Privacy Policy

Haida Gwaii Museum Society Website Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy was last updated on May 30, 2024

This Privacy Policy is developed for the Haida Gwaii Museum Society Our Website address is https://haidagwaiimuseum.ca/.

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Services and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service and our Programs. By using the Service and Our Programs, You agree to the collection and use of information under this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear singular or plural.

Definitions

For this Privacy Policy:

• “Company” (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to the Haida Gwaii Museum Society.
• “Country” refers to Canada.
• “Cookies” are small files placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• “Device” means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
• “Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• “Program” is any program or session that We offer at the Company that is promoted through the Website.
• “Service” refers to the Website.
• “Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
• “Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated using the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• “Website” refers to https://haidagwaiimuseum.ca/ .
• “You” and “Your” means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service or Our Programs, We may ask You to provide Us with certain Personal Data that can be used to contact or identify You. Personal Data may include, but is not limited to:

• Your first name and last name.
• Your contact information, including phone number, email address, and physical address.
• Information about Your art pieces, if submitted for Our annual auction.
• Information that You voluntarily provide Us through our Service or Programs.
• Your Usage Data.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device’s unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We may use cookies and similar technologies like beacons and scripts to enhance and analyze Our Service. This includes using both temporary (Session) and persistent (Persistent) cookies, which remain on Your device to remember Your preferences and previous visits. While You can set your browser to block cookies, doing so may affect Your ability to use certain parts of Our Service.

Our cookies, if used, may be used for several purposes, including:

• Necessary Cookies: Essential for using services on our website.
• Preference Cookies: Save Your settings and preferences.
• Analytics Cookies: Track website usage and performance (may be set by third parties).

Use of Your Personal Data

We may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service and Our Programs, including monitoring the usage of Our Service.
• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or any other contract with Us through the Service or Our Programs.
• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which We offer similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about Our Service users is among the assets transferred.
• To deliver the Programs: We may use Your information in logs during Our Programs to help Us monitor and support Your experience at Our Programs.
• For marketing and publicity purposes: We may use photographs of You for publicity purposes, including but not limited to the Company’s website, printed material and social media.
• For other lawful purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of Our promotional campaigns and evaluating and improving Our Service, products, services, marketing and Your experience.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain Your Personal Data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Processing of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating office(s) and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on computers outside your province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction, where the data protection laws may differ from yours. We will take steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of Your data and other personal information.

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
• For law enforcement purposes: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
• For other legal purposes: The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of the Company, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service or Programs, protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or Programs or the public or protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 19. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 19 If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 19 without verification of parental consent, We may take steps to remove that information from Our servers. If You are a guardian of a child, by enrolling your child in our Programs, you are consenting to Our collection, Use and Disclosure of their Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third-party’s site. This includes the donation platform we use, available through https://www.canadahelps.org/ as well as the Haida Gwaii Museum Gift Shop Website available at https://haidagwaiimuseumgiftshop.ca/ which is operated by Us and has a separate privacy policy. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By visiting this page on Our website: https://haidagwaiimuseum.ca/.
• By sending us an email: adminassistant@haidagwaiimuseum.ca .