Revised September 1, 2017

The Church of God International Canada (CGI Canada) is committed to your right to privacy. As a visitor to our website or user of our system, you deserve the ability to control the uses of your personal information. This privacy policy discloses our privacy practices. This privacy policy is directed at visitors to our website.

CGI Canada agrees to notify you of the following:

• What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personal identification is collected from you through the website
• The organization collecting the information
• How the information is used
• With whom the information may be shared
• What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
• The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control
• How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

If you feel that CGI Canada is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should contact us by addressing your concerns to info AT CGI Canada DOT org.

CGI Canada collects information from members, potential members and other interested parties on our website to enable us to better inform you about our services. By knowing your preferences, we can deliver relevant information that meets your needs and ensure that your visit to our site is quick, easy and productive. CGI Canada is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.

Collected Information

In order to use some functions on this website, a user may first need to complete a registration form. During registration, the user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. CGI Canada does not share any personally identifiable or private  information submitted online with third parties. Demographic information may also be requested (such as postal code). This information may be stored, analyzed and used to assist us to improve our services.

Cookies

CGI Canada uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. Cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to simplify and enhance the experience on our site (i.e. prefilling forms similar to those you may have already completed). Once the user closes their browser, the cookie information is no longer available through our server. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the opportunity to decide whether to accept it. If a user rejects the cookie, they can still use our site.

This website uses the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the CGI Canada website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here. If you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.

You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

Log Files

We use IP addresses in log files to analyze trends, administer the site, track a user’s movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Log files do not enable us to access personally identifying information, such as email addresses.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that CGI Canada is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected at this website.

Newsletter

If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, they must opt in. At that point we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter can unsubscribe when they receive it by clicking on a link at the bottom of the newsletter. The user will then be given an opportunity to opt in or out of future newsletters and opt in or out of further periodic CGI Canada communications.

Security

CGI Canada takes precautions to protect our members’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line using standard security best practices. Finally, all hosted servers are kept physically secure in a world-class hosting data center.

Updating Personal Information and Opting Out

We encourage our users to update our record of any personal information that changes (such as your postal code). Information can be corrected/updated on any registration form. Users can also opt out of our services by emailing a request to info AT CgiCanada DOT org.

Changes to Privacy Policy

CGI Canada will update this policy from time to time. A “last revised” date will always be included on the top of the statement. To keep up-to-date with CGI Canada’s policy, please check this page periodically.

Contacting the Website

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact us at info AT CgiCanada DOT org.