Durham Strategic Engergy Alliance (DSEA) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience for all our users. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected online through DSEA's Web site. Please read the complete DSEA Online Privacy Policy below and contact us if you have any questions.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to maintain the highest protection for our users and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you check the policy when you visit our site to be sure you are aware of and understand our current policy. If we make material changes to this policy or in how we will use or collect your personally identifiable information, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. We will not make changes in how we handle previously collected personal information that have retroactive effect unless legally required to do so.
WHAT WE DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION
We use personal information so that we may display custom, personalized content to our visitors and send newsletters, emails, features, promotional material, surveys and other updates to our users. A user may, at any time, opt out of receiving such information. We also use collected information to evaluate and administer our service, respond to any problems that may arise and to gauge user trends to determine what part of our services are most popular with users.
We may send information to users on behalf of our partners or members about a particular event or service that may be of interest to you, but we will never give out your name or personal information at any time without your permission. As result, DSEA administers all emailings so that your personal information is never shared with any outside third party. We may, at times, produce reports for sponsors, funders or membership committees containing aggregate information about our users such as demographic, age and online usage information. This allows us to work more closely with advertisers to provide content and offers that are most relevant to our users.
We will never include any personal information about our users in these reports. We allow users of our Web site to send articles or links by email to other parties who may be interested in them. We do not retain any email addresses (unless you have voluntarily provided your email address) of either the sender or recipient of such articles or links after they are sent. We reserve the right to use or disclose any information without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request; to conduct investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law; to protect the integrity of our site and our property; to protect the safety of our visitors or others; to fulfill your requests; or to cooperate in any legal investigation.
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online (whether through DSEA's services or any other service available online), personal or otherwise, that information can be collected and used by others. For example, if you use chat, forums, bulletin boards, your e-mail or if you post personal information online, you may receive unsolicited messages from others. About has no control over this use of your personal information.
CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Users can also unsubscribe from any newsletters or opt out of emailings at any time by visiting the "Contact Us" section.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION DSEA's
employees are made aware of its privacy practices through periodic communications and training. We limit access to private and confidential data only to those employees with a specific need to retrieve this information and we store data on multiple service systems, in controlled, secure environments. To maintain our level of security, we conduct both internal reviews and external audits of our security measures and procedures on a regular basis.
USE OF COOKIES
Your browser offers so-called "cookies" which, if you allow their use, store small amounts of data on your computer when you visit a Web site. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information about you and therefore cannot be used to identify you personally. Cookies simply assist us in tracking which of our features you like best. Cookies also enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser and our Web sites are viewable even if you disable the cookie function on your browser. However, if you disable cookies, some advanced and customized features of our site, as well as other Web sites, will not be available to you.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about this policy or our privacy practices in general, please contact us at:
Durham Strategic Energy Alliance c/o Region of Durham
P.O. Box 623, 605 Rossland Road East
Whitby, ON, Canada, L1N 6A3
Email: info@dsea.ca
Telephone: 905-666-6259
Toll free: 1-877-338-3360
