Effective date: July 5, 2021
https://volunteeralberta.ab.ca/ is created and managed by the Association of Volunteer Centers and Volunteer Engaging Organizations of Alberta (“Volunteer Alberta”). By using this website, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of information by Volunteer Alberta as specified below. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access or use this website.
Volunteer Alberta (“us,” “we,” or “our”) operates the https://volunteeralberta.ab.ca/ website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding collecting, using, and disclosing personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We based our Privacy Policy for Volunteer Alberta on the Privacy Policy Template from Privacy Policies.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information per this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as our Terms of Use, accessible from https://volunteeralberta.ab.ca/.
Information collection and use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Personal data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally-identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- Cookies and Usage Data
Data usage
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This information can include your Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & cookies data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include a unique anonymous identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is shared. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. You can learn more about how to manage cookies in the Browser Cookies Guide.
Examples of cookies we use:
Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Use of data
Volunteer Alberta uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain the Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
- To monitor the usage of the Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
Transfer of data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Volunteer Alberta will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is secured and treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of personal data will take place unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Data
Volunteer Alberta may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Volunteer Alberta
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service providers
We may employ third-party Service Providers to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These parties have access to your Personal Data to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service and shares data with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy/update?hl=en
Links to other sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, it will direct you to a 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 any third-party sites or services’ content, privacy policies, or practices.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We advise you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective at the date of posting.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us by email at info@volunteeralberta.ab.ca