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Privacy and Security Notice
About Privacy and Security
- This World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided as a public service by
the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA
) and by Environment Canada ( EC
).
- Information presented on this WWW site is considered public information
and may be distributed or copied. The U.S. Government and Government
of Canada retain a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or
reproduce these documents, or allow others to do so, for Government
purposes. These documents may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial,
scientific and educational purposes. Commercial use of the documents
available from this server may be protected under the U.S., Canada,
and Foreign Copyright Laws. Individual documents on this server may
have different copyright conditions, and that will be noted in those
documents.
Users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced.
The reproduction is not represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with or with the endorsement of Environment Canada.
Materials on this Web site have been produced and/or compiled by Environment Canada for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to information about the programs and services offered by the Government of Canada (GoC).
Materials on this Web site have been produced and/or compiled by Environment Canada for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to information about the programs and services offered by the Government of Canada (GoC).
Much of the material on this site is covered by the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and by international agreements. Such copyright serves to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.
- When you come to this web site to browse, you do so anonymously. EPA
and EC do not collect identifying information about you. We collect
only summary information about the numbers of individuals who visit
our web site and what those individuals look at. This government computer
system uses industry-standard software to create summary statistics,
which are used for such things as assessing what information is of most
and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and
identifying system performance or problem areas.
- Where identifying information is asked of you (to respond to an information
request, etc.) that information is used only for responding to your
comment or question and is not made available for other purposes. See
our comments notice of use.
- For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains
available to all users, this government computer system employs industry-standard
methods to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts
to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
- No other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage
habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled
for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records
Administration guidelines (US).
- Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information
on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (US).
- If you have any questions or comments about the information presented
here, please forward them to us through the address on our
Comments
Page.
Environment Canada respects the Official Languages Act and relevant Treasury
Board policies, and is committed to ensuring all information on this site
is available in both French and English. However, users should be aware
that some information from external sources is available only in the language
in which it was provided.
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