Privacy Notice

ACAW Trust Funds Website Privacy Policy

ACAW Pension Trust Fund and ACAW Health & Wellness Trust Fund (“ACAW”, “we”, “our” or “us”) values your privacy and cares about the way your personal information is treated.

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the personal information we may collect, use, disclose and ‎otherwise process about individuals, as our information practices regarding personal information.‎ It applies to visitors to our website (“Visitors”) and any personal information ACAW may collect through our website, such as from Visitors or from third party contractors who provide services to ACAW (“Independent Contractors”). This Policy aims to help you understand our website personal information collection, use, disclosure, and retention practices.  By providing personal information to us via our website, you agree to what is set out in this Policy as well as authorize ACAW and its Independent Contractors to collect, use and disclose your personal information for the purposes set out below.

This Policy does not apply to, and ACAW is not responsible for, any other Internet sites which may be accessible through links from this website.  If you follow a link to any other Internet sites, they will have their own privacy policies, and you will need to check the policies applicable to those Internet sites before you submit any personal information to such Internet sites.

For the purposes of this policy, "personal information" is information about an identifiable individual, but does not include aggregated information that cannot be associated with a specific individual.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

By providing us with any personal information through this website, you consent to ACAW’s collection of such personal information.  The type of personal information collected may include, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Your name, phone number, email address, home and/or business address, date of birth, employer name, job title, banking information, personal health information, Union ID number, and any of the foregoing in relation to one or more of your beneficiaries.

When you visit our website and when you communicate with us through our Contact Us webpage, we may collect a certain amount of personal information about you.  Specifically, ACAW may collect the following information regarding Visitors:

  • Your name, information regarding what pages of the website are accessed, and information volunteered by you (such as contact details, home and/or business address, email address, website registrations, Union ID, and your preferred means of communication).

  • Information that you consent to provide, such as when you contact us through our Contact Us webpage, or subscribe for or consent to receiving marketing and other communications.

  • Like most websites and other Internet services, ACAW may also collect certain technical and device information about your use of the website, including but not limited to information concerning your URL, IP address, internet browser and operating system information, the domain name of your internet service provider, your “click path” through our website, including content viewed or downloaded, features used, links clicked, emails opened, the date of time of the interaction, and the website or advertisement that was linked to or from the websites when you visited. To do this, we may use cookies or other similar technology.  If you do not wish to accept cookies, you have the option of blocking or disabling cookies.  However, please be aware that you may be unable to access certain parts of our website if you block or disable cookies.

Use of Personal Information

ACAW may collect your personal information through our website for the following purposes:

  • to provide information you request from us;

  • to authenticate your identity;

  • to compile statistics and to operate and improve our website;

  • to protect us, yourself, and others from fraud and error;

  • to record your contact information for contact by ACAW;

  • to review, process and investigate claims made to ACAW; and

  • to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

ACAW may also transfer your personal information across provincial or national borders to fulfil any of the above purposes, including to Independent Contractors who may be located outside of Canada. 

When your personal information is to be used for a purpose not previously identified, the new purpose will be disclosed to you prior to such use and your consent will be sought unless the use is authorized or required by law.

By providing personal information through the website, you acknowledge and agree that ACAW may use such personal information for the purposes set out above.

Disclosure of Personal Information

ACAW may disclose personal information it receives through the website to Independent Contractors if reasonably necessary to further the purpose for which the personal information was collected.  ACAW reserves the right to disclose personal information if required or permitted to do so by law.  In addition, as permitted by law, ACAW reserves the right to disclose personal information in order to (a) enforce the terms of this Policy, (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ACAW; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the safety or security of the public or the ACAW website.

Consent

We will obtain your consent to collect, use or disclose personal information except where we are authorized or required by law to do so without consent.  Your consent can be express, implied or given through an authorized representative such as a lawyer, agent, or broker. 

Your use of this website constitutes consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information described above.

Consent may be provided orally, in writing, electronically, through inaction (such as when you fail to notify us that you do not wish your personal information collected/used/disclosed for various purposes after you have received notice of those purposes) or otherwise.  

You may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal, contractual, and other restrictions, provided that you give reasonable notice of withdrawal of consent to us.  On receipt of notice of withdrawal of consent, we will inform you of the likely consequences of the withdrawal of consent, which may include the inability of us to provide certain services for which that information is necessary.

Any material, information, or other communication (including questions, comments, and suggestions) you transmit to us through our website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary.

Changes to this Policy

This Policy is current as of the date set forth below on the website.  Changes to this Policy will be posted on this website.  ACAW reserves the right to update or modify this Policy at any time and, unless required by applicable law, without prior notice.  Where required to do so by applicable law, we will seek your consent to such changes.  Any modifications will apply only to the personal information we collect through the website after the posting.  We encourage you to periodically review this Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices to ensure you are aware of any changes.