Changchub Buddhist Church Website Privacy Statement
Your privacy is important to Changchub Buddhist Church (or Karma Changchub Ling). This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that Changchub Buddhist Church collects, and the ways in which Changchub Buddhist Church uses that personal information.
How we collect information about you
When you make a donation to Changchub Buddhist Church, we collect the following types of information from you:
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Contact information – your name, address, phone, email, and other similar information
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Financial information – the full bank account credit card numbers that you use during the transaction process
We also collect information about you (your name and email address) when you subscribe to our electronic newsletter.
How we protect and store personal information (are we doing any of the following?)
Throughout this policy, we use the term “personal information” to describe information that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not identify a specific user.
We store and process your personal information on our computers in Canada, and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards. We use computer safeguards such as firewalls, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.
How we use the personal information we collect
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a secure, smooth, and efficient experience. We may use your personal information to:
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Process transactions and send notices about your transactions
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Record your donations
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Send year-end tax receipts
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Send you Thank You letters and other correspondence
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Send you emails or our electronic newsletter.