Chinatown's Privacy Policy

Chinatown BIA understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal information is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website,  (“Our Site”). We will only collect and use personal information in ways that are described here and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Please note that we will update it as necessary, for example, if the law changes in a way that affects personal information protection. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your information is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any information to them.

What Is Personal Information?
Personal information is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.

What Are My Rights?
You have the following rights about your personal information:The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal information. This Privacy Policy serves this purpose but you can get more information at the contact information at the bottom of the Policy. The right to request access to the personal information, if any, that we hold about you. The right to have your personal information rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.The right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal information that we hold. We will do so without delay unless the personal information is still necessary for the purposes for which you provided it. The right to ask us to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal information, for example, if you have requested correction of your information, while we are correcting it.The right to object to us using your personal information for a particular purpose or purposes.The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal information, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.The right to data portability. This means that you can ask us to provide your personal information to transmit it to another organization. It is important that your personal information is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal information we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that information.You can exercise all these rights by making a  request in writing and sent via email to bia@calgarychinatown.com. There is not normally any charge for an access request. Exceptionally,  a minimal fee may be charged if our administrative costs in responding justify it.We will respond to your request as soon as possible. If we are not allowed by law to grant your request, for example, because it would reveal personal information about another individual, we will provide reasons.  If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal information, please contact us at bia@calgarychinatown.com. If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the information and privacy commission in your province. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first.

What Information Do We Collect?
From our Site: We collect technical information including IP address, browser types and operating systems to make our Site work. We also collect your profile information including your preferences, interests, and browsing history through social media sites, cookies and third-party analytics tools to better respond to your needs.Third Parties whose content appears on Our Site may use third-party Cookies. While we require these Third Parties to respect your privacy rights, they have their own privacy policies and we advise you to check them. You can opt out of cookies through your browser. However, this may mean that some features of our Site will no longer be available. [to check if this applies to our website]

How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
We only use your personal information for the reasons for which you provide it. This includes to operate our website, to respond to your request for a call (or email) back, and to process inquiries.

How Long Will You Keep My Personal Information?We will retain your personal information for no longer than the length of time needed to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required by law. You can receive more detailed information by contacting us at bia@calgarychinatown.com.

How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Information?
We store your information according to reasonable security practices including the following: limiting access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of confidentiality; and technological safeguards to protect content.    

Do You Share My Personal Information?
We only share your personal information as necessary with our service providers to deliver our services. Service providers provide business, professional, or technical support functions for us. In particular, we use third-party providers of website hosting, maintenance, marketing services, business operations, payment services, and identity verification services as well as application processing, and fraud prevention. Where we are required by law to provide personal information to a government institution, we ensure that the institution has lawful authority to access it. 

How Do I Contact You?To contact us about anything to do with your personal information and its protection, including to make an access request, please contact us at bia@calgarychinatown.com.