Privacy Statement

Website Privacy Policy

The City of Yellowknife (the City) recognizes the importance of the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information.

Even if you do nothing more during your visit than browse through the Citys website (the Site), read pages, or download information, please be aware that the City automatically gathers and stores certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally. The City collects and stores only the following information about your visit:

• The Internet domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you access the Site;
• The type of browser and operating system used to access the Site;
• The date and time you access the Site;
• The pages you visit on the Site; and
• If you are linked to the Site from another web site, the address of that web site.

The City uses this information to help us make the Site more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. The City does not track or record information about individuals and their visits except where visitors choose to provide the City with personal information in an e-mail or by filling out an electronic form and submitting it to the City through the Site. If you provide personal information to the City in such a manner, the City will use that information to respond to you and to assist us to provide you with the requested information or service. The personal information you share with the City is provided only to those areas that are required to carry out the business that relates to you. All e-mail messages sent or received are deemed to be the property of the City.

This Site may contain links to other websites. The City is not responsible for the content and privacy practices of other websites, and encourages you to examine the privacy policy and terms and conditions of each other website and make your own decisions regarding the disclosure of your personal information to that site.

Although the City uses reasonable physical, administrative and electronic procedures to attempt to keep the user information which the City collects through the Site secure, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. Consequently, the City cannot and does not represent, warrant or guarantee the security of any information that you may provide to the City via the Site. If you provide the City with any information, you do so at your own risk, and the City does not accept any liability for such information or for the misuse of such information by any party other than the City.

The City will provide you with any identifiable information that the City has collected about you through this website. You may also request that your information not be used for a particular purpose or at all.

If you have questions about the Citys information practices or if you wish to speak to the City about your own information, please contact the City Clerks officeby telephone at (867) 920-5600 or by email.