Privacy Statement
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Scleroderma Society of Canada respects the privacy of visitors to this Website. Your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by Scleroderma Society of Canada in accordance with this privacy statement, which is based on CSA Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information (CAN/CSA-Q830-96). Personal information is defined as information about an identifiable individual, with the exception of business contact information such as a job title or company name.
You can visit Scleroderma Society of Canada on the Web without telling us who you are or revealing any other personal information. We collect personal information about you only when you knowingly provide it, for example when you complete the site membership form or registration form. By accessing Scleroderma Society of Canada’s website, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of the information you provide as set out below.
This privacy statement deals only with personal information collected through BScleroderma Society of Canada’s Website. Any changes to this statement will be incorporated into a revised statement posted here, so that you will always have access to information on our current Website information handling practices.
Information Collection and Use
If you request information, products, or services through Scleroderma Society of Canada’s Website, you will be asked to provide personal information. For example, you need to provide personal information if you want to buy a product, register for training/event or access our member’s only section. When you register for membership, Scleroderma Society of Canada will ask for your name and contact details, as well as a username and password that you will use to log in during future visits. We collect this information to enable us to set up your membership, process your order, and supply any items you purchase.
Scleroderma Society of Canada may decide to use your account information and transaction history to generate statistics and reports for internal use as well as to offer you products and services by telephone, regular mail, or e-mail.
Providing personal information allows you to benefit from our programs and services. In addition to managing your membership and maintaining responsible relations with you, Scleroderma Society of Canada collects and uses your personal information to:
If you wish, you can ask that your personal information not be used for marketing and promotional purposes. This can be done by contacting us by telephone, fax, regular mail, or e-mail.
Information That Does Not Identify You
Scleroderma Society of Canada logs certain technical information from your computer’s Web browser when you visit us on the Internet. This information includes your Internet address, the address of the Website you are coming from, the amount of time you spend visiting our Website, the pages visited, the operating system and Web browser software you use, and, if you link to us through a search engine, the keywords you use to find our Website. The logs do not record personal information, can be accessed only by Scleroderma Society of Canada or their agents, and are used solely to track visits to our site and improve its content and layout. Scleroderma Society of Canada never attempts to tie this information to particular individuals visiting our Website, unless that is necessary for investigating a security breach.
When you visit our Website, you are assigned a temporary text file through your Web browser. It is placed on your computer for programming purposes only and enhances your use of the site by providing a unique identifier as you move from page to page. If you visit our Products, for example, it ensures that you have properly logged in and can add items to your shopping cart. If you use the search engine, it remembers the keywords you enter. This temporary text file is destroyed as soon as you close your browser.
Disclosure and Retention of Your Information
Scleroderma Society of Canada does not sell or trade your personal information to other organizations or companies, and it is shared with others only in the ways explained in this privacy statement.
If you are a Scleroderma Society of Canada Member, your information will be kept indefinitely for archival continuity purposes. If you contact us with a question or comment, any information identifying you is normally kept only long enough for us to provide a response.
Accuracy of Your Information
Scleroderma Society of Canada relies exclusively on you for its information about you. To ensure that you are kept up-to-date on the products and services we offer, and that there is no interruption in our communications with you, please update membership information or contact us to advise us of any changes in your information.
How Your Information Is Kept Safe during Transmission
Scleroderma Society of Canada strives to provide a secure online environment for the transmission of personal information such as usernames, and passwords. For Scleroderma Society of Canada registration, and the member’s only section of the Website, security is provided by internationally recognized encryption protocols. When you make a purchase, register for training/events or use the member’s only section of the Website, all of your information is collected within a secure page and encrypted while being transmitted to Scleroderma Society of Canada Internet servers. Information collected anywhere else on our site is transmitted to our servers in an unencrypted form, which does create a risk of interception.
Contacting Scleroderma Society of Canada
If you believe that Scleroderma Society of Canada is not abiding by this privacy statement or if you have concerns about Scleroderma Society of Canada online information handling practices, please contact us. Your concerns will be addressed promptly.