Privacy Policy
How We Protect Your Privacy
The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Canada (“FOI Canada”) is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting the personal information you provide when you access FOI Canada’s website.
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The following Privacy Policy, created in compliance with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), explains why FOI Canada collects information, how the information collected is used, disclosed and retained, how the information’s confidentiality is protected, and how you can make a request or complaint about the collection of your personal information.
Your ConsentFOI Canada collects personal information from you only when you voluntarily provide it or else only with your consent as required by PIPEDA or other applicable law. By visiting and using this website, you agree to this Privacy Policy and the website terms of use. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, do not use this website or provide personal information to FOI Canada.
You may withdraw your consent to use your personal information at any time, subject to any legal or contractual restrictions. If you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact the Privacy Officer of FOI Canada as described below. If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us, please use the clearly marked “unsubscribe” feature that is included in each such communication in accordance with the law.
Collection, Use, Disclosure and Retention
Collection of Personal Information
By making a donation, requesting information, or registering for an account on our website, you are giving FOI Canada permission to collect some of your personal information and to contact you by way of that information for the purposes outlined in this policy statement.
The personal information that you voluntarily provide to FOI Canada is protected under the provisions of Canada’s federal privacy legislation. Depending on the nature of the transaction, FOI Canada generally collects the following personal information from its users:
• Full name
• Account user name and password
• Address (post and electronic)
• Telephone number
• Financial and payment information related to donations, including credit card information
• Donation history
FOI Canada may request demographic information such as your date of birth, gender and language preference for marketing and fundraising purposes, but you are not obligated to provide these.
Personal information gathered by FOI Canada on visitors to its website is protected and not provided to third parties with the possible exception of third party suppliers with whom FOI Canada has entered into a contract that includes a confidentiality clause.
Uses
We use the information collected through FOI Canada’s website for the following purposes:
• To facilitate donation collection and processing
• To provide tax receipts for online donations
• To allow users to create and manage accounts on this website
• To communicate relevant news and updates
• To administer pre-authorized recurring donations
• To provide client support and help
FOI Canada is committed to limiting the collection of personal information to that which is reasonably necessary for the identified purpose. FOI Canada does not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as permitted or required by law.
Disclosure
Your personal information is not shared, sold, rented, traded, or otherwise disclosed to any outside third party except with your consent or where authorized and/or required by law. FOI Canada may use external services and suppliers to assist it in various functions, such as processing donations. Through agreements with these partners, and their commitment to protect your privacy, FOI Canada manages and protects your information with the same level of sensitivity as it does its own. All outside third parties that enter into business relationships with FOI Canada are required to adhere to this privacy policy, PIPEDA, and any other applicable law dealing with the protection of personal information.
FOI Canada may have to disclose personal information to satisfy a law, regulation, or government request, or to satisfy a subpoena, search warrant, or court order.
FOI Canada reserves the right to disclose and/or transfer personal information to a third party in the event of a proposed or actual sale, lease, merger, amalgamation, or any other type of acquisition, disposal, transfer, conveyance, or financing of all or part of FOI Canada in order for you to continue to receive the same services from the third party.
Retention
Personal information is retained by FOI Canada only so long as required by law or as is reasonable to fulfill the purposes for which it has been collected. Your consent to such purposes remains valid after termination of our relationship with you. FOI Canada may retain personal information as a matter of course for business record retention such as commercial transactions, donor management and program and/or service management.
Collection of Non-Personal Information
FOI Canada may also collect non-personal information about visitors to the website.
When you visit FOI Canada’s website, we may automatically receive and temporarily store on our web server information that is supplied by your browser. Information automatically collected by FOI Canada’s web server includes the following:
• Network location and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using to contact FOI Canada website;
• Name of the domain you are using to access the Internet (e.g., ".com," ".org," ".net," and ".ca");
• Type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer and Google Chrome);
• Type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows and Mac OS);
• Date and time you accessed the site;
• Pages of the site that you have accessed and documents you have downloaded from it; and
• Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site, if applicable.
In most circumstances, this is anonymous statistical data, and FOI Canada makes no attempt to link this data, or the IP addresses of the computers that have contacted its website, with the identity of the individual visiting the website—unless an attempt to damage the website has been detected or it is required by law. This automatic collection is never used to gather specific personal information, such as your name, your telephone number or your email address.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that may be placed on your hard drive by a website, without your knowledge, in order to monitor your use of the site. FOI Canada uses "persistent" and "session" cookies to monitor usage of its website. The cookies used do not allow FOI Canada to identify individuals. The cookies are compiled into statistical information on traffic patterns and are used to assess and improve the efficiency of its website.
