Privacy Policy

Trafalgar School for Girls is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information in compliance with federal and provincial legislation.

Please refer to this Privacy Policy for information on what data we may collect and to what purpose. Trafalgar School for Girls reserves the right to update this policy at any time.

Collection of Personal Information

Trafalgar School for Girls does not collect any personal information (such as name, email, address or phone number) unless you provide the information voluntarily, such as by sending us an email, participating in a survey, completing an online form, or making a donation.

We will not transfer any personal information collected to any non-affiliated third parties or use it for any purposes except those stated at the time of collection.

Use of Personal Information

Trafalgar School for Girls will only use your information as stated upon the time of collection or to fulfill our duties as an institution accredited for purposes of subsidies under the Act respecting private education.

For example, we may use your personal information to:

Respond to an email inquiry.
Process an inquiry or application for enrollment purposes.
Create, maintain, or update a candidate or student record for families actively applying for enrollment or who are currently enrolled for an active or upcoming school year.
Communicate with our school community, including active candidates, current and past students, current and past staff, alumnae, donors, and friends of the school to inform them of school-related events, news, or notices.
Process employment inquiries or applications.
Process payments for online or mailed-in donations, tuition or school-related expenses, event registration fees, or other financial transactions.

Protection of Personal Information

Trafalgar School for Girls is committed to protecting all held personal information, whether digital or otherwise, through a number of safeguards and protections throughout its lifecycle.

Any personal information collected by Trafalgar School for Girls through digital means is stored in confidential and secure databases. Servers that store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment only accessible by authorized staff.

Any printed documents that contain personal information are stored in locked areas of the school building, which can only be accessed by specific personnel with the appropriate authorization.

Whenever users submit personal information (such as contact info or credit card info) via our website, upon submission that information is encrypted via the highest level of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) available. Credit card numbers are not permanently stored on our website servers under any circumstances.

Personal information is only kept as long as it is needed for its intended purpose. Once the purpose for keeping personal information has been fulfilled or ended, we will make an effort to either destroy or anonymize the information according to legislation requirements and best practices.

Consent

Trafalgar School for Girls will never use or disclose personal information associated with our students, families, or website visitors, unless we have consent from the person concerned, the parental authority of the person concerned if they are a minor under 14 years of age, or as required by law or a court.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser that allows the website to “remember” your preferences (such as calendar settings and site bookmarks) on the site from visit to visit, or to maintain your “logged in” status when visiting protected areas. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Web browsers have settings allowing you to reject cookies, or selectively accept cookies, or delete cookies previously accepted. Please be aware that rejecting or deleting cookies from our website may make certain functions unavailable to you.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze trends in how our website is accessed and utilized to improve our online resources. Some information is collected automatically as a result of normal server operation, such as IP addresses and user agent strings. These records are not kept and are likewise not associated with GA services.

Information monitored for analytics purposes includes geographic location of visitors (country, city), browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, time spent on pages, and keywords used to find our site via search engines. This information is anonymous and cannot be directly linked to individual users. We may use it to identify high-use or low-use areas of the site, pinpoint problem areas of the site, analyze broad demographic trends in our visitors, and make decisions about how to make it easier for people to find and navigate our website.

External Links

This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or complaints regarding our privacy policy or how we govern personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer at: privacy@trafalgar.qc.ca

Updated 2023-09-22