Privacy Policy | Mamisitotamowin Conn

Mamisitotamowin Connections ("us," "we," or "our") operates the mamisitotamowinconnections.ca website (the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. Our commitment is to protect your privacy in compliance with Canadian federal and provincial privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Mamisitotamowin Connections is located at:
70 Woodbridge Dr.
Morden, Manitoba
R6M 0A1
Canada

1. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected:

Personal Information:
- Contact Information: While using our Service, particularly through contact forms or when subscribing to newsletters (if applicable), we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). This may include, but is not limited to:
  - Email address
  - First name and last name
  - Phone number
  - Mailing address (if provided for a specific service)
- Usage Data: We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies Data: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we may use:
  - Session Cookies: We may use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  - Preference Cookies: We may use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  - Security Cookies: We may use Security Cookies for security purposes.
  - Analytics Cookies: We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service (e.g., Google Analytics). These third parties may use cookies to help us analyze how users use the Service.

2. How We Use Your Information

Mamisitotamowin Connections uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service.
To notify you about changes to our Service.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so.
To provide customer care and support.
To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service.
To monitor the usage of the Service.
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
To respond to your inquiries, comments, or requests.
To send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you, if you have opted-in to receive such communications. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information (PIPEDA)

We will only collect, use, or disclose your personal information with your knowledge and consent, except where required or permitted by law. Consent can be express (e.g., explicitly agreeing to terms) or implied (e.g., providing information to obtain a service). You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.

4. Data Retention

Mamisitotamowin Connections will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

5. Data Transfer

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Mamisitotamowin Connections will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

6. Disclosure of Data

We will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third parties. We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

To comply with a legal obligation.
To protect and defend the rights or property of Mamisitotamowin Connections.
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
To protect against legal liability.

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

7. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Under Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA), you have certain rights regarding your personal information. These include:

The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data that we hold
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure (right to be forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
The right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Mamisitotamowin Connections relied on your consent to process your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe, and generally within 30 days.

9. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not knowingly address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By mail: Mamisitotamowin Connections 70 Woodbridge Dr. Morden, Manitoba R6M 0A1 Canada
By visiting this page on our website: Contact Us
By email: kaelin@mamisitotamowin.org