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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Welcome to the FINCAPES website. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This privacy policy outlines how FINCAPES collects, uses, discloses, and protects your information when you interact with our website and services.

Information We Collect

Internet Interactions:
When you visit the FINCAPES website, our Web servers automatically log your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, date and time, and the web pages you visit. This information can be linked to individuals and is used for diagnosing problems and detecting trends. Access to these logs is restricted to authorized personnel only.

Cookies and Web Analytics:
We use cookies and web analytics services to enhance your experience on our website, monitor traffic patterns, and improve our communications and advertising. These services collect data, including your IP address, and may transfer this information to other parties as required by law. You can opt out of cookies by changing your browser settings or using a browser plugin.

User-Provided Information:
Users may be asked to provide personal identification information such as name, email address, mailing address, and phone number. While users can visit our site anonymously, we will collect personal identification information only if voluntarily submitted. Users can refuse to provide this information, but it may prevent them from participating in certain site-related activities.

We collect this information when users request to download publications, submit data/CVs for job applications, or send email inquiries. The collected information is used for the following purposes:

  • Providing, developing, improving, and maintaining our services.
  • Handling, processing, and communicating with users about their requests or inquiries.
  • Providing updates, newsletters, data, research, and other requested communications.
  • Generating anonymous reports about the use of our services and analyzing the use of our services or technologies.
  • Allowing participation in service features, campaigns, projects, events, or surveys.
  • Considering users for employment if they have applied for a job with FINCAPES.

Communications:
With your consent, we use your personal information to send you communications about FINCAPES projects and ways you can contribute to our efforts. These communications may be sent via:

  • Email
  • Phone
  • Social media messages
  • Any other relevant medium

You can opt out of receiving communications from FINCAPES at any time by writing to us at fincapes@uwaterloo.ca. However, we may still need to contact you for important administrative reasons.

Disclosure of Personal Information:
Your personal information may be disclosed to the following parties:

  • FINCAPES employees and independent contractors, analytic vendors, payment processing vendors, third-party agents, and other service providers and suppliers for business, professional, or technical support functions.
  • Entities within the University of Waterloo group.
  • Third parties with your permission in connection with our projects and campaigns.
  • Legal authorities when required to comply with legal requirements or requests.
  • To protect our legal rights or the legal rights of others, prevent personal injury, or in connection with the sale, merger, reorganization, joint venture, or other transfer of our assets.

We also disclose non-private, aggregate, or otherwise non-personal information to third parties, including social media companies like Facebook and Twitter, for outreach purposes.

Security of Your Information:
We take reasonable steps to ensure that any personal information passed to a service provider or other third party is held securely and used only for the purposes for which it was provided.

Information Ownership and Use
All information generated through the FINCAPES project belongs to the Government of Canada. Therefore, the use of this information will also follow the policies of the Government of Canada. For more details, please review the Government of Canada's Privacy Statement here.

University of Waterloo Policies:
FINCAPES follows the privacy policies and information management guidelines established by the University of Waterloo. For more details, you can review the University of Waterloo's Privacy Statement here and Policy 46 - Information Management here.

Third-Party Websites:
Our website may contain links to other websites belonging to third parties. These websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of other websites when you leave a FINCAPES area.

Contact Us:
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our practices, please contact us at fincapes@uwaterloo.ca

This Privacy Policy is subject to change, and any updates will be posted on this page. Please review it periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.