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Privacy Policy
Timothy Christian School Owen Sound
Web Site Privacy Policy
March, 2005
Timothy Christian School Owen Sound is committed to providing site visitors with a web site that protects their
privacy. Timothy Christian School Owen Sound respects the privacy of its Internet users and will protect that privacy as
vigorously as possible. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices
on the Timothy Christian School Owen Sound web site.
Personal Info Collected
The Timothy Christian School Owen Sound web site does not automatically gather any specific personal information from
you, such as your name, phone number or email address. All personal information
(defined as information about an identifiable individual, excluding business information)
held or collected by Timothy Christian School Owen Sound is protected under the federal Privacy Act. Timothy Christian School Owen Sound does not collect information that personally identifies individuals except when
individuals provide such specific information on a voluntary basis. This information
is only obtained if you provide it voluntarily, through contacting us via e-mail,
or through an online form. If you have voluntarily provided this information,
you have consented to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable
information as described in this privacy policy.
Visitors' personal information received via email is provided only to the Timothy Christian School Owen Sound staff, who requires the information to respond to inquiries. This information
is not used for any other purpose. No information sent to the Timothy Christian School Owen Sound via email or the website inquiry form is used for any other reason than to respond
to and maintain a record of the inquiry. This information is not sent to third
parties or retained for mailing list purposes.
Information on individual visitors is used by Timothy Christian School Owen Sound staff who needs to know the information in order to respond to your request
or to ensure the security of this system. The information is only shared with
another department or organization if your inquiry relates to that department
or organization. The information is not used to create individually identifiable
profiles, nor is this information disclosed to anyone outside Timothy Christian School Owen Sound . Timothy Christian School Owen Sound does not use personal information for any other purpose than that identified
before collection.
Timothy Christian School Owen Sound does not sell, trade, or rent personal information to others. Timothy Christian School Owen Sound may provide aggregate statistics about traffic patterns, and related site information
to relevant committees and organizations. These statistics will include no personally
identifying information.
Network Traffic Monitor
Timothy Christian School Owen Sound web site employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized
attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. This software
receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer that has
contacted our web site, for the date and time of the visit and the pages visited.
We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting
our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.
Cookies
Timothy Christian School Owen Sound occasionally uses “cookies” to track how our visitors use this site to determine
sites previously visited. The cookies we use do not allow us to identify individuals.
They are compiled into statistical information on traffic patterns and are used
to assess site efficiency. The system will notify you before any cookies are used
so that you may refuse them providing that option is set in your browser security
options. The refusal of cookies will not affect the site performance or restrict
your ability to access information from this site. (A “cookie” is a file that
may be placed on your hard drive without your knowledge by a web site to allow
it to monitor your use of the site).
Security Measures
The computers of Timothy Christian School Owen Sound are password protected, and have the industry standard techniques of protection
such as firewalls, encryptions, restricted access to records and equipment. However,
data sent through the Internet cannot be guaranteed 100% secure. Timothy Christian School Owen Sound cannot ensure the security of any information sent to us or received by us electronically.
Once the information sent by email has reached us, the best efforts are made to
make sure your information is secure on our servers.
Webmaster
Any message that you may send to the Webmaster for this site will go to Websmart Inc. Information concerning the functioning of the site is provided to the Webmaster
so that they can make adjustments to the site to maximize its effectiveness. Any
questions, concerns or complaints you may have about how Websmart Inc. is handling
personal information from this site should be directed to Timothy Christian School Owen Sound Privacy Co-ordinator as listed below.
Contact Information
Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act at Timothy Christian School Owen Sound may be directed to the Privacy Co-ordinator by email to office@timothycs.org or by calling (519) 371-9151 or writing to 1735 - 4th Avenue West , Owen Sound
, ON N4K 4X7 . If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern,
you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (link to www.privcom.gc.ca/index_e.asp).
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