St. Joseph the Worker is committed to protecting your privacy and your personal information. This privacy policy explains the privacy practices of St. Joseph the Worker Parish and how the Parish treats the information you provide on this website. Throughout this document the ‘information’ that is referred is defined as any personal information of an individual that is either imputed by the user or received through the means of this website.

What information is collected and how it is processed

St. Joseph the Worker collects and retains personal information for a variety of purposes that are essential to its effective and efficient operation. The purposes for which personal information is requested will be explained by the Parish at the time of collection of the information. Personal information will be used only for the purpose for which is collected. We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we may collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; and computer and connection information. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We may also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, communications); comments, and feedback. 

St. Joseph the Worker accepts payments through Moneris. Payments accepted will be for donations/ Sunday Collections and program specific payments only. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to Moneris, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.

Please see the Moneris Privacy Notice for more details.

How your information is used

St. Joseph the Worker Parish will use or disclose personal information according to the purposes for which it was collected. If the Parish requires the personal information for purposes other then those initially agreed to, the individual will be asked to provide consent for the new use.

Personal information will be retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purposes identified at the time of collection. Sacramental records and some administrative files with archival or historical value may be transferred to the Archives of the Archdiocese of Vancouver according to records management policy. Disclosure of personal information for archival or historical purposes is limited under Sections 21 and 22 of the Personal Information Protection Act.

How your information is stored

The Parish is hosted on the ipage.ca platform. ipage.ca provides us with the online platform that allows us to provide our services to you. Your data may be stored through ipage.ca’s data storage, databases and the general ipage.ca applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. 

​Accessing your information

Individuals have the right to access their personal information that is in the possession of St. Joseph the Worker subject to limited exceptions. Individuals have the right to know how their personal information is used by the Parish and to whom it has been disclosed, if applicable. 

A request for access to personal information must be made in writing to the parish office. A request must provide sufficient detail to identify the personal information sought. The Parish will provide the requested information within thirty (30) business days, or will provide written notice of an extension where additional time is required to fulfill the request. A minimal fee may be charged for providing access to personal information that is not employee personal information. Where a fee for services may apply, the individual will be given a written estimate and may be required to pay a deposit. If the Parish is unable to provide the requested information, the individual will be notified in writing with the reason(s) for refusal of access. The individual will also be provided with information on the recourse available. 

Updates to our Privacy Policy 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

Questions and Concerns

If you have questions or concerns about how your data is being used by St. Joseph the Worker, do not hesitate to email us at parish.stjw@rcav.org call us at 604-277-8353, or mail us at 4451 Williams Road, Richmond, BC V7E 1J7.

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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

• Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
• Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
• Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

• Send you information about your account and order
• Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
• Process payments and prevent fraud
• Set up your account for our store
• Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
• Improve our store offerings
• Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for XXX years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.

We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

• Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
• Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.

Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.