Privacy Policy

VisitLethbridge.com – Lethbridge Lodging Association Policy Statement

Legal Notice
All the information and material contained in this web site is subject to copyright which is owned by Lethbridge Lodging Association or by Lethbridge Lodging Association “Affiliates”. Users of this site may download information for their own reference, but no part of this site may be copied, reproduced, adapted or transmitted in any form by any process for any commercial purpose without the prior written consent of Lethbridge Lodging Association.
This site has been established by Lethbridge Lodging Association for information purposes only, with respect to the Southwest Alberta Region to provide its customers information about Southwest Alberta, and the venues, facilities and services Lethbridge Lodging Association and Lethbridge Lodging Association Affiliates can provide. The information is intended for general use only and nothing on this site constitutes an offer to enter into a legally binding contract.

Privacy Policy
Commitment to Privacy
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal information is important to Lethbridge Lodging Association and to the way we conduct our business in compliance with laws on privacy and data protection in the areas in which we operate. This Privacy Policy will help you understand the nature of the personal information collected by Lethbridge Lodging Association, how the information is used and with whom the information may be shared.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this posting. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean you accept those changes.

Information Collected by "cookies"
Like most major websites, we use cookies for some aspects of measurement of use and quality of performance of our site, particularly the way search pages are delivered.
Lethbridge Lodging Association engages third party information management service providers to help maintain efficient operations and improve delivery to the user. Because such information management service providers may access our systems, such information management service providers may have access to your information. 

Lethbridge Lodging Association does not transfer or relinquish ownership of information maintained about you within Lethbridge Lodging Association systems and databases to such information management service providers but requires these information management service providers to sign confidentiality agreements to keep all confidential information and other proprietary information found in our systems confidential. (TRUE)

Personally Identifiable Information
Lethbridge Lodging Association reserves the right to share general demographic information with advertisers or potential advertisers; however, profiles of individual users are not shared, unless users expressly request information from our members or request information from our site.
However, by providing personal information to Lethbridge Lodging Association, you acknowledge that you expressly consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information pursuant to this Privacy Policy.

If you are under 18, be sure to obtain your parent's or guardian's permission before you send any information about yourself (your name, address, e-mail address, etc.) to us or anyone else over the Internet. We encourage parents to get involved with their children's online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating.

Use of Personal Information
When you supply information about yourself for a specific purpose, we use the information for only that purpose (such as to provide the service or information you have requested). For example, you may be asked to give us individual information to receive information. We may store your personal information and comments for future use and reference in order to maintain an appropriate record of our relationship with you. If there are legal requirements relating to the period of time which we must retain your personal information, we will comply with those requirements.

Disclosure of Personal Information
Lethbridge Lodging Association may share any of your personal information with Lethbridge Lodging Association Affiliates or external suppliers, but only to fulfill the purposes of use as described above. Lethbridge Lodging Association will not sell or provide your personal information to any other party, unless you provide us with explicit permission to do so or unless we are compelled by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to law or to legal process served on Lethbridge Lodging Association.

Newsletter
The person subscribing to the Lethbridge Lodging Association Newsletter (the “Newsletter”) agrees to the following:
1. By filling out the subscription form the reader (you) agree to receive via email and/or other electronic forms of communication a Newsletter from Lethbridge Lodging Association that entails updates, articles, pictures, surveys, links to blogs, social networks and photo galleries periodically.
2. The subscriber to the Newsletter may view, reproduce or store copies of articles comprising the journal on condition the articles are used only for their personal, non-commercial use. Specific written consent must be given by Lethbridge Lodging Association prior to any commercial use.

Contests
Users participating in any Lethbridge Lodging Association contests may be required to submit varying degrees of personal information, depending upon the nature of the particular contest. The specific information to be collected and how it will be used will be disclosed in the general contest rules and regulations and/or in the referring contest page or newsletter. The names, addresses and photograph or likeness of contest winners may be reproduced on the site or in other advertising materials.

Surveys
From time to time, Lethbridge Lodging Association may conduct online surveys for internal purposes or for third parties, to gather general information about users and/or their views. Participation in these surveys is voluntary; no information will be collected except that which is knowingly supplied by the user. Identifying Personal Information will not be shared.

Linked Sites
These privacy policies refer to areas and services offered by Lethbridge Lodging Association at the domain (web address) www.visitlethbridge.com.  Lethbridge Lodging Association linked sites may post their own privacy policies. Users are encouraged to take the time to familiarize themselves with the privacy policies of websites outside the Lethbridge Lodging Association site.

Questions?
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or any of Lethbridge Lodging Association’s use of your information, please contact Lethbridge Lodging Association at http://www.visitlethbridge.com/contact-info.asp.

Disclaimer
Disclaimer of Endorsement
The information posted on www.visitlethbridge.com includes hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. This site provides these links and pointers solely for our users' information and convenience. 

When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving www.visitlethbridge.com and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website. Lethbridge Lodging Association, which manages visitlethbridge.com, does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked website. Lethbridge Lodging Association does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites and we do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer. 

Lethbridge Lodging Association cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website. Lethbridge Lodging Association is not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked websites. 


If you have any concerns or questions about this privacy policy or the protection of your personal information, please email us at: 

Lethbridge Lodging Association
project@visitlethbridge.com 

If your concerns have not been addressed adequately, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at (613) 995-8210 ormailto:info@privcom.gc.ca or by postal mail to:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
112 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1H3
View the Government of Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act.