SFPE
Privacy Policy
(Revision 1 - February 8, 2005)
The Southern
Ontario Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers is
a not-for-profit organization. The objectives of the Chapter
are to advance the art and science of fire protection
engineering and its allied fields, to maintain a high ethical
standard among its members, and to foster fire protection
engineering education.
PRIVACY
POLICY
On January 1, 2004, a three-year phase-in of
Canada's sweeping privacy legislation ended, and application
of the legislation was extended beyond the federally
regulated private sector to most organizations in Canada.
The Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
dramatically modernizes Canada's privacy laws and may require
changes in how
organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information
about individuals in the course of commercial activities ,
whether day-to-day operations or in a significant
transaction.
"Personal information" includes any
factual or subjective information, recorded or not, about an
identifiable individual. This includes information in any
form such as: age, ID numbers, income, ethnic origins, or
blood type; opinions, evaluations, comments, social status or
disciplinary actions; employee files, credit records, loan
records, medical records, existence of a dispute between a
consumer and a merchant, intentions (for example, to acquire
goods or services, or change jobs).
"Personal Information" does not
include the name, title, business address or telephone number
of an employee of an organization.
The personal information that the SFPE
collects, may include: Home mailing address, home e-mail
address, home phone number.
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers
(SFPE) respects your privacy and does everything in its power
to protect the confidentiality of any personal information
you may give us. We may use the information you provide about
yourself to fulfil your requests for our programs, meetings,
events and to respond to your inquiries about our offerings.
The SFPE only collects personal information with the
knowledge of the individual involved.
We will explain what information is being
collected and how it will be used. You have the right to
decline to have this information collected or transferred. We
will not disclose any personal information about users to any
outside parties unless the user was advised of this
possibility before providing the personal information. We
will disclose information we maintain when required to do so
by law.
You may provide us with information online, in
a telephone conversation, or through a completed printed
form. The information you provide will be securely stored
either on a computer or as part of a hard-copy filing system.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time
to time by updating this posting. If you are under 18, be
sure to obtain your parent/guardian's permission before you
send any information about yourself (your name, address,
e-mail address, etc.) to us or anyone else over the Internet.
( For
Future):
There
are links on the SFPE web site that take you to other web
sites outside of our service. Any links provided to third
party web sites are provided solely for your convenience. The
operation and content of such third party web sites is beyond
our control, and we do not endorse in any manner whatsoever
or accept any responsibility for the information, content or
other material which may be contained on such web sites, the
use of such web sites, or any products or services advertised
on or sold through any such web sites. We will not be liable
under any circumstances for any damages whatsoever, direct or
indirect, resulting from any use of this web site or any
other third party web site linked to this web site, whether
or not we are advised of the possibility of such damages.
Privacy Officer
The SFPE has a privacy officer who may be contacted for any
concerns, clarifications or possible abuse of the privacy
policy. Please direct your communications to:
Steve Baxter
President - Society of Fire Protection Engineers.
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