Privacy Policy Statement

The Alliance Global Mission of Canada (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) respects personal data and is committed to implementing data protection principles in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Categories of Personal Data Held

Personal Data is defined as data relating directly or indirectly to a living individual (the data subject), from which it is practicable to directly or indirectly ascertain the identity of the individual, and which exists in a form in which access to and processing of the data are practicable.

The personal data held by the Association can be classified into several categories, including the following records:

Donor and Donation Records: Includes information provided by donors, such as personal profiles, bank/credit card details, etc.

Human Resources Records: Includes personal data, position details, salary details, payment records, benefits, performance evaluations, and disciplinary matters of job applicants or employees of the Association.

Volunteer, Short-term Mission, or Supporter Records: Includes personal data provided by participants in fundraising, educational, short-term missions, and other related activities organized by the Association.

Other Records: Maintained for various related uses serving the fundraising, educational, short-term mission, developmental, and operational functions of the Association.

Primary Purposes of Retaining Personal Data

Personal data held in:

Donor and donation records are kept and used for processing donation administration, such as issue of acknowledgement, receipts, payment collection notices, donation records, etc.;

Human Resources records are kept and used for employment and human resources management purposes such as recruitment, provision of compensation and benefits, performance management, discipline, etc.

Volunteer, short-term ministry member or supporter records are kept and used for organising fundraising events, educational activities or other related activities.

For the above and other records, personal data will also be kept and used for the following purposes:

Provide communication, fundraising, short-term ministry and educational materials related to the work of Alliance Global Serve Limited;

Prepare statistics or carry out research;

Comply with any statutory requirement or law that binds AGS;

Different types of personal data are collected and maintained by AGS for the respective purposes stated above. Use of them should be restricted to the designated purposes only. Personal data will be deleted upon request, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.

Visitors to the Association's Website

Unless specifically stated otherwise, the Association does not collect any personally identifiable information from website users. Visits to this website may be recorded, and this information will be used to calculate aggregate user volume. This data will be used to analyze user preferences, as well as to evaluate and optimize the effectiveness of our online promotional projects.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small bits of information that are automatically stored on a person web browser in their computer or device that can be retrieved by this site. Common types of personally identifiable information collected at websites include identification of visitors, information on their preferences in relation to the subject matter of the website. Information collected is mainly browsing date and time stamp on the site, page browsing and duration, and also the website visiting before and/or after. Visitors who wish to disable these cookies may do so by changing the setting on his/her own browser/device itself.

Social Media and Plugins

If you use any social media platforms on this website or through a social media provider, we may access and collect information about you through that social media provider in accordance with their respective policies. The scope of information accessed and collected may include your personal profile within the social media account or personal data you choose to disclose. You can still restrict or block our access to such personal data by changing the privacy settings of your social media platform.

Our website utilizes social media plugins, which can be identified by the logos of these respective websites. Because we use activated plugins, your browser will connect to the servers of the relevant social media websites. As a result, certain data will be transmitted to those social media websites, specifically including:

  • Your IP address

  • Your social media username (if you are logged into those websites at the time)

  • The webpage data you are currently viewing

The transmitted data will be held by each social media website in accordance with its own privacy policy. You can stop the operation of social media plugins at any time by changing your browser or device options.