Terms and Conditions
The PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Canada (PSCPC) privacy policy explains the manner in which we collect, use, and disclose personal information when you visit our website located at www.pscpartners.ca (“Website”), donate to us, participate in one of our programs or otherwise interact with us.
1.COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Canada (PSCPC) is a registered Canadian charity that also operates under the brand “PSC Partners Canada.”
Information we collect and use throughout our Website and other interactions:
We may collect personal information when you:
- Donate to us
- Sign up to receive communications from us
- Participate in a survey
- Attend one of our events
- Contact us
Donations and Fundraising:
If you choose to donate to PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Canada (PSCPC), we may collect information such as your full name, email address, home address, and payment card or other banking/financial information (depending on the method of donation). This information is collected for the purposes of processing your donation, facilitating your transaction, and issuing you a tax receipt.
Payment:
If you make a donation to PSCPC through one of our partners, (CanadaHelps, Charitable Impact Foundation, or Paypal Giving Fund), we (or our authorized third-party payment processor) will collect your full name and payment information (including billing address, credit card number, expiry date, and CVV code) in order to process the donation and enable provision of a tax receipt (if applicable).
Communications:
If you sign up to receive email communications, we will collect your email address in order to send you information about us. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of each email. Alternatively, you can opt-out of receiving email communications by contacting us at the information provided in the “Contact Us” section below. Please note that you may continue to receive transactional-related communications from us.
Surveys:
From time to time, we may offer you the opportunity to participate in one of our surveys on an optional basis. We use the information collected through our surveys to help us as follows:
- Understand our donor’s needs and interests
- Develop and improve our programs and Website
Events:
If you attend one of our events or webinars, we or one of our partners (such as Zoom, CanadaHelps, or Eventbrite) may collect your full name, email address, city, province, postal code, country, phone number, and any other information you may provide us in connection with the event or webinar. We collect this information so that we can communicate with you about the event and contact you about future events.
Contact Us:
When you contact us with a comment, question, or complaint through email or telephone, you may be asked for information that identifies you, such as your name, address, and a telephone number, along with additional information we need to help us promptly answer your question or respond to your comment or complaint. We may retain this information to assist you in the future and to improve our services and programs.
Non-Identifiable Information:
If you provide PSCPC with the personal information of another individual, you represent that you have obtained all necessary consents from such person, or otherwise have legal authority to share this information, to enable us to collect, use, and disclose such personal information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.
2.SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not sell or disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, except as outlined below or as required or permitted by law.
Donations:
If you donate funds to a team or individual raising funds for a particular cause, with your consent we will post your name, donation amount, and any message you choose to publish on the team or individual’s fundraising page and share your name and email address with the page owner. In addition, if you make a donation and provide consent, we may display your name, message, and donation amount on our Website or share your name and email address with any individual with whom you choose to share your information through our Website.
Fundraising/Outreach:
We may share certain information in an aggregated, non-identifiable form for the purposes of fundraising and/or outreach.
Service Providers:
Your personal information will be transferred (or otherwise made available) to certain third parties that provide services on our behalf. We use service providers to provide services such as hosting the Website, processing payments, and providing analytics advertising, and marketing services. Our service providers are only provided with the information they need to perform their designated functions and are not authorized to use or disclose personal information for their own marketing or other purposes. We and our service providers may access, store, and otherwise process personal information outside of Canada (and, for residents of Quebec, outside of Quebec), including in the United States, where we or our service providers are located.
Legal Affiliate:
We may, from time to time, share your personal information with our affiliate, PSC Partners Seeking a Cure, a Colorado US 501(c)(3) nonprofit with whom we share a common mission for the purposes of providing mission-related services and for donation acknowledgement.
Legal and Compliance:
We and our Canadian, U.S., and other foreign service providers may disclose your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, or to another organization for the purposes of investigating a breach of an agreement or contravention of law or detecting, suppressing or preventing fraud, or as otherwise may be required or permitted by applicable Canadian, U.S. or other law or legal process, which may include lawful access by U.S. or foreign courts, law enforcement or other government authorities. Your personal information may also be disclosed where necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims and to investigate or prevent actual or suspected loss or harm to persons or property.
3. INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WEBSITES
Visiting our Website:
In general, you can visit our Website without telling us who you are or submitting any personal information. However, we collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all visitors to our Website and other related information, such as page requests, browser type, operating system, and average time spent on our Website. We use this information to help us understand Website activity and to monitor and improve our Website.
Cookies:
Our Websites use a technology called “cookies”. A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Website sends to a user’s browser, which may then be stored on the user’s hard drive so that we can recognize the user’s computer or device when they return. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to not accept certain cookies. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from our Website, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the Website’s features.
Analytics:
We may use a third party such as Google Analytics to help us gather and analyze information about the areas visited on the Website (such as the pages most read, time spent, search terms, and other engagement data) in order to evaluate and improve the user experience and the Website. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information about Google https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631.
Third-Party Links:
Our Website may contain links to other websites that PSCP does not own or operate. We provide links to third-party websites as a convenience to the user. These links are not intended as an endorsement of or referral to the linked websites. The linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies, notices, and terms of use. We do not have any control over such websites, and therefore we have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use or disclose, secure, and otherwise treat personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
4.SAFEGUARDS AND RETENTION
We have implemented reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures in an effort to safeguard the personal information in our custody and control against theft, loss, and unauthorized access, use, modification, and disclosure. We restrict access to personal information on a need-to-know basis to employees and volunteers who require access to fulfill their job requirements. All such volunteers sign confidentiality agreements.
5.YOUR CHOICES
Communications:
As indicated above, if you have signed up to receive our email communications, you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of the email. Alternatively, you can opt out of receiving our email communications by contacting us using the contact information under “Contact Us” below.
Exercising Your Privacy Rights:
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to access, update and correct inaccuracies in, and withdraw consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in our custody or control. You may make such a request or withdraw your consent by emailing or writing to us using the contact information set out below. We may request certain personal information for the purpose of verifying your identity.
6.UPDATES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this privacy policy periodically to reflect changes to our privacy practices. We encourage you to periodically review this page to ensure you are familiar with those changes. We will indicate at the top of this privacy policy when it was most recently updated.
7. CONTACT US
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy or the manner in which we or our service providers treat your personal information, or to exercise any rights in respect of your personal information, please contact us at:
Mailing Address: PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Canada
720 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5S 2R4
Email: [email protected]
Telephone number: (647) 848-6953
8.OUR PRIVACY POLICIES AND PRACTICES
We are committed to protecting personal information and have implemented policies and practices that govern our treatment of personal information. These policies and procedures include, among other things, the following:
- We have implemented policies and procedures to protect personal information in our custody and control from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
- We have implemented a privacy framework that defines the roles and responsibilities for our employees and volunteers with respect to the treatment of personal information.