Durham Central PROBUS Club Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 15, 2025

Overview

PROBUS is a local, national and international association of retired people who come together in non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit, autonomous clubs that provide regular opportunities for members to meet others in similar circumstances with similar levels of interest, to make new friends and to maintain/expand their own interests.

The Durham Central PROBUS Club (hereafter known as the “Club”) is a certified affiliate of PROBUS Canada and PROBUS International. Our club is one of several PROBUS organizations in the Durham Region, with members residing throughout the region.

The Club takes our members’ privacy seriously: 

• Privacy reminders regarding the respect and protection of other members’ information are posted throughout the website.

• Should the Club Executive Committee become aware of a data breach, the Club will communicate the breach to our membership as quickly as possible. 

• Should the instigator of the breach be one of our members, the Club Executive Committee has the right to immediately terminate that person’s membership.  

Purpose of Collecting Member Data 

Durham Central PROBUS will be requesting and collecting members’ personal data to:

• communicate to our members about Club business and information associated with club events and interest groups; 

• register members for events or interest groups;

• provide members with the ability to communicate, interact and socialize with other members who may share the same profession/vocation or similar interests.

How Member Data Will be Collected

Durham Central PROBUS has purchased the services of Personify Wild Apricot and their website toolset to better manage our membership, special interest groups and our social events calendar. Personify Wild Apricot provides our website administrators (selected Executive Committee members of the Club) with the tools to host and build a dynamic website solely for the use of Club members. In addition, Personify Wild Apricot will house our membership, interest group and event information. 

Online payment processing for membership renewals and event attendance is made available through the Personify Wild Apricot website, utilizing an accredited payment processor, Affinity Credited Services. 

Collection and Use of Personal Information

From our members, we will request the following information: 

Member Information	Mandatory or Optional	Comments
First or Preferred Name	Mandatory
Last Name	Mandatory
Spouse First or Preferred Name	Optional	Only gathered if a spouse/partner is a Durham Central member
Spouse Last Name	Optional	Only gathered if a spouse/partner is a Durham Central member
Emergency Contact Name	Mandatory
Emergency Contact Phone Number	Mandatory
Street Address	Mandatory	Information can be suppressed
Unit Number	Optional	Information can be suppressed if provided
City	Mandatory	Information can be suppressed
Province	Mandatory	Information can be suppressed
Postal Code	Mandatory	Information can be suppressed
Email Address	Mandatory	Information can be suppressed
Primary Phone Number	Mandatory	Information can be suppressed
Secondary Phone Number	Optional	Information can be suppressed if provided
Profession/Vocation, Interests/Hobbies, Hometown, etc.	Optional	Member will not provide information if the desire is to suppress the information

The Club’s member information will be managed and provided to others as follows:

• General information about our club events and interest groups will be available to the general public to encourage new members. 

• All members' personal information will be kept confidential and not disclosed to the public unless the Club’s Executive Committee requests it and is provided with express written authorization from the member to do so. 

• The Club will not sell or provide members' personal data to third parties without the written consent of the member, except as noted in this document.  

Members’ Privacy Awareness and Adherence

The Club’s members must be aware of and adhere to the following:

• Members of the Club must NOT access the Members' Contact Information on the Club’s website for the purpose of providing another member’s name or contact information to a third party. 

• A member can suppress their address, phone number and/or email from other members by: 

• • modifying their privacy settings in their website profile, or 

  • submitting a request to the Club’s administrators.

• Should the email address be suppressed, the email address will continue to be used

• • as the member’s Login ID, and

  • for selected club membership notifications (e.g., membership renewal notices). 

• The Club website administrators will not disclose a member’s suppressed contact information to another member without the member's prior written permission. 

• • any member wishing to contact a member who has requested that their information be suppressed must submit a request in writing to the Club’s administrators (see Contact Us), providing rationale to contact the member. 

  • should the member provide permission to be contacted, the recipient member may not provide the suppressed information to other members without further permission granted by the member.

• Many photographs of Club events are captured by the attendees and then posted on our website. 

• • If you do not want your picture posted on the website, then you have the right to request that the photographer not take or post your photo. 

  • If your photo is posted on the Durham Central PROBUS website and you would like it to be removed, please use the 'Contact Us' feature on the website to request its removal.

Consent for Guests at Events

Guests physically attending our club meetings or events must consent to provide the minimal contact information necessary to meet administrative and insurance requirements. The information will not be retained by the Club after the event is completed and all associated administrative tasks are completed.

Membership Not Renewed or Withdrawn

Should a member fail to renew their membership on or before the renewal due date, the member will be moved to a lapsed status. Their member access will continue for a 30-day grace period to allow for late renewal. During this grace period, the lapsed member is expected to abide by all of the Club’s privacy rules. After the 30^th day, all access to the Club’s member website will be revoked, and the member’s information will be retained for the duration necessary for administrative cleanup.

If an existing member requests to withdraw their membership from the Club for any reason, the member’s access to the Club’s member website will be suspended immediately, and the member’s information will only be retained for the length of time needed for administrative clean-up.

New or Pending Applicants

New applicants and pending applicants on a waitlist will not be provided access to the Club’s member website and members’ information until payment is received and the Club’s Executive Committee approves their membership. Current members are not allowed to provide other members’ information to unapproved or pending applicants. 

Website Cookies and Trackers

The club does not gather your information and store it within website cookies, as the club has not constructed customized code for our website. Our club website has been built using only the toolset provided by Wild Apricot. See the Wild Apricot Privacy Policy link in the Third-Party Applications section of this document.

Our club’s website domain has been registered with Google Analytics. The club does not view or use the information gathered by Google Analytics. See the Google Privacy Policy link in the Third-Party Applications section of this document.

Third-Parties Applications

Events may require our members to be pre-registered with the event host, and the event may reasonably require member contact information (e.g., for insurance purposes). Our event sign-up process will disclose this need in advance.

Except in the case of the Club’s Executive Committee, member information will not be provided to PROBUS Canada for member registration. See PROBUS Canada Privacy Policy (Privacy Statement (probus.org))

Member information will be housed by Personify Wild Apricot. See the Personify Wild Apricot Privacy Policy (Wild Apricot Privacy Policy) 

Member-provided personal and financial information necessary for credit card processing by Affinity may be retained by the Club only until transaction processing is complete. Upon completion of the financial transaction, the Club will delete the member’s financial information. See Affinity Privacy Policy (Terms of Service–Clients - Affinity Credit Solutions)

Click on Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Googlefor Google’s privacy statement.

Contact Us

Please contact the Club’s Executive Committee at the email address listed below if you have any questions, concerns or clarifications about this Privacy Policy.

dcprobusmember@gmail.com