Privacy Policy Introduction
Last updated: August 6th, 2022
The United People Of Canada, ("We," “Us”, "Our", the "Organization"), respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (herein, the "Policy").
Maintaining and respecting the protection of data that You have entrusted to Us is imperative. The United People Of Canada's Policy applies to the use of its website, located at www.tupoc.ca. (the "Site", the "Service"). Any personal data collected by the Site will be used by The United People Of Canada in accordance with The United People Of Canada's Privacy Policy.
This Policy serves to describe the types of data We may collect and it describes the policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service. The Policy also outlines Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Definitions
The words in which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
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Account means a unique account created for You to access the Site or parts of the Site.
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The United People Of Canada (referred to as either "We", "Us", "Our" or the "Organization" in this Agreement) refers to the organization The United People Of Canada and includes our initial physical location at 310 St. Patrick St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5K6.
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Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
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Country refers to Canada
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Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
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Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
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Service refers to Our Website, "the Site".
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Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of Us. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by Us to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Organization, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Organization in analyzing how the Service is used.
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Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
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Website, the Site, the Service refers to The United People Of Canada, accessible from www.tupoc.ca
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You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the organization, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Types of Data Collected:
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. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
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Email address
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First name and last name
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Phone number
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Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
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Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is other information that by itself does not individually identify You and is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
We generally do not treat Usage Data as Personal Data, unless required by applicable law. If we link together different types of Usage Data or link Usage Data to Personal Data, we treat the linked information as Personal Data when it directly or indirectly identifies you or another person.
Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
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Name
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Postal address
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Email address
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Phone number
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Donation history
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Payment cardholder data
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Sensitive authentication data
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Internet connection
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Equipment used to access the Site and usage details
Depending on the type of interaction that you have with the Service, we may also collect your:
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Gender
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Mailing address
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Birth year
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Occupation
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Employer
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Photographs/images
How We Collect Your Data
We collect Personal Data from:
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Users of our Site
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Members of our Site
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Donors to The United People Of Canada
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People who attend The United People Of Canada events
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People who participate in The United People Of Canada programs
We collect this data:
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From our website tupoc.ca (the "Site")
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Directly when You provide it to Us through any interaction offline or in person
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When You interact with Our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this Policy
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Automatically, as You navigate through the Site (data collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies)
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When You participate in Our programs or sign up for and/or attend any events that we host
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From third parties We contract with to provide services on Our behalf, such as event organizers, payment processing services, email marketing services, and software providers; these service providers may change, or new service providers may be added without notice to You
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When You interact with Us in another way, for example, by contacting Us.
You also may provide data to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Website or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, "User Content"). Your User Content is posted on the Website and transmitted to others at your own risk. We limit access to certain pages and you may set certain privacy settings for this data from your account profile. However, we cannot control the actions of other Website users with whom you may choose to share your User Content.
You also may provide data to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Website or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, "User Content"). Your User Content is posted on the Website and transmitted to others at Your own risk. We limit access to certain pages and you may set certain privacy settings for this data from Your account profile. However, We cannot control the actions of other Website users with whom You may choose to share Your User Content.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
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Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
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Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies.
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Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Organization, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
When you are signed into a user account, we collect usage data that is tied to your individual account. This data is collected to improve site functionality. We process this personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
When You are not signed in to Your Account, the data collected is anonymous. It serves as statistical data that helps Us improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized Service.
Reject or Control Cookies
Some web browsers and Device operating systems provide settings that allow You to control or reject cookies. You may refuse to accept browser Cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your web browser or Device. However, if You select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site. Our system will issue cookies when You direct Your browser to the Site, unless You have adjusted Your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Organization may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
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To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
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To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
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For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
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To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
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To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
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To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
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For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
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For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of campaigns and hosted events and evaluating and improving our Service, products, services and marketing efforts.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Organization will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies.
The Organization will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Donations Personal Data Privacy
We will not sell, trade, or share personal data from received donations, including the donor's name, phone number, email, or physical address. This policy applies to all data received by The United People Of Canada through donations, both online and offline, as well as by electronic, written, or oral communication.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Organization's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information 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 within Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, We may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Organization may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
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Comply with a legal obligation
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Protect and defend the rights or property of the Organization
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Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
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Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
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Protect against legal liability
Accessing and Updating Your Personal Data
You may access and amend your personal data by:
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Visiting your account profile page on the Site, tupoc.ca, if You are a registered user on the Site.
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Contacting Us by email, phone or online through the Site's contact forms to request access to, correct, or delete any personal data that You have provided.
We may choose not to accommodate a request to change or delete data if we believe the change or deletion would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the data to be incorrect.
If you delete your User Content from the Website, copies of your User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of data provided on our Website, including User Content, is governed by our Terms of Use.
Security of Your Personal Data
We have implemented technical and operational security measures designed to protect Your personal data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that unfortunately, the transmission of personal data via the internet or method of electronic storage is never 100% secure.
We do our best to protect Your personal data, however, We cannot guarantee the security of Your personal data transmitted to Our Website or over any public network. Any transmission of personal data is at Your own risk. Without prejudice to any mandatory legal obligations to which We may be subject, We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures on Our Website.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We will take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
Contact Details
Please contact us if You have any questions or concerns.
Our contact details are as follows:
You can also contact us through the contact form available on our Site.
Effective Date 6th of August, 2022