Donate a Car Canada Inc. Privacy Policy

This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for www.donatecar.ca. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this web site.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We have access only to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via our online submission form, email, or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to any other party.

We will use your information to respond to you with respect to your donation process. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your donation request.

By engaging in the donation process through Donate a Car Canada, it is understood that a primary means of communication regarding process and ongoing status, as well as receiving your tax deductible receipt, will be via email. By agreeing to our Terms of Donation, you are giving express permission for DACC to communicate with you via this means only for the purposes of your vehicle donation and all related aspects.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Only employees who need the information to perform tasks related to donor support are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Registration

In order to donate a vehicle via our website, a user must first complete the submission form. During submission a user is required to give certain information (such as name, regular and email addresses, contact phone numbers). This information is used to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest.

Sharing

We partner with receiving charities, and our charity service provider CanadaHelps, to facilitate donations being forwarded to the chosen organization(s). When the user agrees to our donation process, we will share names, or other contact information necessary for the third party to provide tax receipts at process end. These parties are not permitted to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing this service. DACC is not responsible for the practices and policies held by their receiving charities in this respect.

Opting In

By engaging in the donation process with DACC, you give your express consent for ongoing email communication as relates to the donation process.

Opting Out

By selecting "Click here to have your donation remain anonymous," the user removes direct charity access to their personal information. Necessary information will, however, be provided to CanadaHelps for tax receipting purposes.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Updates

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. In the event of changes, all updates will be posted on this page.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, please contact us immediately via telephone at 403.234.4444, 1-877-250-4904, or carmen@donatecar.ca.