Privacy Policy
ACTRA, FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting and the Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, the co-sponsors of this website, respect the privacy of those who visit our web site or receive our mailings. To support this commitment, we have adopted the following privacy policy which we invite you to review. Please note that this policy governs your use of this site. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. The most current version will be posted at http://www.keepitcanadian.net/privacy.html.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal information such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers is collected in order to communicate with supporters and potential supporters by mail, telephone or e-mail for purposes that include fundraising, updating you on our activities, and involving you in advocacy initiatives. Financial information such as banking or credit card information is collected in order to process one-time or ongoing contributions. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. We will ask you for personal information when you subscribe to our e-mail mailing list, take part in a fax or e-mail campaign, or when you report a problem with this site. We may also occasionally ask you to complete surveys that we use for research. If you are not a supporter or member of the co-sponsors of this website, we may obtain your personal information from an organization that has obtained your consent to share your information with other organizations, in which case the purposes for which your information was collected by that organization will continue to apply.
This site logs IP addresses and browser information for purposes of system administration, identifying technical difficulties, evaluating traffic patterns and site usage, and otherwise providing content relevant to site visitors. Information held in aggregate form may also be used to evaluate supporter/member demographics and involvement in FRIENDS campaigns. Temporary session cookies removed at the end of your session are used to store information such as whether you have accepted the terms and conditions for access to content in the Media Monitor section of the site. Persistent cookies may be used to record your preferences or otherwise improve your experience on the site. Information from cookies may be used in aggregate form to determine the number of unique visitor to various parts of the site or improve analysis of site traffic patterns. You can configure your web browser to refuse some or all cookies; however, if you do not accept certain cookies you may not be able to access all the features of this site.
Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Information
The co-sponsors of this site disclose personal information to third parties such as financial institutions and other third party contractors for the purposes of processing contributions, maintaining internal records, and communicating with you. To support FRIENDS' ongoing effort to advance our cause by attracting new supporters, we occasionally share contact information (never financial information) on a selective basis with other compatible organizations which may communicate with you regarding membership, services or products, unless you withheld your permission for us to do so at the time we originally collected your information, or you subsequently advised us that you did not wish your contact information shared with others. We will otherwise release personal information only with your express consent, unless releasing such information is required by law or we have reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with the co-sponsors’ rights or property or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Where the co-sponsors of this website release your personal information to third parties, FRIENDS first requires them to agree to use such personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and Canadian privacy laws.
Consent
You hereby consent that the co-sponsors of this website may collect, use, store, maintain, transfer, and remove your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you prefer that we not use or disclose your information for any or all of the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection, you may notify us at any time. In particular, the co-sponsors of this site will honour all requests not to disclose personal information to other organizations, whether made at the time the information is provided or subsequently, and will promptly remove your name from our e-mail or postal mailing lists upon request. If you do not notify us, we will consider you to have consented to our continued use and disclosure of your information for the specified purposes.
Accessing, Modifying, or Removing your Information
Under Canadian privacy laws, you have the right to inquire whether the co-sponsors of this website holds personal information about you, access such personal information, and correct any personal information about you that is inaccurate. If your information changes or becomes inaccurate, or if you would like to remove your information from our records, please send a request using one of the contact methods listed below and include your name, address, telephone number so that we can identify you.
Information Security and Integrity
When you provide personal information to this site, such information is protected by secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption and stored on secured third party servers located in one or more of Toronto, Ontario, Canmore, Alberta, and Vancouver, British Columbia, or in other locations governed by this Privacy Policy. The c0sponsors of this website take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, or other unauthorized uses, and to remove your personal information when it is no longer required for its intended purposes. The co-sponsors of this website cannot, however, guarantee that loss, misuse, or unauthorized use will never occur and makes no representations or warranties to this effect.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, complaints or concerns or require more information about this Privacy Policy, about how the co-sponsors of this website manage personal information or responds to complaints, or about how we use your personal information, please write to us at:
Box 200/238 131 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1R8
Fax: (416) 968-7406
E-mail: friends@friends.ca
