Privacy Policy
Purpose
To maintain compliance with privacy legislation applicable or relevant to the National Consortium on AFCCA, and to provide the public with information regarding the privacy policy and practices of this site.
Policy
The National Consortium on AFCCA (“we, “us”, or “our”) is committed to meeting or exceeding privacy principles and obligations with respect to personal information under applicable Canadian privacy legislation.
The purpose of this statement is to inform site visitors and other individuals we deal with (“you” or “your”) how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and dispose of personal information, as well as the safeguards in place to protect that information. This statement also provides information on how to obtain access to or request correction of a record of personal information held by our organization, how to contact us, and how to make a complaint about our privacy practices.
What is Personal Information?
Personal information means recorded information about an identifiable individual. Information will be about an identifiable individual where there is a serious possibility that an individual could be identified using that information, alone or in combination with other available information.
Personal Information We Collect about You
We only collect, use, and disclose personal information necessary for the delivery of our programs and fulfillment of organizational obligations. We will not collect personal information if other information will serve the purpose of the collection, use or disclosure.
We collect personal information directly and indirectly in several circumstances while delivering our programs. This includes through applied community research, social media interactions, correspondence, event registrations, or other forms of communication. Personal information we may collect includes:
name, address, telephone number, and other contact information
email address
social media username
information you provide about your family, including family structure, health information, permanency arrangements, social history
financial information from our donors
such other information we may collect with your consent or as permitted or required by law.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We generally use your personal information for the following purposes:
to discuss interest in participating in applied community research
contacting third party agencies or individuals, with your explicit consent, to provide and advocate for services or supports for your family
contacting individuals regarding upcoming events, activities, or resources of potential interest
activities to improve or maintain the quality of a service, including completing program evaluation and research, and preparing program proposals
disposing of the information or modifying the information in order to conceal the identify of the individual
meeting legal, regulatory, insurance, security, and processing requirements
otherwise with consent or as permitted or required by law.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information
We will only disclose your personal information with your consent or if we have legal authority to do so. We never sell, rent, or share our registrant or donor lists with any third party.
Cookies and Analytics
We also use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your visit to our website, to remember your preferences and settings when you navigate through our website, and for security purposes.
Many web browsers allow you to manage your preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. You may be able to manage other technologies in the same way that you manage cookies using your browser’s preference.
We also use Google Analytics to better understand who is using our website and how people are using it. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as website pages visited, places where users click, time spent on each website page, Internet Protocol address, type of operating system used and location. Please see http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ for information about how Google Analytics uses this information, and visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout for information about the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Google may track your activity over time and across websites.
Links to Other Websites
We may offer links from our website to other websites, including social media platforms, controlled by separate entities. However, we are not responsible for, nor do we accept any liability for how such other entities collect, use, and disclose personal information. You should consult the privacy policies of these other websites before providing any personal information.
Safeguards
The National Consortium on AFCCA respects the confidentiality of personal information and takes reasonable steps to protect your personal information with safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, which may include safeguards to protect against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. Access to personal information is granted only to those employees and authorized volunteers or agents whose duties require them to see the information. Access is limited to the specific information needed to carry out the activity assigned and does not continue to exist afterwards.
Your Consent
You may withdraw your consent to further collection, use, storage, or disclosure of your personal information, at any time, by contacting us. In this case there may be certain information we are required to store even after consent has been withdrawn, such as the minimum documentation required to meet record-keeping standards and regulations.
Data Retention and Disposal
We retain your personal information for as long as is reasonably necessary to provide services to you and so that you can request access to it. When personal information is disposed, we protect it against theft, loss, and unauthorized use or disclosure. We also ensure that it cannot be reconstructed or retrieved after disposal.
For More Information
If you have additional questions about our privacy policies or practices, we invite you to contact us, and a representative of the National Consortium on AFCCA will reach out to you directly.