St. Christopher House is developing a Privacy of Information Policy to protect the privacy of visitors to our website.  The following statements are in effect.

St. Christopher House is the sole owner of all information collected on this website.

Anonymous Access

You can access our website home page and browse our website without disclosing your personal data. As a general policy, NO personal information is collected from our visitors. The only personal information captured through our website is the information that you volunteer such as your email address or perhaps a mailing address that will enable us to send to you requested information. We do not share any names or email addresses collected during any registration process on this web site with third parties. We do not share, sell, rent, exchange, or give any contact information to anyone.

Safeguards are in place to ensure that the information is not disclosed or shared for any other purposes.  Statistical data (e.g. number of visitors) is collected and aggregated so that no personal identification is possible.

St. Christopher House's Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a website to the hard drive of your computer so that the website may identify individual visitors to the site and track users' activities on the website. A cookie will not let a website know any personally-identifiable information about you such as your real name and address.

We collect information about you only if you volunteer it.

Newsletter Subscriptions

When you subscribe to a St. Christopher House newsletter, you need only supply an email address. This email address is used to deliver the e-mail newsletter to you. Your email is not used or known by any other newsletter subscriber, organization, website or government agency.

Links on our Website

Because St. Christopher House wants your website experience to be informational and resourceful, our website also provides a number of links to third-party websites.

St. Christopher House does not assume any responsibility for the information practices of websites you are able to access through our website. We encourage visitors to review each website's privacy policy before disclosing any personally-identifiable information.

Your Choice

St. Christopher House collects personal data you volunteer online, or when you make use of or register for our activities and services in order to better meet your program, service and information needs.

We also use and disclose data, which does not identify individuals, for statistical purposes to develop and enhance St. Christopher House activities and services.

If you supply us with your contact information, you may hear from us about important information concerning the St. Christopher House  activity or project in which you are involved.

Information Sharing

St. Christopher House collects personal information based on your willingness to provide it. This information will be limited to the purpose described to the you  if or when you are requesting specific information.  We will not send invitations to events unless you give your permission. Similarly, we will not solicit donations using the information received from you unless you give St. Christopher House your permission. Permission will not be assumed.

We will collect information for statistical purposes for administration of the website. The stored information will not include any information that reveals any contact information of the user.

Confidentiality / Security

St. Christopher HOuse maintains physical, electronic and administrative safeguards that are appropriate to the type of personal information we obtain from you.

Most St. Christopher House staff and volunteers have limited access to personal information provided by visitors or users of our website.  Staff and volunteers who have access to personal data are required to respect the confidentiality of personal information and handle it responsibly.

Privacy Questions

If you are aware of any inaccuracy or changes in the personal information which we hold about you, please contact a St. Christopher House staff.

If you have an inquiry about St. Christopher House privacy of information practices, please contact Norma Frank, Operations Manager, St. Christopher House, by telephone: (416) 532-4828 or email normafr@stchrishouse.org.  Please let her know the nature of your question or concern,  relevant details and what you would like us to do.  Please let her know if you have discussed your question or concern with any other St. Christopher House staff.

Ongoing Relevancy

St. Christopher House regularly reviews its policies and procedures to ensure we remain current with changing laws and evolving public expectations.
 
Due to the evolving nature of the technologies we use to communicate with you, we may occasionally update this statement. Notice of any revisions will be posted to this site. Any comments or questions regarding our privacy practices should be sent to normafr@stchrishouse.org