
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Architects
P.O. Box 5204 St. John’s, NL, A1C 5V5
TEL: (709) 726‐8550
FAX: (709) 726‐1549
nlaa@newfoundlandarchitects.com / www.newfoundlandarchitects.com
PLEASE READ OUR PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY
The Newfoundland and Labrador Architects Association (“The NLAA”, “We”, “Us”) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy. If you have any questions about your privacy or this policy you can email nlaa@newfoundlandarchitects.com or contact us by mail at: Newfoundland and Labrador Architects Association, P O Box 5204, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5V5 Canada.
“This Privacy Policy is based on the principles of the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information enshrined in law in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) (“PIPEDA”). This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use) sets out the basis on which we may collect, use, disclose and otherwise process Personal Information, as well as the choices you have regarding such use and disclosure, and how you may correct and have access to that information. By “Personal Information” we mean (as defined in PIPEDA) information about an identifiable individual, but not the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization. This Privacy Policy also explains our use of cookies. By using this website, www.newfoundlandarchitects.com (the “Site”), you agree to the use of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.”
Third party websites accessed from our Site are not covered by this Policy and we accept no responsibility or liability in respect of third party sites. Please check their privacy policies before providing your personal information to them.
By submitting your Personal Information to us, you agree to the transfer, storing or processing of that information in Canada and abroad, depending on which data service provider the NLAA uses. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
COLLECTION
When you open an application with us, sign up to receive content, complete forms on the Site, communicate with our staff, send us an email, or post on our blog, you’re giving us information that we collect.
Depending on the circumstances, that information may include Personal Information such as your IP address, name, physical address, email address, phone number, and other details such as demographic information.
By giving us this information, you consent to your information being collected, used, processed, disclosed, and stored by us, only as described in our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
We will collect your information from you or from third parties and as agents on behalf of our members, where we have obtained any required consent to do so. From time to time you may provide us with the personal information of individuals other than yourself. You agree to obtain the knowledge and consent of each individual prior to disclosing such information to us.
Information from Your Use of the Site
We may collect standard information about how and when you use the Site such as your IP address and location data, weblogs, time, date, browser, referring web addresses, searches conducted, pages visited.
Cookies and similar technologies and IP addresses
To ensure that our Site is optimized for users who access it, our service provider(s) may use cookies to collect standard information about your language preferences, date and time you visit the Site, your browser, and similar information. These cookies are intended to optimize your experience of the Site.
Web Bugs/Beacons
When we send emails to our contact lists, we will sometimes track who opened our emails and who clicked the links, to measure the performance of an email. To do this, we may include single pixel gifs, also called web bugs or web beacons, in emails we send. These bugs/beacons allow us to collect information about when you open the email, your IP address, your browser or email type, and other similar details.
We may also use the capability to track when a URL has been clicked inside of an email message. We use this to track which links were clicked and how often. This tracking does not collect any personally identifiable information.
USE AND DISCLOSURE
The NLAA may collect, use and disclose Personal Information for the following purposes:
- To ensure that content from the Site is presented in the best way to optimize viewing of the site for you on your computer.
- To provide services to you and respond to any requests or inquiries from you.
- To conduct, monitor and analyze our business.
- To meet legal requirements like complying with court orders and valid subpoenas.
- To provide information to help us comply with legal, accounting, or security
requirements. - To prosecute and defend in any legal proceeding.
- To communicate with you about your member file.
- To send you informational and promotional content that you request from us or which
we feel may be interest you, where you have consented to us contacting you for those purposes. You can always stop receiving these types of communication by clicking the Unsubscribe link or following the Unsubscribe instructions included in every email. - To protect your and our rights and safety.As otherwise permitted by law. The NLAA does not sell, trade or rent your Personal Information to third parties.
PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THIRD PARTIES
Blogs
We may have blogs on our Site. Any information you include in a comment on our blog may be read, collected, and used by anyone. If your Personal Information appears on our blogs and you’d like it to be removed, contact us at nlaa@newfoundlandarchitects.com.
Social Media Widgets
Our Site may include Social Media Features, such the “Share This” button. These Features may collect your IP address and which page on our Site you visited, and they may set a cookie to enable the particular Feature to function properly. These Features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of whoever is providing it. If you are unsure, please contact us at nlaa@newfoundlandarchitects.com.
Links to Third‐Party Sites
Our Site includes links to other websites, whose privacy practices may differ from those of The NLAA. If you submit Personal Information to any of those Sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability in respect of third party sites. Please read the privacy policies of these sites before submitting Personal Information to them.
ACCURACY OF YOUR INFORMATION AND YOUR ACCESS TO INFORMATION
We will use reasonable efforts to ensure that your Personal Information is kept as accurate, complete and up‐to‐date as possible. In order to help us ensure that your Personal Information is accurate and up to date, please inform us right away of any change in the information we might have for you.
You have a right to request access and correction of your Personal Information by contacting us at nlaa@newfoundlandarchitects.com. In all cases we will treat requests to access information or change information in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Your Personal Information is kept in your member file (if you are a member of the NLAA) and in our electronic databases. For example, Personal Information is held by the NLAA for performing work on your behalf, as well as for accounting, billing and collection, conflict of interests, information technology (“I.T.”), and marketing.
Your Personal Information will be made accessible only to those who need it in accordance with the uses of your Personal Information listed above.
SAFEGUARDING PERSONAL INFORMATION
The NLAA is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of technological, physical and organizational protections and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Once we have received your information, we will use these protections and procedures to try to prevent unauthorized access.
The NLAA is the advocacy partner to our regulatory body, the ALBNL. We work to bring awareness to the public and the industry with which we are involved, promote the values of architecture and our members, and develop excellence within our exciting profession.