At the Glanford Curling Club, we are committed to collecting, using and disclosing your personal information responsibly, and to maintaining the accuracy, confidentiality, and security of such personal information.
Personal information tells us who you are, your address, telephone number, e-mail address, age category and curler history. However, publicly available information, such as a public directory listing of your name, address and telephone number is not considered personal information.
We have adopted the following privacy policy that guides how we collect, use and disclose personal information about our members and prospective members. Our intent is to balance our legitimate business interests in collecting, using and disclosing your personal information against your reasonable expectations of privacy.
Definitions
In this policy:
a) "business" means the business of operating the Glanford Curling Club
b) "membership" means membership in the Glanford Curling Club
c) "we, us, our, and club" refer to the Glanford Curling Club located at 3091 Homestead Dr.,
Mount Hope, ON L0R 1W0
Collection of Personal Information
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information from you and about you is to maintain an accurate membership data base. We only collect personal information that we consider necessary for achieving this purpose and to permit us to conduct our Curling Club business.
Use of Your Personal Information
We use the personal information we collect from and about you to:
a) ensure the provision of quality member services
b) inform you about products, services, updates and events
c) enable us to contact and communicate with you
d) invoice you for products, services, and membership renewal
e) assist in complying with legal and regulatory requirements
We may use personal information about you, in a non-personally identifiable manner, to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze membership, to customize our web site content and layout, and to comply with membership affiliation in the Ontario Curling Association.
Disclosure of Personal Information
As a matter of policy we do not sell, rent, or lease any of your personal information to third parties without your explicit consent. We may disclose your personal information as may be required by law, or to your legal representative if we are satisfied that the individual is requesting the information on your behalf.
Access, Review and Change to Your Personal Information
You may access, review and/or change the personal information we have in our data base by submitting a written request to our Privacy Information Officer. We ask that you promptly advise us of any changes to your information.
Upon written request, we will destroy, as soon as reasonably possible and in accordance with our internal policies and applicable law, any and all personal information that we have in our files about you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will retain in our files some personal information in order to enable us to collect any unpaid accounts and/or as may be required by law.
Protecting Your Privacy
The personal information that is retained by us is kept in a secure environment and we use reasonable procedural and technical safeguards to protect your information from loss, theft and unauthorized access or disclosure.
Amendments to this Policy
We may amend this policy at any time by mailing and/or posting the amended terms on the web site and at the Club. All amended terms shall be effective five days after mailing or posting.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact our Privacy Information Officer, Ed Polkinghorne, or any member of the Board of Directors.
