PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: Thursday, August 21st 2025

Windsor Essex Caribbean Association (“WECA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website: https://sites.google.com/wecawindsor.ca/weca/home.

1. Information We Collect

When you interact with our website, we may collect the following information:

• Personal Information: Name, email address, and other details you voluntarily provide when signing up for newsletters, event notifications, program participation, membership, volunteer opportunities, or donation sign-ups.

• Automatically Collected Information: Through Google Analytics, we may collect non-identifying information such as browser type, device information, pages visited, and time spent on the site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected to:

• Send newsletters and event updates

• Register participants for programs and events

• Facilitate membership and volunteer sign-ups

• Process donations

• Improve our website and services through analytics
  
  

3. Cookies

Our website does not use cookies for tracking. However, embedded third-party services (such as Google Maps, YouTube, or social media feeds) may use their own cookies. Please review those services’ privacy policies for more information.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services such as Google Analytics, Google Maps, YouTube, and social media widgets. These services may collect data in accordance with their own privacy policies. We do not control or manage how these third parties handle your information.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with sponsors, partners, or other third parties.

6. Data Retention

We retain collected personal information for up to three (3) years, after which it is securely deleted or anonymized, unless required for legal or administrative purposes.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to the information we hold about you

• Request correction or updates to your personal information

• Request deletion of your information from our records
  
  

To exercise these rights, please contact us at admin@wecawindsor.ca.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our website is intended for general audiences and does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.

9. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no online platform can guarantee complete security.

10. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Windsor Essex Caribbean Association
Email: admin@wecawindsor.ca