Important notices
Privacy
Statement
The Government of Canada and Canada Economic Development are committed to
providing visitors with web sites that respect their privacy. This page
summarizes the privacy policy and practices on Canada Economic Development's Web
site.
CED does not automatically gather any specific personal
information from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address. 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 created, held or collected by this department is
protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that at any point of collection you will be asked for
consent to collect your information, and you will be informed of the purpose for
which it is being collected and how to exercise your right of access to that
information.
CED employs software programs to monitor network traffic
to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise
cause damage. This software receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP)
address of the computer that has contacted our web site, the date and time of
the visit and the pages visited. We make no attempt to link these addresses with
the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the
site has been detected.
Our site uses «cookies», which are a commonly used tool
to enable Web site administrators to fine-tune the site based on user-activity
trends. The information we gather tells us how you navigate within our
site and indicates how we might improve it as well. For example, our site
is set up to operate with both Netscape and Internet Explorer. «Cookies»
inform our server of which browser you are using and display the page set up to
operate with it. «Cookies» can show us what information is important to
our visitors, and what isn't. We can discard web pages you don't use, and
focus our efforts on information you need.
Here is the
list of information that we are collecting:
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The name of
your Internet service provider, its IP address, and the name of your
service provider's server. Canada Economic Development makes no attempt to link these addresses with
the identity of individuals visiting our site;
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The length of each visit;
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The number of requests per visit;
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Your type of
operating system (Windows, Macintosh, Unix, etc.) and,
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Your browser type (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.).
We do not link this information with any of the information
you voluntarily provide when you visit out site.
«Cookies» store information within a session (or
visit to our web site). During your visit to our site your
browser exchanges information with our Web server. «Cookies» facilitate this exchange by reminding the
server which computer is making the request.
«Cookies» do not give the web site access to anything
else on your system, including any private information about you. Also, only the web
site that placed the «cookie» can retrieve it.
You can set
your browser to detect and reject cookies.
If you use Internet Explorer:
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Choose
the Tools menu entry, then Internet Options.
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Select the Privacy
tab, then click on the Advance button.
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Choose how you'd like to handle «cookies».
If you are using Netscape Navigator, you can choose whether
or not to accept a cookie by:
Information on individual visitors is used by Canada
Economic Development employees who need to know the information in order to
respond to your request or to ensure the security of this system. We only share
the information you give us with another government department if your inquiry
relates to that department. We do not use the information to create individual
profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside the federal
government.
Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the
administration of the Privacy Act
in CED may be directed to Andrée Narbonne
by e-mail or by calling (514) 283-8418 or writing: Andrée Narbonne, Canada Economic Development -
Head Office, Tour de la Bourse, 800 Victoria Square, Suite 3800, P.O. Box 247,
Montréal, Québec H4Z 1E8. If you are not satisfied with our response to your
privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at
http://www.privcom.gc.ca.
Copyright / Permission to Reproduce
Material on this web site were produced and/or compiled by Canada Economic
Development 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 site has been posted with the intent that it be readily
available for personal and public non-commercial use and may be reproduced, in
part or in whole and by any means, without charge or further permission from
Canada Economic Development. We ask only that:
- Users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy
of the materials reproduced;
- Canada Economic Development be identified as the
source department; and
- The reproduction is not represented as an official version of the
materials reproduced, nor as having been made, in affiliation with or with the
endorsement of Canada Economic Development.
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 ensure
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.
or contact:
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Publishing and Depository Services
350 Albert Street, 4th
Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0S5
or
copyright.droitdauteur@pwgsc.gc.ca
Third-party Materials
Some of the materials and graphical elements found
on Canada Economic Development 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.
Disclaimer
Some of the information in the web site has been provided by external
sources. Canada Economic Development is not responsible for the accuracy,
reliability or currency of the information provided by external sources.
Users wishing to rely upon this information should consult directly with the
source of the information.
Official Languages
Canada Economic Development respects the Official Languages Act and
relevant Treasury Board policies, and is committed to ensuring all information
on this site is available in both French and English. However, users
should be aware that some information from external sources is available only in
the language in which it was provided.
CommunAction.ca
Official Language Minority Communities are encouraged to
consult the CommunAction.ca
Web site, which was developed to target their specific needs. This
is a quick way to find information on the Government of Canada's local
and economic development support programs and services. The site is also an
important source of information on the Industry Portfolio as well as a portal to
other sites of interest to communities.
Hyperlinking Notice:
The Canada Economic Development departmental Web site contains
links to third party sites. Canada Economic Development provides these
links only as a service and convenience to our visitors. We take no
responsibility for the content at third party sites and a link to them in no way
implies an endorsement or recommendation of the products, services or
information found there.
A third party site may have a privacy policy different from that of the
Canada Economic Development departmental Web site and may provide less
security than the Canada Economic Development Web site.
Canada Economic Development disclaims all liability with regard to your
access to linked web sites. When you link to sites external to the
Canada Economic Development departmental Web site, you do so at your own
risk.
Canada Economic Development makes every effort to ensure that our links
to third party Web sites lead to content that is accessible and available in
both official languages. However, that is not always feasible or possible.
Canada Economic Development reserves the right to regularly review and
re-evaluate any and all links and reserves the right to terminate any link
without prior notification.
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