The Cancer Action Now Alliance (CANA) has one privacy policy that applies specifically to Alliance members, their employees and volunteers, and also applies wherever CANA collects any personal information about an individual where the personal information is subject to the privacy policy or subject to applicable legislation.
Cancer Action Now Alliance Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy. When you visit our web site, contact us, become a member, or participate in our activities, we are committed to protecting your privacy rights and your information.
Your Privacy and Our Responsibilities to you
1. Our responsibility to protect your information
CANA is responsible for the protection of your information collected through its activities, be that personal information, personal health information, or other information.
Our obligation to identify the purposes for collecting personal information CANA collects, uses and discloses information for authorized purposes or where required by applicable privacy legislation or other laws. Before we collect any information from you, we
will identify the purpose for the collection. A statement of purposes will be communicated wherever possible but generally, to
2. Our obligation to identify the purposes for collecting personal
information
CANA collects, uses and discloses information for authorized purposes or where required by applicable privacy legislation or other laws. Before we collect any information from you, we will identify the purpose for the collection. A statement of purposes will be communicated wherever possible but generally, to
- Manage and operate our activities,
- Provide you with our services,
- Communicate with and generally, to provide information about CANA’s activities to the
public, partners and stakeholders.
- Comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations
- Maintain information security.
- Achieve a specific purpose where we have obtained appropriate consent to collect or use
your information for that purpose.
3. The requirement for knowledge and consent
We will only collect information with your knowledge and consent, except in limited situations as permitted by law. This may be with your express consent (for example, where you voluntarily provide information on a form for purposes you clearly understand and agree to) or by declining an opportunity to opt-out
of our collection or use of your personal information. Opt-out consent will be used only for non-sensitive information where we believe that the privacy impacts are low and you will be provided with sufficient notice of your right to opt-out of such uses. Further, you can withdraw your consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your information at any time, subject to any legal requirements and reasonable notice.
4. Limiting information collection
We only collect information relevant to the purposes that have been identified. We collect information fairly and lawfully, and directly from individuals wherever possible. You have the right to provide as much, or as little information as you choose to share.
5. Limiting use, disclosure and retention of your information
We only use or disclose your information for the purposes we have identified to you. We will retain this data for a maximum of three years.
6. Our responsibility to ensure the accuracy of your personal information
Virtually all of the personal information that we collect comes directly from individuals themselves, for example website visitors who elect to share their stories with us. We generally assume this information to be accurate and complete, unless we are informed otherwise.
7. Our responsibility to safeguard your personal information
CANA uses industry leading safeguards including Bluehost and SSL certificates to protect all personal information in its custody and control. Personal information may be used, accessed, or stored in servers outside of Canada, including in the United States. Where personal information is located outside of Canada, it is subject to the laws of that jurisdiction. In providing your Personal Information, you consent to our possible storage of your Personal Information outside of Canada.
8. Our obligation to be open about our privacy policy and practices
We are open about our policies and procedures. We make reasonable efforts to inform individuals about our policies and procedures, the purposes for which we collect, use or disclose your information, and how to access your information.
9. Your right to access your personal information
Upon request, we will inform you if we hold any personal information about you and provide you with access to this information. If we have any information about you, we will also tell you for what purposes it is used or disclosed.
You have a right to update any information that we hold about you. Should you wish to see the full contents of an information file, contact us.
10. Your right to challenge our compliance with our privacy policy
If, for any reason, you are concerned about our compliance with our privacy policy, please contact us.