Effective January 1, 2004, Colleges and Institutes Canada is required to comply with federal privacy legislation entitled the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Colleges and Institutes Canada (“CICan”) operates www.collegesinstitutes.ca and www.collegesinstituts.ca and places a high priority on protecting your privacy. It is CICan’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website(s). This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate CICan’s firm commitment to the privacy of our members and website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by the CICan’s website(s), www.collegesinstitutes.ca and www.collegesinstituts.ca and how this information is used.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, CICan collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. CICan’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how CICan’s visitors use its website. From time to time, CICan may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
CICan also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users. CICan only discloses logged in user and IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to CICan’s website choose to interact with CICan in ways that require CICan to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that CICan gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with CICan are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, CICan collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with CICan. CICan does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
CICan discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on CICan’s behalf or to provide services available at CICan’s website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. CICan’s will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, CICan discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when CICan believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of CICan, third parties or the public at large. CICan takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
How Your Information May Be Used
We use your personal information to provide members with personalized service; to send e-mail alerts to members; to answer member requests; etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. CICan may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website and does not disclose personally-identifying information.
Email Privacy
CICan does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.
Email and any attachments are being transmitted in confidence for the use of the individual(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, proprietary or exempt from disclosure. Any use not in accordance with its purpose, any distribution or any copying by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the material.
External Links
www.collegesinstitutes.ca and www.collegesinstituts.ca includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the collegesinstitutes.ca and collegesinstituts.ca domain, and CICan is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. CICan may use cookies to help CICan identify and track visitors, their usage of CICan website, and their website access preferences. CICan visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using CICan’s website, with the drawback that certain features of CICan’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Payment Data Collected
All credit card information is collected and sent to Colleges and Institutes Canada’s payment partner for use in payment approval and processing only. Colleges and Institutes Canada’s payment partner is Moneris. For further information on Moneris’s privacy policy, please see www.moneris.ca.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, CICan may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in CICan’s sole discretion. CICan encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Change log
No changes to date.