Privacy Statement
The St. Thomas
Elgin General Hospital Foundation respects the privacy of donors and protects
their personal information - we do not rent,
sell or trade your information. We only use personal information to
serve and inform donors through periodic exchanges about opportunities to
volunteer, donate, and support special funding initiatives or special and
third-party events, the Grand Draw lottery, or other Foundation/Hospital
activities.
The STEGH Foundation has developed
a ‘Privacy Policy’ to demonstrate our commitment to protect all personal
information. It complies with all applicable Canadian laws and established
guidelines for charitable organizations. It is based upon ten privacy principles
detailed in the policy which is available upon request.
All personal
information provided by donors and supporters is secured and protected by
electronic and manual safeguards against unauthorized access, loss, or
alteration.
We also comply
with the Donor Bill of Rights developed by the American Association of Fund
Raising Counsel, the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Council for
Advancement and Support of Education and the Association of Fund Raising
Professionals.
Privacy practices
The Foundation only
collects that personal information which is reasonably required for fundraising
purposes
including name,
title, address, telephone number and other relevant contact information and it
is retained to:
-
comply with Canada
Revenue Agency and other legal requirements,
-
give appropriate
recognition
-
send donors
periodic stewardship information
-
provide information
about Foundation activities, and
-
promote further
donation opportunities
Personal
information collected by the Foundation is kept in complete confidence and only
used where necessary to meet the above purposes.
STEGH Foundation
employees are only authorized access to your personal information on a need to
know basis for the purposes noted above. You always have the opportunity to opt
out from having the Foundation use your personal information, except as required
by law.
Contact us
Inquiries relating
to our privacy policy, corrections or deletions should be directed to the
Foundation's Privacy Officer at 519-631-2030 #2246 or
cstinson@stegh.on.ca