PRIVACY POLICY
 
The Bowen Island Community Foundation is committed to protecting the privacy of people whose personal information is held by the Foundation through responsible information management.  Any personal information provided to the Foundation is collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the British Columbia Personal Information Protection Act, (PIPA), and other applicable legislation.
 
PRIVACY STATEMENT

The following statement sets out how the Foundation commits to protecting the privacy and maintaining the confidentiality of personal information collected.

The Foundation web site may include links to web sites operated by other non-profit organizations, government agencies, and private businesses.  This Privacy Policy will not apply to those sites.  The Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.
 
The Foundation will collect and record personal information provided to us by the donor through correspondence, conversations, meetings, conferences, donations, or other forms of communications.  Such information will only be used by authorized staff to fulfill the purpose for which it was originally collected or for a use consistent with that purpose unless the donor expressly consents otherwise.

Such information may be used for the purpose of assisting the Foundation in:

• Distinguishing donors from each other;

• Assisting the donor in making a gift to the Foundation or creating a fund at the Foundation;

• Appropriately receipting, acknowledging and stewarding the gifts of donors and the grants from donors’ funds;

• Determining the donor’s motivation in creating a fund, to assist the Foundation in making decisions about distributions from the fund;

• Determining the donor’s family members, friends or advisors, for the purposes of assisting those who wish to make donations into the fund, or tracking which family members or others who may act as advisors to a fund;

• Determining the nature and extent of a donor’s interest in the causes they wish to support; or

• Determining the donor’s particular wishes with respect to the administration of the fund or a gift.

 
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, and the Foundation may collect other information about a donor from time to time as is determined appropriate by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

The Foundation will not share, sell or make available a donor’s personal information with third parties unless:

• The donor authorizes the Foundation to share the information;

• Sharing the information is necessary to process a donation;

• It is required for the operation of the Foundation, e.g. software development.  We require these contractors keep personal information secure and confidential.

• The Foundation is required to do so by law. 

 
Retaining Information
As the Foundation’s business is the stewardship of endowment funds kept in perpetuity, all information collected from a donor may be retained permanently.

The Foundation is obligated to protect donors’ personal information by making reasonable security arrangements against such risks as unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure or disposal.  Security measures have been integrated into the day-to-day operating practices of the Foundation.
 
Accessing Information
Donors may review the personal information the Foundation has recorded for that donor, and only that donor.  Donors may also provide written permission to the Foundation to permit another individual to review the personal information the Foundation has recorded for that donor, but only for that donor.

If you wish to ask any questions or have any concerns about the personal information Vancouver Foundation collects, please contact the Board of Directors, Bowen Island Community Foundation, P.O. Box 18, 432 Cardina Road, Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G0.
 
Website External Links Policy
   
All external links are provided as a reference only.  The Bowen Island Community Foundation’s privacy policy does not apply to these sites.  The Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.