Safeguards are in place to protect personal information obtained and stored by UFCW Local 832.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) came into effect in the private sector in Manitoba on January 1, 2004. It gives people certain rights if a commercial organization collects, uses or discloses their personal information.
PIPEDA gives people more control over how organizations use their personal information. It also gives people the right to correct the information stored if it is wrong. Personal information includes things such as home addresses, phone numbers, Social Insurance Numbers, family status, race, colour, age or credit history.
PIPEDA covers all organizations that are involved in commercial activities. Local 832 has been told by the UFCW Canada office that UFCW, Local 832 is not presently covered by PIPEDA as the union is a 'not for profit' organization, and does not engage in "commercial activity" as it is defined by PIPEDA. However; Local 832 is taking steps to comply with the spirit of PIPEDA.
Local 832 has always had internal privacy policies. These polices will be updated as needed so that we safeguard and protect membership data and electronic forms. For example, the union has secure e-mail, electronic forms on this website are securely filed, documents are shredded if no longer needed, and Local 832 has a highly secure computer system.
UFCW Local 832 has safeguards and security standards to protect personal information about our members, whether it's on paper or stored electronically, against unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. UFCW only keeps personal information as long as necessary for union business or legal requirements and will destroy any information that is no longer needed.
The union will never distribute personal information to a third party unless the union is required by law to make disclosure, or if a member requests that their personal information be disclosed for some reason. Personal information about Local 832 members will never be sold.
All information collected by Local 832 is always held in strict confidence. This has always been our mandate and will continue.
Complete details of UFCW Local 832's Privacy Policy are available here.