Session cookies are cookies that are used on some portions of FOI Canada’s website to store information within a session. During your visit to FOI Canada’s website, your browser exchanges information with FOI Canada’s web server. Session cookies facilitate this exchange by reminding the server which computer is making the request. No personal information is kept in session cookies, and session cookies are only stored in your browser's temporary (i.e., cache) memory. When you log out of your session, the session cookie is no longer valid; it is discarded when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies are more permanent cookies that can be reread when you return to the website. The information in them is written onto your hard drive and remains there until the expiry date of the cookie or until you delete the file. Persistent cookies are used for tracking traffic patterns to and from FOI Canada’s website and are also used to find out how visitors access, navigate and use the website. More information on tracking can be found in the section on Google Analytics.
Google Analytics
FOI Canada uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. to help measure traffic patterns to, from, and within FOI Canada’s website. This analytics measurement tool uses "session" and "persistent" cookies to collect standard Internet log information and to track visitor behaviour in an anonymous form. When your computer requests FOI Canada website, the following types of information are collected and used for web analytics:
• the originating IP address
• the date and time of the request
• the type of browser used
• the page(s) visited
• referral website
The information generated by the cookies about your use of FOI Canada’s website will be transmitted to Google. No personally identifying information is recorded or provided to Google. If you wish, you may opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics by disabling or refusing the cookies, by disabling JavaScript within your browser, or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On. Disabling Google Analytics or JavaScript will still permit you to access comparable information or services from FOI Canada’s website; however, you might have difficulties accessing any secure services. To disable cookies or JavaScript, please refer to your vendor's browser instruction guide.
The information gathered by Google Analytics is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for FOI Canada The aggregate data and statistical reports are only used to help FOI Canada make its website more useful to visitors and are only made available to web managers and other designated staff who require this information to perform their duties. Information collected for web analytics is not disclosed to any external third party service provider.
Data collected for Web analytics purposes may go outside of Canada to Google servers and may be processed in any country where Google operates servers. As such, data may be subject to the governing legislation of that country. For further information, consult the Google Analytics privacy policy.
Use of Websites by Children
FOI Canada does not solicit personal information from children on its website. Visitors under the age of majority, in particular those under the age of thirteen (13), are required to obtain parental or guardian consent before submitting any personal information to FOI Canada website.
Our Commitment to Data Security
FOI Canada makes reasonable effort to protect personal information from loss, theft, unauthorized copying, use, modification, disclosure, and destruction. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, FOI Canada has implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information it collects online. For example, FOI Canada encrypts sensitive information during your online transactions. Our servers are maintained in a secure location with access restricted to authorized personnel only.
Third Party Websites
This website may offer links to other third party websites. Be aware that operators of linked third party websites may also collect your personal information (including information generated through the use of cookies) when you access their websites. FOI Canada is not responsible for how such third parties collect, use, or disclose your personal information.
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation
FOI Canada is committed to complying with CASL as it applies to communications with donors and users of this website, and particularly the requirements for sending commercial electronic messages.
Questions, Comments, and Complaints
If at any time you would like to access, correct or add to your personal information that FOI Canada maintains, make a complaint regarding the management of your personal information, or be removed from any FOI Canada contact lists, FOI Canada encourages you to contact the Privacy Officer at FOI Canada who will address your concerns, complaints and questions. Upon request, FOI Canada will inform you of the existence and use of your personal information, inform you whether your personal information has been disclosed to any authorized third parties, and provide you with access to your personal information in our custody or under our control subject to legal restrictions.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer:
FOI Canada
Privacy Officer
foica@foi.org
888 664 2584If FOI Canada is unable to resolve your complaint in a satisfactory manner, or you would like more information on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at http://www.priv.gc.ca.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
FOI Canada reviews and updates its policy practices as required. We recommend that you check this privacy policy periodically so that you are aware of any changes. The privacy policy in the form posted from time to time on this website shall be the privacy policy in effect at that time.
