Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Welcome to the AIDS Vancouver Island's Internet site. Your right to privacy is very important to us. We recognize that providing us with your personal information is an act of trust. Therefore, we have created a privacy policy to protect your personal information.
This policy covers website(s) owned or operated by AIDS Vancouver Island. We encourage you to take the time to read this privacy policy and those of any website you visit. AIDS Vancouver Island was established in 1986 as a nonprofit community-based AIDS Service Organization (ASO). We provide education, support, and advocacy for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and other communicable diseases. AIDS Vancouver Island is committed to providing integrated services to these individuals and our Street Outreach Program provides services for people who use drugs by injection. As an example of our commitment to reducing harms and containing HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other communicable diseases, AIDS Vancouver Island has managed the country's oldest needle exchange program since 1988. To maintain contact with friends of the agency, AIDS Vancouver Island manages this website, www.avi.org.
In general, when you visit our website and access information, you remain anonymous. We do not require you to register or provide personal information in order to view our site. However, if you choose to contribute to our website, you must register by providing a valid email address. Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like a username and an email address) for you to get access to our site. All other information is optional. In accordance with our agency's misison, AIDS Vancouver Island has a duty to protect the confidentiality of private, non-public contributor information. Respect for our contributors' right to privacy is a basic standard of integrity for all of our agency activities.
AIDS Vancouver Island tracks web usage to evaluate how well our web pages are reaching and serving the needs of visitors. AIDS Vancouver Island does not sell or distribute any contributor and/or prospective contributor information to individuals or outside organizations. However, AIDS Vancouver Island may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) AIDS Vancouver Island's rights or property or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. AIDS Vancouver Island may disclose user information when we believe, in good faith, that the law requires it.