| Your privacy is of utmost importance to the Provincial
Emergency Program’s (PEP) AdventureSmart project. Any personal
information that you provide to us through, or on, our websites
will be governed by this privacy policy (the "Policy").
Therefore, it is important that you read and understand this Policy
prior to providing any personal information about yourself.
PEP has established policies and procedures to comply with this
Policy, and has designated one or more persons accountable for compliance
to it.
The Privacy Officer designated by PEP can be contacted by email
at contact@adventuresmart.ca;
by telephone at 250-952-4913; or by mail at Provincial Emergency
Program, PO Box 9201, STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC V8W 9J1. All submissions
should be directed to the attention of the Privacy Officer.
Personal information is information that distinctively refers to
you, such as your name, address, birth date, gender, marital status,
financial information etc. Keep in mind that if you identify yourself
as an employee of an organization, your name, title, business address
or business telephone number would not be considered personal information.
You may decide that you would prefer that we do not use or disclose
your personal information for PEP related marketing purposes or
as otherwise noted in this Privacy Policy (excepting legal and/or
contractual obligations. If you choose to "opt-out", you
will no longer have access to information that may be of value to
you. However, if you wish to "opt-out", you may do so
at any time by contacting us. Please see above for contact information.
Be assured that your decision to "opt-out" will not affect
your business relationship with us.
Within our website, you may be asked to provide personal information
about yourself. PEP will collect personal information only when
you voluntarily provide it. Be assured that the personal information
you provide remains strictly confidential and will be used or disclosed
only for the purposes for which it was collected and will not be
used or disclosed for any other reason unless you have given us
consent to do so.
We collect personal information for registration on our mailing
list, for eligibility to participate in a contest, survey or promotion,
or simply for informing you of upcoming events or special offers.
The personal information you provide will only be collected and
used for the purposes that have been identified.
We do, however, discourage you from sending any sensitive personal
information (that is, credit card information) via regular email.
PEP will not knowingly encourage children under the age of 13 to
register at its website.
The information that you provide to us will only be used by PEP
and our respective related and/or affiliated branches. It will assist
us in providing products and services to you that will benefit you
as a valued customer. Under limited circumstances, we may also be
required to disclose personal information to comply with the law.
In order to allow you easy and convenient access to our website,
certain non-identifiable information is collected, as described
below. We may share this information with our website providers
to allow us to continually improve our website.
During each and every visit to our website, we will collect non-identifiable
information by tracking Internet Protocol (IP) addresses on an aggregate
basis. IP addresses do not track personal information about you.
They simply allow us to monitor how our site is being used and what
information is being accessed. PEP will use this information to
ensure its website remains useful and convenient, in order to meet
and satisfy your needs.
At your request, we will let you know what personal information
we have in our possession about you, what it is being used for,
and to whom it has been disclosed. We will also provide you with
access to your personal information that is in our possession, however,
some exceptions may apply. We will respond to your inquiry within
thirty (30) days. There may be reasonable costs associated with
your request. Please direct your request to the Privacy Officer
as noted above.
PEP will keep the personal information in its possession accurate,
complete, current and relevant, based on the most recent information
available to us. If you have provided information about yourself,
in order to receive emails or product mailings, and would like to
modify your information, please call 250-952-4913 or by mail to
Provincial Emergency Program, PO Box 9201, STN PROV GOVT, Victoria,
BC V8W 9J1.
PEP will retain your personal information for as long as necessary
to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected and to comply
with applicable laws.
Even though our website may include links to other websites, outside
of PEP, we are not responsible for the content, links or privacy
practices of those sites. We provide access to these linked sites
for your convenience only and you access them at your own risk.
However, we will welcome any comments you may have regarding these
linked websites.
PEP has developed policies and procedures to respond to individual
complaints and questions relating to privacy. We will investigate
and attempt to resolve all complaints. We will respond to your inquiry
within 30 days. Please be advised that there may be a reasonable
cost associated with your request. Should you have any questions
or concerns about our privacy policy please contact our Privacy
Officer as noted above.
We welcome your comments and emails but please note that any information,
including but not limited to suggestions, ideas or submissions you
make through and onto any PEP website will become the exclusive
property of PEP.
By visiting our website you are agreeing to our privacy policy as
outlined above. PEP reserves the right to change this Policy from
time to time and will provide notice of any significant changes
on this website.
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