​Privacy Policy

This Notice was last updated October 17, 2025. This Notice may be modified from time to time. Such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Privacy Notice.

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The Economic Club of Canada (“The Economic Club,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information when you visit our website at www.economicclub.ca, register for our events, or interact with us in any other way.

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By using our website or providing your personal information, you consent to the practices described in this Policy.

At times, our services involve the handling of personal information.

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​"Personal Information" is information that uniquely identifies you, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, and at times, your ideas, concepts, recommendations, suggestions, comments, questions, chats, interviews and other content or information that you submit to us or through the Website ("Registration"), including in relation to the Film and any contest offered through the Website.

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​Consent

We only collect, use and/or disclose Personal Information with consent. Consent may either be implied from the circumstances or may be expressly given for a particular purpose.

​When you submit your Personal Information to us and post to the Website, you are consenting to the collection, handling, use and disclosure of your Personal Information for the purposes identified or apparent at the time of collection and as otherwise described in this Privacy Notice.

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Collection of Personal Information

We collect Personal Information that you submit or post to the Website.

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1. Collection of Personal Information

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when engaging with The Economic Club, including when you:

• Register for an event

• Subscribe to our mailing list

• Contact us by email, phone, or through our website form

• Participate in surveys, polls, or other event-related activities

This information may include:

• Name, title and organization

• Contact information (email address, phone number, mailing address)

• Payment and billing information (processed securely by our third-party payment processor)

• Professional interests or communication preferences

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2. Collection and Use of Financial Information

We may collect and use financial information or payment method to process your payment for event fees and any purchases or sales made on the Website, to protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions, and otherwise as may be reasonably needed to manage our business in connection with your transaction.

 

3. Avoiding Collection from Children

You must be the age of majority in the province, state or territory where you reside to become a member of the Website. We do not knowingly collect or maintain any Personal Information from children under the age of 13. In addition, no part of the Website is designed with the purpose of attracting any person under age 13. 

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Use of Personal Information

We use personal information for purposes that are reasonable and relevant to our operations, including to:

• Process event registrations and payments

• Communicate event details, updates, or organizational news

• Send newsletters, announcements, and marketing communications (if you have opted in)

• Improve our website, communications, and event experiences

• Comply with legal or regulatory obligations

We will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

 

Our Commitment to Safeguarding your Information

Physical, technical, electronic and managerial procedures have been employed to safeguard the security and integrity of Personal Information collected through the Website.

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​More Information on How to Protect your Privacy Online

Although we take appropriate security measures as required by law, no security is perfect. Users should always take care with how they handle and disclose their Personal Information and should avoid sending Personal Information through insecure email. For more information about how to protect your Personal Information, please refer to the resources from any of the following websites:

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia

• Commission d'accè s à l'information du Québec

 

Our Service Providers

From time to time, we may use third parties to assist us with certain functions such as processing credit card payments, customer service or promotional assistance, performing business and sales analysis, supporting the Website functionality, and supporting contests, sweepstakes, surveys and other features offered through the Website. These service providers may have access to Personal Information needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such information for any other purposes. We require all of our service providers to comply with the safeguards described in this Privacy Notice.

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Disclosure of your Personal Information

We may disclose information to uphold the law, and in response to subpoenas, court orders, requests from law enforcement or third parties enforcing private rights or defending legal claims, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We may disclose information, if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected illegal activities or fraud, situations involving the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or otherwise in accordance with applicable law.

​We do not sell or rent Personal Information to third parties.

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Retention of Personal Information

Personal Information is retained as long as reasonably necessary to deliver our services, to otherwise fulfill identified or apparent purposes, and for record-keeping. Personal Information thereafter is destroyed, erased or anonymized.

​Information posted on the Website may continue to be displayed on this Website for as long as the Website is available. You may request that your Personal Information be removed from a particular webpage by contacting us. We reserve the right to refuse requests for the removal of Personal Information from the Website.

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How to Help Us Keep Your Personal Information Accurate and Obtain Access to it

You have the right to request access to the Personal Information that we hold about you, which includes the right to amend or correct that information, as appropriate, and to receive an account of how it has been used and a list of the organizations to whom it has been disclosed.

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If you are unable to access and update your information by logging into the Website, you may request access to your information or if your Personal Information changes and you would like to update the Personal Information we may have on file, please email us your request.

​Let us also know the details regarding your submission of Personal Information so that we may efficiently respond to your request.

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Other Information Collected using our Website

We use various technologies to collect information from your computer and about your activities on our site.

1. Information automatically collected

We automatically collect information from your browser when you visit the Website. This information includes your IP address, browser type and language, access times, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us (see "Cookies" below), and the referring website address.

   2. Cookies

When you visit the Website, we may assign your computer a "cookie" (a small, unique identifier text file) or series of cookies, to facilitate access to our site and to personalize your online experience. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our site, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to use some of the features offered on the Website. The "Help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

   3. Other technologies

We may use Internet technology, such as pixel tags, web beacons and other similar technologies, to track your use of our site. We also may include web beacons in our newsletters to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. A web beacon is a small file placed on a web page that allows a website to perform various tasks, including counting users who have viewed that page or to access cookies. We also may receive an anonymous identification number if you come to our site from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services we offer our website visitors to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure the overall effectiveness of our online activities.

   4. Anonymous and aggregated information

We may combine anonymous information and/or aggregate information we collect with additional anonymous information collected from other sources. We may share anonymous information (including aggregate information) we collect regarding our users with third parties (such as advisors, promotional sponsors, and investors) for various business purposes including conducting general business analysis and developing website content and services. 

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Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may, in our sole and absolute discretion, modify or revise the Privacy Notice at any time. When we post changes to this Privacy Notice, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. We recommend that you check from time to time to inform yourself of any changes to this Privacy Notice. Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the the Privacy Notice for your records and bookmark a link to the each.

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How to Contact Us

If you have a complaint about our handling of your Personal Information, you may contact our Privacy Officer by:

• our website contact form; or,

• by phone at 905-466-1522; or,

• by writing to us Big Picture Conferences 3013 South Drive, Burlington, ON L7N 1H1.​

We will do our best to resolve any outstanding issues in a positive and cooperative spirit, and in a prompt manner.

If, having shared your concerns with us, you are still not satisfied, you may file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by mail to 112 Kent Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 1H3 or by calling 1 800 282 1376.