Digital Privacy

Last updated: Apr 16, 2020

Flinn Funeral Services Ltd. operates the www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca website.

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from your use of our Website.

By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection And Use

While using our Site, we might ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you.

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name, address, telephone number, and email address (“Personal Information”).

We use your Personal Information only for providing services to you and improving our Website.

Cookies

To create a better browsing experience for our Website visitors we might place “Cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website by you.

Like many websites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.

Google reCAPTCHA

As a website operator we have a legitimate interest in protecting our site from abusive automated crawling and spam.

We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on the Contact Form our website. This service is provided by Google Inc *.

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a contact form) has been entered by a human or by a robot. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of our website visitors. This analysis starts automatically as soon as a website visitor enters the website.

reCAPTCHA evaluates information such as a visitor’s IP address, time spent on website, or mouse movements. The data collected is forwarded to Google. Website visitors are not advised that analysis or data transmission is taking place.

Google Web Fonts

Our Website uses web fonts provided by Google. This creates a uniform and attractive presentation of our Website.

When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. To accomplish this your browser establishes a direct connection to Google servers.

Google thus becomes aware that our Website was accessed via your IP address. Further information about how Google uses data can be found in their privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

Our Website uses the Google* Maps map service to help visitors locate places specified by us on the website. To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

Google Analytics

We have a legitimate interest in analyzing visitor behavior to optimize our website.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service operated by Google*. Google Analytics uses "cookies". The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and logged there.

This logged data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, doing so might mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us. That said, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially responsible means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the "Last Updated" date (noted at the top of this page) and will remain in effect until any changes are posted to this website. Changes will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of our website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.

* Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Further information about the handling of visitor data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.