Introduction

The Ontario New Democratic Party respects the privacy of its members and others who visit our web site or receive our mailings. To support this commitment, we have adopted the following privacy policy which we invite you to review. Please note that this policy governs your use of this site. The Ontario New Democratic Party may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

Personal information such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers may be collected in order for The Ontario New Democratic Party to communicate with site visitors and others by mail, telephone or e-mail for a variety of purposes that may include, updating you on our activities, and involving you in advocacy initiatives. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. We may ask you for personal information when you subscribe to our e-mail mailing list, take part in a fax or e-mail campaign, or when you report a problem with this site. We may also occasionally ask you to complete surveys that we use for research.

Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Information

The Ontario New Democratic Party may disclose personal information to third party contractors for the purposes of, maintaining internal records, and communicating with you. We will otherwise only release personal information with your express consent, unless releasing such information is required by law or we have reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with The Ontario New Democratic Party's rights or property, The Ontario New Democratic Party members or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Where The Ontario New Democratic Party releases your personal information to third parties, The Ontario New Democratic Party first requires them to agree to use such personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and Canadian privacy laws.

Consent

You hereby consent that The Ontario New Democratic Party may collect, use, store, maintain, transfer, and remove your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you prefer that we not use or disclose your information for any or all of the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection, you may notify us at any time. In particular, The Ontario New Democratic Party will honour all requests not to disclose personal information, whether made at the time the information is provided or subsequently, and will promptly remove your name from our e-mail or postal mailing lists upon request. If you do not notify us, we will consider you to have consented to our continued use and disclosure of your information for the specified purposes.

Accessing, Modifying, or Removing your Information

Under Canadian privacy laws, you have the right to inquire whether The Ontario New Democratic Party holds personal information about you, access such personal information, and correct any personal information about you that is inaccurate. If your information changes or becomes inaccurate, or if you would like The Ontario New Democratic Party to remove your information from our records, please send a request using one of the contact methods listed below and include your name, address and telephone number, so that we can identify you.

Information Security and Integrity

The Ontario New Democratic Party takes reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, or other unauthorized uses, and to remove your personal information when it is no longer required for its intended purposes. The Ontario New Democratic Party cannot, however, guarantee that loss, misuse, or unauthorized use will never occur and makes no representations or warranties to this effect.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, complaints or concerns or require more information about this Privacy Policy, about how The Ontario New Democratic Party manages personal information or responds to complaints, or about how we use your personal information, please write to us at:

The Ontario New Democratic Party
101 Richmond Street East
Toronto, ON, M5C 1N9
tel: 416.591.8637
fax: 416.599.4820

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