Privacy Policy

This privacy statement is applicable to all elements of the Canada in 2020 website. The Dominion Institute respects the privacy of the member of the Canada in 2020 online community.

The Dominion Institute will not collect information that personally identifies individuals except when individuals provide such specific information on a voluntary basis. There may be occasions where specific personal information is requested before an individual can enter certain sections of a Canada in 2020 site. For example, registration is needed to post a comment or take part in the essay contest. Online registration helps us to ensure that content standards on these sections of the site are upheld and the essay contest properly adjudicated.

In all such cases, the Dominion Institute will collect only information that is voluntarily provided by the user and undertakes that such information will be kept strictly confidential. Individual information collected by the Dominion Institute will not be sold or made available to a third party without the express contest of the individuals involved.

The Dominion Institute does reserve the right, however, to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various sections of its sites so as to improve design and navigation and to gather marketing information.

As well, users should be aware that certain non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through "cookies". "Cookies" are small text files that identify an individual computer's browser entering a web site. They allow the site to track that browser's movement through the site over several sessions. Through cookies, a web site can recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behaviour that will allow content improvements. Canada in 2020 uses cookies only for the above-mentioned purposes and will not use them to identify or track.