Last updated: August 29, 2024

At Independent and Private School Forum, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website ipsf.ca, purchase a membership, and access our members’ portal. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use our services.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Data:
When you sign up for a membership or log in to our members’ portal, we may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, phone number, billing address, and payment information.

Login Data:
We may collect information about your login details, including your username, password, and any other information you provide when logging into the members’ portal.

Technical Data:
We automatically collect certain information when you visit our site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the website.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our site and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

To provide and manage your membership:
We use your personal data to process membership payments, renewals, and to grant you access to the members’ portal.

To communicate with you:
We may send you emails regarding your membership, updates about our services, or other relevant information.

To improve our website and services:
We analyze how users interact with our website to improve user experience and enhance our services.

For security purposes:
We use your information to monitor and protect the security of our website and services, including detecting and preventing fraud.

3. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to outside parties, except as described below:

– **Service Providers:**
We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, and email delivery.

Legal Requirements:
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

4. Data Security

We take the security of your personal data seriously and use reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights under data protection laws, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your personal data. You may also have the right to object to the processing of your data and to data portability.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@ipsf.ca.

6. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal data from a child under the age of 18, we will delete such information from our records.

8. 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.

 9. Contact Us

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

– By email: info@ipsf.ca
– By visiting this page on our website: ipsf.ca/contact

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Independent and Private School Forum is committed to maintaining your trust and protecting your privacy. Thank you for choosing to be part of our community.