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Personal information:

1. Introduction

The Canadian Bureau for International Education (“CBIE”) is committed to protecting the privacy of any Personal Information that we may obtain in the course of conducting our programs and providing our services. We have prepared this policy to inform you about our ongoing commitment to ensuring the privacy of Personal Information in our possession.

2. What is Personal Information?

“Personal Information” means any information, recorded in any form, about an identified individual or an individual whose identity may be inferred or determined from such information but does not include business contact information (e.g. name, title, business address).

3. Why CBIE Collects Personal Information

We only collect, use and disclose Personal Information for purposes that would be considered reasonable in the circumstances and only such information as is required for the purposes of providing services or information to our members, students, educational entities, partner entities or the public.

CBIE may use the Personal Information we obtain in order to:

(a) Establish or maintain contact with you;
(b) Provide you with our services;
(c) Administer services on behalf of our partner organizations;
(d) Provide you with information about our services;
(e) Facilitate networking of CBIE members and partners

The personal information we ask for will depend upon which services you may obtain.

We do not sell, trade, barter, exchange or disclose for consideration any Personal Information we have obtained.

CBIE provides access to public websites and restricted access to registered-user sub-sites. In the course of your use of these sites, CBIE may collect information directly from you via e-mail or by online submission.

Our Web servers also may track general information about visitors such as domain name and time of visit. CBIE’s web servers also collect and aggregate information regarding which pages are being accessed as well as information volunteered by visitors through online surveys or subscriptions to newsletters. This information is used internally, only in aggregate form, to better serve visitors by helping us to:

1) Manage our websites;
2) Diagnose any technical problems; and
3) Improve the content of our websites

In browsing the Web, you will encounter a technology known as “cookies”. “Cookies” are files or pieces of information that may be stored in a computer’s hard drive when an individual visits a website. Most internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. “Session” cookies are temporary bits of information that are erased once a visitor exits its web browser window or otherwise turns their computer off. Session cookies are used to improve navigation on websites and to collect aggregate statistical information. CBIE’s Website uses session
cookies.

“Persistent” cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on the hard drive of a visitor’s computer and stay there unless it is deleted. Persistent cookies store information on a visitor’s computer for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information previously provided (e.g., passwords), helping to determine what areas of the website visitors find most valuable, and customizing the website based on visitor preferences. CBIE’s Website uses persistent cookies for language selection.

We do not share Personal Information obtained through cookies with any third parties.

4. When CBIE May Disclose Your Personal Information

In certain circumstances, CBIE may need to disclose your Personal Information to individuals or organizations who are our advisers or service providers.

Where CBIE discloses Personal Information to organizations that perform services on its behalf, we will require those service providers to use such information solely for the purposes of providing services to CBIE, program participants, our members or the person concerned and to have appropriate safeguards for the protection of that Personal Information.

Please note that there are circumstances where the use and/or disclosure of Personal Information may be justified or permitted or where CBIE is obliged to disclose information without consent. Such circumstances may include:

a)Where required by law or by order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or governmental tribunal;
b) Where CBIE believes, upon reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of an identifiable person or group;
c) Where it is necessary to establish or collect monies owing to CBIE;
d) Where it is necessary to permit CBIE to pursue available remedies or limit any damages that we may sustain; or
e) Where the information is public.

Where obliged or permitted to disclose information without consent, CBIE will not disclose more information than is required.

5. Consent

Unless permitted by law, no Personal Information is collected without first obtaining the consent of the individual concerned to the collection, use and dissemination of that information. However, we may seek consent to use and disclose Personal Information after it has been collected in those cases where CBIE wishes to use the information for a purpose not identified in this Policy or not previously identified or for which the individual concerned has not previously consented.

By providing Personal Information to CBIE you agree and consent that we may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy.

It should be noted that in certain circumstances, certain services can only be offered if you provide Personal Information. Consequently, if you choose not to provide us with any required Personal Information, we may not be able to offer you the services requested.

6. Protection of Personal Information

CBIE maintains physical, procedural and technical security measures to protect your Personal Information.

7. Access to Your Personal Information

You may request to access your Personal Information in our possession. In the event of questions about (i) access to your Personal Information; (ii) our collection, use, management or disclosure of Personal Information; or (iii) this Policy; please contact us by sending an e-mail to info@cbie.ca or calling +1-613-237-4820. Please make “CBIE Privacy Policy” the subject line of your email.

