The Government of Canada and the Communications Research Centre Canada are committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our Web sites. The following summarizes the privacy policy and practices of the Communications Research Centre's Web sites.

• The Communications Research Centre does not automatically gather any personal information from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address. On various sections of the Communications Research Centre's Web sites, you can choose to correspond via e-mail or by completing feedback forms. These allow you to make comments and suggestions or to ask questions. If you choose to provide personal information through e-mail or by completing these forms, we will use it only to respond to your message.
  
  
• Information on individual visitors is used by employees of the Communications Research Centre who need the information in order to respond to your request or to ensure the security of this system. We only share the information you give us with another government department if your inquiry relates to that department. We do not use the information to create individual profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside the federal government.
  
  
• All personal information created, held or collected by the Communications Research Centre is protected under the federal Privacy Act. At any point of collection you will be asked for consent to collect your information, and you will be informed of the purpose for which it is being collected and how to exercise your right of access to that information.
  
  

The Communications Research Centre does not use "cookies" to track how visitors use our Web site. A "cookie" is a file that may be placed on your hard drive without your knowledge by a Web site to allow it to monitor your use of the site.

• The Communications Research Centre employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. This software receives and records the Internet Protocol address of the computer that has contacted our Web site, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited. We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.

Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act in Industry Canada may be directed to the Privacy Co-ordinator:

Information and Privacy Rights Administration
Industry Canada
255 Albert Street, 11th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0H5
Tel.: (613) 954-2754
Fax: (613) 941-3085
E-mail: atip.aiprp@ic.gc.ca

If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.