Our Commitment to Privacy
Fredericton Emergency Shelter Inc. adheres to the following privacy policy as part of our commitment to protect personal information. The statement characterizes our information collection and sharing practices for this website (http://www.theshelter.ca). If you require more information on our policy, have questions, comments, or concerns; please contact us through our web site at http://www.theshelter.ca

Information We Collect
We only ask for personal information, such as your name and email address, if you choose to contact Fredericton Emergency Shelter Inc.. The information collected in this way is used solely for the purpose of communicating with those persons who have agreed to be contacted.

Permission-based Philosophy
We do not add email addresses to mailing lists, unless the address owner has specifically requested to be added to a specific mailing list. We do not share email addresses with third parties unless required to do so by law.

Retention and Sharing of Information
Information is held indefinitely, unless and until directed otherwise by the person associated with the information. We do not share personal information with third parties unless required to do so by law.

Collection of Information from Children
Our web site is not targeted at children. On no occasion and under no circumstances do we request information from children (children meaning those under the age of 18).

Cookies
In order for us to collect general, non-private information from our online visitors, we may use cookies. A cookie is an information file stored on your computer's hard drive, which contains data about web sites that you have visited. We only use cookies to allow us the ability to supply enhanced navigation to our unique web site visitors. This process does not involve the extraction or aggregation of private information, nor is this information provided to third parties, unless required by law.

Server Logs
Web servers, by their nature, log visits to this web site. We use this information to help us determine how best to meet the needs of online visitors, but we do not share this information with third parties, unless required to do so by law, and we do not aggregate this information with personal information in order to identify individual visitors to our web site.

Applicability
This privacy policy applies only to this web site. Our web site links to other organizations, which may or may not share similar information acquiring practices. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites. It is encouraged that you become aware of the privacy statements of all web sites you elect to visit.