Introduction
This website, https://reportauthority.ca (the “Site”), is operated by reportauthority.ca (“we” or “us”). reportauthority.ca is the operating name of the “reportauthority.ca”.
reportauthority.ca is strongly committed to protecting your privacy online in accordance with applicable privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) (“PIPEDA”) and, where applicable, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
As an independent domain, we are also strongly committed to data security, including compliance with internet and Canadian laws. We work diligently with top security experts to ensure the safety and security of our communication channels.
This privacy policy provides details about how reportauthority.ca collects, uses, stores, and discloses your personal information.
Your Personal Information
reportauthority.ca will send you updates by email. You can manage which updates you receive on this page. If at any time you decide you do not want to receive further updates from reportauthority.ca, you can unsubscribe from our email list or customize your preferences by replying to an email or sending a message to [email protected] with the subject heading “UNSUBSCRIBE”.
We do not share the information you’ve given us with unaffiliated groups without your explicit permission. We may share some of your personal information with the following groups:
- Third-Party Service Providers: For example, our database administrators – for the sole purpose of assisting us in our work. These groups do not share your personal information or use it for any purpose other than as instructed by us.
- Third-Party Administrators: Such as organizations we engage to facilitate large distribution of messages. The content of these emails will be from reportauthority.ca and these third parties do not have direct access to your personal information.
In addition, with your explicit permission on each occasion, we may pass along specific information you provide to the following groups:
- Policy-makers, communications companies, news publications, and other targets when you choose to take part in one of our campaigns and send a message to a decision-maker.
When you provide personal information to reportauthority.ca, we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely. While we strive to protect your personal information, reportauthority.ca cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us over the Internet. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
By visiting this Site or providing us with information through the Site, you signify your consent and agreement to our collection, use, storage, and disclosure of your personal information as outlined in this privacy policy. You are also accepting our specific rules or terms of use, which may be posted on specific sections of the Site, including areas for making possible donations, signing petitions, or sending emails. Links to further information are available on each of those pages.
This privacy policy applies to transactions and activities in which you engage and data gathered only on the Site. This privacy policy does not apply to pages hosted by other organizations to which we may link, as their privacy policies may differ, nor does it apply to any offline contact between you and reportauthority.ca.
Our Anti-Spam Policy
With one of the largest online communities around the world, reportauthority.ca takes how we engage and communicate with our supporters very seriously. reportauthority.ca only emails people who have opted-in to our communications by explicitly subscribing to updates or by selecting an option when participating in one of our campaigns or events.
Petitions and Email Campaigns
For petitions and email campaigns in which you’ve participated, we treat your name, location, and comments as public information. We will not make your street address publicly available, but we may transmit it to the designated target as part of a petition.
Coalition Partners
We work in coalitions of organizations campaigning on issues and values similar to our own. Sometimes, on a campaign-by-campaign basis, a coalition partner will be granted access to information you provide via a petition or email campaign.
Sending Emails via reportauthority.ca
In certain cases, we enable you to send individual emails to policy makers through our website. These messages are sent in your name, with your email address as the return address. You are solely responsible for the specific message(s) you send using our email tool.
Children
reportauthority.ca does not solicit personally identifying information from children under 16 years of age.
Cookies
Some parts of the Site are password-protected. We use cookies to enable you to return to password-protected areas of the website without having to re-enter your password.
Analytics
We use analytics tools and periodically analyze web logs to better serve our members and more effectively advocate on our issues.
Google Analytics
reportauthority.ca websites use Google Analytics to analyze website activity. By using this Site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google.
Links to Other Websites
reportauthority.ca may provide links to third-party websites. reportauthority.ca is not responsible for the availability of such third-party sites.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
reportauthority.ca may revise or amend this privacy policy at any time at our sole discretion. We encourage users to visit this page periodically to review our current policy.
Breach of Security Safeguards
If any breach of the security safeguards involving your personal information under our control occurs that creates a real risk of significant harm, we will notify you and report the breach to any relevant data protection authorities in affected jurisdictions as required by law.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this Site, you can write to [email protected].
Effective Date
This privacy policy was last updated and is effective as of 05/05/2024.