Privacy Statement
STATEMENT: The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, ("ABCA") acknowledges and honors the privacy of users of this ABCA Internet Web site. You can visit this ABCA Internet Web site without telling ABCA who you are. ABCA does not require your personal information to obtain access to this Internet Web site. However, you may choose to give ABCA personal information about yourself, such as your name, address, phone number, and email address. When you provide ABCA with such data or other information about yourself, ABCA will act in a responsible manner. ABCA will make a sincere effort to respond in a timely manner to your requests to correct inaccuracies in the personal information that you provide to ABCA. ABCA may store, use, and disclose personal information as authorized or required by applicable law, including making disclosures that are necessary or advisable to: (1) protect the rights, health, safety, or property of ABCA or others; (2) allow for lawful security related investigations or law enforcement investigations; and (3) comply with applicable laws, regulations, or other lawful requirements. Except as stated above, ABCA will not transfer, exchange, license, sell, lease, or otherwise disclose your personal information without your approval; however, ABCA may collect and/or provide aggregate statistics about ABCA's Internet Web site and Internet Web site users to other parties. In viewing this Internet Web site, ABCA may collect certain anonymous information from you such as: the domain name of the site providing you with Internet access; your Internet protocol address used to connect your computer to the internet; your browser type; your type of operating system; the time you spend surfing the ABCA Internet Web site; the specific pages that you view at this Web site; and other items that assist ABCA in administering this Web site. When you view certain parts of this ABCA Internet Web site, information may be stored on the hard drive of your computer. This information may be in the form of a "cookie" or other technologies that will permit the adaptation of the ABCA Internet Web site to better reflect your particular interests, priorities, and preferences. A "cookie" is a piece of data that an Internet Web site transfers, via your browser, back to your computer's hard drive or other parts of your computer system to assist ABCA with its general Web site recordkeeping activities. Please note that this ABCA Internet Web site contains hyperlinks to other non-ABCA Internet Web sites and ABCA does not control or monitor the privacy policies of those sites. This ABCA Privacy Statement only applies to information collected and maintained by ABCA. ABCA reserves the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time by updating this Privacy Statement Web page. This Privacy Statement was last updated on March 2, 2009. Questions regarding this policy statement should be directed to: info@abca.on.ca
