Terms of Use

We respect your privacy and do not sell or lend our email list.

How we use your Personal Information

Personal information that you give us is used to communicate with you, or to facilitate your participation as a volunteer if you want to assist. We take great attention in the way we store and use your personal information. Due to this your personal information may also be used by our local riding association.

Identification and unsubscribe information

To update your mailing: email info@votesheenasharp.ca. To unsubscribe immediately and automatically: click on the opt-out link at the bottom of the last email you received. If you received a mailing from us, you are (a) a resident of Don Valley West (b) a recent donor or volunteer (c) have recently taken action with one of our online tools (d) have reached out to us by phone, mail, email or social media or (e) otherwise have an existing relationship with us. We respect your time and attention by controlling the frequency of our mailings.

Sharing and Usage

We do not share, sell, or rent individual personal information with anyone outside of the campaign, without your express advance permission or unless so ordered by a court of law. Information submitted is only available to campaign personnel who manage this information for purposes of communicating with you on matters pertaining to Don Valley West business, or for determining how best to provide that information according to your wishes. If you have received unwanted, unsolicited email sent via this system or purporting to be sent via this system, please forward a copy of that email with your comments to info@votesheenasharp.ca for review.

Website privacy policy

We respect your personal privacy and are committed to maintaining your trust and confidence. We believe in ensuring the security of your personal information. Please take the time to read this policy, and contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We strive to protect any personal information you may provide us. If we ask you to provide us with any personal information, we will tell you the purposes for which we intend to use that information. Your personal information is not sold to anyone for any purpose.

Information Collection, Use and Disclosure

The purpose of this website is to educate and inform the public about the Sheena Sharp’s candidacy for Don Valley West in the upcoming City of Toronto municipal election, its goals, its key values, its policies and platform. When you visit this site and access information, you are anonymous. We do not require you to provide personal information to view it.

Aggregate Site Use Information

We record information about the pages viewed by all of our website visitors. This data includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, connection speed, read time, display time and number of clicks. We use Squarespace to record the above website data as well as demographics and behaviour. We use this data, in aggregate form only, to compile statistics for internal use, and improve the online experience for all visitors.

Cookie Use

A cookie is a small text file stored on the users hard drive that may help you access pages faster and allows our server to recognize you as you navigate within the site. We use cookies to assist with anonymous site traffic analysis, which includes tracking the time/date of visits, pages viewed and referring URLs. Cookies are generally not required to use our site, although some sections of our site may not be available to you if you choose not to accept cookies. You may configure your Web browser to either refuse all cookies, accept them each time they are offered, or accept them at all times. Consult your browser's help files for assistance on changing cookie settings or removing cookie files.

Online Donation Information

We only read cookies specifically written for our site and do not use cookies to track a user’s internet history on other sites. If you donated money online, we only request the information needed to complete the processing of that transaction and provide a tax receipt. We also share our users' personal information with the City of Toronto, CRA or other agencies as required by law. We do not provide any more information than necessary for these purposes. We may also use the information to contact you regarding your donation.

Our Site Security

We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorized access and use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, to encrypt, or encode, information sent to us. Any personal information you provide to us is exchanged via a secure server. Encryption protects your information, such as your credit card number, name and address information by scrambling it before it is sent from your computer. Only once we receive your information is it decoded. We make all reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our own systems and undergo periodic security audits to ensure the safeguarding of this information. Warning: email is not encrypted, nor is it a secure means to send personal information. We urge you to use our secure servers to process online donations, or call our Campaign Office to make a donation by phone (647) 505-9425.

Opting Out

If you wish to have any of your personal information removed from our databases, or if you no longer want us to send any further communications to you, please send an e-mail to info@votesheenasharp.ca with your request. Please note, however, that we may be required by law to maintain certain information, as noted above. We may be required by law to maintain this information for a period of time after you may have opted out.

E-newsletter

Visitors to our site may choose to receive our email newsletters. E-newsletters are sent only to users who choose to provide us with their email address. Our newsletter subscriber database is not sold, rented or otherwise to any other parties. Subscribers wishing to update their contact information, or opt out of receiving newsletters, can use the links provided at the bottom of each newsletter email.

Fraud and Crime Prevention

We reserve the right to co-operate with local, national, or international law enforcement or other authorities in the investigation of improper or unlawful activities and this may require the disclosure of personal information. If such an investigation requires disclosure of personal information on file in our records, we may be required by law to cooperate. We also reserve the right to report improper or unlawful user activities on our site, which may require the disclosure of personal information relating to those individuals conducting such improper or unlawful activities.

Links

This website may contain links to other sites or email addresses. This privacy statement only applies to information collected by our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices and/or policies of these or any third parties, nor do we necessarily agree with or endorse the opinions or positions expressed. Links are provided for information only.

Accuracy of, and access to, personal information

We strive to ensure that any personal information we retain and use is as accurate, complete and up-to-date as necessary for the purposes for which we will use it. We do not routinely update personal information except where and as necessary for these purposes. If however our records regarding your personal information are inaccurate or incomplete, we will amend that information at your request. At your request we will provide to you a statement explaining the extent to which we hold personal information about you, and we will explain how that information has been used by us.

Elections

For more information on the election, please visit: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/