1. Online Privacy at WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com

Through its advanced online retail portal, WESTISLANDVACUUMS.com, WEST ISLAND VACUUMS provides its customers with an unparalleled opportunity to browse for vacuum products.

In order to serve customers better online, WEST ISLAND VACUUMS must collect and use certain personal information. This portion of the Privacy Policy gives more detail about what we do to protect personal information on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site.

(a) What types of personal information is collected on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site?

WEST ISLAND VACUUMS collects various types of personal information on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site. For example, WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com visitors can choose to become a member of the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site to participate in some activities on the web site or to take advantage of special offers available to members only. To become a member, visitors must sign in by giving their names, phone number, postal address and e-mail address as well as a password of their choice. Personal information can also be required for participation in a contest or any promotions such as surveys or other activities that may take place through the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com site.

Visitors that purchase on-line via the "ONLINE STORE" section will be asked to provide their delivery address or pick-up address, if different from their postal address, their phone number and their credit card information.

(b) Modification or update of personal data provided on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site.

If you are a WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com member, you may also review and modify any of the personal information contained in your member profiles at any time by clicking the "Member Profile" button. Then follow the relevant instructions to modify your profiles.

(c) Cookies

Like most Web sites, the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site uses cookies to record data on your movements (such as the last section of WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com visited, last link clicked, the URL address visited before logging onto the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site, etc.) and on the type of computer and browser used. The data is stored in a small file located on your hard disk. These cookies are then used to identify browsers when users surf the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site in the future. COOKIES DO NOT IDENTIFY YOU OR DISCLOSE ANY PERSONAL DATA TO THE WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com WEB SITE and they do not have the capability to search for other types of data on hard disks. WEST ISLAND VACUUMS only uses the data it collects on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site to improve overall WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com customer and visitor surfing experiences, searches, and purchases or to compile general statistics.

Most browsers are programmed to accept cookies. However, you can modify your browser’s parameters to refuse cookies, though you may not be able to access all of the functions of the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site.

You may also access the contents of cookies on your hard disk by WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com, although the data may not be readily decipherable.

(d) What does WEST ISLAND VACUUMS do with the personal information collected on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site?

Personal information transmitted to WEST ISLAND VACUUMS is used for:

* Processing orders - Personal information transmitted by means of the purchase order forms required to buy goods through the "SHOP" section is used strictly to process orders. Only authorized WEST ISLAND VACUUMS staff can access this personal information.

* Processing payments - Personal information is also used by our financial service providers, strictly in the course of processing payments.

* Allowing users to save time when placing orders - Once a "SHOP" section order form has been filled out, WEST ISLAND VACUUMS saves certain personal information such as delivery and billing addresses. This way, a frequent users of the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site need only supply their e-mail address when they return to the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site before their original data is automatically displayed. WEST ISLAND VACUUMS’S SERVERS SAVE NO CREDIT CARD INFORMATION WHATSOEVER. This information must be entered by users every time they place an order.

* Automatically entering users in contests and notifying winners of their prizes. Each year, WEST ISLAND VACUUMS awards thousands of dollars in prizes by means of various contests. By filling in the appropriate order form in the "SHOP" section or by becoming WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com members, users are automatically entered in contests without having to fill in a special entry form. WEST ISLAND VACUUMS then uses the personal information shown on the completed form to advise winners of the various contests. Users wishing WEST ISLAND VACUUMS to remove their personal information from its list of automatic contest entries need only make the request by contacting the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS Customer Service representative at 514-337-7368.

* Communicating promotional offers to INTERESTED users and keeping them informed of changes affecting the site and WEST ISLAND VACUUMS products and services - A space at the bottom of the "SHOP" or "Member Profile" section form allows WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com users to subscribe to the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS mailing list. Users who check the appropriate box allow WEST ISLAND VACUUMS to send them messages dealing with its products, services and promotions on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site When users choose not to check that box, WEST ISLAND VACUUMS will not use their personal information to send them promotional offers or solicit them in any way.

(e) How does WEST ISLAND VACUUMS protect the personal information collected on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site?

Any credit card information supplied to WEST ISLAND VACUUMS by means of the "SHOP" section form is kept confidential with a secure connection. Users who wish to know more about the steps taken by WEST ISLAND VACUUMS to ensure transaction security may consult the Transaction Security section of the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site.

Passwords are used to identify WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site users, who are their custodians and responsible for their confidentiality. Users should not disclose their passwords or authorize anyone to use them. WEST ISLAND VACUUMS uses passwords to protect the confidentiality of personal information to which users want access. For example, if users want to access their profiles or purchasing history, they need to identify themselves using their passwords. Hence, any person with access to a user’s password could obtain the same information. Whenever users allow other people to use their computers, they should exit the computer from browsers at the end of each visit to the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site.

2. Changing the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS Privacy Policy

WEST ISLAND VACUUMS reserves the right to change the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS Privacy Policy at any time without notice. Any modification of the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS Privacy Policy will be published on the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site and made available in WEST ISLAND VACUUMS stores. Users are therefore encouraged to visit the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS Privacy Policy section of the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site regularly. Placing an order through the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS.com web site after modifications have been published constitutes acceptance of those modifications to the WEST ISLAND VACUUMS Privacy Policy.