Online Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Canadian Heavy Oil Association (CHOA) website and for viewing our privacy policy. By visiting the CHOA online at www.choa.ab.ca you are accepting the practices described in this privacy notice.
This Privacy Policy relates to your privacy as a user or visitor to the site. The privacy of our users is important to the CHOA and the CHOA makes every attempt to safeguard privacy.
CHOA does not collect any personal information about visitors to this website other than that which is specifically and knowingly provided by you. That personal information will not be transferred to any third party unless otherwise stated at the time of collection.
CHOA does collect and maintain statistics relating to the number of visits to the site, dates and pages visited, referring website addresses, types of browsers used and domain name or Internet protocol address of the originator. This information is kept strictly confidential by CHOA and is used for internal purposes only.
MEMBER’S-ONLY ACCESS AREA OF WEBSITE
The personal information that you provide in connection with registering yourself as a member with the CHOA is classified as Registration Information. Registration Information is protected in several ways.
Access by you to your Registration Information is available through a password and unique customer ID.
This password is encrypted. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. In addition, your Registration Information resides on a secure server that only selected CHOA personnel and contractors have access to via password.
CHOA does not publish on-line or share member information with any third parties. Except where required by regulation, court order, official authority or applicable law, the CHOA will NOT make
individual information or data available to any third party.
Use of Cookies
When you visit the choa.ab.ca member’s area, you must login and as a result, a “cookie” is used to track your session on-line. A cookie is small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification card, while logged in. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses.
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 or not to accept it. Users choosing not to accept cookies, however, will not be able to access the CHOA online member’s area.
Links
Links to other sites are provided for your convenience. These sites are independent of this site and please be aware that the CHOA is not responsible for the content nor the privacy policies of these other sites.
SITE CONTENT AND USE OF THIS SITE
While the CHOA makes all reasonable efforts to ensure the information on this site is accurate and current, the use of this site is at your own risk. All content, including this policy, is subject to change without notice.
Your use of this site will be subject to the most current version of the Online Privacy Policy at the time of such use.
For further questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to send an EMAIL and specify Privacy Policy in the subject line