Privacy Policy for Hike Canada En Marche

Effective Date: June 7, 2025

Hike Canada En Marche (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the website nationalhikingtrail.org. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you visit our website, become a member, make a donation, or otherwise interact with us.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with care and transparency.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect various types of personal information from and about you, depending on your interactions with us:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, postal address, phone number.

• Membership Information: Details related to your membership (e.g., membership status, renewal dates).

• Financial Information: Payment details for donations or membership fees (processed securely by third-party payment processors; we do not store full credit card numbers).

• Correspondence Information: Information you provide when you communicate with us via email, forms, or other channels.

• Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services (e.g., pages visited, links clicked).

• Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To Provide Services: To manage your membership, process donations, and provide you with information about the National Hiking Trail.

• To Communicate With You: To send you updates, newsletters, event invitations, and respond to your inquiries.

• To Improve Our Website and Services: To understand how our website is used, troubleshoot problems, and improve its functionality and content.

• For Internal Operations: For data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our website, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

• For Security and Fraud Prevention: To maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our website and services, and to prevent fraudulent activity.

• To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as payment processing, website hosting, email delivery, data analysis, and marketing assistance. These providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).

• Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our organization by another organization.

• With Your Consent: We may share your information with other parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.

4. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights concerning your personal information:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.

• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you be corrected.

• Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances.

• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.

• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information under certain conditions.

• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

• Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer using the details provided below.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze website usage, and support our operations. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences, track your movements, and personalize content.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

7. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, and services that are not operated by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete such information from our systems.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact our Privacy Officer:

Privacy Officer: Hike Canada En Marche Email: in**@*****************il.org