Chatham-Kent Lambton Administrative Services (hereafter 'CLASS' or 'We') values the users of the communityuseofschools.com website (the 'Website'). Your privacy and trust are very important to us. We recognize that you may be concerned about our collection, use and disclosure of the personally identifiable information ('Personal Information') that we collect when you use the Website and the services offered on or through the Website. This Privacy Policy describes the information that we collect from you, how we collect this information, and what we do with it after we collect it. By using the Website you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
PRIVACY POLICY AMENDMENTS
This statement is in effect and was last revised as of January 1, 2010. We may, from time to time, review and revise our privacy practices and this Policy. In the event of any amendment, we will notify you by sending you an email, posting a notice on the Website or posting a notice in your account when you first login after we have made changes. If you receive notification of a change in our Privacy Policy, you must review the new Privacy Policy carefully to make sure you undertand our practices and procedures. If any change is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to not use the Website. Your continued use of the Website following posting of a change notice or new Privacy Policy on the Website will constitute binding acceptance of the changes. |
TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
Personal Information: We may, from time-to-time, collect personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") that you provide us, such as: your name, address, phone numbers, email addresses as well as information collected electronically about how you use our website (e.g. by tracking the number of unique page views received by the pages of the website) or via cookies. "Cookies" are files or pieces of information that may be stored in your computer's hard drive when you visit the communityuseofschools.com website. Cookies are also used to remember that you may have already provided Personal Information to us and as a result, they help speed up your future activities when accessing our website. The cookies are persistent cookies and reside on your Internet browser until you remove them. CLASS does not share Personal Information obtained through cookies with any third parties. Most Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can set Your Internet browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. In some instances, you may have created an unique client ID and created a password in order to use certain portions of this website. You are requested not to divulge your client ID or password to anyone other than CLASS personnel and then only for the purpose of permitting them to provide service to you.
Non-Personal Information: In addition to Personal Information you provide and cookies, CLASS may collect other information about your visits to our website. For example, we may collect information about your computer, such as your IP address (a number assigned to your computer whenever you surf the World Wide Web); the type of Internet browser you are using; the type of computer operating system you are using; or the domain name of the website from which you linked to our website. This information will not be linked to your Personal Information and will only be collected in the aggregate in connection with all the users of our website for planning, forecasting and/or evaluation purposes. Please note that this Policy does not cover aggregated data from which the identity of an individual cannot be determined. CLASS retains the right to use aggregated data in any way that it determines appropriate. CLASS has no control over the content of third party websites that may be identified on the communityuseofschools.com website or, if applicable, accessed though hyperlinks, including, but not limited to, the websites of local municipalities school boards or any other Community Use of Schools members/partners. |
YOUR CONSENT
Your provision of Personal Information to CLASS means that you agree and consent that CLASS may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, you are requested not to provide any Personal Information to CLASS. Certain services can only be made available if you provide Personal Information to CLASS. Consequently, if you choose not to provide us with any required Personal Information, CLASS may not be able to offer you certain services. |
HOW CLASS USES PERSONAL INFORMATION
CLASS will use Personal Information primarily for our own internal purposes to: (a) provide you with the service and information that has been requested; (b) contact you directly regarding the services and programs offered and/or supported by CLASS and its trusted affiliates, other parties involved in the programs supported by CLASS, its partners and sponsors, including, but not limited to, affiliated not-for-profit organizations and other governmental agencies involved in making the communityuseofschools.com website available; and (c) understand your preferences in order to enhance your experience with CLASS and such affiliates, partners and sponsors. CLASS's use of Personal Information is limited to these purposes. Unless permitted by law, no Personal Information about you is collected, without first obtaining the consent of the individual to the collection, use and disclosure of that information. |
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
CLASS may disclose your Personal Information to organizations that perform services on behalf of CLASS such as those who help us provide, maintain and improve the Website. For example, we use a third party to process payments made to us, and may subcontract out production, fulfillment, analytics, reporting or other operations. We also contract with several online partners to help manage, monitor and optimize our Website and to help us measure the effectiveness of how visitors use the Website. We will use reasonable efforts to prevent such third parties from disclosing your Personal Information, except for the purpose of providing the services. We cannot guarantee that such third parties will not disclose your Personal Information. We do not share, rent or trade your Personal Information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
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PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information: Whenever we obtain your Personal Information, we use reasonable efforts to protect it from unauthorized access or disclosure. However, we are not insurers of the security of your Personal Information. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any disclosure of data due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts of omissions beyond our reasonable control.
Website Content: The content that you store, post or transmit on or through the Website, such as discussion postings may be accessed by other users, including people you do not know to be trustworthy. You should not assume that your content will be kept private.
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PROVIDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS
Please note that there are circumstances where the use or disclosure of Personal Information may be justified or permitted or where CLASS is obliged to disclose information without consent. Such circumstances may include; where CLASS believes that the law requires it; where CLASS believes, upon reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property or an identifiable person or group; where the information is public. Where obliged or permitted to disclose information without consent, CLASS will not disclose any more information than is required. CLASS does not sell or otherwise disclose to third parties any Personal Information that has been obtained. |
MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information such as credit card numbers we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We generally follow accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
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CHANGES TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have a right to access the Personal Information held about you and you can obtain a copy of and request that we correct errors in your Personal Information by emailing us at communityuseofschools.com. If you would like to deactivate or terminate your account please contact by emailing communityuseofschools@cklass.ca |
FUTURE EVENTUALITIES
In the event that the Community Use of Schools initiative is discontinued then the Personal Information will be returned to the most appropriate regional organization to allow the data to be used as originally intended by the registrant. Likely the applicable school board. |
ONLINE TRANSACTIONS
All online financial transactions are conducted through DMS Technologies Inc., an independent third party provider of secure financial services. CLASS does not track or maintain any personal financial data. CLASS does not accept any liability for financial transactions conducted with DMS Technologies Inc. |
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