Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting the Livestock Price Insurance website and reviewing our privacy policy. We will not collect personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. By visiting the website, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this Statement.
Information Collected and How It is Used
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:
- The IP address and domain name used, but not the email address. The IP address is a numerical identifier either to your internet service provider or directly to your computer. We use the Internet Protocol address to direct internet traffic to you and generate statistics used in the management of this site.
- The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
- The date and time you access our site;
- The pages you visit;
- If you linked to the LPI website from another website, the address of that website; and if you downloaded a form, the form that was downloaded.
We use this information to help us make our site more useful for visitors – to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits. We make no attempt to link other websites with the individuals that browse the department’s website.
Information collected in Email and Forms
If you choose to provide us with personal information – as in an email to someone else, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through our website – we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested.
Any personal information that we ask you to provide via our website is collected in compliance with your provincial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act. We collect only what is necessary for the operation of the website and the provision of requested materials or services to you. The information is used only for the purpose it was collected or for a consistent purpose. Further, we keep the information only for the length of time necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected.
We do not collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to you. We only share the information you give us with another government department if your inquiry relates to that department.
Security
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Links to Other Sites
This website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content and the privacy practices of other websites and encourage you to examine each site’s privacy policy and disclaimers and make your own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability and correctness of material and information found.
For More Information
For more information about any of the policies described above or about our web site in general, please contact us:
By email: Webmaster
By telephone: 1.844.782.5747