Privacy & Other Policies of MyFamilyMemoirs.com
A. Privacy Policy
In order to accomplish daily client requests for the services of My Family Memoirs.com (MFM), we gather personal information about individuals. We are committed to excellence in the protection of the privacy of individuals. The following is a point-by-point response by MyFamilyMemoirs.com (MFM) to Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
1. Accountability: An organization is responsible for personal information under its control and shall designate an individual or individuals who are accountable for the organization's compliance with the following principles. My Family Memoirs.com assumes entire responsibility for information that is provided by our clients to us. My Family Memoirs.com has assigned a privacy officer who is responsible for ensuring the organization's compliance with these principles. My Family Memoirs.com asks all of our clients to sign our "Privacy and Terms of Service Agreement," which identifies the importance of strict privacy and accountability standards. We continuously update and train staff with regards to the importance of protecting personal information. Each My Family Memoirs.com representative has been thoroughly screened and has signed a confidentiality agreement. MFM has signed contractual agreements with third party organizations that are involved in elements of our service delivery. MFM ensures either that such third parties have no access to personal client information or, where access is required by the nature of the service provided, that the third parties are in compliance with PIPEDA principles.
2. Identifying Purposes: The purposes for which personal information is collected shall be identified by the organization at or before the time the information is collected.
My Family Memoirs.com has developed consent forms that clearly identify the purpose for which personal information is being gathered. In general, the purpose of gathering personal information is to set-up and differentiate an individual's account, the necessary security protection surrounding that account, and for the purposes of payment processing. Only personal information that is required to complete the service(s) requested. Disclosure of the reason for that request in writing is mandatory.
3. Consent: The knowledge and consent of the individual are required for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, except when inappropriate.
My Family Memoirs.com collects information from individuals for the purposes that are clearly laid out in consent forms, which are provided to our client. My Family Memoirs.com does not conduct any services without the written consent of a candidate.
4. Limiting Collection: The collection of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by the organization. Information shall be collected by fair and lawful means. Personal information is collected on clearly laid out consent forms to the extent that is required to complete components of the services requested.
5. Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention: Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by the law. Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for fulfillment of those purposes.
My Family Memoirs.com does not use personal identification information for reasons other than those specified in consent forms that individuals sign during the service order process. MyFamilyMemoirs.com does not release personal information to any individuals without the consent of our client.
MFM maintains personal information in strict confidence and does not utilize personal information for reasons other than those that are clearly defined in on line consent forms as signed by the applicant. Information that is non-identifiable to specific individuals may be used for statistical purposes.
6. Accuracy: Personal information shall be as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used. Information that is submitted by our clients to My Family Memoirs.com is transferred into our secure database.
7. Safeguards: Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information being stored. MFM has advanced security in place to safeguard personal information about our clients. Our secure online delivery system can be password protected at the request of our clients and we ensure that unauthorized individuals are not given access to such password protected personal information.
All My Family Memoirs.com employees have been thoroughly screened and access to information is restricted to that which is required for designated purposes. The third parties who may provide information to complete components of the service(s) requested have been thoroughly screened. These organizations have privacy policies in place to ensure compliance with these principles.
My Family Memoirs.com privacy officer is available to receive verbal or written inquiries with regard to any and all parts of our Privacy Policy.
B. Editorial Policy
MyFamilyMemoirs.com and MFM2.com Inc. reserves the right to exercise editorial control over all material posted on its web site by authors and / or contributors and further reserves the right to remove anything from the site that it deems, in its sole and exclusive discretion, to be inappropriate or not aligned to the brand image of My Family Memoirs.com.
C. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
MyFamilyMemoirs.com and MFM2.com Inc. are not responsible for the content or reliability of the works posted by authors on its website and do not endorse the content or views expressed within them. All works reflect solely the opinions of the authors and contributors. This disclaimer extends to works-in-progress as well as completed works.
Under no circumstances will MyFamilyMemoirs.com or MFM2 Inc. be liable to any person or public/private entity for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other damages related to the content or interpretation of any work or works, and / or any use of the material posted by individuals on this website or any other website to which this site is linked.
