Privacy Policy
Draft policy — legal review required before launch.
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Your privacy
At The Griffiths Family Foundation (“GFF”), we respect your privacy.
We take the privacy and security of our website (the “Website”) users seriously. This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) describes the personal information we may collect from you, the purposes for which we collect it, how we use it, and when we may share it with third parties. This Privacy Policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect, use, and disclose your information.
Your personal information may be protected under Canadian federal or provincial privacy legislation, depending on your location.
Your consent
By accessing or using the Website, you consent to our use, collection, and disclosure of information and to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you have questions or concerns about your privacy or how information collected on the Website is used, you may contact GFF as set out below.
If you have consented to the collection, use, or disclosure of your information, applicable legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice may permit you to withdraw your consent by contacting GFF.
Why and how the Website collects and uses information
The reason for collecting information on the Website and the uses of that information depend on the nature of the information. GFF may use information collected on and through the Website to respond to enquiries, administer the Website, improve the Website, evaluate its use, and carry out other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Applicable jurisdiction
The Website is operated by GFF from its offices within the Province of Ontario, Canada. Matters relating to access to or use of the Website and its content are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
Server and device information
The Website may collect information customarily logged by internet servers, such as the Internet Protocol address through which the Website was accessed, the date and time of access, browser/device information, pages requested, and the address of a referring website.
This information may be used to operate, secure, diagnose, measure, and improve the Website.
Contact-form information
When you submit a contact form, GFF may collect your name, email address, reason for contacting GFF, and message so that it can respond to the enquiry. Do not submit payment-card information or sensitive medical, recovery, financial, or beneficiary information through the general contact form.
Cookies and similar technologies
The Website may use cookies or similar technologies to support essential site functions, understand website use, load approved third-party services, and remember preferences. Cookies are small data files stored on a user’s device.
The current site uses analytics and describes session and persistent cookies. The final policy and consent interface must reflect only the technologies active on the launched website. Non-essential analytics, Instagram, or other third-party scripts should not load until the approved consent requirements are satisfied.
Disabling cookies
You may adjust cookie settings through the Website’s consent controls, where provided, and through your browser. Blocking some cookies may affect optional website features.
Third-party services
The Website may link to or embed services operated by third parties, including CanadaHelps and, if approved, Instagram and analytics providers. Those services have their own privacy practices. The final policy must identify active processors and explain when information is transferred to them.
Contacting GFF
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, GFF’s data practices, or your privacy, contact:
Changes to this Privacy Policy
GFF may update this Privacy Policy. The updated version and effective date will be posted on the Website.