Accessibility and Privacy Policies

Last updated: March 26, 2021

Accessibility

Delta United Church aims to make deltaunitedchurch.ca as accessible as possible, and to meet the Level A and AA Success Criteria of the WCAG 2.0 standards. We follow guidelines issued by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and we continue working so that the content on deltaunitedchurch.ca satisfies WCAG 2.0 and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) which you can find online at www.aoda.ca. Our pages may not always pass online validation tests, because we may use empty alt attributes instead of repeating content on the page. Also, any third-party-hosted content on our site, including promotions and partner applications, is out of our control.

Delta United Church welcomes job applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for job candidates taking part in an interview as part of the selection process.

If you notice ways we can improve the usability/accessibility of our website, please click on this ‘email us‘ link to open our contact form in a new tab.

Privacy

Who we are
Delta United Church (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the Delta United Church website, hosted by HostPapa via Wordress. Our website address is: http://deltaunitedchurch.ca. This page informs you of our policies regarding our website useability, and regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information when you use our website. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. We use your personal information for providing and improving the website. By clicking on any page of our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Please note that not all the information offered below will apply to our website as it is updated and/or developed.

Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic communication, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable ways to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as soon as they are posted on this page.

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Cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We may use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to access/use each and every part of our website. (For example, if you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies would be for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again if you leave another comment. Such cookies will last for one year.)

Service Providers
We may use third-party companies and.or individuals to facilitate our website, to provide the website on our behalf, to perform website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third parties would have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf, and third parties are obligated not to disclose it or use it for any other purpose.

Links To Other Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites that are not run by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. 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.

Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos. Embedded content from other websites acts as if the viewer has visited their website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content.

Information Collection And Use
We may collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

While visiting our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain information that can be used to contact or identify you. “Personal Information” may include, but is not limited to: name and email address.

Comments
If our website visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

For users that may register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Such users would be able to see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators could also see and edit that information.

How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Compliance With Laws
We will disclose your personal information where required to do so by law or subpoena.

What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please click on this ’email us‘ link to open our contact form in a new tab.