North Island Marine Mammal Stewardship Association (NIMMSA)nimmsa.org
Last Updated: May 2026
The North Island Marine Mammal Stewardship Association (NIMMSA) is a non-profit association based in British Columbia, Canada. We operate this website to share information about our conservation work, our members, and our Conservation Fund.
Privacy Contact: Email: info@nimmsa.org
If you have questions about how we handle your personal information, contact us at the address above.
This policy explains what personal information we collect through nimmsa.org, why we collect it, and how we protect it. It applies to visitors of this website only.
When you follow links from our site to third-party platforms — including Google Forms (membership applications), SurveyMonkey (Conservation Fund applications), or PayPal (donations) — those platforms operate under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review their policies before submitting personal information there.
We do not collect personal information through forms on this website. If you contact us by email at info@nimmsa.org, we receive whatever information you include in your message (typically your name and email address).
When you visit nimmsa.org, certain technical information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies:
Essential cookies — These are necessary for the website to function and are always active. They do not require your consent.
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Analytics cookies — We do not use any analytics or tracking tools on this website.
We use a consent management tool to manage your cookie preferences. When you first visit the site, you are asked to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Only essential cookies run without your consent. You can change your preferences at any time through the cookie consent banner.
We use personal information only for the purpose it was provided:
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We do not use your information for profiling or automated decision-making.
This website is hosted on Webflow, whose servers are located in the United States. By visiting nimmsa.org, some of your data (such as your IP address and browsing activity) is processed by Webflow under their privacy policy.
Embedded YouTube videos may set cookies if you consent to marketing and personalization cookies. These cookies are governed by Google's privacy policy.
Links on this website direct you to external platforms for specific purposes:
We do not control the data these platforms collect. Please review their privacy policies before submitting personal information.
NIMMSA is based in British Columbia, Canada. However, some of the third-party services we use (Webflow, YouTube/Google, PayPal, SurveyMonkey) may store or process data in the United States or other countries outside Canada.
By using this website and consenting to non-essential cookies, you acknowledge that some of your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions outside Canada, where privacy laws may differ from those in British Columbia.
We take reasonable steps to safeguard personal information in our possession. Our website uses HTTPS encryption for all connections. Non-essential cookies are blocked by default until you provide consent. We limit access to personal information to individuals who need it to respond to your inquiries.
We retain emails and contact inquiries only as long as necessary to resolve the matter you contacted us about, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Cookies expire according to the timeframes set by their respective providers.
Under British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@nimmsa.org or write to us at the address listed above. We will respond within 30 business days.
This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can remove it.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our handling of your personal information:
North Island Marine Mammal Stewardship Association (NIMMSA)Email: info@nimmsa.org
You also have the right to contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia:Website: www.oipc.bc.caPhone: 250-387-5629
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