Privacy Policy

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    <h1>Privacy Policy</h1>
        <h3>General</h3>
        <p>The Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training (CAMET) owns and operates the atlanticcompetencies.ca website, named the website in this policy. </p>
        <h3>Personal Information</h3>
        <p>This website does not collect personal information of users. Users are responsible for saving the data they generate while using the website. </p>
        <h3>Session Cookies</h3>
        <p>Cookies are digital markers created by the visitor’s browser to retain certain pieces of information for the web server to refer to during the same or subsequent website visits. The website will use cookies as digital markers placed on users’ devices for a 24-hour period. </p>
        <p>No other cookies will be used. The website functionalities would be limited without the use of cookies. </p>
        
        <h3>IP Address</h3>
        <p>On the Internet, web servers automatically collect certain information about website visits, including the visitors Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses are unique numbers assigned by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to all devices used to access the Internet; they do not identify individuals using websites. Web servers automatically log the IP addresses of website visitors. </p>
        <p>In the case of the website, users IP addresses are automatically collected and will be used exclusively for web analytics purposes. These include:<ol>
            <li>Protecting the website from security attacks and ensuring the continuous availability of the online service. </li>
            <li>Conducting statistical analyses and reporting on overall user behaviour on the website (e.g. pages visited most often, duration of visits, day/time of visits, etc.). </li></ol></p>
        <p>The website will not link users IP addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the website is identified. </p>
        <h3>Google Analytics</h3>
        <p>The website uses Google Analytics. The information collected will be used for the following purposes:<ol>
            <li>Carrying out statistical analyses of the website traffic (e.g. pages visited most often, duration of visits, day/time of visits, etc.) for audit, evaluation, research, planning and reporting purposes. </li></ol></p>
        <p>The information collected is disclosed to Google, an external third-party service provider. IP addresses are anonymized prior to being stored on the ISPs servers in order to help safeguard privacy. The information collected is depersonalized by using Googles anonymize IP feature. If users wish, they may opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics by disabling or refusing the cookies; by disabling JavaScript within their browser; or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On. Disabling Google Analytics or JavaScript will still allow access to comparable information or services from our website. However, if the session cookie option is disabled, our public website will still be accessible, although users may have difficulty accessing secure services. </p>

        
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