DWC's Privacy Policy
Welcome to DeafWomenCanada.ca (the "Site").
Deaf Women of Canada (DWC) is a non-profit organization devoted improve the quality of life for Deaf women of all backgrounds,
cultures and age groups. All pages within Deaf Women of Canada will have deafwomencanada.ca and no tilde (~) in the path of the URL.
When visiting Deaf Women of Canada's website we may record information regarding the materials accessed. This information is not sold nor shared with third parties, or make publically available, unless you enter specific information on our contact form.
All hits to deafwomencanada.ca generate the following information in our server logs:
- The Internet address, or IP# of your machine's Internet connection. Examples include proxy-80.vs.shawcable.net or 1XX.2XX.3X.168.
- The time and date at which you accessed the information.
- The page or materials you are accessing.
- The referring link you followed to get to the current page.
- The type of browser and computer operating system that you use.
- Any errors generated due to broken links or potential software errors.
We use this information in the following manner:
- Generate monthly statistics regarding traffic and usage, which may be included in proposals to obtain funding for Deaf Women of Canada so we may keep it a free service.
- Identify mistakes in files or trouble-shoot errors.
- Identify high-usage materials that may be developed further to provide additional, useful information.
- Make certain our materials and interfaces are accessible to the platforms and browsers used by visitors.
- In addition, we may opt to supply this information to a user's identified Internet Service Provider concerning any user who abuses or attempts to interfere with the functioning of our site.
- Beyond these points, DeafWomenCanada.ca does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer personal information concerning visitors to our website unless required for law enforcement or otherwise required by law.
In addition, many pages on our site link to Google's web search for non-profit organizations. These search results are delivered by the site google.com, and will redirect you to content on deafwomencanada.ca unless you select the option on Google's query form to search the entire www.deafwomencanada.ca is not responsible for content located on other websites.
Please read Google's Privacy Policy for how these transactions are handled.
Information submitted on the contact us form may be used in the following manner(s):
- Track the number of questions submitted in individual subjects. This information helps us determine when we need to recruit additional committee members to field questions, or whether specific subjects should be added or removed from our existing list.
- Identify commonly asked questions, and create Frequently-Asked-Question files (FAQs) to address them.
- We will also use this information to trouble-shoot errors or problems in our interfaces.
- Make certain our materials and interfaces are accessible to the platforms and browsers used by visitors.
- In addition, we may opt to supply this information to a user's identified Internet Service Provider concerning any user who abuses our interfaces or who submits materials that are rude, obnoxious, that contain expletives, or threats of any sort.
- Beyond these points, DeafWomenCanada.ca does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer personal information concerning visitors to our website unless required for law enforcement or otherwise required by law.
More information about Internet Privacy can be found at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada - [Link to the website].
If you have further questions concerning this policy, please contact us at dwc@deafwomencanada.ca.