Introduction

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for The Nature Trust of British Columbia. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website (www.naturetrust.bc.ca).

The Nature Trust of British Columbia is committed to protecting the privacy of our donors, supporters and others with whom we interact. As we work to conserve the biodiversity of British Columbia by acquiring and managing ecologically significant land, we gather and use personal information. The personal information of our donors and supporters is held in confidence and any use or disclosure of this information is subject to consent.

Personal Information

We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. If you contact us via the Contact Form on our website, we will collect your email address, name and phone number. If you sign up for our email updates, we will collect your email address and name via Constant Contact. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

 We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfil your request.

Your Access to Personal Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via info@naturetrust.bc.ca or at 604.924.9771:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change / correct any data we have about you.
  • Have us delete any data we have about you.
  • Express any concerns you have about our use of your data.

Privacy Practices

Personal information gathered by The Nature Trust of BC is kept in strict confidence. Safeguards are in place to ensure that the information is not disclosed or shared more widely than is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was gathered. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Our website contains links to other websites that may be subject to varying privacy standards. The Nature Trust of BC does not assume any responsibility for the privacy practices, policies and actions of the third parties that operate these websites.

Cookies and Pixel Tags

Like many other websites, we use cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to better understand how our website is used, to make sure our information is displayed correctly, and to improve the performance of our website for our users, particularly the way search pages are delivered. The Nature Trust does not use cookies to retain personal information about our users, and we do not sell information about our traffic patterns.

This website may use pixel tags to track the actions of users of our website, measure the success of marketing campaigns, and compile statistics (such as response rates) about the use of this website.

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the website. The tool uses cookies to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for The Nature Trust.

We will never use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to our website. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we (nor Google will link), or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this website with any personally identifiable information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via the Contact Form on our website.

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Updates

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page. If you think we are not abiding by this Privacy Policy, you should contact us immediately at info@naturetrust.bc.ca or call 604.924.9771

Last updated May 28, 2018