IMPORTANT NOTICES
Government of Canada Privacy Statement
Official Languages Notice
Hyperlinking Notice
Copyright/Permission to Reproduce
Government of Canada Privacy Statement
The Government of Canada (GoC) and Public Safety Canada (PS) are committed to respecting
the personal privacy of individuals who visit our Web sites. This page summarizes
the privacy policy and practices of Public Safety Canada Web sites.
Public Safety Canada does not automatically gather any personal information from
you, such as your name, phone number, e-mail or street address during your visit
to its Web sites. This information is only obtained if you supply it voluntarily,
usually through contacting us via e-mail, or registering in a secure portion of
the site.
All personal information you do provide is protected under the federal Privacy Act.
This means that, at the point of collection, you will be informed that your personal
information is being collected, the purpose for which it is being collected and
that you have a right of access to the information.
Visitor information is not disclosed to anyone except Public Safety Canada personnel
who need the information to respond to a request. The information you give us will
be shared with another government department ONLY if your inquiry relates to that
department. We do not use the information to create individual profiles, nor do
we disclose the information to anyone outside those who need to provide you with
a response in the federal government.
Public Safety Canada Web sites sometimes deposit cookies on visitor's computers.
Cookies are commonly used tool to enable Web developers to fine-tune the site based
on user-activity trends. The cookies store information about your computer as reflected
below. They act as a generic label to allow us to tell how you navigate within our
site, which helps us to determine how we might improve it.
The cookies are set to reside on your computer for a number of years as imposed
by the Internet Server technology which PS uses for its Web sites. Cookies are used
to help us understand Web site traffic. Information collected with the assistance
of cookies is stored in standard Web server log files and log reports are generated
on a monthly basis.
As well, cookies can store information visitors may provide about what is or isn't
important to them, assisting us in focussing our efforts on information you need.
For this type of cookie you will be explicitly asked to provide the information,
you will be given the choice of doing so, and your ability to use the site will
not be dependent on your choice.
Here is the list of information we collect during your visit on our site:
- The name of your Internet service provider, its IP address, and the name of your
service provider's server. Public Safety Canada makes no attempt to link these addresses
with the identity of individuals visiting our site;
- The length of each visit;
- The number of requests per visit;
- Your type of operating system (Windows, Macintosh, Unix, etc.); and,
- Your browser type (Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.).
We do not link this information with any of the information you voluntarily provide
when you visit our site without explicit notification to the contrary.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your hard drive. During your visit
to any Web site your browser exchanges information with the Web site's server. Cookies
facilitate this exchange by reminding the server which computer is making the request.
You do not need to accept cookies to visit our site.
You can set your browser to detect and reject cookies.
If you use Internet Explorer:
- Choose the Tools menu entry, then Internet Options.
- Select the Security tab, then click the zone you'd like to change, followed by the
Custom button.
- Scroll down to the header titled Cookies, and choose how you'd like to handle cookies.
You can choose to accept cookies from all sites, refuse to accept any, or be prompted
whenever a site wants to send you a cookie.
If you are using Firefox, you can choose whether or not to accept
a cookie by:
- Going to Tools, choose Options then select Privacy.
- Choose how you'd like to handle cookies with the option "Accept cookies from sites".
For less common browsers, please refer to the browser help contents
Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy
Act at Public Safety Canada may be directed to Access to Information and
Privacy Administrative Services by e-mail to
Louise.Cormier@ps.gc.ca or by calling 613-949-0360. If you are not satisfied
that we have adequately respected your privacy, you may wish to contact the Office
of the Privacy Commissioner by calling 1-800-282-1376 or via the Internet at
www.privcom.gc.ca.
Official Languages Notice
The Office of the Correctional Investigator respects the Official Languages Act
and the relevant Treasury Board policies, and is committed to ensuring all information
and services on this site is available in both English and French (or in one language
only if a unilingual office). However, users should be aware that some information
from external sources that are not subject to the Official Languages Act is only
provided as a convenience and is available only in the language in which it was
provided.
Hyperlinking Notice
Links to Web sites not under the control of the Government of Canada (GoC) are provided
solely for the convenience of users. The GoC is not responsible for the accuracy,
currency or the reliability of the content. The GoC does not offer any guarantee
in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links,
nor does it endorse the sites and their content.
Users should be aware that information offered by non-GoC sites that are not subject
to the Official Languages Act and to which the Office of the Correctional Investigator
links, may be available only in the language(s) used by the sites in question.
Copyright/Permission to Reproduce
Materials on this Web site were produced and/or compiled by Public Safety Canada
for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to information about the
programs and services offered by the Government of Canada.
The material on this site is covered by the provisions of the
Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international
agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific
instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.
Non-commercial Reproduction
- Information on this Web site has been posted with the intent that it be readily available for personal or public non-commercial use and may be reproduced, in part or in whole, and by any means, without charge or further permission, unless otherwise specified.
- Exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced;
- Indicate both the complete title of the materials reproduced, as well as the author organization; and
- Indicate that the reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and that the reproduction has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
- Unless otherwise specified, this authorization is also applicable to all published information regardless of its format.
Commercial Reproduction
Reproduction of multiple copies of materials on this site, in whole or in part,
for the purposes of commercial redistribution is prohibited except with written
permission from the Government of Canada's copyright administrator, Public Works
and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). Through the permission-granting process,
PWGSC helps to ensure that individuals / organizations wishing to reproduce Government
of Canada materials for commercial purposes have access to the most accurate, up-to-date
versions. To obtain permission to reproduce materials on this site for commercial
purposes, please go to PWGSC's "Applying
for Copyright Clearance on Government of Canada Works" page.
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Publishing and Depository Services
350 Albert Street, 4th Floor
Ottawa, ON
Canada
K1A 0S5 or
Copyright.Droitdauteur@pwgsc.gc.ca
Third-party Materials
Some of the materials and graphical elements found on Government of Canada Web sites
are subject to copyrights held by other organizations. This is particularly true
of sites that are jointly operated by a Government of Canada institution and an
external organization as part of a collaborative arrangement. In such cases, some
restrictions on the reproduction of materials or graphical elements may apply and
it may be necessary to seek permission from the rights holder prior to reproducing
the material.
To obtain information concerning copyright ownership and restrictions on reproduction
on this site, please contact:
Public Safety Canada
Communications
269 Laurier Ave,
Ottawa, Canada
K1A OP8
613-991-3301