Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Personal Information Privacy Commitment Statement
In accordance with applicable laws, Benton Street Baptist Church (the "Church") is committed to protecting the privacy of its members, adherents, donors, volunteers, employees, directors, officers and any other persons about or from whom the Church collects personal information. The Church embraces the principles of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act. ("PIPEDA") for the Protection of Personal Information to ensure that all personal information is properly collected, used only for the purposes for which it is collected and is disposed of in a safe and timely manner when no longer required.

In being, or becoming, a member or adherent of the Church, it is recognized by all such individuals that the Bible portrays believers as members of one body (see I Corinthians 12). This requires the sharing of personal information with the body. The Church, its members and adherents, by voluntary implied contract, submit to, and are bound by, the Constitution of the Church as defined in the by-laws of the Church.

Except for the above implied consent to collect, use and retain personal information, no personal information will be sold, rented, leased or otherwise made available to any person without the explicit consent of the member or adherent. Except as otherwise required by the Constitution or the operation of law, every member and adherent has the right, at any time, to withdraw his or her implied or explicit consent for the use of his or her personal information for any or all previously authorized uses.

With respect to the privacy of personal information the above means that all members and adherents have given their implied consent to use their personal information for all internal purposes of the Church to the extent that such use is in agreement with the Constitution and the pronouncements of the Church from time to time.

The Church has a Privacy Policy (available on request) and has designated a Privacy Officer. Any inquiry, request or concern related to privacy matters should be made in writing to him, to be contacted at:

Privacy Officer
Benton Street Baptist Church
90 Benton Street
Kitchener, ON N2G 3H4