InterGovWorld.com Online Privacy
Statement
Effective December 1, 2005 INTERGOVWORLD.COM'S COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
This Online Privacy Statement is designed to inform you
of our practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure
of information you may provide via InterGovWorld.com.
Our Privacy Policy follows the Canadian Standards Association
Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information and
complies with federal and provincial privacy laws including
the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (PIPEDA). A summary of the ten principles
of fair information practices on which the Privacy Policy
is based is included at the end of this Privacy Statement. Please read this Privacy Statement completely
before using or submitting information via this site. PRIVACY QUESTIONS AND ACCESS
InterGovWorld.com is a Web site owned by its parent company,
IT World Canada Inc.
This site is maintained by:
InterGovWorld.com b IT World Canada
302-55 Town Centre Court
Scarborough, ON, M1P 4X4
Tel: 416-290-0240
Fax: 416-290-0238
If you have a question about this statement, contact IT
World Canada's Privacy Officer by mail at the above address,
by phone at 1-800-565-4007, or e-mail privacy@itworldcanada.com
You can also contact us at this address if you have a question
about InterGovWorld.com's handling of your information,
if you wish to obtain a copy of information you have provided
to us, or if you become aware that information you have
provided is incorrect and would like us to correct it.
Before we can provide information or correct any inaccuracies,
however, we may ask you to verify your identity and other
details that will help us to respond to your request. We
will endeavour to respond within a reasonable timeframe.
CONSENT
By using InterGovWorld.com, you are accepting the terms
of this Privacy Statement. Whenever you submit information
via this site, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure
of that information, personal or otherwise, as described
in this Privacy Statement.
SITE REGISTRATION
The Web site InterGovWorld.com provides news, unbiased
news analysis, aggregated content, and other information
primarily intended to support Canadian public sector workers.
InterGovWorld.com does not charge a fee for visitors to
access the site's content; instead, as with many Web sites,
revenue is generated through advertising and sponsorships.
Our advertisers and sponsors have a reasonable expectation
that visitors to the site are genuine and meet certain
minimum qualifications in the field we serve. Much of the
site's content is, therefore, offered only to registered
users. Information collected through the registration process
is used by InterGovWorld.com to verify the professional
profile of visitors.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience
that respects and protects your personal privacy choices
and concerns. Personally identifying information is collected
by InterGovWorld.com only when you specifically and knowingly
provide it.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Beyond the site registration described previously, InterGovWorld.com
collects and uses your personal information primarily for
the purpose of providing you with the products and services
you have requested from us, along with related content
and delivery of electronic newsletters
The information we collect is also used to communicate
with you about your InterGovWorld.com account, and to provide
you with information related to other InterGovWorld.com
products and services.
All e-mails sent to subscribers clearly identify the source
of the e-mail as InterGovWorld.com.
Subscribers may elect not to receive e-mail from third
parties when e-mail information is collected, and in response
to any e-mail received. Subscribers may change their preferences
at any time by e-mail to InterGovWorld.com circulation@itworldcanada.com or
by calling the circulation department at 1-613-475-3217.
If you have indicated that you are interested in receiving
offers or information from selected InterGovWorld.com sponsors
or advertisers, your personal information would also be
used by InterGovWorld.com to contact you or to send you
e-mail materials and other mailings on their behalf. Your
personal information is never shared with third parties.
The information submitted by them is fully screened by
InterGovWorld.com and must, in our judgment, be of value
to the consumer. However, you always have the option to
tell us not to send offers for other products or services.
If you enter a contest or participate in other promotional
activities offered by InterGovWorld.com, your personal
information will be used to administer the promotion, including
the use of your name and selected other information for
the purposes of contacting, announcing and promoting the
winners of the promotion.
InterGovWorld.com may also contact you from time to time
to conduct research and surveys in our ongoing effort to
improve our product and service offerings, or to invite
your editorial comments for articles being developed for
publication.
InterGovWorld.com will not release your personal information
to a third party without your authorization unless required
to by law or in the good-faith belief that such action
is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law
or to comply with a legal process serviced on our Web site.
InterGovWorld.com will only ask you to provide personal
information that we need, when we need it. We will always
explain why we need the information and what we intend
to do with it.
We will seek your prior consent to the collection, use
and disclosure of personally identifying information and
you can refuse such consent. You may also withdraw your
consent at a later time by giving us reasonable notice.
We will notify you in advance of any change in our intent
for the use or disclosure of your personally identifying
information.
Your personal information will not be used for any other
purpose without your consent.
DISCLOSURE
In order to effectively provide the products and services
you have requested, InterGovWorld.com may share your personal
information with selected third parties who act on our
behalf as suppliers or service providers. Information provided
to third parties in these circumstances may only be used
for the stated purpose. It is our practice to require third
party suppliers to handle information in a manner consistent
with InterGovWorld.com's policies.
SUPPLEMENTING INFORMATION
From time to time we may supplement information you give
us via our Web site with information we acquire from other
sources, such as information to validate your address,
or company information available through sources such as
business directories. This is to help us maintain consistency
and accuracy of the information we collect and to help
us provide a better service.
NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
Our Web server logs information about visitors that is
not personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information
include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the
type of computer operating system you are using, and the
domain name of the Web site from which you linked to our
site or advertisement.
Also, when we collect personal data from you in a transaction,
we may extract some information about that transaction
in a non-identifiable format and combine it with other
non-identifiable information. This information is used
and analyzed only at an aggregate level to help us: understand
trends and patterns; improve the content and design of
the InterGovWorld.com Web site; to enable our audit bureau
to verify our claims of traffic to the site; and, to help
advertisers and potential advertisers assess the suitability
of the site for their advertising campaigns. This information
is not reviewed at an individual level.
LINKS TO NON-INTERGOVWORLD.COM WEB SITES
While InterGovWorld.com will seek to require third parties
with whom it has agreements to follow appropriate privacy
policies, we do not bear any responsibility for any actions
or policies of such third parties.
This site contains links to other sites not owned or controlled
by InterGovWorld.com. InterGovWorld.com is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
InterGovWorld.com users should be aware that when they
voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g., user name,
e-mail address) in discussion forums that such information
could be collected and used by others that do not follow
our strict privacy guidelines and may result in unsolicited
messages from other posters or parties.
THE 10 PRINCIPLES OF FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES - Accountability: An organization is
responsible for personal information under its custody
and shall designate an individual or individuals who
are accountable for the organization's compliance with
the following principles.
- Identifying Purposes: The purposes
for which personal information is collected shall be
identified by the organization at or before the time
the information is collected.
- Consent: The knowledge and consent
of the individual are required for the collection, use
or disclosure of personal information, except where inappropriate.
- Limiting Collection: The collection
of personal information shall be limited to that which
is necessary for the purposes identified by the organization.
Information shall be collected by fair and lawful means.
- Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention: Personal
information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes
other than those for which it was collected, except with
the consent of the individual or as required by law.
Personal information shall be retained only as long as
necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
- Accuracy: Personal information shall
be as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary
for the purposes for which it is to be used.
- Safeguards: Personal information shall
be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the
sensitivity of the information.
- Openness: An organization shall make
readily available to individuals specific information
about its policies and practices relating to the management
of personal information.
- Individual Access: Upon request, an
individual shall be informed of the existence, use and
disclosure of his or her personal information, and shall
be given access to that information. An individual shall
be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of
the information and have it amended as appropriate.
Challenging Compliance: An
individual shall be able to address a challenge concerning
compliance with the above principles to the designated
individual or individuals accountable for the organization's
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