Web and social media privacy policy
This privacy policy applies to the use of www.providence.ca, as well as to the Facebook, LinkedIN, YouTube and other social media sites of the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul.
We highly value your privacy and make this policy easily available throughout our website to assist you in understanding the handling of information in the course of using this website and the Sisters of Providence pages on social media sites.
Use and copyright
We welcome your use of our articles and your participation in issues that are of concern to us. You have permission to reprint, link to and disseminate original material you find on this website – but please credit the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul as the source and include a link to providence.ca. With the credit line, please disclose if the material is substantially altered or edited. Please do not upload copyright protected works to third-party platforms, including Generative AI tools. If you are interested in reproducing photographs, you are welcome to contact the Archives of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul for a better digital copy by emailing archives@providence.ca.
If the material you are interested in comes from elsewhere (if we reprinted it with permission), please go directly to that source for your permission. You assume all responsibility for clearing publication and for any infringement of the Canadian Copyright Act.
Log Files and Cookies
This website utilizes industry standard analytics packages which gathers limited information on visitors to our website automatically, and stores this anonymous information in server log files. This information may include IP addresses, browser type, basic IP information, referring pages, operating system used and date/time stamps. This information does not identify individual users; it is used only for site administration, as well as for analysis of website usage and trends.
Cookies may be used to provide easier and faster access to website features such as logins and/or repeat visits. Cookies are very small text files that are stored on personal computers for reference purposes. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you have submitted while on our site. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie expires when your browser is closed, and a persistent cookie may stay on your hard drive for an extended period. Session cookies make it easier for you to navigate our site; persistent cookies can perform such activities as storing language preference, or recently viewed items on our site for navigation aesthetics.
We collect personal information such as name, address, phone number and email address when voluntarily submitted by our visitors and members. The information provided is only used to fulfil your specific request unless specific permission is explicitly given to use it in another manner.
Links to other websites and downloadable files
External Links
This website may contain links to other sites that are not controlled in any way by us. Please be aware of this when you click on any such links; we are not responsible for the privacy practices and/or policies of any website other than our own. Consequently, we strongly suggest that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit, whether or not they are linked to by our own site.
Downloadable files
This website may contain downloadable material; material is scanned to ensure as much as we can that it is free of any virus, spyware or malware however all users are advised to ensure that they have antivirus and anti-spam software on their computer to protect their information.
Security
We follow accepted industry standards to protect any personal information you have provided to us. However, please be aware that no method of electronic storage can ever be 100% secure. Therefore, we are not in a position to guarantee the absolute security of your information.
You may submit any questions you may have about our security procedures by emailing communications@providence.ca.