Privacy Policy

ArcelorMittal Dofasco acknowledges the importance of the privacy and security of personal information about identifiable individuals ("Personal Information").  This Privacy Statement describes our practices regarding Personal Information collected through our website.

This Privacy Statement is effective June 1, 2010.  We reserve the right to update it from time to time and encourage you to refer back to it regularly.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect Personal Information automatically sent to us by your web browser, which may include your domain name or e-mail address, and through the installation by us on your computer of "cookies" (small text files that recognize repeat visitors and track their visits to a website). The amount of Personal Information collected may depend upon your browser settings.  We may use this Personal Information to understand and track how this website is used by visitors to it.

We also collect Personal Information that you actively provide to us through this website, which may include information provided when you contact us, complete request forms, submit information with respect to content opportunities or requests for donations from ArcelorMittal Dofasco, or use the electronic commerce features of this website.  You are voluntarily providing any such Personal Information to us and are thereby consenting to its use in accordance with this Privacy Statement and for those purposes.

Personal Information provided through this site may be available to ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s affiliated entities, and to third party service providers to ArcelorMittal Dofasco. In either such case, they will comply with this Privacy Statement. We may use Personal Information to investigate security breaches of this website or to co-operate with the authorities in investigations. You may also have provided similar information to us in the past; if so, you consent to our continued use of any such information by agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Statement. Personal Information may be transferred to any successor to the legal obligations of ArcelorMittal Dofasco or its affiliated entities.

Your Personal Information is confidential.  Except as described in this Privacy Statement or as required or permitted by law, we will not disclose, sell or distribute your Personal Information.  However, since no communication over the Internet is completely secure, we cannot guarantee the security or confidentiality of any communication through this website.  This Privacy Statement does not impose any obligation of confidentiality on ArcelorMittal Dofasco with respect to any information that is not Personal Information.

Links

This website may provide links to other websites for your convenience.  ArcelorMittal Dofasco does not endorse or assume responsibility for the policies or practices of the owners or operators of websites accessed through those links.  You should consult the privacy statements of the site owner or operator before providing Personal Information through any such website.
License
You may only use communitystrength.ca for personal and non-commercial use. This right is non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable by ArcelorMittal Dofasco. You may not post any content in a manner that exceeds the rights granted for your use of such materials, which includes unauthorized copying or distribution of content.

Procedure For Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on communitystrength.ca in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us at communitrystrength@arcelormittal.com
Responsibilites
The mandate of communitystrength.ca is to provide a forum for local not-for-profit content, organizations and individuals seeking to improve the community. All content that does not conform to this requirement will be removed. Priority will be given to ArcelorMittal Dofasco partners and sponsored affiliates.
You may not submit, offer links from, share, post or transmit through the service any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct that:

  • Violates or infringes the rights of others, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
  • Offers for sale any content or products;
  • Violates applicable laws or regulations;
  • Is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions.
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • Impersonates any person, business or entity;
  • Contains viruses, Trojan horses, works, time bombs or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
  • Encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that gives rise to civil liability;

Questions

If you have any questions or concerns about or our practices with respect to Personal Information, or wish to access any of your Personal Information collected through this website, please contact the Public Affairs Department by e-mail: communitystrength@arcelormittal.com or by telephone at (905) 548-7200 or 1-800-DOFASCO (363-2726).

Terms of Use (parameters for permitted uploads)
1) Community Events
The scheduling of the Community Calendar is decided upon weekly and entirely at the discretion of ArcelorMittal Dofasco. Please submit requests to add your event well in advance.

The mandate of communitystrength.ca is to provide a forum for local not-for-profit content, organizations and individuals seeking to improve the community. All content that does not conform to this requirement will be removed. Priority will be given to ArcelorMittal Dofasco partners and sponsored affiliates.
Responsibilites
You may not submit, offer links from, share, post or transmit through the service any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct that:

  • Violates or infringes the rights of others, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
  • Offers for sale any content or products;
  • Violates applicable laws or regulations;
  • Is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions.
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • Impersonates any person, business or entity;
  • Contains viruses, Trojan horses, works, time bombs or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
  • Encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that gives rise to civil liability;

2) Blogs
 
Please note that use of User Generated Content in this Website is made according to Creative Commons licensing methods. Such User Generated Content will be posted on publicly available areas on communitystrength.ca and can be viewed and used by others on the communitystrength.ca website and the websites of ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s authorized partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

The mandate of communitystrength.ca is to provide a forum for local not-for-profit content, organizations and individuals seeking to improve the community. All content that does not conform to this requirement will be removed. Priority will be given to ArcelorMittal Dofasco partners and sponsored affiliates.
Responsibilites
You may not submit, offer links from, share, post or transmit through the service any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct that:

  • Violates or infringes the rights of others, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
  • Offers for sale any content or products;
  • Violates applicable laws or regulations;
  • Is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions.
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • Impersonates any person, business or entity;
  • Contains viruses, Trojan horses, works, time bombs or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
  • Encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that gives rise to civil liability;

3) Videos

Please note that use of User Generated Content in this Website is made according to Creative Commons licensing methods. Such User Generated Content will be posted on publicly available areas on communitystrength.ca and can be viewed and used by others on the communitystrength.ca website and the websites of ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s authorized partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

The mandate of communitystrength.ca is to provide a forum for local not-for-profit content, organizations and individuals seeking to improve the community. All content that does not conform to this requirement will be removed. Priority will be given to ArcelorMittal Dofasco partners and sponsored affiliates.

Responsibilites
You may not submit, offer links from, share, post or transmit through the service any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct that:

  • Violates or infringes the rights of others, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
  • Offers for sale any content or products;
  • Violates applicable laws or regulations;
  • Is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions.
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • Impersonates any person, business or entity;
  • Contains viruses, Trojan horses, works, time bombs or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
  • Encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that gives rise to civil liability;

4) Photos:

Please note that use of User Generated Content in this Website is made according to Creative Commons licensing methods. Such User Generated Content will be posted on publicly available areas on communitystrength.ca and can be viewed and used by others on the communitystrength.ca website and the websites of ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s authorized partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

The mandate of communitystrength.ca is to provide a forum for local not-for-profit content, organizations and individuals seeking to improve the community. All content that does not conform to this requirement will be removed. Priority will be given to ArcelorMittal Dofasco partners and sponsored affiliates.
Responsibilites
You may not submit, offer links from, share, post or transmit through the service any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct that:

  • Violates or infringes the rights of others, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
  • Offers for sale any content or products;
  • Violates applicable laws or regulations;
  • Is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions.
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • Impersonates any person, business or entity;
  • Contains viruses, Trojan horses, works, time bombs or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
  • Encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that gives rise to civil liability;

5) Comments:
Please note that use of User Generated Content in this Website is made according to Creative Commons licensing methods. Such User Generated Content will be posted on publicly available areas on communitystrength.ca and can be viewed and used by others on the communitystrength.ca website and the websites of ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s authorized partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
The mandate of communitystrength.ca is to provide a forum for local not-for-profit content, organizations and individuals seeking to improve the community. All content that does not conform to this requirement will be removed. Priority will be given to ArcelorMittal Dofasco partners and sponsored affiliates.
Responsibilites
You may not submit, offer links from, share, post or transmit through the service any material, or otherwise engage in any conduct that:

  • Violates or infringes the rights of others, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or other proprietary rights;
  • Offers for sale any content or products;
  • Violates applicable laws or regulations;
  • Is threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions.
  • Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • Impersonates any person, business or entity;
  • Contains viruses, Trojan horses, works, time bombs or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of a computer or computer network;
  • Encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that gives rise to civil liability;