Our Policies

Privacy & Security Policy

It is the policy of the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands that volunteers shall abide by the following privacy and security statements and that these shall be communicated within and beyond the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands.

The Friends of Stittsville Wetlands understands the sensitivity with which your personal information should be handled. We are committed to safeguard your privacy in order to earn and maintain your trust. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us is used only for the purposes set forth herein or as otherwise communicated to you at the time you provide us with personal information.

Personal information is processed by database software. This information is collected to the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands database and utilized for future communications with supporters. We do not share, sell, or trade member or donor information with other groups or organizations. If at any time you prefer not to receive these communications please advise by sending an e-mail message to FriendsofStittsvilleWetlands@gmail.com, attention Privacy Officer, and we will be happy to mark your name accordingly. Please provide us with your exact name and address.

The Friends of Stittsville Wetlands limit access to personal information about you to key volunteers who reasonably need to come in contact with that information to provide services to you or in order to perform their duties. These key volunteers are required to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Upon request Friends of Stittsville Wetlands will provide supporters with access to all information that we maintain about them, including volunteer activities and contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number and email address). Supporters can access this information by sending an e-mail to FriendsofStittsvilleWetlands@gmail.com.

Use and Disclosure

When personal information is collected from you, it may be used for one or more of the following purposes:

  • Processing your support to the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands, including issuing of receipt. 

  • Contacting you to renew your support, to support a Friends of Stittsville Wetlands appeal or to get involved in a local event.

  • Providing you with Friends of Stittsville Wetlands information updates by mail or e-mail.

  • Publishing names of supporters in Friends of Stittsville Wetlands publications.

Website Policy

The Friends of Stittsville Wetlands makes no effort to identify visitors to its website. In addition, no identifying data is disclosed to any third party for any purpose. The data that is collected is used only for server administration and web content research. This statement applies to all interactions with the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands  servers.

This does not apply to e-mail sent to Friends of Stittsville Wetlands  contacts. E-mail interactions are guided by general net-etiquette conventions. E-mail interactions are authenticated. Consequently, we have the capability to identify respondents. All reasonable efforts will be made not to disclose your e-mail address to any third party for any purpose. By registering your email address, you are added to our Friends of Stittsville Wetlands  mailing list and your identity is relayed to the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands  e-mail list convenor but only for the purpose of disseminating information regarding the services and programs of the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands .

There are links on the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands website that take you to other websites outside of our service. Any links provided to third party websites outside of Friends of Stittsville Wetlands  are provided solely for your convenience. Friends of Stittsville Wetlands are not responsible for any content of any linked website or any changes or updates to such websites. The inclusion of the link does not mean that the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands  endorses that website.

Please be aware that the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites that we link to. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that requests personal information from you.

Updating of our Privacy Policy

We will periodically review the appropriateness of this privacy policy and may make, at our discretion, such changes as are necessary. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes on our website, and circulate at the discretion of the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands, so that you will know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

Contact information

Questions, concerns, or suggestions relating to the Friends of Stittsville Wetlands’ privacy policy on the treatment of personal information should be e-mailed to FriendsofStittsvilleWetlands@gmail.com, attention: Privacy Officer.

The Friends of  Stittsville Wetlands are guided by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) fair information principles as a best practice.

Adapted with permission from the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Privacy and Security Policy

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