Our Commitment to Protecting Your Privacy

Your privacy is important to Pam Lovelace and her volunteers.

The Pam Lovelace for Halifax Mayor Campaign (hereafter the "Campaign"), including persons or organizations acting on our behalf, as well as the Campaign's agents, volunteers, or representatives (collectively, the "Campaign", "we" or "us") will respect your privacy through the protection of any of your personal information that you may provide to us.

Our Campaign's volunteers take special care to keep both confidential and secure all personal information in our possession. As a candidate who is subject to the provisions of the Nova Scotia Municipal Elections Act (hereafter the "Act"), our Campaign must comply with extensive regulations under the Act, including public disclosure requirements for all financial contributions to the candidate's campaign.

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information that is collected, used, or disclosed by the Campaign, whether it is collected electronically via our website or other digital platforms (each shall be considered a "site"), either in person or by telephone. This Policy applies to each site on which it is posted.

What "Personal Information" Do We Collect? 

"Personal information" is information about an identifiable individual and may include personal contact information that we collect such as an individual's name, address, email address and telephone number. We may also collect information regarding your residence, family members, language preference, political views or affiliation, voting preferences, donations, and related financial information (such as payment method and billing information) or any other information you may choose to share with us.

Collecting Personal Information
We generally collect personal information directly from individuals. We may also collect personal information from publicly available data or sources. At the appropriate time in this contest, the Halifax Regional Municipality will furnish registered candidates with a list of eligible electors.

We collect personal information from supporters and donors when they sign up on our website, contribute financially, or correspond with our Campaign. You may choose to provide us with personal information on a voluntary basis, such as when registering for an event, signing up on our site, ordering a lawn sign, completing a survey, contacting the Campaign, or completing any form at pamlovelace.ca or the Campaign's social media channels. We are required to keep records of donors for purposes of reporting consistent with the Act.

If you submit your e-mail address and/or personal information through one of our sites, you consent to being added to our e-mail list. However, you may unsubscribe from our e-mail list at any time using the link provided in each email message.

Usage and Disclosure of Personal Information
We use your personal information to communicate with you. As a political entity, we believe it is important to communicate with supporters, prospective supporters, and constituents on a regular basis.

The Campaign's database and lists generated from it are used for activities such as fundraising, volunteer recruitment, outreach and canvassing in addition to customizing our visitors' experience or for the purposes of communicating with electors.

Your personal information may be used by third party service providers that we engage for limited purposes, such as website hosting, analytics, or e-mail service providers, in accordance with our agreements with those service providers that restrict the use of your personal information and require the implementation of appropriate security safeguards.

Additionally, non-personal information may be collected by the Campaign through the use of cookies, including third-party cookies. Cookies help us to track how people are using our site and assist the Campaign in tailoring customized content to visitors. We may use this information to improve our site or assist with advertising. Any visitor may opt-out of the advertising features used by our site or others by adjusting their ads settings, or using a free opt-out tool offered by Canada's Digital Advertising Alliance at https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools.

Protecting your Personal Information
The Campaign maintains physical, organizational, and technological security systems to safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse, and from loss or unauthorized alteration. This includes encrypting electronic data, keeping any paper-based information in secure filing cabinets, limiting who in the Campaign organization has access to it, and utilizing all available digital protections and firewalls.

All Campaign volunteers are trained in the appropriate use of personal information. This training focuses on best practices for the appropriate collection, use, disclosure, safeguarding, retention and destruction of personal information.

We will not sell personal information that you have chosen to provide to us to third parties.

Accuracy of Personal Information
We always try to keep your personal information accurate and up to date. If you wish to update your personal information, contact us by e-mail at info|at|pamlovelace.ca.

External Links
The Campaign's website may contain links to a limited number of other websites. We are not responsible for the content of these websites and this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We strongly encourage you to read the privacy statements on all websites or other electronic platforms before submitting or sharing your personal information.

How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or the information we collect, use, or disclose, please contact us by e-mail at info|at|pamlovelace.ca.

If you no longer wish to receive phone calls, snail mail, e-mail or other communications from our Campaign, you may opt out on each e-mail message we send or contact us at info|at|pamlovelace.ca to request that the Campaign remove your name, or mailing or e-mail address(s), or phone number(s) from our lists. Please be sure to include your name, address, and phone number so we may expedite your request.