The Green Street Program is administered by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), and this Web platform is in partnership with TakingITGlobal. As such, the CTF adheres to and supports the Privacy Policy of TakingITGlobal.
This Web platform proposes to be a central site where teachers and students can dialogue to exchange ideas and collaborate on projects of mutual interest. This non-partisan platform will be monitored on a regular basis to ensure that it remains free of offensive or abusive language, personal attacks, and personal campaigns. Therefore, Green Street and its designees have the right in their sole discretion to refuse or move any content that is not conducive to the positive collaboration and engagement the Green Street program seeks to encourage.
Green Street is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. Green Street would therefore like to inform you of the type of personal information that will be collected, the reasons why we need this information about you, and how we will be using it. Please be advised that no personal information will be collected on the Green Street Web site without your prior consent.
- What kind of information is Green Street collecting about you?
- In certain circumstances (i.e. when you apply to a Green Street program or give us your feedback), Green Street may ask you to provide your name, address, e-mail address and, if you agree, certain other types of information.
- How will Green Street be using the information I provide?
- The information collected by Green Street will allow us to personalize our working relationship with you and, if you agree, to occasionally send you personalized information about the Web site and the programs. Green Street would like to emphasize that the environmental organization that provided the program you have chosen will have access to your information. Furthermore, Green Street does not market its user lists. At any time, you may also request that Green Street stop using personal information about you by simply e-mailing us at info(at)green-street.ca.
- Links to other Web sites
- The Green Street Web site includes links to Web sites operated by other organizations. When you click on these links, you will exit the Green Street Web site. Green Street has absolutely no control over the operation of these Web sites and the fact that they appear on our Web site is in no way legally binding upon Green Street. Any personal information that you may provide to the operators of these Web sites is subject to the specific privacy policies that apply to each site. We would therefore suggest that you pay close attention to these sites' policies regarding the protection of personal information.
- Cookies
- A "cookie" is a very small text file that is placed on your hard drive by various Web site pages. Cookies are harmless and cannot extract information from your hard drive - you always remain in control of your hard drive. Green Street uses cookies in order to measure hits on its Web site, convey highly useful information for marketing purposes and personalize your future visits to its Web site. This technology does not allow Green Street to systematically gather personal information about you. Of course, you are always free to reject these cookies by altering your computer's configuration.