At the National Arts Centre, we respect your right to privacy and we understand that users of the NAC website need to be in control of their personal information. "Personal information" includes, but is not limited to, name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card information. The National Arts Centre does not sell, rent, swap or otherwise disclose any of this information.

1. Privacy
National Arts Centre Privacy Statement - The National Arts Centre is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our websites. All personal information you do provide is protected under the Privacy Act of the Government of Canada.

2. Collection of Personal Information
Certain applications on the NAC website may require users to register or to provide personal information in order to make a commerce transaction or to subscribe to a newsletter. Such personal information is not shared or sold to third parties. If we request demographic information we will not share that information about you as an individual with any other entity.

3. Mailing Lists
If you provide your email address the National Arts Centre may contact you periodically with special offers, updated information and new services. Any emails sent to you by the NAC offer you the option of being removed from the electronic mailing list.

Selected applications on our website allow visitors to subscribe to our e- newsletter by providing the NAC with their name and address. If you provide the NAC with your mailing address or telephone number, the NAC, in addition to sending you the NAC e-newsletter, may also use this information to alert you to updated information and services.

4. Storage of Information
Personal information is stored in our database and in hard copy files. Only authorized National Arts Centre personnel have access to this information.

5. Use of Information
The National Arts Centre uses personal information to improve our service to patrons and to expand our community. Primarily this includes:

• Mailings (by post or electronic) and/or phone calls to provide information about tickets and donations
• Mailings (by post or electronic) and/or phone calls to thank supporters and issue tax receipts
• Mailings (by post or electronic) and/or phone calls to invite supporters to special events
• Mailings (by post or electronic) and/or phone calls to sell subscriptions and  tickets and to solicit donations

6. Financial Information
The National Arts Centre will protect any personal financial information that you share with us. If you make a purchase on-line, we will use your credit card number only to process your payment and will not use it for marketing purposes. For reasons of security, we do not store credit card information on our web server. We doretain order information for our records, but this information is never shared with third parties.

7. Disclaimers - External Hyperlinks
The National Arts Centre's websites provide additional resources by way of links to external websites. The National Arts Centre is not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or currency of the information contained on the external sites, nor is the National Arts Centre responsible for the quality, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose of products or services available on external sites.

8. Copyright
All rights reserved. Permission is granted to copy electronically and to print in hard copy for personal and educational use only. No part of this information may be reproduced, modified, or redistributed in any form or by any means, for any purposes other than those noted above (including sales), without the prior written permission of the National Arts Centre.

9. Official Languages
The National Arts Centre's websites are bound by the Official Languages Act of the Government of Canada and relevant Treasury Board policies. The NAC's website information is available in both French and English. However, users should be aware that some information on external sites to which this site links, is available only in the language in which it was produced.

10. Cookies
Certain applications in the NAC website invoke a standard feature found in browser software, called a "cookie." We use cookies only to track the progress of e-commerce transactions and to allow site users to move from one page to the next without having to re-enter personal order information. We do not use cookies to track user sessions, and we do not use or share information transferred through cookies with third parties for marketing or other purposes.

If you have any questions or concerns about this disclosure statement or the practices of the NAC website you can contact us at info@nac-cna.ca

Please note: The official corporate National Arts Centre privacy policy is currently being developed and will be released at a later date.