At the Worker Solidarity Network, we take privacy seriously and have made some adjustments to this site to protect your privacy.
We collaborated with Krisztina Kun from KunStudios, who refreshed our website. She’s always looking to improve privacy settings. We plan to update Google fonts to be self-hosted in the near future, since learning that they violate privacy laws.
Who we are
The Worker Solidarity Network (“WSN”) website (“the website”) address is: https://workersolidarity.ca.
By accessing our website, you consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, you should immediately cease using and accessing this website, and any content, services, or products contained in or available from this website for which you need to provide personal information.
In this Privacy Policy, “we” and “our” refers to the Worker Solidarity Network. This Privacy Policy explains the Worker Solidarity Network’s practices regarding the personal information of our visitors, funders, members, and other supporters, as well as those who have interactions or transactions with us through other means of communication.
What personal information we collect
When you visit the Worker Solidarity Network website, our web servers automatically collect a limited amount of information essential for the operation and security of our website.
Some of this information (e.g. browser type) does not identify who you are, while other information, such as your Internet domain name or IP address may identify you. The extent of personal identification depends, in large part, on the “naming standards” followed by your Internet Service Provider. You may wish to check with them to inquire about their policies and practices in this regard.
If you sign up to the Worker Solidarity Network’s email list through joining our newsletter, joining our membership, or registering for an event, you will be asked to provide your first and last name, a valid email address, and postal code. All other fields in our email form are optional. You can unsubscribe from this list at any time. Your email address will never be shared or traded with another organization.
If you donate to our Worker Solidarity Fund through our Solidarity Fund page or through purchasing WSN’s Solidarity Sticker, you will be asked to provide your first and last name, a valid email address, and the necessary personal and financial information required to process those transactions. This information is stored securely and will never be shared or traded with another organization.
If you sign a petition, use an email-your-representative tool, or any other digital action on our website, you will be asked to provide your first and last name, a valid email address, and the necessary location information required to complete the action. This information will be stored securely and only shared with partner organizations with your explicit consent.
Third parties
The Worker Solidarity Network uses Ninjaforms and Practice Panther to manage our Request Support form. Read Ninjaforms’ privacy policy and Practice Panther’s privacy policy. We use Action Network to manage digital actions like petitions, online donations, event registration, and membership registration. Read Action Network’s privacy policy.
Cookies
Some portions of our website may distribute small pieces of information (called “cookies”) to web browsers to assist you when you return to specific areas on the site. If you have concerns about this, you can change your web browser settings to not accept this information or to display warning messages when cookies are enabled.
Analytics
We removed Google Analytics (which breaks E.U. privacy regulations) and replaced it with Fathom, to aggregate data related to website traffic. We want to process as little personal information as possible when you use our website. That’s why we’ve chosen Fathom Analytics for our website analytics, which doesn’t use cookies and complies with the GDPR, ePrivacy (including PECR), COPPA and CCPA. Using this privacy-friendly website analytics software, your IP address is only briefly processed, and we (running this website) have no way of identifying you. As per the CCPA, your personal information is de-identified. You can read more about this on Fathom Analytics‘ website.
Contact forms
When you voluntarily send electronic mail to the Worker Solidarity Network or complete an electronic form that includes identifying information about you, we will keep a record of this information so that we can respond to you.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. Our website contains links to other web sites and the Worker Solidarity Network is not responsible for the privacy practices of those web sites.
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.
How does the Worker Solidarity Network protect and use the personal information collected?
Collection, use, disclosure, and retention of information must comply with provisions of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Collected personal information, such as information on our Request Support form, will only be used by authorized Worker Solidarity Network staff to fulfill the purpose for which it was originally collected or for a use consistent with that purpose.
We do not disclose your information to other public bodies or individuals except as authorized by law. We keep the information only for the length of time necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected.