Personal information is collected on this website only when you voluntarily submit it by, for example, registering for the website or updating your user profile. We respect the privacy of your personal information. Any collected personal information will not be shared, sold, or disclosed to any person or party and will only be used within to communicate our news, events, and other services with you.

Information collected from your computer or other electronic devices:

We may also collect information about your online activities and your computer or other electronic devices when you visit this website. This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, domain name, browser type, date and time of your request and information provided by tracking technologies, such as cookies. This information does not identify any individual. We may also use tracking devices to identify websites that you visit before and after this website. This tracking helps us to understand our users better and to, improve our website and the information it provides, and to maintain and administer the website. This tracking does not involve the collection of personal information.

Access and choice:

Keeping your information accurate and up-to-date is important so we can provide you with helpful information and services. You may update, correct, or delete personal information by modifying your user profile. You can choose not to receive information about specific products and services or any other promotional materials from us by direct mail and/or e-mail at any time by modifying your communication preferences, also located in your user profile.

Links to other websites:

We may provide links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for and cannot control the privacy practices of those other sites. Those sites will have their own privacy policy, which may be different from this privacy policy. Please check the privacy policy for each site you visit.

Changes to the privacy policy:

We reserve the right to revise this privacy policy at any time. You will be notified of any significant changes made herein.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) offers the members site (the “Site”) as part of its commitment to provide useful services to its members. By this document on the conditions of use of the Site, CBIE seeks to reassure its valued members it recognizes and defends the rights of responsible users.

Acceptance of Terms of Use

By using the Site, the consultant or navigating, you agree to abide by the terms of use and conditions of our privacy policy. If you do not accept these terms of use and privacy policy, please do not use the Website.

Changes to terms of use

CBIE reserves the right to change these terms, modify and add items to or remove, at its discretion and at any time. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current version of the terms and conditions that bind you. You can always access the latest version by clicking on the “Terms of Use” located at the bottom of the pages of the Site. By using the Site after changes were made to the terms of use or privacy policy, you indicate that you agree to be bound by their provisions in their version in force at the time.

Copyright

Any unauthorized use of content on the Site may violate copyright laws, laws on trademarks, the laws of privacy and publicity or the laws and regulations on communications. CBIE and its affiliates assume no responsibility for an unauthorized reproduction or use of the information found on the Site.

Your use of the Site does not grant you any rights of ownership in respect of the intellectual property contained in the Site, or impairs the rights CBIE with respect to the information or other content of the Site.

Limited use right

The viewing, printing or downloading of any content, visual element, form or document from the website only gives you a limited, nonexclusive permission to use your own non-commercial purposes. You can not modify the content of the website or obtained from the Site, copy, distribute, transmit, display, execute, reproduce, publish, grant permission to use, create derivative works from, assign or offer to sell it. Illegal use or unauthorized Site – including: usernames or collection of email addresses of Members by electronic or other ways to disseminate unsolicited commercial email; the use of any information extraction system by electronic or other means to replicate any Site content except for your own use; and supervision of the Site or the creation of links to the site without authorization – will be investigated and, where appropriate, judicial remedies.

Behaviour of users of the Site

As a user of the Site, you agree that in connection with your use of the Site and its contents, you will refrain from:

1. download on the Site any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, infringing the privacy of anyone, hateful, or for racial, ethnic or other, by post, send by email or transmit by any other means;
2. impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or indicate an affiliation with a person or entity;
3. you behave inappropriately, offensive, indecent or vulgar use the Site;
4. use the Site for any unlawful purpose;
5. download on the Site any Content that you do have a right to transmit under any law or contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary information and confidential information obtained or disclosed as part of an employment relationship or subject to non-disclosure agreement), by post, send by email or transmit by any other means;
6. download on the Site any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, a trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property right of any party, in view, in email, or transmit by any other means;
7. download in the website advertising, promotional content, “junk mail,” the “spam”, a letter is part of a “chain letters”, an invitation to participate in a “pyramid scheme” or any other form unsolicited or unauthorized solicitation in view, send by email or transmit by any other means;
8. download on the Site any Content that contains a virus or other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, on display in email or transmit by any other means;
9. interfere with or disrupt the Site, its content, services or servers or networks connected to the Site;
10. violate, intentionally or not, any local, provincial, federal or applicable international.

