Inform
Terms of Use/Privacy Policy (Interim)
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The collaborating partners
of Inform Hamilton:
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Community
Information
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Ancaster Community Services
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Flamborough Information & Community Services
are committed to compliance with Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (PIPEDA),
http://www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_06_01_e.asp
In connection with the community
information available in the database, we are committed to collecting, using,
and disclosing personal information responsibly and only to the
extent such information is provided to us by the organizations, programs,
services and groups whose information we publish and disseminate through
electronic and other means.
What is personal
information?
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual and
includes information that relates to:
Business information, (e.g. an individual’s business address
and telephone number) in contrast to personal information, is not protected by privacy legislation.
When information about an
individual is voluntarily provided as contact information for an
organization, program, service or group record in the community database,
Inform Hamilton interprets this information to be business
information for the purposes of the database unless explicitly requested in
writing to treat the information as personal and/or private. If
an individual does not wish to provide his/her information for this business
purpose – that is, as a contact for an organization, program, service or group
– there is no requirement to do so. Upon request, contact information can be
maintained in a non public area of the database and used for updating purposes
only.
If at least one item of
contact information (ie phone number, address and/or
email) cannot be provided, the record will not be included in the public view
of the database. However, if requested, the information can be made available
internally to staff to provide information to the public one-to-one through the
information and referral services of the Inform Hamilton partner agencies.
The primary purpose of the Inform Hamilton database is to collect, organize
maintain and disseminate information about human services and
community/voluntary sector programs and organizations.
Information provided by an
organization, program, group or service or related information about
individuals in connection with records in the Inform Hamilton
database might be used
for any or all of the following purposes either as a free services or through a
fee-for-service arrangement:
Organizations, programs,
groups or services whose records form part of the Inform Hamilton database can
request in writing that their information not be included in any/all of these
database uses. Permission must be given for at least one of these purposes or
the record cannot be included in the database.
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Users of the Inform
Hamilton Website
Session cookies
are stored while a user is visiting the online database to support the dynamic functionality
of the web site. Cookies allow the website to store information on the user's
computer and later retrieve it. No personally identifying information about the
user is contained in these cookies. If the user's browser is set to reject
cookies, the database will still be usable, but some of the functionality will
be reduced.
Contact Information
Questions, concerns or suggestions should be sent in writing
to:
Lesley Russell
President and designated contact for information and privacy matters
Inform
Email: lrussell@hpl.ca
Phone: 905 546-3200, Ext
4582
Fax: 905 528-7764
For additional information
you may contact:
Privacy Commissioner of
Website: www.privcom.gc.ca
Phone: 613-995-8210, 1-800-282-1376
Fax: 613-947-685
Last Reviewed: February 28, 2008
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