Last updated: September 8, 2025

Thank you for visiting Unity Health Toronto’s Continuous Active Learning (CAL)® Tool for Rapid Evidence Reviews website. With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you which data Unity Health Toronto (“UNITY”, “we”, “us”) may collect and use from you as a user of the website

  • Before you Use our website cal-reviews.ktss.ca (the “Site”) you should carefully review this Privacy Notice and our related Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”). You should carefully review this Privacy Notice and our related Terms of Us and Conditions of Use. YOU ARE BOUND BY THE TERMS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE YOU USE THE PLATFORM. All terms not defined in this Privacy Notice have the meaning attributed to them under the Terms.

Notification of Changes

  • We may make some changes to or update these Privacy Notice from time to time without notice. It is your responsibility to check the Last Updated date of the Privacy Notice at the top of this page from time to time. Your continued use of the Platform will mean you accept those changes.

Privacy Contact

Questions about this privacy notice should be directed to:

Information Access and Privacy Office
Unity Health Toronto
30 Bond St. Toronto, Ont.,
M5B 1W8
privacy@unityhealth.to

Types of Personal Information We May Collect

You are free to Use the Platform and are not required to create an account. The types of information that would enable us to identify you (“Personal Information”) will depend on whether you contact us. The types of information collected from you include:

  • Full name: when receiving communications from you
  • Email address (which may contain identifying information): when receiving emailed communications from you
  • Mailing address: when receiving mailed communications from you

The only other types of information which may be collected from you is information which you voluntarily provide to us for specific purposes, such as to ask a question. This additional information is not requested nor necessary for us, but we recognize that users may reveal personal information in their messages.

We do not accept submissions for Content on this Site. We do not provide any health care, legal or research services or referrals.

How We May Collect and Use Your Information

We will not collect Personal Information beyond those provided in this Privacy Notice or notified at the time of collection.

Email Communications

The website has a Contact page if you would like to submit a comment or message. You may also contact us at our provided email addresses provided in the Privacy Notice and Terms. By submitting your comment or message, you agree to the disclosure, and our collection of, your name and email and any information contained within the message or comment, including any screenshots or images of technical error messages you wish to share with our support team. Please do not contact us to submit your or another’s photographs or personal health information, including but not limited to your personal lived experiences, testimonials, information about your healthcare provider, or medical diagnosis.

You agree and consent that by contacting us via the Contact page, email, or on any other social media account associated with this Site, that we may use your Personal Information in order to respond to you as appropriate, though we are under no obligation to respond.

Please refer to the Terms on the appropriate use of our contact information and acceptable communication.

Mailing Us

You may also contact us at our mailing addresses provided in the Privacy Notice and Terms. By mailing us, you agree to the disclosure, and our collection of, your name (if provided), mailing address, and information contained within your communication, in order to respond to you as appropriate, though we are under no obligation to respond.

Please refer to the Terms on the appropriate use of our contact information and acceptable communication.

Cookies, LocalStorage & Analytics

This website does not use cookies to collect personal information. Instead, it relies on your browser’s LocalStorage feature to store certain information so that your searches and results remain available when you return to the site. This data is stored locally in your browser, is not transmitted to our servers, and does not include personal information.

Information Stored in LocalStorage

  • Project IDs and Review IDs: Used to keep track of the projects and reviews you create.
  • Search/Result Data: Certain details needed to maintain your searches and results so they persist when you revisit the site.

Your Choices Regarding LocalStorage

You can manage or clear LocalStorage data through your browser settings. Please note that clearing this data may remove saved project or review information and affect certain website functionalities.

Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the site, improve its functionality, and for analytical purposes. Google Analytics may use cookies and transfer this data to their servers. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by adjusting your browser settings or installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more details, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.

Additionally, intermediaries such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) may log certain information as part of their standard business operations.

Limits on the Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We will limit the collection of Personal Information to those purposes identified in this Privacy Notice or at the time of collection. We process your Personal Information as necessary in connection with our legitimate business interests, which includes, without limitation, activities such as to

  • Answer your mail, emails, or other on-line requests
  • As required, or permitted, by law
  • Make improvements to our website’s functionality

We take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information in our possession from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.

We may disclose your Personal Information to:

  • Our affiliates, who may use your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy;
  • Law enforcement, government agencies, and courts.
    • at the request of law enforcement or government agencies;
    • in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process, or proceeding;
    • to establish, protect, or exercise our rights;
    • to defend against a legal claim;
    • to protect the rights, property, or safety of any other person; or
    • as otherwise required by law.

We will only disclosure your Personal Information to a third party when such disclosure is:

  • reasonably necessary to respond to your communication;
  • authorized by you;
  • permitted under this Privacy Notice;
  • required by law; or
  • reasonably necessary to:
    • conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process served on UNITY;
    • protect and defend the rights or property of UNITY;
    • protect the personal safety of UNITY’s personnel, agents, or members of the public in urgent circumstances; or
    • enforce our Privacy Notice or Terms and Conditions of Use

No Guarantee

No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. We do not provide facilities for secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are significant privacy risks inherent in transmitting information across the Internet. Email messages sent to or from a website may not be secure. Confidential information should not be sent by email. Site visitors sending email accept the risk that a third party may intercept email messages.

Linking to Other Websites

This Platform contains links to other sites. Please be aware that UNITY is not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites, which may contain their own web beacons, cookies, or other tracking tools. We encourage our website visitors to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The statement you are reading now applies solely to information collected by this Site.