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Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) does not warrant that the functions contained on its website(s) or the third party hyperlinked websites will be error-free or accessible on an uninterrupted basis, that defects will be corrected, or that the server that makes the website(s) available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for CFC and its website, yipcanada.org. CFC respects your privacy. Any personal information you provide to us - including your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address - will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals outside of yipcanada.org.

CFC shares website usage and generic statistical information about visitors to our website and membership in general with reputable third parties for the purpose of securing operational funding. However, no direct or personal information that can be associated with any individual is provided to anyone outside CFC.

Information Collection and Use
CFC is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Information is collected from our users at several different points on our website.

Web Statistics
CFC uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use for reporting and sponsorship purposes. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners, sponsors, and donors. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Links This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that yipcanada.org does not claim any responsibility for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information, and we have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information.

Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as a postal code or e-mail address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavour to provide a way to correct, update, or remove that user's personal data provided to us.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

Questions or Comments
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact YIP Canada Webmaster.

USING AND ADAPTING MATERIALS FROM CFC

Many of CFC's publications are available free-of-charge from its website. Other publications and materials can be purchased from CFC.

References to or simple excerpts from this publication can be made with proper acknowledgement of CFC, the publication's full title and date of publication. Those wanting to adapt or use the material in this publication more substantially must request permission from CFC.

Guidelines for non-members of Community Foundations of Canada

Referencing or quoting modestly from the text

If you would like to make reference to a CFC publication, or quote modestly from it (i.e. anything from a single line up to several paragraphs), please use the following format for acknowledging the publication:

"Copyright [date] - [full title of publication] - Community Foundations of Canada"

If you are also able to provide contact details for CFC, through an appended listing of resources or a footnote, please use the following information:

"Community Foundations of Canada, 301 - 75 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E7, Canada. Tel. +1.613.236.2664, Fax. +1.613.236.1621, e-mail: info@cfc-fcc.ca, Web: www.cfc-fcc.ca"

Quoting or extracting more substantially from the text

If you would like to quote or extract more substantially from the text (i.e. several pages, or a whole graph or image from the publication), please contact CFC for permission.

Adapting CFC's text for your own organization's usage

Please contact CFC. Depending on how substantially your organization plans to base its material on CFC's text or its underlying principles and ideas, it may be appropriate for CFC to charge a fee. We can also advise you on how to acknowledge this material appropriately.