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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 21, 2024.

Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) are committed to respecting the personal privacy of our website visitors and members.

Personal Information
MAC does not automatically gather your personal information. You may anonymously access our website. Personal information is only obtained if you supply it voluntarily when using our website. In general, it will be obvious when we are collecting your personal information because you will have to fill out a form.  MAC uses personal information in a limited number of ways: to contact MAC members, to contact individuals applying for programs or MicroGrants, to complete registration at events, to add names to newsletter subscriptions, to process donations, and to respond to questions or comments.

Information submitted to the website is kept strictly confidential.  Information provided by the user will not be forwarded, traded, or sold to outside organizations.  Users who register for any purpose may request their name be removed from our e-mail list or any other electronic distribution list at any time. 

Website Data Tracking and Information
MAC maintains records of website usage and traffic.  Analysis of this information reveals which pages are most often visited and the domains from which people visit the site.  Identifying these trends helps us to provide more useful information to visitors.  No personal information is collected during this process.

The nature of the internet requires specific information to be exchanged between a web visitor and our websites. The information collected through website technology does not identify individuals personally. It includes:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Internet Service Provider (ISP)
  • Type of Operating System (Windows, Macintosh, etc.)
  • Web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.)

This information is used to identify system problems and monitor network traffic. We do not attempt to link this information with the identity of the visitors to our websites except when necessary to protect the service, the site, or the visitors to the site.

Parts of MAC’s website uses cookies to enable the exchange of information between an individual’s web browser and our web server. Cookies enable on-line registration and indicate how an individual navigates the website, which facilitates the improvement of the site based on user-activity trends. MAC does not use cookies to obtain personal information. Although web browsers can be set to detect or reject cookies, rejecting cookies may cause the service to be slower or to malfunction in some way.

For More Information
If you have any questions or concerns about MAC’s privacy policy or practices, please contact:

info@macarts.ca

Mississauga Arts Council
300 City Centre Drive, Suite 1055
Mississauga, Ontario
L5B 3C9

Phone: 905-615-4278