Privacy Policy

The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury is committed to protecting the privacy of any personal information you may provide when visiting our website. The Town endeavors to ensure that only required personal information is collected in accordance with authorized statutes, by-laws, etc. and complies with the privacy provisions. Our practices standardize the way in which we collect, use, disclose, and dispose of personal information. These practices have been developed in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), the Town’s Records Management Policy, as well as other privacy statutes and laws. You can find more information about your privacy rights on the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario’s website.

This statement applies to interactions with the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury’s web services. It does not apply to any other website.

Online Forms

If you direct an online inquiry through the Town’s contact form, or complete one of the many online forms on our website, we will ask you to provide your name and email address for the purpose of responding to or processing your inquiry. Encryption technology protects personal information during transmission. A security icon will be displayed in your browser window. When personal information is requested, you will generally see a notice outlining our legal authority to collect it and include the following information:

  • The purpose for collecting the personal information
  • Who to contact if you have any questions about these practices

Logging Practices

The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury logs HTTP requests to our web server. These logs record the IP address of site visitors. An IP address is the number automatically assigned to the computer or to the ISP (Internet Service Provider) requesting a URL. The Town cannot identify you from this information. We do not link information with the identity of individuals visiting our sites unless an attempt to damage our site has been detected.

Cookie Practices

Some Town webpages use cookies for one of the following three practices:

  1. Single-session cookies, which log users over a single session and do not maintain data over multiple sessions or visits.
  2. Multi-session cookies for use in web analytics, which log users over multiple sessions purely to gather data to analyze web traffic statistics.
  3. Multi-session cookies for use as persistent identifiers (persistent cookies), which log users’ activities over multiple visits with the intent of remembering data, settings, or preferences unique to that visitor.

 

The Town's website uses persistent cookies to improve user experience by remembering settings related to functionality. Other multi-session and single-session cookies are used in combination with the website’s analytics software for website improvements. 

 

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. By declining cookies, use of interactive features or online services that depend on cookies will not function as intended. If you choose to accept cookies, all browsers offer the ability to later delete cookies that you have accepted. If you choose to delete cookies, any settings and preferences controlled by those cookies will be deleted and may need to be automatically recreated upon a return visit.

Disclosure

The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury will not sell personal information to any third party. We will ensure that personal information will not be disclosed to any individual, agency, or other government authority except if required by Canadian Law. Sometimes we must share your personal information with others in order to serve your needs, Personal information may be used for statistical or comparative analyses prepared by or on behalf of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury provided that summary results cannot be associated to an identified individual or business.

Links

The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury makes every effort to ensure that links to external content are current and appropriate. We encourage site visitors to view the posted privacy statement whenever interacting with any website. Please report broken or inappropriate links. We are not responsible for the private practices of websites linked to this site.

Liability

The content on the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury’s website has been provided as a public service. While every attempt has been made to ensure its accuracy, we make no warranties or representations, express or implied, concerning the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information contained in or linked from the website. In the event of a discrepancy between the information contained on the website and the information contained in the records of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, shall be deemed accurate. Under no circumstances shall the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or the inability to use, site content.

Address: Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, 100 Dissette St., Unit 7&8, Bradford, ON, L3Z 2A7

Phone: 905-775-5366, Send an Email

By GHD Digital