Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 5, 2006.

The Corporation of the County of Bruce is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information.

The Corporation of the County of Bruce will not collect your personal information on this web site without your knowledge. We will only collect information voluntarily provided by the user and undertake that such information will not be sold or made available to a third party.

Using Your Personal Information

The Corporation of the County of Bruce will use your personal information to fulfill your request. Information will only be shared with individuals who require it to fulfill your needs, which may include other departments within the Corporation of the County of Bruce. It will not be disclosed to anyone outside of the Corporation of the County of Bruce without first obtaining your consent.

Security of Your Personal Information

Your personal information will be stored on secured servers protected by this privacy statement. Some information is kept in hard copy and is stored in secure enclosures and areas.

Other Options

If you prefer not to share personal information online, you are welcome to contact us directly:

• via telephone at 519-534-5344 or 800-268-3838
• by fax at 519-534-2442
• by mail at Box 129, 578 Brown St., Wiarton ON, N0H 2T0 Canada
• in person at 578 Brown Street in Wiarton

Accessing Your Personal Information

Upon your request, the Corporation of the County of Bruce provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current.

Links

For your convenience, our web site provides links to other sites we think you might be of interest. Those web sites are created and maintained by other public and/or private sector organizations. If you use any of these links, you travel to an outside Web site. When you leave any Corporation of the County of Bruce web site our information management policies no longer apply.

Statistics Gathering

The Corporation of the County of Bruce uses software to receive and record the Internet Protocol (IP) address of each computer which has contacted our Web site. We also occasionally use "cookies*" to track how people use our web site. We do this to compile statistical information on traffic patterns and to assess the web site's efficiency to better serve you in the future.

*Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive to track how people use our web site by determining pages previously visited. The cookies used do not allow us to identify individuals.The system will notify you before any cookies are used so that you may refuse them. The refusal of cookies will not affect the web site's performance or restrict your ability to access information from this site.

The only instances where your personal information may be disclosed without your permission is when:

1. releasing such information is otherwise required by applicable law, statute, regulation, ordinance, or court order;
2. protecting and defending the rights and property of the Corporation of the County of Bruce
3. acting in critical conditions to protect the personal safety of the Corporation of County of Bruce employees or members of the public.

Changes to the Privacy Statement

The Corporation of the County of Bruce reserves the right to make changes to this privacy statement on occasion and at its sole discretion. When a change occurs, we will revise the last updated date at the top of the privacy statement.