Your privacy is important to us. We store personal information only as long as we have a reason to keep it and we will not sell or rent your personal information to anyone.
Who We Are
The Down Syndrome Association of Hamilton (“DSAH”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the DSAH website. Our website address is www.dsah.ca. By clicking on any page of our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with DSAH’s Privacy Policy. We would like to inform you about the collection and use of personal information when you visit our website. We only use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that the information provided here may not be applicable at all times.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic communication, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable ways to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
DSAH may use third-party companies and/or individuals to facilitate our website, to provide the website on our behalf, to perform website-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third parties would have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf, and third parties are obligated not to disclose it or use it for any other purpose.
Links To Other Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites that are not run by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos. Embedded content from other websites acts as if the viewer has visited their website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content.
Information Collection and Use
Information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website (“Log Data”) may be collected. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
While visiting our website, when you choose to purchase products or fill in forms, you may be asked to provide information that can be used to contact or identify you. In addition, if you choose to contact our office, we may keep a record of that correspondence so that we may fully address the subject matter. “Personal Information” may include, but is not limited to: your name, address, email address, and birth date.
“Cookies”
Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous, unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We may use “cookies” to collect information. For example, if you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, and email address in cookies. These cookies would be for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again if you leave another comment. Such cookies last for one year. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies, or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you opt not to accept cookies, aspects of our website may not be available to you.
Comments from Online Visitors
If our website visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users (if any) who register or sign up for anything on our website, we also store the personal information provided in their user profile. Website administrators can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time.
Compliance With Laws
DSAH will disclose your personal information where required to do so by law or subpoena.
Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase the personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as soon as they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about DSAH’s Privacy Policy, please click on this ’email us‘ link to open our contact form.