CAIPS Niagara is committed to protecting your privacy and developing
technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This
Statement of Privacy applies to the CAIPS Niagara Web site and governs
data collection and usage. By using the CAIPS Niagara Web site, you
consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
CAIPS Niagara collects personally identifiable information, such as your
e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. CAIPS Niagara
also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you,
such as your postal code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is
automatically collected by CAIPS Niagara. This information can include:
your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web
site addresses. This information is used by CAIPS Niagara for the
operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide
general statistics regarding use of the CAIPS Niagara Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable
information or personally sensitive data through CAIPS Niagara public
message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: CAIPS Niagara
does not read any of your private online communications.
CAIPS Niagara encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web
sites you choose to link to from CAIPS Niagara so that you can
understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. CAIPS Niagara
is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites
outside of the CAIPS Niagara and CAIPS Niagara family of Web
sites.
Use of your Personal Information
CAIPS Niagara collects and uses your personal information to operate the
CAIPS Niagara Web site and deliver the services you have requested. CAIPS Niagara
also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other
products or services available from CAIPS Niagara and its affiliates. CAIPS Niagara
may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of
current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
CAIPS Niagara does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third
parties. CAIPS Niagara may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of
external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest
to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information
(e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third
party. In addition, CAIPS Niagara may share data with trusted partners
to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail,
provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties
are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these
services to CAIPS Niagara, and they are required to maintain the
confidentiality of your information.
CAIPS Niagara does not use or disclose sensitive personal information,
such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit
consent.
CAIPS Niagara keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit
within CAIPS Niagara, in order to determine what CAIPS Niagara
services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content
and advertising within CAIPS Niagara to customers whose behavior
indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
CAIPS Niagara Web sites will disclose your personal information, without
notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such
action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with
legal process served on CAIPS Niagara or the site; (b) protect and
defend the rights or property of CAIPS Niagara; and, (c) act under
exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of CAIPS Niagara,
or the public.
Use of Cookies
The CAIPS Niagara Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your
online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by
a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses
to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read
by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to
save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have
returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize CAIPS Niagara
pages, or register with CAIPS Niagara site or services, a cookie helps CAIPS Niagara
to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the
process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses,
shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same CAIPS Niagara
Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can
easily use the CAIPS Niagara features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting
to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may
not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the CAIPS Niagara
services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
CAIPS Niagara secures your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. CAIPS Niagara secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled,
secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to
other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
CAIPS Niagara will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to
reflect company and customer feedback. CAIPS Niagara encourages you to
periodically review this Statement to be informed of how CAIPS Niagara
is protecting your information.
Contact Information
CAIPS Niagara welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of
Privacy. If you believe that CAIPS Niagara has not adhered to this
Statement, please contact CAIPS Niagara at
jmaltby@caipsniagara.org. We will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.