Community & Leisure Services Privacy Policy

OVERVIEW

The Community & Leisure Services Department (CLS) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy explains how we protect your privacy as a user of our services or as a visitor to our websites located at: www.humboldt.ca and https://app.bookking.ca/humboldtpub

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information refers to information that identifies you such as your name and address. At various places throughout our websites you are asked to voluntarily provide us with personal information if you wish to purchase products, you wish to obtain other services, or you wish to participate in a contest. The following is a list of the ways that CLS collects personal information from you: Online Surveys: In order to better understand our customers' needs, occasionally we may ask visitors on our website(s) to provide us with personal information about their preferences about participating in events, availability of programs, and accessibility of facilities. Online Contests: From time to time, we sponsor games and sweepstakes online. To participate, we ask for your name, address, and email address so we can notify you if you win. We may ask for other information that pertains to the theme or topic of the game or sweepstakes itself. These online contests are optional. Helpdesk/Online Support: When you contact CLS by phone, we ask for your name and phone number. When you contact us over by email, we ask for your name, phone number, and email address. We may require further information in order to provide you with support. **The BookKing server also offers technical support over the Internet, by email, and by phone. But in most cases we will contact them on your behalf. We retain your support history in order to provide faster and more accurate assistance. This information is stored on an internal database which is only accessible by certain personnel and is password protected.

WHAT OTHER INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

CLS's website server(s) automatically collect the following non-personally identifiable information from visitors of our site(s): The Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, which is a number automatically assigned to your computer when you are surfing the Web; the IP Address of your Internet Service Provider; your browser and platform type (e.g. a Netscape browser on a Windows platform); the date and time you access our site(s); the sections of the website(s) you visit; as well as the pages read, images viewed, and certain content that you download from the website(s). We do not link any of the above information with information that is personally identifiable to you. This means that although your session on our website(s) are recorded, you remain anonymous to us. We collect this data in an aggregate format for a number of reasons. For example, the information about our visitors' browsers tells us what kind of browsers we need to support. Other information lets us know how many visitors come to our site and what sections are the most popular. In this way, we can constantly update and revise our website to be more appealing for our visitors. We do not share this aggregate data with third parties.

COOKIES

Our website may use "per-session cookies" on the pages of the CLS site(s). We may use per-session cookies to facilitate any future online purchases of products. Cookies enable our websites to save and retrieve information that you enter. You can also select cookies to save your login information for future Registrations, Memberships, or Facility Bookings. This use of cookies is optional and solely for your convenience.

HOW DOES CLS USE THE INFORMATION IT COLLECTS?

CLS uses the information that it collects to monitor user activity, to administer sweepstakes, and to provide you with services that you request such as Membership reminders and payment receipts. We use the information that we collect from online surveys to improve our products and our site. Any other uses of your personal information that are not identified here will be disclosed to you at the time of collection, and we will make all reasonable efforts to obtain your express consent for such other uses.

DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Within our organization, your personal information is accessible by certain CLS employees only on a need-to know basis. It is stored on databases which are only accessible by our customer and support personnel, and is password-protected. CLS does not give, rent, or sell personal information about its customers to third parties. However, in certain limited circumstances authorized by law, CLS may be required to disclose your personal information. Information provided to other third parties is used only for the purposes stipulated and is subject to strict confidentiality requirements. These parties may include: Agents acting on our behalf, such us companies performing maintenance on our system; Credit reporting agencies, in the event that we require verification of your credit information; Collection agencies, in the event that we need to collect overdue accounts; Law enforcement agencies, in case we are required by subpoena to provide such information to them; if CLS is ever involved in the sale or transfer of all or part of its business, CLS may disclose your personal information to the purchaser, however, we would require the purchaser to handle your personal information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy Regulatory bodies, in the event that our system is subject to a compliance audit.

CLS's PARTNERS

CLS has a number of partners, whose websites you can access from our website. Although we recommend them to you based on their reputation for providing safe and secure online purchasing of our products, we make no warranty about their goods and services, the content on their websites, or their protection of your personal information. This Policy does not apply to their activities and we encourage you to view their privacy policies and to contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information.

OUR PRIVACY POLICY AND CHILDREN

CLS uses best efforts to comply with the Canadian Marketing Association's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice in its marketing to children and teenagers, and in its online contests.

SAFEGUARDS

CLS uses security measures to ensure that the information that you provide to us through our websites and that we retain on file are secure from loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. These security measures include appropriate technologies, such as firewalls and fraud controls.

CODE OF CONDUCT

CLS makes all reasonable efforts to comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and has devised a Code of Conduct to in respect of its handling of your personal information: Accountability - We are responsible for personal information under our control and have designated persons accountable for our compliance with the Code of Conduct. Identifying purposes for collection of personal information - We shall identify the purposes for collection of personal information at or before the time the information is collected. Consent - We will only collect, use, and disclose personal information with your knowledge and consent, except where inappropriate. You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal/contractual restrictions, and reasonable notice. Limiting collection of personal information - We shall limit collection of personal information to what is necessary to fulfill the purposes identified, and such information shall be collected by fair and lawful means. Limiting use, disclosure, and retention of personal information - We shall not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with your consent or as required by law, and shall use our best efforts to retain personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfill those purposes. Accuracy of personal information - Personal information shall be accurate, complete, and up-to- date, but we shall not routinely update personal information, unless necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Safeguards for protecting personal information - We shall protect personal information by security safeguards which are appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. Public Access Accounts - Although the name implies that your account is public, that is not the case. What is means is that you now have access to your account online and can make changes and updates to that account. You can also request a facility booking, renew memberships, enroll in lessons and programs, and submit payments directly from your online account. Openness about policies and practices - We shall make readily available to you specific information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information. [This Privacy Policy is available for viewing at any time, and you must agree to it before accessing message forums]. Individual Access to your personal information - Upon request, we shall use our best efforts to inform you of the existence, use, and disclosure of your personal information. If you can demonstrate the inaccuracy or incompleteness of your personal information, we shall use our best efforts to amend the information as required. Challenging compliance - You shall be able to challenge our compliance with this Personal Information Code of Conduct to the designated person accountable for our compliance, as indicated below.

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

Due to the evolving nature of the technologies used by CLS to communicate with you, we may occasionally update this Policy. Please check this page periodically for changes.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, QUESTIONS, COMPLAINTS, OR COMMENTS

With certain exceptions, you are entitled to full access to your personal information that we have on file and you may request that the information be deleted, updated or otherwise modified. If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you have a complaint about our privacy practices, please contact us:
By email: communityleisureservices@humboldt.ca
By telephone: 306-682-2597