Privacy Policy

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy and support a general
policy of openness about how we collect, use and disclose your personal information. The policy
complies with the requirements of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (“PIPEDA“) of Canada. This Privacy Policy will help you understand the nature of
the personal information collected by Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc., how the information is
used and with whom the information may be shared. By accessing and/or subscribing to the YYC
Food & Drink Experience website, or otherwise using any of its services, you consent to the
collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Policy.
We recommend that you take the time to read this Privacy Policy so that you understand how we
handle and process your personal information. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy
from time to time by updating this posting. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for
changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will
mean you accept those changes.

For the purpose of this Privacy Statement, “personal information” means information about an
identifiable individual, but does not include the name, title or business address or telephone
number of an employee of an organization. Business contact information and certain publicly
available information as published in telephone directories are not considered personal
information. Information in the public domain is not subject to privacy legislation and as such, is
not included in this policy. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. will not collect, use or disclose your
personal information in a way that is incompatible with this Privacy Statement.
If you are under 18, be sure to obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission before you send any
information about yourself (your name, address, e-mail address, etc.) to us or anyone else over
the Internet. We encourage parents to get involved with their children’s online usage and to be
aware of the activities in which they are participating.

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. informs individuals of the purposes for which it is collecting
Personal information, before or at the time the information is collected and as indicated
throughout this Privacy Policy.

Consent

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. will obtain an individual’s consent before or when it collects, uses or discloses personal information. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. will use reasonable
efforts to ensure that each individual is advised of the identified purpose for which Personal
Information will be used or disclosed as indicated throughout this Privacy Policy. Consent will not
be obtained through deception. Consent can be express, implied or given through an authorized
representative; said consent can be withdrawn at any time upon reasonable notice to Culinary
Marketing Strategies Inc. and subject to legal and contractual obligations.
Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. may collect, use or disclose Personal Information without an
individual’s knowledge or consent in exceptional circumstances where such collection, use or
disclosure is permitted or required by law and as advised throughout this Privacy Policy.

Information collected by Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. will be limited to those details
necessary for the purposes it has identified to the individual to perform the services requested
and to facilitate use of the YYC Food & Drink Experience Website as indicated throughout this
Privacy Policy. Please also refer to the ‘Cookies and Web Logs’ section of this Privacy Policy to
understand how anonymous information is collected and used by Culinary Marketing Strategies
Inc.
Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. collects and uses Personal Information in order to provide the
products and services requested. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. may also use Personal
Information to update our services and to offer additional products or services that our
customers may be interested in and as indicated throughout this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information will only be used or disclosed for the purpose for which it was collected or
received unless the individual has otherwise consented. Personal Information may only be
retained for the amount of time needed to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or
received as indicated throughout this Privacy Policy and will only be utilized as indicated
throughout this Privacy Policy.

Collecting and Using Personal Information
Communications for Marketing Purposes

As a subscriber of YYC Food & Drink Experience, you may receive email communications from us
that inform you about or promote new or additional services or that contain special offers from
Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and our corporate affiliates. You may opt-out of receiving such
email communications at any time. If you do not opt-out, we will use your personal information for these purposes and may also disclose your email address and/or name to our affinity partners
so that they can send you such information directly.

Information Collected by Cookies

Like most major websites, we use cookies for some aspects of measurement of use and quality of
performance of our site, particularly the way search pages are delivered. Culinary Marketing
Strategies Inc. engages third party information management service providers to help maintain
efficient operations and improve delivery to the user. Because such information management
service providers may access our systems, such information management service providers may
have access to your information.

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. collects aggregate information concerning usage of the
websites through automatically logged information. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. does not
use any personal information while generating this information, nor does it relate any of this
information to an individual member or user.

Disclosing Personal Information

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. will not sell, license, trade or rent your personal information to
or with unaffiliated third parties. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. will not otherwise disclose
your personal information except as described below.

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. may also disclose personal information about its subscribers to
a third party if a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order legally requires or
authorizes us to do so, to enforce and protect the terms and conditions of our agreement(s) with
you or the Terms of Use applicable to our websites, or to collect on outstanding accounts.
Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. also reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer personal
information to a third party in the event of a proposed or actual purchase, sale, lease, merger,
amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal or financing of all or any portion of
Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. or of any of the business or assets or shares of Culinary
Marketing Strategies Inc., provided the third party represents that it will continue to use the
information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable
privacy protection laws.

Newsletter

By filling out the subscription form to the YYC Food & Drink Experience Newsletter (the
“Newsletter”), the reader (you) agree to receive via email and/or other electronic forms of
communication a Newsletter from Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. that entails updates,
articles, pictures, surveys, links to blogs, social networks and photo galleries periodically.

