The personal information you provide to the RDKB is being collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used only for the purpose of processing RDKB business. If you have any questions about the collection of your personal information, please contact our Freedom of Information Protection of Privacy Officer at (250) 368-9148 or foi@rdkb.com.

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary site and governs data collection and usage. By using the RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary does not read any of your private online communications.

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary collects and uses your personal information to operate the RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Web site and deliver the services you have requested. RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and its affiliates. RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, in order to determine what RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary pages, or register with RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary site or services, a cookie helps RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is protecting your information.

Contact Information

RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has not adhered to this Statement, please contact RDKB - Regional District of Kootenay Boundary at webmaster@rdkb.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.