This version in effect since April 2023.

We, Debut Development Group, our affiliate and subsidiaries (“Debut”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) provide this Privacy Policy (also referred to as, “Policy”) to explain how we collect, use, disclose and otherwise process your personal information when you use a website that we operate and which displays this Privacy Policy (this “Website“) or in any communication or interaction you may have with us.  We use the term “personal information” to mean information that can reasonably be used to identify you. This Policy may be supplemented by specific policies, procedures, and practices. We respect your privacy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

Information you voluntarily submit:

When you use this Website, we may ask for personal information about you, including your name, address, e-mail address, birthday (date, month, and year), and credit card and other payment information. We may also obtain personal information through e-mail correspondence if you contact us by e-mail or if you ask to receive periodic news, updates, and other correspondence from us.  It may be a prerequisite for your contacting us that you provide us with specified personal information.  Without your providing such personal information, we may not be able to respond to any inquiries, post any comments, or otherwise correspond with you.

Information we may automatically collect:

We may use cookies, pixel tags and other online tracking technologies to collect information about your use of this Website and your computer or other electronic devices, including your domain name, IP address, browser type, date and time of your request, and information about what content you interact with on this Website and at what times. We may also allow certain third parties to use tracking technologies on this Website to collect information about you for their own purposes or other customers, including to display our advertisements to you on websites and services not owned or operated by us.

Children and minors:

This Website is not directed at collecting personal information from children or minors and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that personal information about a child under the age of 13 was provided without the consent of a child or minor’s parent or guardian, we will delete such personal information.

NON PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect certain non-personal information which is recorded by the standard operation of our Internet servers on an anonymous basis, such as the operating system you are using, the sections of the Website you visit, the Website pages read and images viewed, and any content you post to or download from the Website. This non-identifiable information is used on an aggregate basis and in a non-personally identifiable form, including:

a. for Website and system administration purposes

b. to improve the Website

c. to conduct internal reviews of the number of visitors to the Website

d. to help us better understand visitors’ use of our Website

e. to fulfill prizes

f. to respond to specific requests from our visitors

g. to protect the security or integrity of our Website when necessary

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Please note that we use Google Analytics. There is more information about how Google collects, uses, and processes data at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

ACCEPTANCE OF POLICY

Your access to and use of the Website is subject to the Website’s Terms of Use, of which the Policy forms a part, and all applicable laws. By accessing and using the Website, you accept the Policy and consent to its terms and any specific terms as otherwise described to you at the time of collection of your personal information. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, please do not access or use the features of this Website. We may in our sole discretion, at any time and without any notice to you, revise or amend the terms and conditions of the Policy by posting an amended Policy on the Website. You should therefore periodically check back for such amendments and we recommend that you also print a copy of the Policy for your records. By continuing to access and use the Website, you agree to the terms of the then current Policy, as amended.

CONSENT

Your consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information must be informed. It must be given for specific purposes. Depending on the nature and sensitivity of your personal information, your consent can be express and positive (express and positive consent may be oral, in writing or electronic) or implied (such as providing information voluntarily in connection with receiving a service). Generally, Debut will seek your consent for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information at the time of collection, except as required or in cases authorized by law. Your consent can be withdrawn at any time, subject to legal and contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Please note that if you choose to withdraw your consent, Debut may not be able to provide you with certain products or services.

Debut may use your personal information to inform you of current and/or new promotions or services or other developments that Debut believes will be of interest to you in accordance with applicable laws including Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation. Such communications may be made by way of telephone, text message, direct messaging, e-mail or regular mail. You provide your consent to Debut contacting you in this manner when you use Debut’s products or services. You may opt-out of receiving such communications by contacting Debut at the address below.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Information you voluntarily submit:

We use personal information and other submissions by you through this Website to maintain, secure and optimize this Website, to respond to your requests, inquiries, and comments, to provide you with periodic news and updates if you agreed to receive periodic news and updates, to make reservations for you, to process orders, and to otherwise correspond with you.

Information we automatically collect:

We use the information we automatically collect from users of this Website to provide additional functionality that enables them to use this Website more effectively, enhance your online experience, assist us with improving this Website, and serve targeted Debut advertisements on websites we do not operate to users. Debut may also use your personal information to compile statistics. However, these statistics will not allow you to be identified. Your personal information shall not be used for purposes other than those described above except with your consent or as required or authorized by law.

Email Marketing:

If you agree to receive periodic news and updates from us, we will use your personal information to send you such news and periodic updates as well as automated e-mail messages, promotions, or marketing materials regarding our goods and services.  You may opt-out from receiving further periodic news, updates, and promotional or marketing e-mails by following the “unsubscribe” link on any promotional email from us or by sending an e-mail to u at tita@debutrends.com  and typing the word “unsubscribe” into the subject line.

