Privacy Policy

FOR ALL SITE VISITORS

What information do we collect?

Your geographic location and activity on this website is collected by Google Analytics, but this does not include the tracking of IP addresses or other Personal Identifiable Information.

When do we collect information?

Google Analytics tracks activity as you browse the site.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you sign up for our mailing list, surf the website, or use certain other site features to improve our website in order to better serve you.

How do we protect visitor information?

We regularly scan for changes to the site that might indicate hacker activity.

We do not use an SSL certificate.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

We do not use cookies for tracking purposes.

Third Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer Personally Identifiable Information.

Third party links

We do not include or offer third party products or services on our website.

Google

We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en

 

FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED OUR MAILING LIST

We collect information from you when you enter information to subscribe to our mailing list. We may use this information to send periodic emails regarding updates to the website. When registering for our mailing list, you will be asked to enter your name and e-mail address, as well as whether you are a researcher, service provider, young adult, person living with depression, friend, family member or supporter of a person living with depression, or an interested member of the public. We implement security measures to protect visitor information whenever a user enters their information. This information can only be accessed by those authorized with special access rights. We collect your email address only in order to send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

We agree to the following:

 NOT to use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses

 To include the physical address of our business or site headquarters

 To monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used

 To honour opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly

 To allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can follow the instructions at the bottom of each email.

 

CONTACTING US

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below:

https://depression.informedchoices.ca

John R. Walker, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Clinical Health Psychology
College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
M4 – St. Boniface Hospital
409 Tache Ave.
Winnipeg, MB
R2H 2A6

Phone: (204) 237-2335

Fax: (204) 237-9243

John.Walker@umanitoba.ca