Who we are
Our website address is: https://jepensedoncjesuis.ca.
Context and Applicability of Privacy Laws in Canada
As a non-profit, information-sharing website, with no commercial undertakings, Canada’s privacy laws do not apply to jepensedoncjesuis.ca.
The following activities are not considered commercial and are not subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (see more about the Privacy Act here):
- mailing out newsletters
- fundraising
- compiling a list of members’ names and addresses
General
Notwithstanding the above, jepensedoncjesuis.ca respects you and the information you provide and is committed to maintaining the privacy, accuracy and confidentiality of data we collect about you. We will not sell or rent your contact or other information, including email addresses. We will only share personal data, other than as described below, if compelled by a valid legal authority.
How we use your personal information
We may, as applicable, now, or in future, use your information to administer your service requests, deliver services, process donations or membership fees (if applicable), communicate with you about our services, provide access to secure areas of the website, to personalize your visit to our website, and to enable us to review, develop and continually improve the services we provide online by analyzing visitor trends.
We also use your personal information to help avoid identify fraud or abuses of our website and to enable third parties, such as our website hosting service provider, to carry out necessary administrative, technical, logistical or other functions on our behalf.
You may choose to share personal information with others on jepensedoncjesuis.ca
If enabled, you may choose to share your personal information (beyond your username visible to visitors and/or members on the site when you access it or post to it) with other visitors/members of the site. If you do so via our website, your personal information may be visible to other visitors/members and will be visible to us.
Information you choose to ask jepensedoncjesuis.ca to post such comments on posts and entries you make in forums may be visible to visitors and will be visible to us and members of jepensedoncjesuis.ca. This includes any opinions you may express. This information will be linked to your user ID which may be visible to visitors and will be visible to us and members of jepensedoncjesuis.ca.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies may last as long as your membership.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article (if enabled), an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content
Content on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If enabled, and 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 that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.