Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://swanvancouver.ca.

SWAN Vancouver respects the privacy of anyone who engages with us through our website.   This Statement provides an overview of personal information that may be collected when you visit our website, how the information is used, and how you can control the collection, correction and/or deletion of your personal information.

​SWAN only has access to and/or collects information that visitors to our website voluntarily provide via email, text, form submission, or by other direct means (e.g., mail, event registration).  SWAN does not use or share your personal information in any way other than as described in this Privacy Statement.

Basic Internet Analytics

​When you visit SWAN’s website, software may automatically collect some information such as the URL site from which you linked to our site, your internet service provider, and the time and date of your visit. These forms of aggregated demographic information are not linked to any personal information.

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your computer that allow your web browser to remember something about our website. We use cookies. However, no cookie retains any personal information. Using cookies allows us to provide additional features and functionality for our website visitors.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

 

Links

SWAN’s website contains links to other web sites, payment portals and/or social media platforms. However, we do not have control over the practices of third-party sites.

Security

Firewalls may be used to ensure the security of your personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorized access.  SWAN undertakes every possible measure to keep all the information we receive secure, and protect personal information from unauthorized access and use. However, SWAN cannot ensure the security of any personal information shared online, or guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of SWAN’s physical, technical or administrative safeguards. Visitor’s privacy settings may be affected by changes to the functionality of third-party providers (e.g. social networks).  SWAN is not responsible for the security measure of any third-party.

 

Collection of Information

​SWAN does not collect personal information from visitors to our website unless the information is knowingly provided.

SWAN may retain the content of any communication sent to us and the content of our responses to those messages.  SWAN may also retain any communications posted onto our website by visitors.

If you donate or purchase event tickets for a SWAN event, you will be asked to provide the information required to process the transaction. SWAN stores this information securely. Your information is not shared with any third-party except as described in this Statement.

We collect information about visitors who comment or fill out forms using the Akismet anti-spam service. We collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

 

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Exceptions

Except as described in this Statement, SWAN does not share your personal information to any third-party unless required to do so by law or subpoena, and/or if we believe that such action is necessary for SWAN:

  • to report the disclosed or suspected abuse or exploitation of anyone under the age of 19;
  • or report that someone of any age is at risk of harming themselves or others;
  • to conform to the law;
  • comply with legal process(es) served on SWAN, the women we serve, our affiliates or others;
  • to enforce the policies outlined in this Statement;
  • to take precautions against liability;
  • to defend SWAN, the women we serve and/or our affiliates against third-party claims or allegations;
  • to exercise or protect the rights, property or personal safety of SWAN, the women we serve, our affiliates or others.

Questions?

​Anyone who has submitted information to SWAN via our website or an online platform can correct, update, or delete any personal or profile information by requesting changes here.

​At any time, you can access, correct or modify any of the personal information SWAN maintains in its systems and administration by contacting us here.

​You can also request removal from SWAN’s mailing or contact lists, make a complaint or express a concern about SWAN’s management of your personal information, by contacting us here.

​Any changes to the policies outlined in this Statement will be included and described immediately upon their coming into effect.

Last updated: October 2022

Mailing Address

#325 - 1101 Seymour Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 0R1