Privacy Policy

Read this Policy before using this site. By using the site, you agree and accept the terms, practices and conditions herein set out. This Privacy Policy may be changed from time to time without notice, however any changes will be posted to this page. You are encouraged and advised to check the site periodically to ensure you have the most current information.

Transplant Ambassadors
All Transplant Ambassadors are registered Volunteers at their local Hospital Volunteer Department and by the Transplant Ambassador Program (TAP). They are trained in privacy protection and have undergone vulnerable sector background checks. For security TAP Ambassadors are required to use a secure server for TAP communications and data entry. TAP also uses the secure Zoom healthcare application for connecting and webinars. TAP follows all requirements of PIPEDA and PHIPA.

Information Collection
You can visit all public areas of transplantambassadors.ca without providing any personal information about yourself. transplantambassadors.ca tracks only information based on a visitor's Internet Protocol address (IP). Information collected includes the date and time of visit, the type of Internet browser used to access the site, the country of origin and the referring URL address, as well as which of the Web pages on transplantambassadors.ca you have accessed. This data is used to create statistics on site usage and to help develop transplantambassadors.ca to display properly for the majority of our visitors.

We only collect personal information that we need for the following purposes:

- To understand your needs and to meet those needs
- To detect and prevent fraudulent activity on transplantambassadors.ca
- To meet legal requirements and to protect both our customers and TAP from legal action(s)

TAP does not collect, use, report or store any personal or identifiable information about you, without your consent, however by using this site to contact TAP you are consenting to the collection and use of your contact information in order to allow TAP to connect with you.

Non-identifying information is data which is aggregated, collected and maintained for the purposes of TAP evaluation on a secure encrypted server.

Distribution of Information
TAP will not use or disclose your identifiable information without your consent except as permitted or required by law. It will be maintained securely and will be retained only as long as required for TAP requirements.

TAP may share information with government agencies or other companies helping us to investigate or prevent fraud. We may do so when (1) permitted or required to do so by law, (2) preventing or attempting to prevent actual or potential unauthorized actions or fraud or, (3) investigating past fraud. We will not, however, share user information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Note: Information about spammers, potential hackers, and others conducting questionable behavior will be provided to appropriate law enforcement officers for possible prosecution. Spammers, hackers, and others conducting questionable behavior (such as those using site-ripping software and spambots) will also be banned from this website and reported to appropriate authorities, solely at the discretion of the website Owner and Server Owner.

Privacy Policies of Websites Hyperlinked to or from Transplantambassadors.ca
transplantambassadors.ca may contain hyperlinks to third party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third party websites or advertisers. We do not share any of the individual personal information you provide with the third parties to which transplantambassadors.ca links. Please check with those websites to determine their privacy policy.

Safeguards
transplantambassadors.ca is obligated to protect your personal information by making reasonable security arrangements against such risks as unauthorized access, use, collection, disclosure or disposal. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day operating practices as part of our commitment to protect the personal information we hold.