The Township of Uxbridge (“the Township”) and Central Counties Tourism (“CCT”) respect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals who visit our website – discoveruxbridge.ca (“the Site”). This Privacy Policy outlines the information which The Township and CCT will collect from you on the Site and how The Township and CCT will use that information.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this posting. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean you accept those changes.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BY THE TOWNSHIP AND CCT

The Township and CCT routinely collect, compile, and report statistics and information reflecting the use of the The Township and CCT website and information services in order to enhance membership services, advertising services, improve marketing and promotional efforts, analyze The Township and CCT website usage, improve The Township and CCT’s website content and layout, generate aggregate reports on trends, interests and behaviour and enhance service offerings.

(A) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

The Township and CCT reserves the right to share general demographic information with advertisers or potential advertisers; however, profiles of individual users are not shared, unless users expressly request information from our members or request information from our site.

If you are under 18, be sure to obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission before you send any information about yourself (your name, address, e-mail address, etc.) to us or anyone else over the Internet. We encourage parents to get involved with their children’s online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating.

(B) INFORMATION COLLECTED BY “COOKIES”

Like most major websites, we use cookies to better understand how our site is used, to make sure our ads and dynamic content are served correctly, and to improve the performance of our site for our users, particularly the way search pages are delivered.

 

The general information we gather through the use of cookies may be included in the overall traffic reports that we share with our advertisers, who help make it possible for us to bring you the www.discoveruxbridge.ca website.

The Township and CCT engage third party information management service providers to help maintain efficient operations. Because such information management service providers may access our systems, such information management service providers may have access to your information. The Township and CCT do not transfer or relinquish ownership of information maintained about you within The Township and CCT systems and databases to such information management service providers but requires these information management service providers to sign confidentiality agreements to keep all confidential information and other proprietary information found in our systems confidential.

ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS

We offer free, electronic newsletters, updates and e-mail reminders as a service, based upon your voluntary subscription. You will only receive an electronic newsletter if you have requested it (opted-in). We do not share our mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers or partners.

CONTESTS

Users participating in The Township and CCT contests may be required to submit varying degrees of personal information, depending upon the nature of the particular contest. The specific information to be collected and how it will be used will be disclosed in the general contest rules and regulations and/or in the referring contest page or newsletter. The names, addresses and photograph or likeness of contest winners may be reproduced on the site or in other advertising materials.

SURVEYS

From time to time, The Township and CCT will conduct online surveys for internal purposes or for third parties, to gather general information about users and/or their views. Participation in these surveys is voluntary; no information will be collected except that which is knowingly supplied by the user. Identifying Personal Information will not be shared.

QUESTIONS?

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or any of The Township and CCT’s use of your information, please contact tourism@town.uxbridge.on.ca or phone 905.852.0400