FBC Website Privacy Policy

As of December, 2024

The Fraser Basin Council (FBC) is committed to upholding a high standard of privacy with respect to personal information collected on our website. This document describes our commitment and practices to meet the standards set by the BC’s Personal Information Protection Act.

Personal Information

We will only collect personal information through our website that you voluntarily provide or authorize, in compliance with the BC’s Personal Information Protection Act.

Personal information refers to identifiable information about a specific individual and does not refer to business contact information.

Our Privacy Commitments

We take following steps to ensure your privacy is respected in visiting our site:

  • We will collect and use personal information you provide to us only for the purpose(s) specified in the collection of that information, such as your participation or intended participation in a program, event or service.
  • Personal information that you provide through our website is confidential. We won’t copy, modify, disclose or share with it third parties other than for the limited purposes specified in its collection or as required by law.
  • We will take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information, which includes appropriate precautions to guard and protect your information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access.
  • Disclosure of information to a third party may be necessary, such as when the Fraser Basin Council serves in program administration in cooperation with a government or other body. We may also need to disclose personal information to safeguard the security of the site such as in the case of malicious attacks.
  • We will honour your request that personal information collected be removed from our records, subject to any program administration, audit or other legal requirements for its retention.
  • We collect data on on website use and traffic. This data is reviewed in the form of anonymous statistics and used for website analytics and improvement of the site.

Collection of Personal Information

We may collect information about our website users through:

  • Website cookies and data analytics
  • Website forms or other interactions through which a website user provides personal information such as application and registration forms, document submissions (e.g. job applications) and other forms or surveys.

Website Forms

Personal information collected through a form, such as a program or event registration form, newsletter subscription form, opinion survey or any other form will be subject to our commitments for protection of personal data. Forms may alternatively (or in addition) be subject to other privacy policies, such as the Canada Helps donation form, which processes donations on our behalf.

Web Analytics

Web analytics help us understand how our website is performing, how it is being used and what content is of most interest to our audiences. We use Google Analytics to monitor website usage and review only non-identifiable data about our users such as:

  • Operating system and web browser
  • Date and time of a visit or repeat visit
  • Time spent on our website
  • Pages or services accessed during a visit
  • Paths to accessing our website (e.g., via internet search or the internet address that referred you to our website)
  • The internet address of the next website visited upon leaving our website

The Internet Protocol (IP) network domain name (e.g., shaw.ca) and address (e.g., 192.10.100.20) of the computer you are using may be noted within a web analytics platform. IP address and domain are identifiers that may be used to distinguish between users and identify your internet service provider or your computer itself. Such IP addresses are made anonymous within the analytics platform and are not part of the statistics we review.

Cookies

We use “cookies” technology on this website. Cookies are small information files that your web browser places on your computer to store information about a website and your browsing preferences and to allow the generation of website analytics through analytics tools.

Our site allows authorization and customization of cookies to respect your preferences. Some basic cookies provide essential function and ensure the website performs correctly, such as chosen language, location and website navigation history.

If you reject certain cookies, you may still be able use this site, but you may be limited in the use of some of its features.

We do not use cookies to view or use the personal information of individual website users.

Use of Web Data

Data collected through web analytics tools will be used only to assess general visitor trends and preferences in browsing our website and will be used to improve the functionality and value of the site.  We work with trusted third parties that assist in website hosting, maintenance and related services to improve our website.

Third parties that assist us and act on our behalf in operating our website are chosen with care, and with privacy and personal information protection in mind. The website and, when possible, related services store data on servers in Canada or have policies to respect the privacy of user information.

Third-Party Links

Our website features links to other websites, newsletters and social media channels that may be of interest to our site visitors. These websites and channels have their own privacy policies that we strongly encourage you to read and understand these before exploring their web pages. We do not assume responsibility for privacy policies and data collection of third-party websites or services.

Learn More

This web page explains use of personal information specific to this website. If you have questions or concerns regarding privacy protection generally at the Fraser Basin Council, please submit a question or comment to the FBC Privacy Officer via info@fraserbasin.ca.