Legal Processes and Business Transactions:

We may use any of your personal information to exercise our legal rights, defend and advance our legal interests, comply with our legal obligations (such as under data protection laws), and protect against fraudulent, harmful and illegal activity. If we take steps to enter into a reorganization, restructuring, merger, acquisition, or whole or partial sale or transfer of our business or assets (“Business Transaction”), we may also use your personal data to give effect to that business transaction. We will only do so in compliance with applicable law.

Minors:

In certain instances, we may use your personal information to obtain parental consent from visitors under 13 years of age, and where necessary, to provide any necessary notices to our visitors or their parent or guardians. We may keep a record of all communications with you.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Service Providers:

We disclose the personal information we collect from you to affiliated and unaffiliated service providers who process the personal information on our behalf to help us fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Such functions and services may include hosting or maintaining this Website, analyzing data, providing legal, accounting and marketing services, and providing other support services. All such parties will be under obligation to maintain reasonable security and confidentiality of personal information.

Payments:

We will disclose Payment Information as necessary and permitted by applicable law to process and collect the payment for any purchase made by you on this Website. We will provide and disclose any personal information and Payment Information to the extent required by any law or order or direction of any court or governmental entity or agency.

Targeted Advertising Business Partners:

We may engage business partners to enhance our advertising efforts by collecting certain data about users of this Website and using it to serve targeted Debut advertisements on websites we do not operate. You may request that we stop using or disclosing your data to these third parties for the purposes of targeted advertising by following the instructions below.

Legal Process:

Upon our suspicion of the access or use of this Website for a purpose or in a manner that may be unlawful, illegal, or infringing or in violation of the rights of any person or entity, we reserve the right to disclose and provide any possible evidence, including any personal information and Payment Information, to any investigating, prosecuting or litigating party. We may also disclose personal information if required to do so by law or legal process, or to law enforcement authorities under appropriate circumstances.

Business Transactions:

We may disclose personal data to manage or give effect to any Business Transaction that our business decides to enter into, subject to compliance with applicable law.

We do not sell, transfer or otherwise disclose your personal information without your consent except in the cases and under the conditions described hereinafter:

Disclosure to Affiliates and Others:

Access within Debut does not require your consent but is strictly limited to the persons for whom such information is necessary for the performance of their functions and duties. We may also share personal information within Debut group of companies without your consent, if it is necessary for them to assist Debut for the purposes of establishing, managing and maintaining our relationship with you. This group includes FDCC Toronto One Inc., FDCC Vancouver One Inc., FDCC General Partner Inc, Debut Management (Canada) Inc., Debut DG Inc.,  Debut FDC Inc., FDCC Limited Partnership and any of other of our subsidiaries and our affiliates. All recipients of this information will be required to comply with the Policy.

Special note for parents:

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information on a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information from our systems. If you are under 13 years of age, do not submit or post any information on the Website.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES:

We do not control third party websites. While accessing our Website, you may be presented with links to access third-party websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy.  These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect information, including personal information, from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about the activities on those websites.  We recommend that you consult the Privacy Policies of all third-party websites you visit by clicking the “Privacy” link typically located at the footer of the website you are visiting. Your use of these websites and their products and services is at your own risk. We have no responsibility or liability for or control over those websites or their collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.

SECURING YOUR INFORMATION

Debut has put in place a series of security safeguards to protect your personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, regardless of the format in which the information is held. These security safeguards include physical measures, organizational measures and technological measures that are reasonable given the sensitivity of the information, the purposes for which it is to be used, the quantity and distribution of the information and the medium on which it is stored. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party.

The protection of personal information is of paramount concern to Debut, and we are prepared to take appropriate and timely steps in the event of any incidents involving personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

We will store your personal information on our internal servers and/or with our services providers. Our service providers may store and/or process personal information outside of Canada (including in the United States of America). When information is stored or processed outside of Canada, it may be subject to the laws of and be accessible by legal authorities in such other jurisdictions. Debut has taken appropriate technical, organizational, and legal steps to secure this information.

ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACTING US

You may request:

• access or rectification to your personal information

• information about our collection, use and disclosure of that information

• to have your name/contact information removed from our e-mail mailing list, by contacting our privacy officer as set forth below, who will address your request as soon as reasonably possible

Generally, there is no cost for such requests. However, Debut reserves the right to charge such costs on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable laws. You will be notified in advance if charges apply.

Revisions

We may change, modify, supplement, or replace all or part of this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post all Privacy Policy changes on this Website and provide more prominent notice if the change is significant. The last updated date of this Privacy Policy will be identified on the main page of this Privacy Policy. We will also take other steps as necessary depending on the nature of the changes, including obtaining your consent where required by local data privacy or protection laws, or providing you with the opportunity to delete your personal information.

You can help us maintain the accuracy of your information by notifying us of any changes to your personal information at the below noted address. We rely on you to notify us if there is a change to your personal information that may affect your relationship with Debut.

For further information about Debut’s privacy practices, to make a request for access to personal information or to exercise any other rights outlined in this Policy, please contact Debut’s Privacy Officer at the following email address:

tita@debutrends.com

ATTN: Privacy Officer