Website Privacy Policy Overview

As a website user, we collect only your supplied contact details. When you browse our website as a visitor, we don’t collect any of your personal information.

We treat all information we collect as confidential. We collect your personal information in a way that is lawful, fair and not unreasonably intrusive to your privacy.

Provided here is a short explanation of the Privacy Policy for the OIFN web site.  The Full detail of the Policy is also provided below as a link with the short explanation offered.

Short Explanation:

We collect information to make the OIFN website useful for you.

We collect your contact information and user profile data (if you create a listing or subscribe to our communications). Our servers also collect user profile log-in information used to make the website faster and better.

We will send you emails based on your profile settings. From time to time, we may send emails to all our users.

To remember you, our system will send you a ‘cookie’. This is a safe practice and common to other web sites you visit.

We do not sell your information to anyone. However, we will show publicly available information to other users and may release other information to authorities where required by law.

Your account is protected by an encrypted password. We keep it secure, you must also keep it safe. Our staff/volunteers

may not access your account unless required to do a specific job.

The privacy policy may change. We will notify you if it does change.

Visiting the OIFN website is subject to Terms and Privacy policy.

This policy is effective as of July 13th, 2014

 

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Information Collected by OIFN

We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We collect the following types of information from those who create a listing on our Site:

Storing information: We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.

Creating a Listing: In order for you to create a listing you must set up an account. As part of this process we require you to provide personal information.

User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the contact information collected when setting up an account, we enable you to provide additional information, such as a 200 word bio, and a personal website URL. In addition, you may choose to include photos of yourself in your profile. As indicated below, in the section titled “Sharing Your Information”, you can control how your information is displayed and used.

Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. OIFN and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain “traffic data” on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, OIFN cookie information, and the page you requested. OIFN uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.

OIFN may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Listing pages.

Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously. While OIFN will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.

Brief Explanation

We collect information to make the OIFN website useful for you.

We collect your contact information and user profile data. Our servers also collect log-in information used to make the website faster and better.


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Email Communications

OIFN is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the “Sharing Your Information” section below.

OIFN may send out e-mails with OIFN related news and events.

You may also receive notification e-mails from OIFN, which inform you of actions that have been performed on the site.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, please visit the Email Preferences section of your User Profile and/or follow the instructions contained in: ‘unwanted e-mail messages’. However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.

Brief Explanation

We will send you emails based on your profile settings. From time to time, we may send emails to all our users.


 

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Cookies

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people.

OIFN’s cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.

The “help” portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of our coolest features.

Brief Explanation

To remember you, our system will send you a ‘cookie’. This is a safe practice.


 

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Sharing Your Information

Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below:

Access: OIFN staff/volunteers and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal of business.

Protection of OIFN and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of OIFN our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

 User Profile information: Information collected when creating a listing and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other Site users in your User Listing. The User Listing is the area on OIFN where you are able to tell other OIFN Site users about yourself. You may control what personal  information is displayed in your User Listing by visiting the Settings section of your User Listing.

With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Brief Explanation

We do not sell your information to anyone. However, we will show publicly available information to other users and may release other information to authorities where required by law.


 

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Keeping Information Secure

Your OIFN account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.

Only OIFN staff/volunteers who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our staff/volunteers are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.

Brief Explanation

Your account is protected by an encrypted password. We keep it secure, you must also keep it safe. Our employees may not access your account unless required to do a specific job.


 

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Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information

As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our website.

By visiting your User Profile, you can correct, amend, add or delete personal information on our website.

If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us or other OIFN users, please visit the Settings of your User Profile and/or follow the instructions contained in: ‘unwanted e-mail messages’.

However, please note that you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.

As explained earlier, the “help” portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.

Brief Explanation

You can choose not to share information with us, but your experience of the site may be limited. However, until your account is deleted, you may receive all system emails.


 

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

OIFN may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the OFIN website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Brief Explanation

The privacy policy may change. We will notify you if it does change.


 

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Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit the OIFN website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Ontario law.

Brief Explanation

Visiting the OIFN website is subject to Terms of Use and Privacy policy.


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Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 13th, 2014.

Brief Explanation

This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 13th, 2014