Privacy policy

Thank you for visiting cancer.ca and for reviewing our privacy policy. By visiting us online at www.cancer.ca, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy notice.

The PEI Division reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Our privacy policy will be kept up-to-date and posted on our website.

• Cookies

  In order to improve our site on an ongoing basis, we use cookies to track your visit. The Canadian Cancer Society also uses cookies to provide users with certain features available on our website. More information about cookies.

• Information we collect and how we use it

  Two types of information are collected from our website:

  1. Aggregate information regarding overall website traffic patterns. Normally, web servers collect this type of standard web server/visitor traffic information as part of their web log processes. We do not report on individual user sessions.
  2. Personal or "individually identifiable" information you provide to us.
• Volunteer information forms

  Volunteer application forms are available for download in a PDF format. Potential volunteers who complete the online application form are assured of confidentiality. Once completed, forms can be faxed or mailed to the PEI Division office. Your information is secure and will not be shared with any other organization. When you choose to submit a volunteer information/application form, we may request the following information:

  1. Contact information: first and last name, street address, city, province or state, postal or zip code, country, telephone number, e-mail address and other contact information.

  This information is used to process your volunteer application.

  2. Personal information: previous volunteer experience, occupation, reasons for volunteering, and information about your particular area of interest.

  This information is used to process your volunteer application and to find the role that is right for you.

  Relay For Life online

  If you are making an online donation, registering for an event or making an online purchase, your personal information, excluding credit card numbers, will be stored in the United States and will be subjected to United States law.

  1. Participant registration information: includes name, address and other contact information, including e-mail address and the particular event location you’ve registered for.
  
  This information is used to process your registration and to contact you shortly after your registration to provide additional information you will need for the event.

  2. Volunteer registration information: includes name, address and other contact information, including e-mail address, the particular event location you’ve registered for and the volunteer areas you are interested in.

  This information is used only to help us process your application and find the role that is right for you.

  3. Pledge information: includes name, address and other contact information for the person making the donation by pledging a participant, as well as information required to process a tax-receipt.

  This information is used to process your donation and provide your receipt. The specific participant that you pledge will also be provided with your name and the amount of your pledge.

  4. Luminary information: includes name, address and other contact information for the person purchasing the luminary or luminaries. When you purchase a luminary, you also have the option of providing the name and a personalized message that will appear on the luminary bag.

  This information is used only for the purpose of creating the message labels for the luminary bags and is not stored for future use.

  5. Survivors’ Victory Lap registration: includes name, address and other contact information, including e-mail address, as well as the particular event location you’ve registered for. Cancer survivors are invited to walk the first lap of the Relay For Life to celebrate their survivorship. Survivors’ names are announced at the event, along with the length of time you’ve been a cancer survivor.

  Your personal information is used only for the purpose of announcing your name and length of survivorship during the event, but only if you are comfortable with this. This is optional. You are not required to provide this information, and if you prefer not to have your name announced, simply check the box to indicate this. We respect your privacy. The information is not used in any other way, and will never be shared with any other organization.

  6. Personal account information: in order to use our online registration application, you will need to provide your e-mail address and a password. This information will remain confidential.

  Your personal account information will provide you will access to information about your personal registration details as well as information about your pledge status. Your password is store in our database and you may change it at any time by logging in to your account.

  7. Invitations: Participants who have registered online have the option through our online registration application, to send e-mail to family, friends and co-workers to invite them to join a team or pledge them for the event. In this case, you are asked to provide e-mail addresses for your contacts.

  This information is used only for the purpose of sending the e-mail invitations. We do not store these e-mail addresses.

  8. Credit card information: we process standard credit card information (card number, card type and expiration date) via a secure, 128-bit encrypted Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) session. SSL is the proven standard for secure web transactions.

  This information is used to process your financial transaction only and is not stored.

  Emergency assistance application forms

  Application forms for emergency assistance are available for download in a PDF format. These forms, once completed are strictly confidential and accessible only by authorized staff and volunteers. They can be faxed or mailed to the PEI Division office. When you choose to submit an emergency assistance application form, we may request the following information:

  1. Contact information: first and last name, street address, city, province or state, postal or zip code, country, telephone number, e-mail address and other contact information.

  This information is used to process your emergency assistance application and to allow for follow-up contact with the applicant.

  2. Personal information: date of birth, other forms of financial assistance, type of assistance requesting, household information including total income and number of dependents.

  This information is used to process your emergency assistance application and to determine if you are eligible for assistance.

• E-mail inquiries

  Our website contains several e-mail links that allow web visitors to easily send an e-mail inquiry or feedback to the Canadian Cancer Society. Examples include e-mail inquiries to the Society’s Cancer Information Service, to the webmaster, or to specific staff in specific departments across the country. When you use the e-mail links, your e-mail address and the subject of your inquiry are provided to the Society.

  We only use this information to respond to your inquiries and track the service we provide. This information helps us improve our website, provide more relevant information to our site visitors and update our site as need be.

• Canada Customs and Revenue Agency requirements relating to donations

  In order to satisfy the requirements of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), we maintain records of all contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society. Personal information is private and confidential. Additionally, all information is stored in a secure location accessible only by authorized staff and volunteers.

• Future contact with the Canadian Cancer Society

  The Canadian Cancer Society may contact online participants (volunteers, emergency assistance applicants and e-mail inquirers) with further communications on a variety of topics. You may be contacted by mail, telephone or e-mail. If you do not wish to be contacted, we will honour this request. Simply contact us at:

  Canadian Cancer Society, PEI Division
  1 Rochford Street
  Charlottetown, PEI
  C1A 9L2

  Reception– (902) 566-4007
  Toll-free 1 866 566-4007

  You can also restrict the use of your contact information by contacting your local Canadian Cancer Society office.

  Occasionally, the Canadian Cancer Society may contact individuals who have provided their individually identifiable information through the website, and have agreed to be contacted, specifically in order to conduct surveys seeking feedback. These surveys are used to improve our level of service to you. While aggregate information about survey results may be publicized, individual data from these surveys will not be shared with other organizations.

• Links to other sites

  The Canadian Cancer Society has links to other websites that are not under its control. We are not responsible for the contents of any linked website, any link contained in a linked website or any changes or updates to such websites. The inclusion of any link does not mean that the Canadian Cancer Society endorses that website.

  Please be aware that the Canadian Cancer Society is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites to which we are linked. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that requests personal information from you.