The Gathering Privacy Policy:

Why Have This Policy?
On January 1st, 2004, Federal Bill C-6, "Protection of Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act" (AKA "the Privacy Policy"), came into effect for not-for-profit and charitable organizations. This means that organizations need to be more stringent in the way they collect and handle personal information. Personal information refers to any home contact information such as home emails, addresses etc. Anything printed on business cards is not included in the privacy policy.

As a result of this legislation, all not-for-profit organizations and charitable organizations, have had to demonstrate that policies and procedures are in place for collecting and managing personal information. The Gathering has taken the necessary steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
No one will have access to your contact information, or personal information that you provide to us on emails through this website other then those on The Gathering leadership team, as we do not share it with third parties.

What is The Gatherings Privacy Policy?
Safeguarding personal privacy is a vital concern for us. Although, we have taken every precaution with firewalls on our computers, our Web site doesn’t have any fail safe security to ensure it is a secure site. Therefore, like all email transferred from one computer to another, we cannot guarantee the privacy of your information transferred to us by email from hackers. However, we can guarantee that the information sent to us will only be viewed by those in leadership at The Gathering (leadership is defined as anyone put in active ministry by the Lead Pastor), once it is received by our computers. This information will not be shared with anyone outside of the leadership at The Gathering unless permission is granted to us.

Information We Collect
We do not use www.thegatheringottawa.com to gather personal information other than that which you affirmatively agree to supply to us.

We use "cookies" to track how our visitors use the site and to facilitate your transactions. "Cookies" are small amounts of data that your browser saves on the hard drive of your computer. www.thegatheringottawa.com uses cookies to record your username, saving you the extra step of entering it every time you login to our Web site. The cookies created and stored on your computer do not store any personal identifiable information.

Also, when you visit www.thegatheringottawa.com our Web server automatically recognizes the Internet domain and IP address from which you access the site, to compile statistics regarding the volume and timing of access to our Web site. We do this so that we can improve the content and structure of www.thegatheringottawa.com. Only aggregate information is collected and the personal information of individual visitors is not identified. We will not share or sell this information to a third party, except in cases of electronic intrusion, attempted or successful, where material pertinent to the intrusion may be shared with computer security professionals as well as with law enforcement officials in those cases warranting legal attention.

This site contains links to other sites. The Gathering is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices or the content of such Web sites. We encourage you to review each partner’s policy and procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing your information.

Personal information, e-mail addresses or other data will not be sold, rented, exchanged or passed on to third parties, other than outlined in this policy or unless expressly indicated otherwise.

Why We May Contact You?
As a church dedicated to building authentic relationships with our community, we may contact you from time to time to let you know about programs and events that you may be interested in, as well as opportunities to participate in projects with The Gathering. If you prefer to be removed from our contact lists, you can let us know at any time.

How You Can Contact Us
For complete details on our privacy policy or about transaction security, do not hesitate to contact us.
Telephone: (613) 314-6376
e-mail: info@thegatheringottawa.com

You can also check what information we hold on you. However, to protect your privacy, we are not allowed to transmit the information to you by telephone or e-mail. Please therefore send your request in writing to:
Lead Pastor
The Gathering
1096 Rocky Harbour Cres.
Ottawa, ON
K1V 1V4

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