The United Church of Canada/L'Église Unie du Canada3250 Bloor St. West, Suite 300
Toronto, ON M8X 2Y4 Canada
Toll-Free: 1-800-268-3781
Fax: 416-231-3103
Website: www.united-church.ca
The United Church of Canada/L'Église Unie du CanadaThe United Church of Canada is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information. Personal information is collected, used, maintained, and disclosed in compliance with The United Church of Canada Privacy Policy and applicable federal and provincial privacy legislation including, but not limited to, The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (2000, c.5).
Strategic Profits Inc.* of Vancouver, hosts our online donation and event registration service. When you make an online donation or register for an event, we ask for personal information including your name; e-mail and mailing addresses; telephone number; credit card number, type, and expiration date. We use this information only for matters related to your online donation or registration. Your credit card information will be maintained only for a period reasonably necessary to ensure payment has been received.
Online donors WILL NOT be contacted again unless they indicate that they welcome such requests. You WILL NOT receive any print or audiovisual material giving information about or soliciting further donations unless you request them.
We have confirmed that Strategic Profits Inc. also honours the privacy of online donors* to the same standard as set out in this Privacy Statement of The United Church of Canada.
Got Corp's Campaigner service* with offices in Montreal, Ottawa. and California, hosts our online newsletter service. When you subscribe to one of our newsletters, we ask for your name and a valid e-mail address. This is the minimum amount of information we need to fulfill your subscription request.
All newsletters have an option that allows you to cancel your subscription at any time. "Unsubscribe" requests are fulfilled within minutes and no further communications will be sent to you.
We WILL NOT make any personal information about our subscribers available to any third party. Got Corp's privacy policy
* outlines what specific information is gathered on their site and how that information is used.
Ramius Corp.'s CommunityZero* is our online forums service. When you register with CommunityZero you provide personal information, including your name and an e-mail address. This information is used to identify you and your contributions to the forums. Remember, any information you post to a forum is available for all members to see.
CommunityZero does not disclose personal information about their members. Ramius Corporation's privacy policy* explains their information gathering and dissemination practices.
The United Church of Canada collects and uses the information contained within an automatically generated log of all traffic on our website. JavaScript tracking is also included in all pages on our website. The information collected includes IP addresses, browser types, page views and cookie information. We use this information in an aggregate form to calculate overall site traffic patterns, to analyze user trends, and to administer the website. Individual traffic patterns will not be disclosed to any third party. Log files are normally retained for the calendar year in which they were collected and then deleted once annual statistical reports have been published.
When you a visit a website the server for that site may automatically set a cookie on your computer. A cookie is a small text file that is stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Many sites, including the United Church website, use cookies to track traffic flows and patterns for statistical purposes. Cookies are also used to remember user preferences, such as font display size. A United Church website cookie does not identify you in any way, just the computer used.
The default setting for most browsers is to automatically accept cookies. You may configure your browser to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last option means that certain personalized services will be unavailable.
The United Church of Canada may from time to time change its Privacy Policy as new services are added or old ones changed. Changes will be effective when notice of such change is posted on The United Church of Canada website. Please review this policy regularly for updates.
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