Special Olympics Ontario Brantford is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Special Olympics Ontario Brantford Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Special Olympics Ontario Brantford website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Special Olympics Ontario Brantford also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Special Olympics Ontario Brantford. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Special Olympics Ontario Brantford for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Special Olympics Ontario Brantford Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Special Olympics Ontario Brantford public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Special Olympics Ontario Brantford does not read any of your private online communications.

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Special Olympics Ontario Brantford so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Special Olympics Ontario Brantford is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Special Olympics Ontario Brantford and Special Olympics Ontario Brantford family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford collects and uses your personal information to operate the Special Olympics Ontario Brantford Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Special Olympics Ontario Brantford also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Special Olympics Ontario Brantford and its affiliates. Special Olympics Ontario Brantford may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Special Olympics Ontario Brantford may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Special Olympics Ontario Brantford may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Special Olympics Ontario Brantford, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Special Olympics Ontario Brantford, in order to determine what Special Olympics Ontario Brantford services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Special Olympics Ontario Brantford to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Special Olympics Ontario Brantford or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Special Olympics Ontario Brantford; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Special Olympics Ontario Brantford, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Special Olympics Ontario Brantford Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Special Olympics Ontario Brantford pages, or register with Special Olympics Ontario Brantford site or services, a cookie helps Special Olympics Ontario Brantford to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Special Olympics Ontario Brantford Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Special Olympics Ontario Brantford features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Special Olympics Ontario Brantford services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Special Olympics Ontario Brantford secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Special Olympics Ontario Brantford encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Special Olympics Ontario Brantford is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Special Olympics Ontario Brantford welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Special Olympics Ontario Brantford has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Special Olympics Ontario Brantford at mcrawford@searchstudio.net. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.