Your privacy when using our site
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our site?
You are asked to provide at least your name and email address (phone number is optional), when you choose to send a contact request to us. If you wish to join the Kopernik Foundation, some additional personal information is required, whether via our online form or via a mail-in application form. If you choose to send us a donation, you are provided a link to a PayPal page where your personal and payment information is protected within a secure environment.
How do we use your information?
We use the information sent via contact request to service you in responding to your informational requests. Only information necessary for this purpose will be collected.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
Our web server does not use cookies to collect personal data. Only information you voluntarily submit will be collected, used and disclosed, and only for the purposes for which you have submitted it.
Third-party links
We do not include or offer third-party products or services on our website.
We agree to the following:
•Users can visit our site anonymously.
•Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.
•Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily be found on the page specified above.
Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:
• On our Privacy Policy Page
Users are able to change their personal information:
• By emailing us
• By calling us
How does our site handle do not track signals?
We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking.
CAN SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to:
• Send information to you, at your specific request.
To be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:
• NOT use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
Kopernik Foundation
3150 Rosemont Drive
Vancouver, BC V5S 2C9
Canada
Office: 604-438-2474
Fax: 604-438-5344
