Privacy Policy
At Historical Society of Alberta, we respect the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Historical Society of Alberta and how we use it.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and applies to visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or is collected by the Historical Society of Alberta. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Collection of Personal Information
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
We only collect personal information that you may voluntarily provide when using our website or contacting us.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, address, email address, and telephone number.
We may collect information in a non-identifying and aggregate form including IP address, date and time of your visit, length of stay and website from which you accessed our website. This information is used only for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website and gathering demographic information. We may use this information to develop new features and functionality to improve users’ experience.
How we use your personal information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our Chapters, regarding our programs, membership and other relevant information.
- To send you tax receipts for donations
- Find and prevent fraud
- Credit cards: Payment authorized by Visa, MasterCard are accepted. We do not store your credit card information on our website. Payments are processed through Stripe.com. Further information can be found here: https://stripe.com/en-ca/privacy
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, Historical Society of Alberta uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Storage and Management of Personal Information
Your personal information is stored on our computers, associated storage media, accounts, and in hard copy files. Only authorized individuals have access to this information. This information is not shared with or sold to any third party.
If you request that your personal information not be used for any of the purposes outlined above, we will honour that request and your individual information will be updated to reflect that request.
Additional Information
Questions or comments about our Privacy Policy can be direct to us at info@albertahistory.ca