Effective January 2024
Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Network (Cach-net) is a not-for-profit organization.
The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform users of our Site of the following:
This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.
By using our Site users agree that they consent to:
The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy; and
The collection, use, and retention of the data listed in this Privacy Policy.
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.
User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved. You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.
In order to protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption and store all of your data on servers in secure facilities.
While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.
The Site may contain links to other websites or Internet resources, notably those belonging to our sponsors, partners or collaborators. When you click on one of those links you are contacting another website or Internet resource that may collect information about you voluntarily or through cookies or other technologies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any sites owned and operated by any third parties. Other sites may collect and treat information collected differently, so we encourage you to carefully read and review the Privacy Policy of each site you visit.
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You will be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your Internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.
We use the following types of cookies on our Site:
Functional cookies – these are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits.
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.