Termination

CBIE reserves the right to terminate your access to the Site or its services if it determines that you failed to observe these conditions, submitting false, inaccurate or incomplete when registering or engaged in conduct that would harm otherwise the rights or interests of CBIE in respect of the Website or its services or other property, or no reason, without notice.

Content submitted by users

The Site may contain forums, bulletin boards, discussion groups, chat rooms, polls, surveys, news or other similar communications services groups to enable you to communicate and interact with other members.

Any content or information you post, type, download, provide, submit or transmit to the Site in any manner whatsoever (the “information submitted”) will be treated as non-confidential information. You assume full responsibility for any information submitted, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights and permissions necessary with respect to the information submitted. CBIE does not control the information submitted, so you should not assume that this information will be reviewed, approved or sanctioned by CBIE. Although it has no obligation to do so, CBIE reserves the right to monitor the Site from time to time and review any information or content that it believes does not comply with these terms of use, refuse to post or to remove it from the site.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Site content is provided “as is” without any express or implied warranties. To the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaims all warranties CBIE express or implied including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or against any infringement. We assume no responsibility for errors or omissions in the content of the correction of any defects or free of viruses or other harmful elements in the content of any site or CBIE servers that broadcast; from any defect, delay, interruption or malfunction of distribution of any content on the site; any loss or damage arising from the use of the website content; or any behavior of users of the site, whether online or offline. We make no warranty or indication about the use of the content of site CBIE or the results of use, whether in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise. The user assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances including, without limitation, negligence, CBIE, its officers, directors, managers, employees or agents be liable (jointly or separately) for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind including, without limitation, loss of use, data or profits, regardless of the theory of liability, or result in the framework of the use of the site or all content on the site or the inability to use, even if CBIE or representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Connections

The Site may contain links to other sites or the World Wide Web resources. CBIE does not necessarily examine such sites or the sites to which a link leads from all CBIE website and is not responsible for the accuracy of the information contained therein, their protection policies personal information or availability of their information. You hereby irrevocably waive any claim against CBIE with respect to such sites and third party content. We encourage you to conduct any verification you feel necessary or appropriate before making a transaction online or offline with a third party. Nor CBIE nor its affiliates, employees, directors, officers or agents will not be liable for damages including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages as a result of your use of third party content or third party site linked to the links within the site.

Allowance

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold CBIE and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any claim, suit or demand including, without limitation, regarding legal and accounting fees reasonable, due to your use of the Site or your violation of these Terms of use or resulting therefrom. CBIE will notify you promptly of any such claim, suit or application and shall assist you, at your expense, to defend you against any such claim, suit or demand.

Choice of law

You agree that any issue or dispute arising out of or surrounding your use of the Site, our intellectual property, terms of use or any other matter concerning CBIE will be governed by the laws of Ontario (Canada). You agree that such a problem or dispute shall be submitted exclusively to the provincial courts in Ontario (Canada). If any provision of the Terms of Use is invalid by a competent court, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use, which shall remain fully applicable.

CBIE reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as may be necessary to do to meet the requirements of any applicable law or regulation, a legal proceeding or governmental request, or to edit any or part of any information or content, to refuse to post or to remove it, at the sole discretion of CBIE.

Information: info@cbie.ca

Who can access the cbie-bcei member portal?

Please note that the cbie-bcei portal is to be used by members and contacts of cbie-bcei only. Certain workspaces within the portal will be tailored for and restricted to certain membership types; access to these areas will be determined and approved by cbie-bcei staff. The Content that is displayed in your member portal will automatically vary based on your user / membership type.

What can be posted?

To ensure all interactions within the cbie-bcei  portal are safe and friendly, cbie-bcei staff will oversee the portal activity and will review, edit, and delete any inappropriate content that has been submitted. This includes abusive or offensive language, spam, malicious files, or other disrespectful contact. To help provide a productive environment, please report any offensive or suspicious activity to cbie-bcei staff. Please note that not all user-submitted content is representative of cbie-bcei, nor does it necessarily represent the views of cbie-bcei, its staff or members.