NB Media Co-op Privacy Policy – Adopted December 2025
The NB Media Co-op is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. The security and confidentiality of your personal information is of serious concern to us. It is important that visitors to our site understand what information we gather about them, how we use it, and how we work to protect it.
We provide our resources and publications as a public service that you can access at no cost and without providing any of your personal information. We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so and if you provide it freely.
By using our website, and/or signing up for services such as membership or our e-newsletter, you consent to information practices outlined in our Privacy Policy. Any and all personal information you voluntarily provide is protected under the provisions of Canada’s federal privacy legislation.
Information Collection
We track how our visitors use this site so that we can see what people like and don’t like. This process does not distinguish individuals and is only gathered collectively. We may also collect personal information about you, if you provide it voluntarily and knowingly via registration for e-newsletters, donations, and membership. Where you have an opportunity to supply information about yourself you may choose not to provide requested information but in such cases you may limit certain functions.
We do not sell information to third parties. We will not release your name, email address or any other personal information to anyone outside NB Media Co-op without your consent, unless we are under a legal order to do so, or there is an emergency involving danger to a person or property. Only authorized NB Media Co-op employees or consultants are allowed access to personal information about you. Any employee or consultant who violates our privacy and security policies is subject to disciplinary action.
We occasionally have service contractors and third party agents perform functions on our behalf, including but not limited to credit card processing and website hosting. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of the data. They are restricted from using or altering this data in any way other than to provide the requested services to NB Media Co-op.
Use and Disclosure of Anonymous Information
Anonymous Information is any information other than Personally Identifiable Information, including aggregate information derived from Personally Identifiable Information. NB Media Co-op may use this information:
To improve the NB Media Co-op website and service, to monitor traffic and general usage patterns, and for other general business purposes.
To inform publishers as to what content is appealing to readers, and to advise potential donors so that they may better understand NB Media Co-op’s user base.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a web site’s servers and stored on your computer. Each web site can send its own cookies to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) most browsers only permit a web site to access the cookies that the same web site has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
NB Media Co-op may use cookies to identify repeat visitors or customers of the website, and to track usage trends and patterns in order to better understand and improve areas of our website. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but you may not be able to take full advantage of our site’s features.
All computers and servers on the internet use IP addresses to recognize and communicate with each other. We collect IP addresses to administer and analyze our site and report aggregate, non-personal information (such as how many visitors we have). When you call up our site on your computer, our servers enter the IP address of that computer into a log. To maintain our users’ anonymity, we do not associate IP addresses with records containing personal information. We do not and cannot use cookies or IP address tracking to retrieve personal information from your computer.
Security
NB Media Co-op employs a number of security methods designed to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information. Your personal data will be stored within a database located behind a firewall for added security.
No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. We are not liable for the illegal acts of any third party.
We do not encrypt normal web sessions, however any transmission to the NB Media Co-op website or service of credit card information uses SSL encryption to help protect the data.
Links to Other Sites
NB Media Co-op provides links and pointers to Web sites maintained by other organizations. NB Media Co-op provides these links as a convenience to users, but we do not operate or control such sites. NB Media Co-op also disclaims any responsibility for the information on those sites and any products or services offered there, and cannot vouch for the privacy policies of such sites. NB Media Co-op does not make any warranties or representations that any linked sites, or this site, will function without error or interruption, that defects will be corrected, or that the sites and their servers are free of viruses and other problems that can harm your computer.
Opt Out
If you have subscribed to our newsletter and at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
NB Media Co-op may change its privacy policy from time to time. If we make any changes regarding disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to third parties, we will post notice of the new policy on our home page.
Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability
Although we take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, or other destructive materials and programs to our site, we do not guarantee or warrant that our site or materials that may be downloaded from our site are free from such destructive features. We are not liable for any damages or harm attributable to such features. We are not liable for any claim, loss or injury based on errors, omissions, interruptions or other inaccuracies in our site, nor for any claim, loss or injury that results from your use of this site or your breach of any provision of this agreement.
Questions
If you would like more information regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact info@nbmediacoop.org
