Privacy Policy

The Ontario Literacy Coalition (OLC) and its affiliates (AFLO, ALNO) believe strongly in respecting the privacy of your information. We value the trust of those we deal with and recognize that maintaining this trust requires that we be transparent and accountable in how we treat the information that is shared with us.

Privacy practices:

• We review overall, not individual, trends in the use of our web site. This means that we track data related to the number of visits to our website and to each section within the website and we do not track each user's particular activities on our site. We use this information to measure the effectiveness of our website.
• We only gather information that is voluntarily disclosed. We do not collect any information without the user's knowledge and permission, and personal information gathered by the OLC will be treated with respect.
• We do not sell, rent, share or otherwise make available personal information to other organizations. All information we collect serves the OLC's purposes only. Personal information that you provide will not be shared with other groups. This also includes financial information.
• Disclosure to third parties. Like other organizations, the OLC does hire external companies to provide certain administrative services that require access to employee, member, and stakeholder information. These services include payroll/benefit supplies, credit card payment processing and external auditors. The OLC may release personal information when we are required by law or in situations where we need to protect the rights or property of the OLC.
• We only contact individuals for purposes related to our projects and activities.
• We comply, at any time and for any reason, with an individual's wish to be removed from our mailing list. You may contact us directly by phone (416-963-5787) or by email at aflo@on.literacy.ca to remove yourself from our mailing
• The OLC makes every reasonable effort to keep information accurate and current. Questions, concerns and updates to information such as address changes, legal name changes or corrections can be forwarded to:
  
  Office Manager
  The Ontario Literacy Coalition
  365 Bloor Street East, Suite 1003
  Toronto, ON M4W 3L4
  Phone: 416-963-5787
  olc@on.literacy.ca
  
  
• We support the efforts of parents and legal guardians of children under the age of 13 to monitor their children's Internet usage and to caution them against providing personal information to any web site over the Internet without permission.

The Ontario Literacy Coalition uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. The OLC is not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. The OLC also provides links to a wide variety of other websites on the Internet. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of these sites or for how these sites manage information about their users. We strongly urge you to check with these websites to determine their privacy policies.

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page so that you are always aware of the information that we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Legal Notice

Your use of this web site hosted by the Ontario Literacy Coalition and/or its various affiliates or subsidiaries (including AFLO and ALNO) is subject to the following terms and conditions:

Copyright & Permission
Rules All materials on the Ontario Literacy Coalition family of websites (www.on.literacy.ca and www.aflo.on.literacy.ca) are the copyright property of the OLC or are reproduced with permission from other copyright owners. All rights are reserved.

Permission to use
Individuals and organizations may reproduce, in whole or in part, the Ontario Literacy Coalition's (OLC) publications and educational materials, provided that

1. the intended use is for non-commercial purposes,
2. prior written consent has been obtained from the OLC,
3. a copy of the reproduced material is sent to the OLC, and
4. any reproduction of data is accompanied by an acknowledgement of the OLC as the source by setting out the title of the publication, the OLC name, and the year of publication.

This does not apply to pages and images with explicitly reserved reproduction right: © followed by the right owner and the year of publication. Reproduction of the latter requires prior authorization from the author.

Disclaimer
The Ontario Literacy Coalition makes every effort to ensure, but does not guarantee, the accuracy or suitability of the information on its family of web sites. Opinions expressed in individual articles do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the OLC. The OLC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to review, edit or delete any material which its deems defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the OLC expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any material communicated by third parties through this web site. The OLC makes no guarantees that the services provided by this web site will be uninterrupted, error-free or that the website or the server that hosts the web site are free from viruses or other forms of harmful computer code. In no event shall the OLC, its employees or agents be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages resulting from the use of this web site. This exclusion and limitation only applies to the extent permitted by law and is without prejudice to any express provisions to the contrary in any written licence or subscription agreement from the OLC with respect to the use of any online service provided through this web site.

Links
Links to other web sites are provided by the OLC in good faith and for information only. The OLC disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any web site linked to this site. We are not responsible for privacy practices or the content of any web site linked to our site.

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