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At Indigenous Works protecting your privacy is very important to us. We treat your personal information with the utmost respect and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy explains how personal information about you may be collected, used, or disclosed as a consequence of your activities on Indigenous Works Web site. We urge you to read it carefully.

By registering on this site, by submitting your resume or any information through the use of this site, or by otherwise accessing this site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to the policies and practices described for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information.

1. Protection of Personal Information

  1. Canadian law governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in a manner that recognizes individuals’ right of privacy with respect to their personal information.
  2. The federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) sets out rules and principles for the management of personal information by commercial organizations. Our services are made available to aboriginal job seekers across Canada.
  3. The type of personal information that is protected includes almost any information about an identifiable individual, such as your name, address, telephone number, and nationality
  4. PIPEDA provides certain fundamental principles which apply to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. One of the most significant is that your personal information generally cannot be collected, used or disclosed without your consent.
  5. We do not collect, use or disclose your personal information without your consent except where required or allowed by law.

2. What Information Do We Collect

  1. The purposes for which we collect any information will always be as set out in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise expressly communicated to you before we collect the information.

3. Use of Information by Indigenous Works

Registration Information

  • Registration information is collected primarily for the purpose of identifying you as a user of this site, specifically for the purpose of events and workshops.

Communication with Indigenous Works

  • If you contact us, we may keep a record of the correspondence but we do not make any use of the email address or other contact information, other than to respond to the communication.

Improper Use of Personal Information

  • Although we use all reasonable means to ensure that the information you provide to us is not used by third parties for purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy, we are not responsible for any improper use of your personal information that is beyond our reasonable control.

4. Retention of Information

  1. You may choose to delete your resume from our records at any time. Certain Registration Information regarding your account with us will normally be retained such as your name, email address and postal code should you wish to post a resume or access our services subsequently.
  2. All personal information destroyed or erased from our records is done so securely with due regard to the sensitivity of the information.

5. Your Consent

  1. We do not collect, use or disclose your personal information without your consent except where required or permitted by law.

6. Disclosure of Information

  1. We will not sell, trade, rent or license personal information that you provide to us.
  2. With the exception of credit card transactions, we never transfer any personal information to third parties for processing or storage.

7. Access and Accuracy and Update of Personal Information

  1. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is appropriate for its purposes and to minimize the possibility that inappropriate information may be used to make a decision about you
  2. You may similarly contact us to address errors or omissions relating to your personal information by emailing the contact person identified.
  3. We may require additional information from you in order to verify your identity following an access request. Such personal information will only be used for the purpose of identity verification and will itself be subject to protection under the terms of this Privacy Policy.

8. Safeguards

  1. Where we consider it appropriate, having due regard to the sensitivity of the particular information that we collect, use or disclose, we use encryption or authentication tools, among other methods, practices and procedures, to protect your personal information irrespective of which format in which it is stored. Our practices and procedures for safeguarding your information are regularly reviewed.
  2. E-mails you send to us are not necessarily secure when they are transmitted to us.
  3. It is important that you keep your User ID and password information secure and that you not share it with anyone, in order to safeguard your personal information on our site.
  4. There are occasionally fraudulent “phishing” emails targeting individuals who the perpetrators believe might be registered users of this site. We never send an email which requests users to visit a Web page or place a call and provide their user ID, password or any personal information. We will never ask you to confirm your user ID or password via email. If you ever receive such an email, do not log in from any referred link and do not provide any personal information. You should contact us at [email protected]

9. Contact Us

  1. Indigenous Works will make information about its policies and practices relating to management of personal information readily available. Please direct any questions about our privacy policies and procedures, any requests for access to our records of your personal information and any other privacy related concerns or complaints to [email protected]. All privacy related complaints will be acknowledged, recorded, investigated and responded to in accordance with applicable law.
  2. You can contact us by e-mail at [email protected], or through our toll-free line at 1-866.711.5091.