Privacy Policy

The Prince Edward Island Woodlot Owners Association respects the privacy of our members, partners and other individuals who seek out our services. As part of our commitment to protecting your privacy, we will employ our best efforts to ensure that the information you provide to us will be safeguarded, and used only for the intended purpose. We will protect your personal information by maintaining the appropriate technical and organizational safeguards against loss, theft, unauthorized access and disclosure.

Any personal information collected is done with your consent, and may be used for one or more of the following reasons:

To respond to your information requests;
To process your membership application;
To contact you to renew your membership;
To provide you with the benefits of membership;
To provide you with notification of meetings, events, workshops, services or programs;
To advise and seek your support about issues being advocated by the association;
To seek your feedback and survey your needs as a member in regards to our web site, newsletter, and services.

We do not sell our membership list to anyone. Nor, do we share or trade this information with others that may use it to contact you about their own products or services.

We will strive to protect the privacy of those who visit, browse, or use our Web site. For example, we do not collect information on those individuals who access the Web site; we do not make e-mail addresses available to other organizations; and the information you provide to us on-line will only be used to provide you with the information that you have requested.

Like all web servers, certain information is logged about each visit to the site. For example, the address of your Internet provider, your operating system and browser service, the date and time of your visit, the pages and files you visited or downloaded, the web site that linked you to our site, and the search engine and keyword ‘word’ used to find our site. This information is summarized into aggregate reports and is used to provide us with a means in determining if the content and services available on our website is meeting the association’s goals and objectives.

The links to third party Web sites from our site are provided solely as a convenience to you. Please be advised that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and we recommend that you read the privacy statements of each site you visit.

We will strive to keep your information as accurate, complete and up to date as possible. You may ask to see that information to ensure its accuracy and have it amended as appropriate. The information will only be retained for only as long as it is needed, or as required by law.

At any time a member, partner or individual can refuse to provide personal information or may withdraw their consent for us to keep or use the information they have provided us. Should the occasion arise, and you wish to be removed from selected, or all of our contact lists, please contact the association (see contact information below). Note – you should be aware that in such cases, this might limit the association’s ability to provide you with the necessary services to meet your needs.

Should you feel that we are not complying with the principles of the privacy legislation, or have any questions relating to our privacy policies or practices, please contact the association:

Prince Edward Island Woodlot Owners Association
81 Prince St.
Charlottetown PE. C1A 4R3
E-mail: peiwoodlotowners@gmail.com