Our Commitment to Protect Your Personal Information

We (Wood Buffalo Labour Market Information, managed by Applications Management Consulting Ltd.) are committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. We are contracted to Alberta Employment and Immigration (AEI) for labour market information services.

Our information protection responsibilities are described in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act).

We want you to know:
- Why we collect personal information
- How we use and disclose personal information
- How we protect the privacy of visitors to our website

What is personal information
Personal information is any information that identifies you as an individual. It includes information that you provide to us. Personal information may include, but is not limited to: your name, contact information (phone or email), age, gender, type of work you are looking for, or employment records.

Why we collect personal information
We usually first collect your personal information when you contact us for information relative to employment in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Personal information also may be collected directly from you, for example, so that we may better answer you labour market information questions.

The onus is on Applications Management Consulting Ltd. to collect only the personal information that is directly related to, and necessary for responding to your calls and emails and area labour market information collection. We do not collect information "just in case we might eventually need it".

Each office (Alberta Employment and Immigration or contracted service provider) that delivers AEI programs and services should identify an employee, either on site or readily available, who can provide guidance to other staff, and can answer questions from you regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and handling of your personal information. For example:
- reason(s) your personal information is needed
- how your personal information will be used
- your options for providing your personal information, and consequences of not providing it including any limitations on services that may result.

Sometimes, individuals may provide more information than is required. Information that is not required for the programs and services being provided may be returned to the individual, or destroyed according to program practices.

How we use and disclose your personal information
The FOIP Act provides authority for us to use an individual's personal information:
- for the purpose(s) for which it was collected or compiled, or
- for a use consistent with that purpose, or
- if the individual the information is about has consented to the use.

In the course of providing a service, non-identifiable personal information may be used for internal management purposes, including planning, resource allocation, quality improvement, monitoring, audit, evaluation and reporting.

We will ensure you are aware of the purposes for which we collect your personal information and with whom we may disclose the personal information when you contact us for labour market information. Self-evident purposes should be clear. However, if you have any questions, please ask us.

How we protect the privacy of visitors to our web site
We are committed to providing our visitors with a web site that respects their privacy. We do not automatically gather any personal information from you, such as your name, phone number, email or address. This information is obtained only if you supply it voluntarily, usually through contacting us by email, or by calling our Wood Buffalo Labour Market Information Desk.

Information collected in emails
If you choose to provide us with personal information by email or phone we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested. We collect personal information in order to respond to you. We only share the information you give us with another government department if your inquiry relates to that department. We do not create individual profiles with the information you provide or give it to any private organization.

Applications Management Consulting Ltd. and Alberta Employment and Immigration do not collect your information through the Wood Buffalo Labour Market Information Desk for commercial marketing.

Information collected on site usage
Our web server automatically collects certain information about your visit to our site. We collect and store only the following information:
- the previous Internet page from which you linked to our site
- the date and time you accessed our site
- the Internet domain name or IP address from which you accessed our site
- the type and version of your browser
- the name and size of the file you request.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors to learn about the number of visitors to our site and types of technology our visitors use. This information is collected in compliance with the FOIP Act. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits. Your Internet domain name or IP address may identify you, depending in large part on the naming standards followed by your Internet service provider. You may wish to ask them about their naming standards policies and practices.

Use of cookies
A cookie is a file that is placed on your hard drive with your temporary Internet files while you are visiting a website. We use cookies to track how visitors use our site. We do not store personal information in cookies, nor do we collect personal information from you without your knowledge as you browse this site. We do use cookies to aid in the collection of anonymous statistical information such as browser type, screen size, traffic patterns and pages visited. This information is then used to improve our service to you.

Security
For site security purposes and to ensure that web services remain available to all users, our system employs software programs to monitor website activities and usage, such as which pages are accessed. No attempts are made to identify users or their usage habits.

Links to other web sites
This web site contains links to other sites. Applications Management Consulting Ltd. and Alberta Employment and Immigration are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of other web sites. You are encouraged to examine each site’s privacy policy and disclaimers and make your own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability and correctness of material and information found.

Contact Information
We take our responsibility to respect and protect your personal information seriously. We will review our commitment regularly to ensure that it continues to meet our responsibilities to you. For more information about any of the policies and practices described above, please contact:

Wood Buffalo Labour Market Information Desk
Applications Management Consulting Ltd.
Phone: (780) 715-0222
Fax: (780) 426-3737
E-mail: lmi@woodbuffalo.net