AGA KHAN FOUNDATION CANADA PRIVACY POLICY
Aga Khan Foundation Canada's Commitment to Protecting Your Privacy
Protecting the security and privacy of your Personal Information is important
to AKFC and to the way we conduct our business in compliance with laws on
privacy, data protection and data security in the countries in which we maintain
Web sites. We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what
information AKFC may collect, how AKFC uses and safeguards that information and
with whom that information may be shared.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF PRIVACY POLICY AND CONSENT TO THE USE OF
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
BY ACCESSING, USING AND/OR DOWNLOADING MATERIALS FROM THIS SITE OR
BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO AKFC, YOU AGREE, ON YOUR OWN BEHALF
AND ON BEHALF OF EACH ENTITY ON WHOSE BEHALF YOU ACT, THAT AKFC MAY
COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW.
Please note that this site is also governed by the
Terms and Conditions
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WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Non-Personal Information Collected Automatically
When you access our Web sites, we may automatically (i.e., not by
registration) collect information that is not personally-identifiable (e.g.,
type of Internet browser and computer operating system used; domain name of the
Web site from which you came; number of visits, average time spent, pages
viewed). We may use this information and share it with our worldwide affiliates
to measure the use of our Web sites and improve their content.
"Cookies" - Information Placed Automatically on Your Computer
When you view one of our Web sites, we may store some information on your
computer in the form of a "Cookie" to automatically recognize you the next time
you visit. Cookies can help us in many ways, for example, by allowing us to
tailor a Web site to better match your interests or to save your password so
that you do not have to re-enter it each time. If you choose not to be
recognized, please refer to your Internet browser to erase Cookies from your
computer hard drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is
stored.
Personal Information
Through our Web sites, AKFC will not collect any personally-identifiable
information about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone number or e-mail
address: "Personal Information"), unless you voluntarily choose to provide it to
us. If you do not want your Personal Information collected, please do not submit
it to us.
Children
No Personal Information should be submitted to AKFC's Web sites by children
without the consent of their parent or guardian. AKFC encourages all parents or
guardians to instruct their children in the safe and responsible use of their
Personal Information while using the Internet. AKFC will not knowingly collect
or use any Personal Information from children for any purpose whatsoever,
including disclosure to third parties.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
Purposes and Consent
When you do provide us with Personal Information, we usually use it to ?
[NTD: insert description of uses]. Also, to support our relationship with you:
- we may store and process Personal Information and share it with our
worldwide affiliates to better understand your needs and how we can improve
our services; or
- we (or a third party on our behalf) may use Personal Information to
contact you about an upcoming AKFC event or to conduct online surveys to
better understand our donors' needs and profiles.
If you choose not to have your Personal Information used to support our
relationship (especially direct marketing or market research), we will respect
your choice. We do not now (and do not intend to) sell, rent or otherwise market
your Personal Information to third parties. We limit the collection, use,
retention and disclosure of your personal information to that which is
reasonably necessary for these purposes. By using this Site or submitting
personal information to AKFC, you consent to our collection from, verification
with, and communication to any third party for these purposes. You consent to
the collection, use, disclosure and processing of your information by AKFC and
its affiliates, and their respective agents and service providers, for the
purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Your ability to opt-out
We may communicate and disclose your information with our affiliates and
other third parties to offer you other services that may be of interest to you
unless you notify us of your intention to opt-out. If you do not want AKFC to
share your personal information with our affiliates or third parties for the
purpose of offering you other services, please notify us by sending an e-mail to
info@akfc.ca , and ensure that you include
"Opt-Out" in the subject matter field of the email. It may take approximately
[o] days for your opt-out request to become effective. Occasionally, we will
send you e-mail communications with information which may be useful to you,
including information about our services or about upcoming events offered by
AKFC and our affiliates or third parties. We will include instructions in our
e-mail messages on how to unsubscribe if you decide you do not want to receive
any future marketing or promotional e-mails from AKFC However, if you are a
donor to AKFC, to ensure that you receive important donor information, you agree
that we may continue to send you non-marketing related information when
necessary.
HOW DO YOU ACCESS AND UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION?
You can access the personal information we hold about you by sending us an
e-mail at privacyofficer@akfc.ca. We will advise you in
advance of any charges for copies of your file. We may be unable to provide you
with some information in certain circumstances, such as if the information also
refers to other individuals, is subject to legal privilege, contains
confidential information, cannot be retrieved using your name or account number,
or as otherwise permitted or restricted by law. If you wish to notify us of any
changes to your personal information, or if you believe that any information we
hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, please send us an e-mail at
info@akfc.ca.
WHAT IF WE CHANGE OUR PRIVACY POLICY?
AKFC reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy statement
at any time. If we make any material change to this Privacy Policy, we will
update this Site to include such changes and post a notice on our home page with
a link to the updated Privacy Policy. Please read any such notice and the new
policy statement. Your continued use of this Site after we post such notice will
constitute your acceptance of the new terms and their application to your use of
this Site and the information disclosed for such use, including information
previously furnished us, as if they were the initial terms. However, we will
seek your consent if we want to use your personal information for purposes other
than those you have agreed to previously.
WEBSITE LINKS
This Site may contain links to other websites, including those of our
partners, vendors and advertisers. While we try to link only to websites that
share our high standards and respect for privacy, please understand that we are
not responsible for the content of the privacy practices employed by other
websites.
YOUR PRIVACY CONCERNS
If you have any questions or comments about AKFC's Privacy Policy (e.g., to
review and update your Personal Information), please click on "Contact Us",
located in the upper right-hand corner of this window and select "?" as the
subject. As the Internet matures, so will our Privacy Policy. We will post
changes to our Privacy Policy on this page as soon as the commitment has been
made to alter any existing policy.
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