Privacy Statement

Generally, anyone can visit the Mayor’s Website without revealing any personal information. There are times however, when information needs to be collected. Personal information like your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address is obtained only when voluntarily submitted, like when you register for a program.
Information that you supply relates to the customer relationship the Office of the Mayor has with you or your
organization.

Like many companies, the Office of the Mayor monitors Website traffic information using log files on its Website server. The purpose of this is to keep track of how many visitors come to the Website a day, the time of day they visit, and how long they visit. This information is then analyzed and can result in changes to the Website content and navigation in order to ensure it meets the needs of residents, businesses and visitors.

Should the Office of the Mayor receive personal information contained in e-mail correspondence, the Office restricts access to any personal information collected on the Website to designated employees of the Mayor that require this information in order to fulfil their assigned duties and formulate responses to the e-mail(s) received.

The Office of the Mayor does not share or sell any personal information gathered from this Website, including e-mail addresses, with any other organizations or government departments, subject to law.

The Office of the Mayor complies with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

The privacy statement outlined in this section only applies to the Mayor’s Website, davidwest -richmondhill.ca and does not apply to any other Websites which appear as links and are not managed by the Office of the
Mayor. For these you may wish to view their individual Website’s privacy statement before browsing through the site.

The Mayor is concerned about the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, all reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected online have been put in place. The Website uses industry standard SSL encryption technology. 

By using the Mayor’s Website, you signify your acceptance to this Privacy Statement. If the Office of the Mayor updates or changes this Privacy Statement, the changes will be made on this page. Your continued use of this
Website following the posting of changes to this Privacy Statement will mean you accept those changes.

Should you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement, please e-mail us at officemayor@richmondhill.ca