Date of original issue: January 1, 2004 OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY The Government of Canada and Rebecca Hanson's websites. are committed to providing visitors with web sites that respect their privacy. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices on Rebecca Hanson's websites. web sites. - Rebecca Hanson's websites. web sites do not automatically gather any specific personal information from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address. We would only obtain this type of information if you supply it by sending us an e-mail or registering in a secure portion of the site. - All personal information held or collected by this department is protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that 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. - Rebecca Hanson's websites. 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 (IP) 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. - Rebecca Hanson's websites. occasionally uses "cookies" to track how our visitors use this site or to determine sites previously visited. The cookies we use do not allow us to identify individuals. They are compiled into statistical information on traffic patterns and are used to assess site efficiency. The system will notify you before any cookies are used so that you may refuse them, and the refusal of cookies will not affect the site performance or restrict your ability to access information from this 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.) - Information on individual visitors is used by Rebecca Hanson's websites. employees who need to know 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 department if your inquiry relates to that department. We do not use the information to create individually identifiable profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside Rebecca Hanson's websites. - Any message which you may send to the webmaster for this site will go to 100megswebhosting.com, a corporation which is not part of Rebecca Hanson's websites. Information concerning the functioning of the site is provided to the webmaster so that they can propose adjustments to the site to maximize its effectiveness. 100megswebhosting.com is bound by a contract with Rebecca Hanson's websites. to treat any personal information they receive in relation to this web site as though it is covered by the provisions of the Privacy Act. Any questions, concerns or complaints you may have about how 100megswebhosting.com is handling personal information from this site should be directed to the Rebecca Hanson's websites. Privacy Co-ordinator as listed below. Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act in Rebecca Hanson's websites. may be directed to Rebecca Hanson the owner of Rebecca Hanson's websites. by e-mail to or by calling (250) 472.1947 or writing to Rebecca Hanson 207D - 1115 Craigflower Rd. Victoria BC V9A 7R1 Canada