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 the Department of the
Solicitor General of Canada are committed to respecting the personal
privacy of individuals who visit our Web sites. This page summarizes
the privacy policy and practices of the Department of the Solicitor
General of Canada Web sites.
The Department of the Solicitor General of 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 Department
of the Solicitor General of 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.
Department of the Solicitor General of 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 SGC 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. The Department of
the Solicitor General of 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 (Netscape, 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 Netscape Navigator 3.x, you can choose whether
or not to accept a cookie by:
- Going to Options, choose Network Preferences then select
Protocols.
- Select "Show an alert before accepting a cookie".
In Navigator versions 4 and 6, under Edit you can refuse cookies
entirely by setting an option in the Advanced section of the
Preferences.
Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the
administration of the Privacy Act
in the Department of the Solicitor General of Canada may be directed
to the Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator by e-mail to atip.aiprp@sgc.gc.ca or
by calling (613) (613) 991-2800. 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 the
Department of the Solicitor General of 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 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 the Department of the Solicitor
General of Canada. We ask only that:
- Users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the
materials reproduced;
- The Department of the Solicitor General of Canada 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 the Department of the Solicitor
General of Canada.
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:
The Department of the Solicitor General of Canada
Communications
340 Laurier Avenue West,
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A OR5
(613) 991-2800
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