Who we are
We are Migraine Canada™.
Our website address is: https://migrainecanada.org.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We may collect the following information:
- Last Name
- First name
- Phone numbers
- Email address
- Birth date
- Medical data
- Image of your signature
- Address
The personal information we collect is collected through forms and through the interactivity established between you and our website. We also use, as described in the following section, cookies to gather information about you.
This personal information is collected to help us communicate with you. We may sent you our newsletter or sent you our events information. This information is also collected to help us promote better care for Canadian. (Petition, Survey).
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site 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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
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 have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use the services of Google Analytics to collect traffic statistics from our website. You can view the Google Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Who we share your data with
We may sent anonymized data to the Government, insurer, pharmaceutical companies, employers. If you signed our petition, we may sent non-anonymized data to the Government.
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.
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Please visit our ‘Contact-Us‘ page to know how to reach us.
Additional information
How we protect your data
The personal information we collect is kept in a secure environment. People working for us are required to respect the confidentiality of your information.
To ensure the security of your personal information, we use the following measures:
- Access Management – Authorized Person
- Access Management – person concerned
- Computer backup
- Login password
- HTTPS encryption protocol
We are committed to maintaining a high degree of confidentiality by incorporating the latest technological innovations to ensure the confidentiality of your transactions. However, since no mechanism offers maximum security, there is always a risk involved when using the Internet to transmit personal information.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a data leak, we will contact the persons concerned either by email, by mail or by telephone. We may also post a notice on our website.
What third parties we receive data from
Not applicable
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Not applicable
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Not applicable