Privacy Policy of the
St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences

The SLRIES is based upon the principles of respect, equity and empowerment as we work towards the concept of ecosystems sustainability. We respect the privacy of individuals who become involved as members, partners, volunteers, staff, clients, students with the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences.

Why We Need Information

The information you provide to the SLRIES – such as your name, address, etc. – allows the SLRIES to inform you about issues, events and activities of which may be of interest to you. By becoming a member of Friends of the River Institute, by requesting information, or by registering for events or workshops offered by SLRIES, you are giving SLRIES permission to contact you by way of the information you provide. You may choose not to be contacted by the SLRIES, and you may check and update what information we may have, by contacting us by e-mail at info@riverinstitute.ca or by phone at (613) 936-6620.

Protecting Personal Information

Any personal information collected is done with the consent of individuals in order to become a member of the Friends of the River Institute, obtain services, receive notice about upcoming events, or participate in the development of projects or other activities of the SLRIES and its partners. Personally identifiable data about individuals are stored securely and used only for the purpose for which they were provided.
 

Payment Information

All credit card information is collected for gaining payment approval and processing by our financial institution Bank of Montreal and the Royal Bank. These data are retained for audit purposes and once forwarded to the Bank of Montreal and the Royal Bank are subject to their own privacy policy.

Aggregate Information

The SLRIES may share aggregate information, but not individual information, about its members and project participants with its partners in the interest of furthering environmental responsibility, improving or designing new programs, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of the organization.

Web Sites Hosted by the SLRIES

The SLRIES Web server, like all Web servers, logs certain information about each visit:

• Your IP address, which may be resolved to determine your Internet service provider (ISP) and country
• Your operating system and browser version
• The date and time of your visit (from which visit duration can be derived)
• Pages and files you’ve viewed
• The referrer (if a site has linked you to our site)
• Search engine referrer and keywords (if applicable)

This information is parsed into summary reports that are provided to the SLRIES Web administrator, as well as the primary point of contact (in the case of a project or partner’s Web site). The information is used to measure our success in delivering Web content, and to tailor the content to public demand. Web server log files are not used to track any individual user.

Web sites hosted or administered by the SLRIES may make use of “cookies”. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer that are used by the Web server to customize the way you view the site.

More Information - For further information on our Privacy Policy please contact:

Christina Collard, Program Leader - Administration
by e-mail at info@riverinstitute.ca or by phone at (613) 936-6620 ext:222