information. For clarity, the aggregate Technical Information we produce in relation to use of the Site does not identify individual Users.
We may disclose the aggregate Technical Information about the use of the Site to our service providers, regulatory bodies, and others.
We may also use services such as Google™ Analytics and other forms of cookies on our website that collect information about users of our website to tailor marketing information to them. We will not collect Personal Information about you in this way or for this purpose without your consent.
Subscribing to the Azimuth Newsletter and Other Communications
Azimuth publishes a newsletter and provides other mass communications about scientific research, regulatory progress and developments, and legal considerations relevant to Veterans’ health, cannabis and mental health, offers and opportunities, or other messages related to Azimuth, the Products, cannabis more generally, or other topics. The Azimuth newsletter and other mass communications are available to the public generally and there is no requirement to access the Products to receive the Azimuth newsletter and other communications. If you are accessing the Products, the Azimuth newsletter and other mass communications do not identify you as such in being addressed to you. Please note that separate from the Azimuth newsletter and any mass communications, persons accessing the Products may also receive specific communications relating to the Products, provision of the Products and special offers.
You may subscribe to the Azimuth newsletter or consent to receive other mass communications through the Site. Subscribers may terminate their subscription at any time. The materials and notices we send by email include simple instructions and a link for you to unsubscribe. If you have any trouble unsubscribing, please contact our Privacy Officer as set out below.
Access and Correction of Personal Information, and Other Inquiries
You may request access to and the correction of your Personal Information in our records. You may request confirmation of the location of your Personal Information. Except in circumstances established by Applicable Law, you have a right to access any of your Personal Information in Azimuth’s records. If on review of your Personal Information from our records, you believe that there are inaccuracies, please communicate details to us in writing about the inaccuracies. To the extent that Azimuth is satisfied that your Personal Information in our records is inaccurate, we will correct our records.
If you want clarification of this privacy policy, additional information about our Personal Information management practices or our management of your Personal Information, or if you want us to investigate any concerns you have about our use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact our Privacy Officer as set out below.
Please note that email is not a secure means of communication. You assume all risk in relation to your decision to transmit Personal Information or confidential information to us by email, or to receive communications from Azimuth by email.
Contact for Azimuth Privacy Officer:
Email: email
Attention: Privacy Officer
For inquiries unrelated to privacy, please contact email.