Terms and Conditions
Definitions in this Agreement
“Agreement” means these Terms of Use;
"Donations" includes any funds, monies, securities and other property donated to FOI Canada by a User or other Person;
“FOI Canada” means The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry – Canada;
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"Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a trust, an unincorporated organization, and the executors, administrators or other legal representatives of an individual;
"User" means you, after you have entered into this Agreement, or your successor, your permitted assign, or your heir, executor, administrator or other legal representative, as the context may require or permit, and includes other Persons who are Users, as the context may require or permit;
Terms of Use1.1 All information available on the FOI Canada website foicanada.org (the “Website”) is subject to the following Terms of Use of use (“Terms of Use”). By accessing the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, and that you agree to be bound by them. FOI Canada reserves the right to change the Terms of Use at its sole discretion and without notice. Your continued access or use of the Website after any modification to the Terms of Use have been posted shall indicate your acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use as modified. It is your responsibility to regularly review these Terms of Use.
1.2 If you are under 18, you will need to obtain your parent or guardian’s permission before you send any personal information to FOI Canada over the internet. Parent or guardian participation in and awareness of their children’s online usage are strongly encouraged.
Conditions of Use
2.1 Except as may be expressly authorized by FOI Canada, any reproduction, modification or distribution of the Website materials or content, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Notwithstanding the foregoing FOI Canada hereby grants to you a license to view, download, and retain copies of this Website and materials published by FOI Canada on this Website for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you do not remove or alter any copyright or other proprietary notices.
2.2 You agree that you will not use any part of this Website in such a way that suggests any type of relationship between FOI Canada and you or any entity related to you, unless you have received prior consent from FOI Canada.
2.3 Except to the extent permitted by copyright law no copying or use of the material from this site is permitted except in accordance with this policy or the express permission of FOI Canada.
2.4 FOI Canada reserves the right to modify, change, discontinue or suspend the Website in whole or in part, at any time, without prior notice to you.
2.5 FOI Canada or any of its respective employees, agents, officers, directors or third party service providers (collectively, “FOI Canada and FOI Canada Service Providers”) shall not be liable to you or any third party should FOI Canada exercise this right.
2.6 You represent and warrant that any information or materials you provide to FOI Canada or post on its Website is accurate, truthful, not misleading, not confidential property of third parties, does not violate third party rights, and is offered in good faith. This includes, but is not limited to, information provided as part of any registration, to gain access to, or for use of any service offered on the Website. In addition you agree not to use the Website in connection with any of the following activities:
• sending and relaying spam, impersonating another person or entity, falsely misrepresenting your identity or your affiliations;
• b) using the site for illegal or fraudulent purposes;
• c) using the site for transmitting or distributing any objectionable material that is illegal, harassing, defamatory, tortuous, sexually explicit, obscene, hateful, or racist;
• d) transmitting material that contain computer programs including but not limited to viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, and cancel bots, which are designed to disrupt, destroy, harm, or damage the operation of the Website or computer.
2.7 FOI Canada reserves the right at any time, in its discretion, to remove any content or material provided or posted by you including, but not limited to, materials FOI Canada deems to be in violation of this policy.
Donations• Donations made through the Website are legally made to FOI Canada, a registered charity under the Income Tax Act of Canada (BN 8668 66684 RR0001), and it is FOI Canada that will issue your official charitable donation tax receipt.
• Neither you nor any other Person may receive any tangible benefit or privilege in return for, or as a result of, making a Donation.
Accuracy of Information
• FOI Canada makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the information provided through the Website is current and accurate. FOI Canada makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of such information.
Intellectual Property
5.1 FOI Canada owns all rights, title and interest in the Website and you acquire no interest therein. The materials provided on the Website including, without limitation, all content, site design, text, graphics and the selection and arrangement thereof are protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. Any unauthorized use or any reproduction, modification or distribution of the materials is strictly prohibited.
5.2 Nothing in this legal notice or your use of the Website shall grant you any rights in or to the intellectual property or proprietary rights of FOI Canada or any third party, or shall be construed as granting, either expressly, by implication, by estoppel or otherwise, a licence or other right to you to use any trade-marks or trade-names of FOI Canada. The names of other companies, products or services referred to on the Website may be trade-marks or trade-names of their respective owners. Any unauthorized use of the trade-marks or trade-names of FOI Canada or of third parties is strictly prohibited.
External Links6.1 Certain links on this Website lead to other websites (“Linked Sites”). Independent parties over whom FOI Canada has no control maintain the Linked Sites. Use of any Linked Site is entirely at your own risk. FOI Canada makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or any other aspect of the information contained on the Linked Sites, including the goods or services sold or made available. FOI Canada therefore disclaims all liability and responsibility for the availability of information, content, accuracy, products, or services found on third party sites which are linked from or to the Website. The existence of a link from the Website to any third party site does not constitute an endorsement by FOI Canada of the Linked Site or any goods, services or information provided through such Linked Sites.
