The Government of Alberta maintains this website to help the public
find information about the government, its programs, and its services.
The Public Affairs Bureau, which publishes and maintains the main
Government of Alberta website, is committed to ensuring your privacy
while you visit the site.
The Government of Alberta website connects you to the ministries and
organizations that make up the Government of Alberta. This privacy
statement covers the main Government of Alberta website (available at www.alberta.ca/), not the websites of individual departments.
Each ministry's or organization's website may have a different
privacy statement depending on the nature of its site. You should
review the privacy statement each time you submit personal information
on a website.
When you visit this website, our web server automatically collects a
limited amount of standard information essential to the operation and
evaluation of the Government of Alberta website. This information
includes:
- the page from which you arrived,
- the date and time of your page request,
- the IP address your computer is using to receive information,
- the type and version of your browser, and
- the name and size of the file you request.
This information helps us assess our information services and is
used only for this purpose. It is collected in compliance with section
33 (c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP)
Act.
This information is not used to identify individuals who come to the
website. None of this information is disclosed to other public bodies
or individuals.
The only information collected that is used to identify you is
information you give voluntarily. When you submit a question or
comment, you may be asked for your name, e-mail address, or other
information. When you sign up to receive an e-mail update of Government
of Alberta news releases, you will be asked for your e-mail address.
This information is only used to process and respond to your
question or comment, or to provide the e-mail update service, and is
collected in compliance with section 33 (c) of the Freedom of
Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act. This information is
not disclosed except to authorized personnel who need it to answer your
question or who manage the e-mail update list.
The personal information you submit is secure once it reaches the
government server. In transit between your computer and the server,
however, it may not be secure. If you would prefer to raise a comment
or question in person, please call 310-4455, toll free in the province
of Alberta.
Cookies
A cookie is a file that is placed on your hard drive with
your temporary internet files while you are visiting a website. We use
cookies to track how visitors use our site. We do not store personal
information in cookies, nor do we collect personal information from you
without your knowledge as you browse this site. We do use cookies to
aid in the collection of anonymous statistical information such as
browser type, screen size, traffic patterns and pages visited. This
information is then used to improve our service to you. If you wish,
you may change the settings on your web browser to deny cookies or to
warn you when cookies will be deposited.
Security
The government computer system uses software to monitor
unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or damage the
service we provide. No attempt is made to identify users or their usage
patterns except during law enforcement investigations.
More information
For more information about any of the policies described above, please contact:
Internet Communications
Public Affairs Bureau
Phone: 780 427 2754
Fax: 780 415 9485
E-mail: webeditor@gov.ab.ca
View the Government of Alberta's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act.