Sensational Learners Inc.
is Committed to Protecting Your Privacy
Sensational Learners Inc. is committed to protecting the privacy of the persons about or from whom we collect personal information. This is particularly important in the case of the children that Sensational Learners Inc. cares about most.
Sensational Learners Inc. embraces the principles of the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for The Protection of Personal Information to ensure that all personal information is properly collected, appropriately secured and accessible only by designated staff and used only for the purposes for which it is collected, and disposed of in a safe and timely manner when no longer required.
Sensational Learners Inc. is dedicated to supporting a network of learning, social service and children’s health through materials, books, videos, seminars and publications and meetings of all kinds. We achieve our objectives for the benefit of children and families by engaging with and understanding our stakeholders. Because we deal with individuals and information about those individuals, it is essential that we protect the privacy of that information.
The Privacy Principles
Our mandate is to maintain and enhance long-term relationships with children and their families; an important aspect of these relationships is knowing them. We also recognize that information is precious and our stakeholders trust us to treat that information appropriately; we are committed to protecting the confidentiality of this data. Sensational Learners Inc. pledges to safeguard personal information by adhering to the following ten (10) principles:
1. We are accountable for your personal information.
We are responsible for all personal information in our possession.
All employees and agents within Sensational Learners Inc. are required to protect the confidentiality of your personal information. We take every precaution to ensure confidentiality of your information. The data you provide to us is used to assist us in our efforts to help children learn and to teach adults about how children learn.
We keep your personal information and the business you do with us in strict confidence.
Should and where we choose to have certain services provided by a third party provider, we select the provider carefully. We take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the service provider protects your personal information; these service providers enter into confidentiality agreements and do not keep any personal information on file.
2. We collect, use and disclose personal information only for certain purposes that we identify to you.
We collect, use or disclose personal information only to:
- help us carry on our mandate of helping children learn through play
- provide you with information about Sensational Learners Inc.
- respond to any of your information requests
- with your consent, recognize you publicly for your successes with your child
- share the information with other members of the Sensational Learners Inc. family of collaborators at your request and with your consent
We obtain personal information about you lawfully and fairly.
Personal information collected will be limited to that required for the purposes identified by us.
Sensational Learners Inc. has various special events to build public awareness. Some of these events require the gathering of personal information, and we will inform you of the purposes for which the information is being requested. We use this information only for purposes related to the event, and destroy it when it is no longer required.
3. We will obtain your consent.
We collect, use or disclose your personal information with your permission. Your permission may be expressed in writing or be implied and you may give it to us verbally or electronically.
You may withdraw your permission to collect, use and disclose your personal information at any time subject to legal and contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. We will obtain your consent before making information available to third parties.
4. We keep your personal information accurate and up to date.
We maintain appropriate procedures to ensure that personal information in our possession is accurate and up to date. You are entitled to seek a correction of your personal information if you believe that the information in our possession is not correct.
If you believe any of the information we have collected about you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to change it or delete it.
If your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, we will make the necessary changes.
5. We do not sell your personal information.
We share your personal information solely with other members of the Sensational Learners Inc. family of collaborators only with your approval.
6. We will limit how long we keep information.
We will keep your personal information only as long as it is necessary to satisfy the purposes for which it was obtained or was required by law.
When we destroy personal information, we will use safeguards to prevent unauthorized parties from gaining access to that information during the process.
7. We safeguard your personal information.
Sensational Learners Inc. will protect your personal information by safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of that information.
Access to your personal information is restricted to staff and authorized members of the Sensational Learners Inc. and its family of collaborators, as required to complete their jobs.
We maintain appropriate technical and organizational safeguards to protect your personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying use or modification.
We will maintain appropriate safeguards and security procedures that reflect the types of documents, including electronic or paper records, organizational measures including security clearances and limiting access on a need to know basis, and technological measures such as the use of passwords and encryption.
We collect only the domain names (e.g., Sympatico, Hotmail, etc.) not the email address of visitors to our website. Customers on the site are linked to an industry standard secure payment service for credit card transactions. Our site uses "cookies" - small files containing information that track a visit to a website - in a session limited way. These temporary files follow the flow through the site in order to improve service to visitors, do not remain on our computer at the end of your visit, and cannot be used to obtain any personally identifiable details about you.
Your browser can be set to notify you before receipt of cookie, so that you can decide whether or not to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies, but if you do so, some areas of our site may not function properly.
8. We will be open about our privacy practices.
Sensational Learners Inc. will make readily available to you specific information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
9. We allow you to access your personal information.
You may ask whether we hold any personal information about you, ensure that it is accurate and see that information, as provided by law.
You also have the right to know:
- how we collected that information
- how we are using it.
10. You may register a complaint.
You may register a privacy-related complaint by contacting Sensational Learners Inc. We will explain our procedures and inform you about other complaint procedures available. We will investigate all complaints. If an objection is justified, we will take all appropriate steps to rectify the situation, including reviewing and amending our policies and practices if necessary. Personal information relating to volunteers, job applicants and employees are subject to similar protocols.
For more information
For more information, please contact Sensational Learners Inc. at 416-218-1100 or by email at privacy@sensationallearners.com
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