Strathcona County (the County or us) is committed to providing a website that respects your personal information and how it is collected, used, shared and secured. By visiting strathcona.ca, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy statement.
Alberta has updated its access to information and privacy legislation that governs the collection of information and protection of privacy related to personal information in the public sector. All personal information is managed according to the Alberta Access to Information Act (ATIA) and the Protection of Privacy Act (POPA).
Strathcona County recognizes that the privacy and confidentiality of a person's personal information is important.
This means that:
You will be informed, at the point of collection, that your personal information is being collected and the purpose for which it is being collected
You have a right of access to your information
You have control over how the County obtains, uses and discloses your personal information
You have a right to request a correction of your information
All uses of information are subject to you not having refused or withdrawn consent, unless disclosure is made for legal purposes
On this page
Collection
Even if you do nothing more during your visit than browse through the website, read pages or download information, please be aware that the County automatically gathers and stores certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally. We record the number of visitors to our website, but no information about individual visitors will be kept or used. The County uses Google Analytics to collect aggregate website traffic information. It collects and stores only the following information about your visit:
The Internet domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address from which users access the County’s website
The type of browser and operating system used to access the County's site
The date and time of visits to the County's site Pages visited on the County's site
Websites that sent visits to the Strathcona County website via links
The County uses this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors, provide requested information or services, operate a program or activity, and learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. The County does not track or record information about individuals and their visits.
External sites
The Strathcona County website may contain links to other sites. The County is not responsible for the content and privacy practices of other websites. The County encourages you to examine the privacy policy and disclaimer of each site and make your own decisions regarding the disclosure of your personal information to that site.
Cookies
The County uses electronic "cookies." A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a web server. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. A session ID, along with time and date and other information may be placed in the cookie. Once you leave the County’s website, the session is considered done and the cookie expires. Strathcona County does not build profiles of users through the use of cookies and does not attempt to track individual users through the use of cookies. We use session cookies to track visits within our site. We use information about the sites people visited immediately prior to our site to assess the effectiveness of links we have posted on third-party sites. Strathcona County uses session cookies as an additional security feature for its online services. For example, when you log in to any online service and are verified through your customer identification number and password, a cookie will store the identification number of your browser. Throughout your session, the session cookie acts as a type of digital signature to identify your current session to the web server. Some Strathcona County web pages include services provided by third parties, such as interactive maps, videos, surveys, web analytics tools and social media content. These services may use third-party cookies to support their operation and to help measure usage and performance. Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the Strathcona County website. The information collected is subject to the privacy practices of the third-party provider. Strathcona County does not control the cookies used by these external services and encourages visitors to review the privacy policies of the providers they choose to interact with.
For a cookie to be written to your computer, cookies must be enabled by your browser. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. If you decide to refuse a cookie, you may find that the website does not behave as designed.
Messages and feedback forms
If you choose to provide the County with personal information in an email or by filling out an electronic form and submit it to the County through our website, the County will use that information to respond to your message and to assist us to provide you the requested information or service. The information contained within messages and forms on this site is subject to the Access of Information Act (AITA) and Protection of Privacy Act (POPA). All information contained within the message or form, sent or received, is the property of Strathcona County and may be accessed by department heads or their delegates without further consent of the author. All messages required to be retained by law will be maintained through a records management process. In some instances, we use the services of a third-party service provider. Information from these questionnaires may be stored electronically on a server in the United States and may be subject to US laws.
Security
Security measures are implemented in order that web services remain available to all users. The Strathcona County computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify attempts to tamper with information or otherwise cause damage.
Contact
If you have questions, please contact Strathcona County's Access and Privacy Advisor at atip@strathcona.ca or 780-464-8211.