Welcome to The Bentway’s website. The following terms and conditions are important things that you should know before using or accessing thebentway.ca. By accessing or using any part of The Bentway’s website or any of the products or services offered by or through this website, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions of use. These terms and conditions of use may be changed at any time by The Bentway without any notice to you. Your continued access and use of this website will mean that you agree to be bound by the most current version of the terms and conditions of use. Please check these terms and conditions periodically for any changes that have been made.
1. Personal information that we collect
The Bentway website is intended to serve as a tool to inform supporters, friends, visitors, partners, donors, and others about The Bentway and its programs.
The Bentway believes that your personal information deserves utmost protection. When we refer to personal information in the policy, we mean any information relating to an identifiable individual. While you can visit the site without registering or providing any personal information, you will need to provide personal information if you want to register for an event, sign-up for our email newsletter, and/or make a donation. We also use cookies to improve your experience using The Bentway’s website. We discuss the use of cookies further down in this policy.
In addition, at times we do collect your personal information. Below is a list of these instances and the legal basis, under current data protection legislation, on which this personal information is collected.
Purpose: Inquiring about our organization and its work
Data: Name, email, message
Basis: Consent – by contacting us you consent to us collecting and storing this data in accordance with this policy.
Purpose: Inquiring about volunteer opportunities
Data: Name, email, message
Basis: Consent – by contacting us you consent to us collecting and storing this data, in accordance with this policy.
Purpose: Subscribing to email updates about our work
Data: Name, email, type of information you are interested in
Basis: Consent – you have given your active consent.
Purpose: Making a donation
Data: Name, email, address, payment information
Basis: Consent – by contacting us to make a donation you consent to us collecting and storing this data for the purpose of processing the donation.
Purpose: Registering for an event
Data: Name, email, event you are attending, other information as required
Basis: Consent – you have given your active consent for us to use this data to communicate additional information about the event.
Purpose: Website functionality
Data: Website activity collected through cookies
Basis: Consent – by using our website you consent to us collecting and storing this data in accordance with this policy.
2. Use of Personal Information
We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected. as set out in the table above.
For example, we may use your personal information to:
- reply to enquiries you send to us;
- handle donations or other transactions that you initiate;
- where you have specifically agreed to this, send you marketing communications by email relating to our work which we think may be of interest to you.
3. Sharing your Personal Information
It is the policy of The Bentway that all information regarding visitors, donors, supporters and volunteers of The Bentway are maintained in the strictest confidence by The Bentway and its employees. Furthermore, The Bentway will not sell, or trade personal donor and volunteer information to any external party. The Bentway will not disclose any personal information it collects from you to any external party, unless it has received your consent to such disclosure, or such disclosure is required by law.
4. How long we keep your Personal Information
We take the principles of data minimisation and removal seriously and have internal policies in place to ensure that we only ever ask for the minimum amount of personal information for the associated purpose and delete that personal information promptly once it is no longer required.
5. Rights you have over your data
You have a range of rights over your personal information, which include the following:
- Where the collection, use, and/or disclosure of your personal information is based on consent, you may revoke this consent at any time and we will make it as easy as possible for you to do this (for example by putting ‘unsubscribe’ links at the bottom of all our marketing emails).
- You have the right to ask for rectification and/or deletion of your personal information.
- You have the right of access to your personal information.
6. Cookies & usage tracking
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, eg remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website. You can change the settings of your browser to block to use of cookies, but this may impact the functionality of The Bentway website.
Cookies are used to collect personal information for the purposes described in section 1 above. We also use cookies to help us collect anonymous information about how people use our website. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website usage by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information collected by Google Analytics about usage of our website is not personally identifiable. The data is collected anonymously, stored by Google and used by us to create reports about website usage. Google’s privacy policy is available at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
7. Liability
The information provided on The Bentway’s Website is provided on an “As Is” basis and for general informational purposes only. The Bentway does not guarantee whatsoever the accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of proprietary rights regarding any information, materials or other documents, which are on, or referenced by, or linked to, the The Bentway Website. Neither will The Bentway be held responsible for incorrect information or typographical errors on The Bentway Website.
The Bentway shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for the accuracy, content, timeliness, completeness, legality, reliability, quality, suitability or decency of any information, advice, content, service, product or merchandise contained on The Bentway site or in sites linked to or from The Bentway Website.
Under no circumstances will The Bentway or any of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, sponsors, licensors, or any other party involved in creating, producing, or distributing The Bentway’s content be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages (including but not limited to loss of profits, goodwill, use data or other intangible losses) that result or arise from (a) the use of and reliance on The Bentway website or the information thereon, (b) the inability to use The Bentway website, (c) mistakes, omissions, interruptions, suspension, termination, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance with respect to The Bentway website, including without limitation those that result from acts of god, communications failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to The Bentway’s records, programs, or services, (d) merchandise, products, or services received through or advertised on The Bentway’s website and merchandise, products, or services received through or advertised on any links provided on The Bentway’s website, (e) information or advice received through or advertised on The Bentway’s website and information or advice received through or advertised on any links provided on The Bentway’s website and (f) any information, data, text, messages and other materials that you email, post, upload, reproduce, transmit or otherwise distribute using The Bentway’s website.
If you are dissatisfied with any portion of The Bentway’s website or with any of these terms of use, your sole remedy is to discontinue using The Bentway’s website.
8. Intellectual Property Rights
The underlying HTML, text, and other content made available to you on the The Bentway Website is protected by copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and does not convey or create any license or other rights in such proprietary rights. You may download the content on this Website only for your personal use and for non-commercial purposes only.
9. Copyright Information
The Bentway Website text-based information may only be reproduced, stored or transferred electronically for personal, community or sponsorship use. Reference must be given to The Bentway and any other authors, where applicable.
Images and photographs may not be reproduced, stored, made available, or transmitted without the express permission of The Bentway.
None of the information or images on The Bentway’s Website may be resold in any manner, including restricted or commercial on-line systems, without the express permission of The Bentway.