Contests

Users participating in any YYC Food & Drink Experience contests may be required to submit
varying degrees of personal information, depending upon the nature of the particular contest.
The specific information to be collected and how it will be used will be disclosed in the general
contest rules and regulations and/or in the referring contest page or newsletter. The names and
photographs or likenesses of contest winners may be reproduced on the site or in other
advertising materials.

Surveys

From time to time, Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. may conduct online surveys for internal
purposes or for third parties, to gather general information about users and/or their views.
Participation in these surveys is voluntary; no information will be collected except that which is
knowingly supplied by the user. Identifying Personal Information will not be shared.

Links to Third Party Sites

The YYC Food & Drink Experience Website includes links to other third-party websites. You should
be aware that operators of linked websites may also collect your personal information (including
information generated through the use of cookies) when you link to their websites. Culinary
Marketing Strategies Inc. is not responsible for how such third parties collect, use or disclose your
personal information, so it is important to familiarize yourself with the privacy policies of these
websites before providing your personal information on those sites.

Protecting Your Personal Information

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. makes all commercially reasonable efforts to protect your
personal information from loss, unauthorized access, misuse or theft. Only those Culinary
Marketing Strategies Inc. employees who have a legitimate business purpose for accessing the
personal information collected by us are authorized to do so.

Filming and Photography Disclaimer

Video and photo content capture may take place at any of the events. By participating in the event, you consent to your voice, name, and/or likeness being used, without compensation in film, tapes, videos, and photographs for the use in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity, and you release Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc., or their respective successors, assigns, and licenses from any liability whatsoever of any nature.

Contacting Us

In the event that you have any questions about Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Privacy Policy
or if you have reason to believe that we may have failed to adhere to this Privacy Policy, you may
contact us by sending an email to info@culinaryca.com.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

The information posted on foodanddrinkexp.com/calgary includes hypertext links or pointers
to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. This site
provides these links and pointers solely for our users’ information and convenience. When users
select a link to an outside website, they are leaving foodanddrinkexp.com/calgary and are
subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.
Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc., which manages foodanddrinkexp.com/calgary, does not
control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information
contained on a linked website. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. does not endorse the
organizations sponsoring linked websites and we do not endorse the views they express or the
products/services they offer. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. cannot authorize the use of
copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from
the sponsor of the linked website. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. is not responsible for
transmissions users receive from linked websites. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. is not
responsible for or liable in any way for commercial transactions which users transact with linked
websites.

Liability Disclaimer

The information, software, products, and services published on this website may include
inaccuracies or errors, including pricing errors. In particular, Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc.
and the affiliated, co-branded and/or linked website partners through whom we provide service,
the Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates, do not guarantee the accuracy of, and disclaim all
liability for any errors or other inaccuracies relating to the information and description of the
products displayed on this website (including, without limitation, the pricing, photographs,
general product descriptions, etc.), much of which information is provided by the respective
suppliers. In addition, Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc.
Affiliates expressly reserve the right to correct any pricing errors on our website and/or on
pending reservations made under an incorrect price. In such event, we will offer you the
opportunity to keep your pending reservation at the correct price or, at your option, we will
cancel your reservation without penalty.

Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates and their
respective suppliers make no guarantee about the availability of specific products and services.


Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates and their
respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes on this website at any time.


Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates, and their
respective suppliers make no representations about the suitability of the information, software, products, and services contained on this website for any purpose, and the inclusion or offering of
any products or services on this website does not constitute any endorsement or
recommendation of such products or services by Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary
Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates. All such information, software, products, and services are
provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary
Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates, and their respective suppliers disclaim all warranties and
conditions that this website, its servers or any email sent from Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc.
and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates, and/or their respective suppliers are free of
viruses or other harmful components. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing
Strategies Inc. Affiliates, and their respective suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and
conditions with regard to this information, software, products, and services, including all implied
warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-
infringement.

The restaurants and other suppliers on this website are independent businesses and not agents
or employees of Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc.
Affiliates. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates are
not liable for the acts, errors, omissions, representations, warranties, breaches or negligence of
any such suppliers or for any personal injuries, death, property damage, or other damages or
expenses resulting therefrom. Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing
Strategies Inc. Affiliates have no liability and will make no refund in the event of any delay,
cancellation, overbooking, strike, force majeure or other causes beyond their direct control, and
they have no responsibility for any additional expense, omissions, delays, re-routing or acts of
any government or authority.

In no event shall Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc.
Affiliates, and/or their respective suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental,
special, or consequential damages arising out of, or in any way connected with, your access to,
display of or use of this website or with the delay or inability to access, display or use this website
(including, but not limited to, your reliance upon opinions appearing on this web site; any
computer viruses, information, software, linked sites, products, and services obtained through
this website; or otherwise arising out of the access to, display of or use of this website) whether
based on a theory of negligence, contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, and even if Culinary
Marketing Strategies Inc. and Culinary Marketing Strategies Inc. Affiliates and/or their respective
suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages.