Who we are
Our website address is: https://simcoecountyhistory.ca/
Similar to other businesses and organizations, we are obliged to demonstrate how we are meeting GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requirements – a new European Union data protection law that took effect May 25, 2018.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use our Website. By using the website you agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the website.
About us
The Simcoe County Historical Association is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the preservation, appreciation, and dissemination of the history and heritage of Simcoe County. You can learn more about our organization here.
What data we collect and what we do with it.
Cookies
Cookies are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your online experience, and most websites have them. You can review our full cookie policy here.
Website tracking
Our website does not use Google Analytics at this time but it is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and how we can make it even better. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics website. You can view their privacy policy here https://policies.google.com/privacy . Again, we have not installed Google Analytics, so this is currently a non-issue for.
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, blog posts etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Data Collection
Our website:
We have an opt-in on our website that adds email addresses to our MailChimp list for information and newsletter distribution. Membership fees and donations may be made through our website however payment details are NEVER held on our website. Visitor statistics collected by Google Analytics is the only future data we may gather on our site.
Our website is protected by an SSL certificate (https), two-factor authentication as well as WP Security and Wordfence plugins. It is regularly swept for malware and consistently updates its plugins and themes. We receive weekly reports of all attempted logins and access. No customer data is stored directly on this website; however, WordPress provides data erasure. We do not import SEO data into this website but may maintain SEO data using only Google Analytics in the future.
Mailchimp. The only email addresses we collect are from clients who have a signed membership application with us, for the purpose of communicating or have opted into our list via our website. We use Mailchimp for our emails or communiques. Mailchimp keeps your name and email address secure, they have stated they are GDPR compliant as well. If you are a member on our email mailing list, you can always unsubscribe from our emails at any time just by using the unsubscribe feature.
Payment Information
Most of our members pay their annual fees or make donations via cash or cheque. We also accept payments from PayPal, who have updated their Privacy Policy to respond to GDPR requirements. We do not hold any payment information or statistics on our website.
Social Media
We use social media mostly to share news about events and historical news or information. We are not using Facebook pixels or other marketing tools to sell. No one is obliged to follow our social media accounts and may stop at any time.
Contact information
Simcoe County Historical Association
P.O. Box 144
Barrie, ON L4M 4S9
Canada
Email Address: info@simcoecountyhistory.ca
Cookie Policy
This is the Cookie Policy for Simcoe County Historical Association, accessible from https://www.simcoecountyhistory.ca/
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or “break” certain elements of the site’s functionality.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the site. Therefore, it is recommended you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Account-related cookies
We set no account related cookies on this site.
Login-related cookies
We set no login related cookies on this site.
Orders processing-related cookies
We process payments via PayPal on this site.
Forms-related cookies
When you submit data to through a form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence. We have no forms on this site other than our opt in.
Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third-party cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties.
This site may, in the future, use Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics website.