Privacy Policy
Who we are
We are Canadian Anthropomorphics Inc. We operate Fur-Eh! as well as the Fur-Eh! Christmas Party on an annual basis. Our website address is: https://www.fureh.ca.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
In the course of registration for Fur-Eh!, purchase products and/or tickets for our Fur-Eh! Christmas Party, we collect personal information including your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. (Online payment information is processed through a third party site; we do not collect your credit card number or banking information.)
This information is collected from attendees for the following purposes:
- Verifying the identity of registered attendees of the convention
- Contacting attendees and/or parents and legal guardians in urgent circumstances
- Sharing of information with our host hotel for verification of room bookings or investigating attendee disturbances
- Conducting internal or external surveys of attendee demographics and satisfaction with our programming
- Disclosure of information to other conventions or to law enforcement in case of perceived threat to persons or property
Information is collected from donors, directors and staff for the following purposes:
- Properly accrediting and acknowledging any financial contributions made to the convention
- Reporting information on our Board members and activities to government as required
The collection of this personal information will only be limited to what is necessary for our purposes, and will only be collected by fair and lawful means with your knowledge and consent unless required by law. You may revoke your consent at any time by informing us in writing.
We will not use your information for any other purpose other than those stated above, or disclose your information to any third party except with your consent or if required by law.
Safeguards and Retention
We will act to ensure your personal information remains secure, including:
- Physical restriction; including the keeping of records under lock and key
- Organizational restriction; including the restriction of information handling to certain individuals
- Technical restriction, including password protection and encryption
- Personal information will be retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the identified purposes; when it is no longer required, said information will be destroyed.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Fur-Eh! (Canadian Anthropomorphics Inc.) does not sell or lend any data that we collect in the process of completing business with our users to any third parties.
How long we retain your data
For users that register on our website via Convention Master, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile for as long as the user profile is active. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information. For other forms of contact (purchases, forms, etc), we only retain the data as long as it is required. Once the data is no longer of use, we will destroy the data.
What rights you have over your data
If you have registered for Fur-Eh! via Convention Master, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Our contact information
You may contact us by email at general@fureh.ca