Last updated: 2022-06-28
The “Site,” www.dermoscopycanada.ca is the official medical education website owned and operated by Dermoscopy Canada (“us,” “we,” “our”) a not-for-profit Canadian incorporated educational foundation formed in Ontario, Canada. Dermoscopy Canada is the data controller of the Site and can be contacted at: info@dermoscopycanda.ca.
We value your privacy. Please review this privacy policy prior to use of this Site as it contains information regarding your privacy and use of collected information.
Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") is to inform Site users of the following:
This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the Terms and Conditions of the Site.
Consent
By using this Site, users consent and are bound to comply to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy. Any disagreement with any part of this policy eliminates our permission to Site access for any user.
Personal Data Collected
Only data that helps to achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy is collected. Any additional data beyond the data listed below is not collected:
Use of Personal Data
Data collected on this Site will be used solely for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of the Site. Data beyond what is disclosed in this Privacy Policy will not be used.
Data is collected from information provided by Site users upon registration. It is used for the analytics, marketing/advertising of upcoming courses, webinars, conferences and/or other related educational activities offered by Dermoscopy Canada or those felt to be of relative interest to Site users.
Employees
We may disclose user data to any persons of our foundation who reasonably need access to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Other Disclosures
We do not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:
We provide relevant hyperlinks for reference to our users. If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another site, please note that we are not responsible for nor have control over their privacy policies and practices. The presence of any hyperlinks on the Site does not imply endorsement of their material posted or associations with related operators.
Personal Data Storage
User data will be stored until the purpose for which the data was collected has been achieved. You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.
How We Protect Your Personal Data:
We collect only a limited amount of necessary information. Any personal information that is no longer needed/used is destroyed. We maintain current software and safeguards. Any employee having access to personal data collection is screened and trained. Secure connection technology is used for transfer of information internally or externally.
While all reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that user data is secure and protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet can be insecure at times and therefore absolute guarantee of the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical is not possible.
Your Rights as a User
You have the following rights:
Exercising Your Rights
Exercise your rights by submitting a request to: infor@dermoscopycanada.ca.
We require the following to processing your request:
We are unable to process your request without the above information. Requests will be processed within 30 business days of receipt unless further time is required of which you will be advised. Requests can be denied if legal exceptions prevail of which you will be advised.
Children
The Site is not intended for use by children. Personal data from children under 16 years of age is not knowingly collected. If it is learned that such personal data from a child under 16 years of age has been collected, this will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided personal data, the parent or guardian may contact our data protection officer.
Analytics Programs
This Site uses Google Analytics to collect personal information. Opt out of Google Analytics if desired by visiting: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected
If you would like to know if your personal data has been collected, how it has been used, to whom it has been disclosed; if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights you may contact the data protection officer at:
Do Not Track Notice
Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers.
Tracking of Site users is not carried out over time nor across third party websites and therefore do not respond to browser initiated DNT signals.
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. Cookies do not grant access to your computer or any information other than that data of which you choose to share. Cookies can be accepted or declined. Web browsers typically automatically accept cookies. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser however this may decrease the quality of your user experience.
This Site collects cookies and may use them for reasons such as but not limited to:
Information Retention
We archive and retain all collected information after users’ memberships have expired.
Location of Data Processing
Activities occur in the province of Ontario.
Accountability
The following persons are accountable and responsible for the Site’s privacy policy:
Elizabeth Sawyers & Darshini Persaude (Co-Founders)
Contact: infor@dermoscopycanada.ca
Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. Any amendment will be reflected by an update in the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. It is recommended that users periodically review the Privacy Policy to ensure current notification of any updates. If necessary, notification to users may be carried out via email of changes to this Privacy Policy.
Complaints:
If you have any complaints about how your personal data is processed, please contact infor@dermoscopycanada.ca to resolve the issue.
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