PRIVACY POLICY of "the church" or "PGIMF"

Accountability: We are accountable to
(a) ensure the church’s compliance with Canadian privacy laws
(b) ensure that the church protects all personal information held by the church or disclosed to third parties; and
(c) develop and implement personal information policies and practices.
Identifying purposes: the church collects personal information from you for the following reasons:
• To contact you about the activities and events of the church
• to allow affiliated organizations to contact you about their activities
• to allow other members and adherents of the church to contact you

We will request your permission before using your personal information for any new purpose.
Limiting collection, use, disclosure and retention: We will not collect your personal information indiscriminately; and we will not deceive or mislead you about the reasons for collecting your personal information. We keep your personal information as long as necessary to satisfy the purposes described above. We will not destroy or make anonymous your personal information unless you request so because that would prevent us from contacting you in the event of a reunion celebration.
Accuracy and Safeguards: We will endeavour to minimize the possibility of using incorrect information. We will protect your personal information against loss or theft; safeguard the information from unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification; and we will protect personal information regardless of the format in which it is held.
Openness and Individual access: this document is our notification to you about our privacy policies. You may refer to it at any time on the World Wide Web at http://www.pgimf.org/privacy which also includes a list of the affiliated organizations which we have information-sharing arrangements with. Upon request in permitted situations, you may arrange to confirm and correct your personal information in our records.
Recourse: In the even of a dispute over the handling of your personal information, the board of the church will investigate all complaints received and take appropriate measures.
Publishing: PGIMF, in the course of making its activities known to others on the World Wide Web will not publish the personal information of members or attenders, including telephone number, home or email address, or personal concerns, except if the member or attender is a member of the church board and the information directly concerns the performance of his or her duties.
Recording: PGIMF ('the church'), in the course of recording services for later listening by members of the congregation and their guests, will not record any part of the service that is identified as 'sharing (of personal and private prayer concerns)'.

APPENDIX A – List of Affiliated Organizations

q Mennonite Church Canada (www.mennonitechurch.ca)

q Mennonite Church British Columbia (www.mcbc.ca)

q Canadian Mennonite (www.canadianmennonite.org)

q Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (www.mbconf.ca)

q British Columbia Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (www.bcmb.org)

q Mennonite Brethren Herald (www.mbherald.com)

APPENDIX B – Affiliated Organizations with access to Board contacts

q Mennonite Central Committee B.C. (www.mcc.org/bc/index.html)

q Mennonite Central Committee Canada (www.mcc.org/canada/index.html)

q Mennonite Brethren Missions and Services (www.mbmission.org)

q Columbia Bible College (www.columbiabc.edu)

q Stillwood Bible Camp (www.stillwood.ca)

q Camp Squeah (www.campsqueah.bc.ca)

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Download the official approved policy document: PGIMF_Privacy_Policy.PDF (43KB)