Your Right to Privacy

When you make a donation, you are entrusting us with very important financial and personal information, and we understand that you may have concerns about privacy issues on the Internet. The Nova Scotia SPCA feels that protecting the privacy of our donors is one of our most important jobs.

Your personal information, although it is shared with the Nova Scotia SPCA, belongs to you. When we refer to "personal information", we mean any information about an identifiable individual, whether it concerns your email address, where you live, your interests or which organizations you support. We feel that it is your right to be able to give in a safe and secure environment, and to know how your personal information is being used.

Your personal information will never be shared, traded, sold or used in any manner not explicitly approved by you. We do not swap mailing lists, share donor information or sell phone numbers. Only the Nova Scotia SPCA is allowed to access this personal information. We are required to store your personal information by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). It also helps protect you in the case of a lost or missing receipt, because we can reissue a receipt for your tax purposes. Finally, the storage of personal information helps protect you against credit card fraud, because the records of all transactions are kept for reference in the case of a dispute. During the course of your donation, your credit card information is processed by our software provider. The only other circumstances under which we would divulge any personal donor information to a third party is upon subpoena or order from a legitimate court, police agency, the CRA, or if requested by a credit card issuer in the case of a dispute. In any case when your information is shared, The Nova Scotia SPCA will demand reasonable assurance that third parties will protect your information in conformity with our privacy practices.