The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe the collection, use and retention practices that apply to your use of the Virtual Behavioural Medicine E-learning Website (the “Website”). In this Privacy Statement, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “Baycrest” refer to Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, and its affiliates (“Baycrest”).
By accessing, browsing, registering with or using any part of the Website you agree that we may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. “Personal Information” means information about you or that may be used to identify you. “Account” means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of the Website.
Baycrest does not collect Personal Information about you through the Website i) except when you specifically provide this information to us on a voluntary basis and ii) through
automatic information collection below.
Baycrest collects Personal Information to provide and manage your access to the Website, service evaluation and quality improvement, and in order to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. The Personal Information we collect for such purposes will include your name, email address, role (Health Care Professional or family/caregiver), city and province of residence, user name and password.
We contract with third party vendors to supply certain features of the Website. For example, Baycrest operates the Website using a platform licensed by LearnWorlds (CY) Ltd. LearnWorlds will require access to some or all of your personal data. For more information about LearnWorld’s Privacy Policy, see
https://www.learnworlds.com/privacy-policy/.
Once you leave the Website or are redirected to a third-party website or application by clicking on a link, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their individual privacy policies and statements.
Baycrest automatically collects information as part of the standard operating process of the Website. The information collected includes your internet protocol (IP) address, cookie information and browsing actions and patterns such as user analytics. A “cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer or device by our Website when you visit certain parts of our Website and/or when you use certain features of our Website LearnWorlds also uses cookies to collect information about the use of the Website and preferences and to customize and improve the Website. Your use of the Website is therefore subject to the LearnWorlds Cookie Policy available from: https://www.learnworlds.com/cookie-policy/. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Platform may become inaccessible or not function properly.
To protect your Personal Information, we take reasonable precautions to ensure it is not inappropriately lost, misused or accessed. The Website is hosted by LearnWorlds. LearnWorlds provides us with the online platform that allows us to offer the Website to you. LearnWorlds stores your information on a secure server in the United States and is a Google Cloud partner. For more information about LearnWorlds Data Security, see
https://www.learnworlds.com/data-security/. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password you use for the Website and are responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password. You agree to notify Baycrest immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or user name or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your Account at the end of each session.
Although Baycrest takes reasonable precautions to protect your Personal Information, please note that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
We will retain your Personal Information to fulfil the purpose for which we collected it, and for as long as necessary or as required by applicable law.
Baycrest is located and operated in Ontario, Canada. All matters relating to access to, or use of, this Platform shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
Should you have any questions about your personal information or our privacy practices, please contact
education@baycrest.org.
Baycrest reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice to you. You agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates and agree that any subsequent use by you or the Website following changes to this Privacy Policy is your acceptance of any such changes.
