Privacy Policy

Information about our Organization and Web site

Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an Organization like Earth Day Canada. We are based in Canada.

Our principal activity is: Environmental Awareness

Our privacy policy covers Earth Day Canada and its Web sites:

Organization Name: Earth Day Canada
Address: 503-111 Peter Street
City, Postal Code: Toronto, M5V 2H1
Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Controller: Earth Day Canada
Websites: www.earthday.ca, www.ecoactionteams.ca, www.ecomentors.ca, www.ecokids.ca

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our Web site

Our Web site enables you to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect your data.

Automatic Collection of Information

We automatically log personal data by means such as programming or we link information automatically logged by such means with personal data about specific individuals. We do so for the following purposes:

• Technical administration of the Web site
• Research and development
• Customer administration
• Marketing

We use cookies to store personal data or we link information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals. We do so for the following purposes:

• Technical administration of the Web site
• Research and development
• Customer administration
• Marketing

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services.

We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

We do not take specific steps to protect the privacy of children who disclose their personal data to us.

We do not provide information about our personal data practices in relation to children on our home page, or at those sites on our Web site where we collect personal data.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice

We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organizations.

Confidentiality/Security

We do not give visitors to our Web site the option of using a secure transmission method to send us their personal data.

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

• unauthorised access
• unauthorised modification
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss
• improper use or disclosure

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you

You can ask us, by:

• calling this telephone number (1-888-283-2784)

whether we are keeping personal data about you.

Upon request, which you can indicate by:

• calling this telephone number (1-888-283-2784)

We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, within a week — although we may before require proof of your identity. We will provide the information without any charge. We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data:

• erased
• rectified or amended
• completed

We reserve the right to refuse to provide our visitors with a copy of their personal data, but will give reasons for our refusal.

We do, however, allow you to challenge our decision to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Compliance

Our privacy policy is compliant with the following instruments:

• Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
• http://www.privcom.gc.ca/index_e.asp

In order to demonstrate that our privacy policy accords with the above privacy instrument, we are:

• voluntarily committed to a Self Assessment procedure

Privacy Support

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact:

Name/designation: Director of Communications
Organization: Earth Day Canada
Address: 503-111 Peter St, Toronto, ON M5V 2H1
Phone Number: 1-888-283-2784
Fax Number: 416-599-3100
Email address: pr@earthday.ca

If you are not satisfied with our response to your concern:

• you may wish to contact Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (http://www.privcom.gc.ca/index_e.asp).