Compliance with Laws7.1 In addition to complying with this Policy, you agree to use the Website, Linked Sites and services available on or through the Website and Linked Sites for lawful purposes only and in a manner consistent with local, national or international laws and regulations. You may not use the Website or Linked Sites in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or Linked Sites or interfere with any other party’s use or enjoyment of the Website or Linked Sites.
Disclaimers, Limitations of Liability and Indemnification8.1 YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. FOI CANADA DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES REGARDING MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
8.2 FOI CANADA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE. THE DOWNLOADING OF MATERIAL FROM THE WEBSITE OR LINKED SITES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. FOI CANADA DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT SUCH MATERIALS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATA AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE COST OF ANY SERVICE, REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE.
8.3 YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON ANY OPINION OR OTHER INFORMATION SET OUT IN THE WEBSITE OR ANY SITE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE WHEN MAKING BUSINESS, FINANCIAL, PERSONAL OR OTHER DECISIONS. FOI CANADA AND FOI CANADA’S SERVICE PROVIDERS DO NOT ENDORSE THE OPINIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY EXPRESSED ON THE WEBSITE OR ANY SITE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
Limitations of Liability
8.4 TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL FOI CANADA, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AND AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY:
• INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES;
• DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF INCOME, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF DATA OR BUSINESS INFORMATION, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY;
• CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES; OR
• OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS POLICY, THE WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE.
8.5 IN NO EVENT WILL THE CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF FOI CANADA, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AND AGENTS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS POLICY EXCEED CDN $100. TO THE EXTENT THAT SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON SOME CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THESE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Scope of Limitations and Disclaimers
8.6 THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET OUT IN THIS POLICY SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSES, CIRCUMSTANCES OR FORM OF ACTION GIVING RISE TO THE LOSS, DAMAGE, CLAIM OR LIABILITY, EVEN IF SUCH LOSS, DAMAGE, CLAIM OR LIABILITY IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, A CLAIM OF FUNDAMENTAL BREACH OR BREACH OF A FUNDAMENTAL TERM), TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, AND EVEN IF FOI CANADA, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AND AGENTS ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LOSS, DAMAGE, CLAIM OR LIABILITY.
Indemnity8.7 YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS FOI CANADA AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AND AGENTS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITIES, DAMAGES, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (INCLUDING ALL LEGAL FEES) BROUGHT BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IN BREACH OF THIS OR ANY OF FOI CANADA’S POLICIES OR THE INFRINGEMENT BY YOU OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.
Jurisdiction9.1 The laws of the Province of Ontario and any applicable federal laws of Canada shall govern your use of the Website. The courts of the Province of Ontario shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of your use of this Website.
General10.1 These Terms of Use, and any and all other notices, policies and statements contained on the Website (as the same may be amended by FOI Canada from time to time without prior notice) constitute the entire agreement between FOI Canada and you. It is a written agreement between FOI Canada and you. This Policy cannot be modified except as described elsewhere herein. This Policy supersedes anything in the Website inconsistent with this Policy. No delay or failure to exercise any right or any non-compliance by you, the user, with respect to the terms of this policy shall be construed as a waiver by FOI Canada. No waiver of any of this Policy shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.
Severability11.1 If in any jurisdiction any part of this Policy is held, by a court of competent jurisdiction, to be invalid or unenforceable, such part of this Policy shall be restricted or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary with respect to that jurisdiction, and the remaining Policy shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. If such invalid or unenforceable provision may be modified to become valid and enforceable, such provision will be deemed to be modified so as to be valid and enforceable to the greatest extent allowed by law.
Amendment of Terms12.1 You acknowledge that we may from time to time to amend, revise or otherwise modify any term of this Agreement in our sole discretion. We will post a revised version of the Agreement on the FOI Canada system. Your continued use of the FOI Canada system and/or services shall be evidence of your acceptance of any such modified Terms of Use of this Agreement.
Entire Agreement
13.1 This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all previous communications, representations and understandings, oral or written, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
13.2 In addition to accepting the Terms of Use set out in this Agreement by using the FOI Canada system or the services provided by FOI Canada or by making a Donation, when you communicate with FOI Canada by using its website or other technology involving the FOI Canada system as contemplated in this Agreement, those communications will be considered to be made "in writing" to the extent required for purposes of this Agreement.
Effective: March 2023