Privacy Policy
The Southampton Art School & Gallery is committed to providing visitors a web site that respects their privacy. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices on the Southampton Art School & Gallery web site.
The Southampton Art School & Gallery does not automatically gather any specific personal information from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address. We would only obtain this type of information if you supply it by sending us an e-mail or registering in a secure portion of the site (e.g., to register for an art class).
All personal information created, held or collected by the Southampton Art School & Gallery is protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that at any point of collection you will be asked for consent to collect your information, and you will be informed of the purpose for which it is being collected and how to exercise your right of access to that information.
The Southampton Art School & Gallery employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. This software receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer that has contacted our web site, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited. We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.
The Southampton Art School & Gallery occasionally uses "cookies" to track how our visitors use this site or to determine sites previously visited. The cookies we use do not allow us to identify individuals.
They are compiled into statistical information on traffic patterns and are used to assess site efficiency. The system will notify you before any cookies are used so that you may refuse them providing that option is set in your browser security options. The refusal of cookies will not affect the site performance or restrict your ability to access information from this site. (A "cookie" is a file that may be placed on your hard drive without your knowledge by a web site to allow it to monitor your use of the site.)
Information on individual visitors is used by the Southampton Art School & Gallery employees who need to know the information in order to respond to your request or to ensure the security of this system. We do not use the information to create individual profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside of the Southampton Art School & Gallery.
The Southampton Art School & Gallery maintains links to other sites not covered by this privacy policy. Unless specifically noted otherwise, neither electronic systems nor e-mail are secure information transmission methods, and it is not recommended that sensitive personal information be transmitted electronically (i.e., credit card numbers).
The Southampton Art School & Gallery uses an outside webmaster who is under a contractual obligation to treat any personal information as though it were covered by the Privacy Act. Any message which you may send to the webmaster for this site will go to Websmart Consulting at webmaster@theartschool.org, a corporation which is not part of the Southampton Art School & Gallery. Information concerning the functioning of the site is provided to the webmaster so that they can propose adjustments to the site to maximize its effectiveness. Any questions, concerns or complaints you may have about how Websmart Consulting is handling personal information from this site should be directed to the Director as listed below.
Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act may be directed to the Director by e-mail to artschool@bmts.com or by calling 1-800-806-8838 or writing to:
Heather Heath, Director
Southampton Art School
P.O. Box 115
Southampton, Ontario N0H 2L0
If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at www.privcom.gc.ca/index_e.asp.