Arts Without Borders Festival Society Privacy and Cookie Policy
Type of website: Informational hub, a ticketing/registration portal, and a bridge to on-site event data collection (artswithoutborders.ca)
Effective date: 9th day of November, 2026
Welcome to Arts Without Borders Festival Society's Privacy and Cookie Policy. We believe in being upfront about how we handle your information, so we've created this page to explain exactly how we safeguard your information and respect your digital rights.
artswithoutborders.ca (the "Site") is owned and operated by Arts Without Borders Festival Society. Arts Without Borders Festival Society can be contacted at:
Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:
The personal data we will collect;
Use of collected data;
Who has access to the data collected;
The rights of Site users; and
The Site's cookie policy
This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.
Consent
By using our Site users agree that they consent to:
The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy; and
The collection, use, and retention of the data listed in this Privacy Policy
Personal Data We Collect
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.
Arts Without Borders Festival Society uses the following third party service providers:
MailChimp (newsletter);
Eventbrite (free and paid event registration); and
ArtCall (Juried Fine Arts Registration and payment)
These services may collect personal information about you, including but not limited to:
Name;
Email address;
Phone number;
Postal address' and
Payment information
Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store collect information about how the Service is accessed and used, including:
Log data (IP address, browser type, pages visited);
Device information;
Location data; and
Cookies and tracking technologies
How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.
The data we collect automatically is used for the statistical purposes.
Who We Share Personal Data With
We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:
If the law requires it;
If it is required for any legal proceeding; and
To prove or protect our legal rights
If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.
How Long We Store Personal Data
User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.
You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.
How We Protect Your Personal Data
While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.
Children
We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 13 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 13 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our privacy officer.
How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data CollectedIf you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, or if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, please contact our privacy officer here:
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.We use the following types of cookies on our Site:
Functional cookies
Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits; and
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc
Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.Contact InformationIf you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact us at
