INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The term “personal information” means information about an identifiable individual. The Halfmoon Bay Childcare Society collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use the website. We may collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its websites. For instance, we may use Google Analytics to monitor the most popular pages on the website, or use spam screened by the Akismet service to help identify spam.
USE OF PERSONAL-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Certain visitors to the website choose to interact with us in ways that require The Halfmoon Bay Childcare Society to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. Registration is not required in order to use or access our website, we do not allow user registration/login, or comments. We do provide our parents/guardians with the opportunity to contact us via online Google form for more information, or to register for the daycare waitlist. If you provide us with your personal information such as your name and email address, we may keep your form submission for a certain period for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.
SHARING INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described. There is no retention of any sensitive personal data, such as data concerning health. We will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Any information will not be shared with any third-party organization except with your express consent. We take all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
COOKIES
The majority of websites use some form of cookies in order to track and improve user experience. A cookies is a small simple file created by websites that you visit. They save browsing information to make your online experience easier. With cookies, sites can keep you signed in, remember your site preferences, and give you locally relevant content.
For example, our website uses Google Analytics and cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the website, and their website access preferences.
To protect your privacy on the web, you can learn about the cookie controls provided in your browser so you can manage what you share. You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. Please note: some cookies are technical or functional (Elementor, CloudFare, etc) and ensure certain parts of the website function properly. If you want to know more about cookies visit: https://www.priv.gc.ca
THIRD PARTY LINKS AND CONSENT
This site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc) which may contain links to other websites operated by third parties we do not control. Please be aware of this when you click on any such links; we are not responsible for the privacy practices and/or policies of any website other than our own. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected through The Halfmoon Bay Childcare Society. Consequently, we strongly suggest that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit, whether or not they are linked to by our website.
SECURITY
We follow reasonable, accepted industry standards in an effort to safeguard any personal information you have provided to us. However, please be aware that no method of electronic storage can ever be 100% secure. Therefore, we are not in a position to guarantee the absolute security of your information.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
We disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental requests, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Halfmoon Bay Childcare Society, third parties or the public at large. Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change the Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
CONTACT
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Halfmoon Bay Childcare Society privacy policy please contact us at (604) 885-3739 or email: halfmoonbaychildcare@gmail.com.