Bon Accord | Privacy and Terms of Use Statement

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The Town of Bon Accord Internet Privacy Statement

Purpose of the Town of Bon Accord Website

The Town of Bon Accord developed this website as a resource for its ratepayers and the general public wanting information about The Town of Bon Accord and its services.

What is Personal Information?

Personal Information is any information that identifies you as an individual. It includes information that you provide to or that we collect from other sources. For example, personal information includes your name and address, age and gender, family status, personal financial records and identification numbers including you Social Insurance Number.

The Town of Bon Accord is subject to the FOIP Act

As a public body, the Town of Bon Accord is subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act and is therefore, committed to protecting the personal information of its ratepayers as well as being open and accountable to the public by making information accessible while in compliance to the Act.

Information the web server collects and extent of personal information collected
When you visit our website, our web server automatically collects a limited amount of information essential for the operation and security of our website. Some of this information (i.e. browser type) does not identify who you are while other information, such as your Internet domain name or IP address, may identify the service provider from which you receive internet service. The extent of personal identification depends, in large part, on the "naming standards" followed by your Internet service provider. You may wish to check with them to inquire about their policies and practices in this regard.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to other sites. The Town of Bon Accord is not responsible for the content and the privacy practices of the other sites and encourages you to read the privacy policy of each site that you visit before proceeding further.

How our search engine operates

When you visit our website, our web server automatically collects a limited amount of standard information essential to the operation and evaluation of the Town of Bon Accord Website. This information includes:
- The page from which you arrived
- The date and time of your page request
- The Internet Protocol address assigned by your Internet Service Provider to your computer for receiving information
- The type and version of your browser, and
- The name of the files you request

Use of Cookies

Cookies are simple text files that are placed within the browsing system of a site visitor's computer. Cookies within the Town of Bon Accord website are used for authentication, session tracking, and maintaining basic information about users, such as anonymous statistical information, site preferences, browser type, screen size, traffic patterns and pages visited. The Town of Bon Accord does not store personal information in cookies, nor do we collect personal information from you without your knowledge as you browse this site. This information is then used to improve our service to you. If you wish, you may change the settings on your web browser to deny cookies or to warn you when cookies will be deposited.

Information collected for the creation of portal user accounts

The information collected for the creation of a user account for the customization of the portal view and/or participation in interactive portal activities and/or password reset, is collected under the authority of Section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) R.S.A 2000, F-25. The user account information will be used only for portal purposes as stated above.

Your user name, password and e-mail address are collected for the creation of a user account for your customization of the portal view, or participation in interactive portal activities or to forward to you administrative activity notices regarding the site and your registered user account. The provision for your e- mail is collected to process and respond to your request for password reset, to warn you when your portal account is about to expire or to forward to you administrative activity notices regarding the site and your registered user account.

Information Transmission and Storage

At The Town of Bon Accord, we employ physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect our systems and all personal information under our control against unauthorized access and use. All safety and security measures are appropriate to the sensitivity level of the information collected.

Our service providers and agents are required to maintain ratepayer confidentiality, and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose.

Employees are governed by strict standards and policies to ensure that personalinformation is secure and treated with the utmost care and respect.

Collection, Use, and Disclosure of your Personal Information

Either before or when we collect information about you, we will explain how we intend to use it. We will limit the information we collect to what we need for those purposes, and we will use it only for those purposes.

If you choose to provide us with personal information in an e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it to us through our Web site, we will use that information to respond to your message and to help us get the information you have requested.

We will only release your personal information to third parties in limited circumstances authorized under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) R.S.A 2000, F-25. Some of these circumstances are:
- where we have your written consent
- or to those departments within The Town of Bon Accord who assist us in serving you
- or where we are required or permitted to do so by law.

We give a limited amount of information, only as necessary, in support of these limited circumstances.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments, please to not hesitate to contact us:
FOIP Coordinator The Town of Bon Accord Box 779, 5025 – 50 Avenue Bon Accord AB T0A 0K0 Phone: 780 921 3550 Fax: 780 921 3585 Email: info@bonaccord.ca

 

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The Town of Bon Accord Website | Terms of Use

Intro

Thank you for visiting The Town of Bon Accord's Website. Please review these Terms of Use carefully. If you access or use a service on our Website you accept and agree to comply with the following Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, you should immediately discontinue any use of this Site. These Terms of Use may change from time to time. You should visit this Webpage periodically to review the Terms of Use that govern your transactions.

Appropriate Use

You may post or submit comments, suggestions, ideas, questions, or other information to the Town of Bon Accord, provided the content is not illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, an invasion of privacy, objectionable or an infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties, and does not consist of or contain software viruses, commercial solicitation or any form of "spam". You must not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of such content.

You agree that you will not violate (or attempt to violate) the security of the Website by hacking, cracking, mail bombing, mounting a denial of service attack, breaching netiquette, or any other similar malicious, careless or negligent conduct. You agree not to upload content or computer code of any type to this Website. Any unauthorized use of the Website will terminate the license and all the limited rights or permission granted by the Town of Bon Accord.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the Website, so long as the link does not portray the Town of Bon Accord, its officials, its employees, or its content, products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner.

Copyright

The Town of Bon Accord owns the intellectual property rights, including copyright, or has acquired the necessary licenses, in the information and contents contained in this Website. This is including, but not limited to, all text, graphics, images, HTML code, multimedia clips, icons, the selection and compilation of the information of the Website. Copying, repackaging, redistributing or modifying the information provided by this Website, in whole or in part, in printed or electronic format, is strictly prohibited.

Submitted Material

If you post or submit comments, suggestions, ideas, questions, or other information you grant the Town of Bon Accord a right to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and display such content or material world-wide. You irrevocably waive all moral rights to such Material. The Town of Bon Accord takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any material posted by you or any third party. The Town of Bon Accord reserves the right to monitor and edit or remove any activity or material or inactivate any account that appears to violate these terms of use for participating in an online discussion.

Disclaimer of Liability

Although the information contained in the Website is believed to be accurate and informative, the Town of Bon Accord makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the information contained in the Website or as to its suitability for the purpose for which you may wish to rely on it. As well, over time, some of the Information contained in the Website may become outdated. Any reliance on this Website shall be at your own risk.
The Website contains links to third party websites. The Town of Bon Accord does not endorse any products or services that may be referred to in or linked to, this Website and is not responsible for the content found on any other website that you might access through this one. Links to third party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you.

Indemnification of the Town of Bon Accord

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Town of Bon Accord, its officers, elected officials, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your use of the Website or your breach of the Terms of Use.

Entire Agreement

This Terms of Use as it may be amended from time to time and any and all other legal notices and policies on this Website constitute the entire agreement between you and the Town of Bon Accord with respect to the use of this Website and the information.