Alpine Garden Club of B.C.

Basic Statement.
The Alpine Garden Club of B.C. website is covered by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, also known as PIPEDA. Our privacy policy arises from that Act, and fair information practices.

What it means.
On our website, we collect personal information about you only when you explicitly provide it. Examples of that collection would be when you apply for membership, renew your membership, or register for the Western Winter Study Weekend. We protect the personal information given to us when you fill out a form. We have implemented a variety of security measures to ensure that your personal information is not lost, misused, altered, or unintentionally destroyed.

What do we mean by personal information?
By "personal information" we mean any information about you as an identifiable individual including your name, your email address, or your credit card information.

How we collect personal information.
Any personal information you provide is done via secure, encrypted web pages, ensuring your personal information cannot be intercepted by third parties.

What we don't do.
We do not provide personal information gathered on the website to third parties under any circumstance.

Credit Card Transactions.
We do not share your credit card information with third parties for further processing, all credit card transactions are processed manually.
We do not retain your credit card information: upon successful completion of the credit card transaction, all information relating to your credit card is deleted and permanently destroyed.

What we may have to do.
If required by law, such as under a subpoena, we may release your personal information provided on this website.

Do we use cookies?
The Alpine Garden Club of B.C. website does not use cookies, with the exception of a single cookie on the slide shows page.
No personal information is gathered or retained while watching one of our slide shows and the cookie is destroyed once you leave our website.

Server Logs.
The Alpine Garden Club of B.C. domain servers automatically collect some information about a visitor's computer or other access device, such as its Internet Protocol address or browser version, in their logs. This information is used in aggregate form for statistical purposes only.