PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for visiting the MontrealCam Web site (the "Web site") in order to plan your stay or vacation in Montréal. MontrealCam maintains strict security, privacy and personal information standards. Nonetheless, users are asked to read this Privacy Policy and the Web Site Terms of Use carefully.

By using this Web site, users acknowledge that they have read, understood and accepted the terms, conditions and limitations of liabilities described in this Privacy Policy and in the Web Site Terms of Use.

The provisions of this Privacy Policy provides information on:

1. Who Operates montrealcam.org and montrealcam.com?
2. The Information Collected by Tourisme Montréal
3. Laws Governing the Protection of Personal Information
4. Privacy Policy
5. Use of Personal Information
6. Disclosure of Personal Information
7. Use of Cookies
8. Computer Information
9. Links to Other Sites
10. Security
11. Risks related to Internet
12. Changes to the Tourisme Montréal Privacy Policy Statement
13. Access, Correction, Deletion, Comments and Complaints

1. Who Operates montrealcam.org and montrealcam.com?

www.montrealcam.com or www.montrealcam.org is operated by the Greater Montréal Convention and Tourism Bureau ("Tourisme Montréal") and is a network of WebCams placed on sites of touristical interest in Montreal.

Tourisme Montréal, is a non profit entity which mandate is to promote and provide information on the tourism industry in Montréal.

2. The Information Collected by Tourisme Montréal

Tourisme Montréal does not collect personal information about you unless you have consented to the collection of the information when filing a demand for products and services, or in the context of filing a user profile, becoming a member of Tourisme Montréal, participating in contests, sweapstakes, surveys, etc.

On all of the Web pages of this Web site that collect personal information, we specifically describe what information is required in order to provide you with the product or service you have requested.

The MontrealCam Web Site contains many links to the tourisme-montreal.org and tourism-montreal.org Web sites. Tourisme Montréal may collect personal information from those Web Sites. The statement of Privacy Policy available from these Web sites applies to the collection of personal information on those Web sites. Tourisme Montreal encourages you to read that statement carefully.

3. Laws Governing the Protection of Personal Information

This Web site is controlled and operated from Montréal, Québec, Canada The personal information of the user is protected under the laws of Québec and Canada.

4. Privacy Policy

Identifiable personal information is that which refers to and serves to identify an individual. Personal information includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, phone number or e-mail address. Unless required by law, Tourisme Montréal does not disclose any personal information obtained from Web site users. Tourisme Montréal does not sell or rent your personal information to anyone.

5. Use of Personal Information

Tourisme Montréal uses personal information provided by the Web site users solely to respond to a specific demand from the user or for the specific purposes for which the user has given his/her consent (to become a member of Tourisme Montréal, to participate in a contest, a sweapstakes or a survey, to fill a user's profile, to contact Tourisme Montréal, etc.). By providing confidential information to Tourisme Montréal, the user authorizes Tourisme Montréal to use it for a specific purpose, but remains entirely responsible for the exactness of the information provided.

6. Disclosure of Personal Information

User requests may require the disclosure of personal information to service providers or suppliers involved in fulfilling a request (e.g.: disclosure of contact information to an organization handling document shipping or to an establishment where the user wishes to make a reservation). If users consent to having their name on mailing and survey lists, it may also be necessary to disclose their contact information to a service provider or supplier.

To provide and process the services you request, Tourisme Montréal shares your personal information with our authorized suppliers or service providers. We only share information about services reserved on Tourisme Montréal. Our suppliers or service providers need information about your user profile to process and confirm your reservation. This information must be shared with our suppliers or service providers to confirm your reservation and preferences. Although Tourisme Montréal publishes offers from travel suppliers or service providers that are reputable companies, we have not placed limitations on these suppliers or service providers from using or disclosing your information without your permission. Therefore, we encourage you review the information privacy practices of any suppliers or service providers whose products you reserve via Tourisme Montréal. In addition, these suppliers or service providers may also contact you as necessary to obtain additional information about your confirmed reservation.

Tourisme Montréal does not disclose any personal information to third parties, except when necessary to respond to specific user requests or for explicitly authorized purposes. The confidentiality of electronically transmitted information is further maintained by additional security measures.

7. Use of Cookies

Cookies are small data files transferred to your browser by a Web site. They keep a record of your preferences, making your subsequent visits to the Web site more efficient. The use of cookies is a common practice adopted by most major sites to better serve their clients. Most browsers are designed to accept cookies, but they can be easily configured to refuse cookies.The cookies used by Tourisme Montréal are harmless. Users may opt to refuse them.

8. Computer Information

Tourisme Montréal collects certain technical information from your computer each time you request a page during a visit to the Web site. This information is collected from your computer's Web browser to enhance your experience on our Web site and may include your IP address, operating system, Web browser software (e.g.: Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), screen resolution, and referrer Web site. To learn more about the technical information gathered from your computer please consult the following link: http://www.deepmetrix.com/legal/privacy/

9. Links to Other Sites

The Web site contains many links to other sites that do not operate under Tourisme Montréal's Privacy Policy. When you click to access these sites, Tourisme Montréal's privacy practices no longer apply. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements for all third-party Web sites to understand their procedures for collecting, using and disclosing your personal information. These links are provided for user convenience only. Tourisme Montréal in no way controls, endorses or approves these sites and cannot be held responsible for their content or practices, including with respect to the protection of personal information and privacy.

10. Security

Tourisme Montréal is committed to protecting the information its collects. Tourisme Montréal has implemented a security program to keep information that is stored in our systems protected from unauthorized access.

Our systems are configured with data encryption, or scrambling, technologies, and industry-standard firewalls. When you send personal information to Tourisme Montréal over the Internet, your data is protected by Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure safe transmission.

Tourisme Montréal is a VeriSign Certified site. VeriSign certification authenticates the Web site as belonging to Tourisme Montréal. It confirms that the Web site is secure and that information supplied by the user is encrypted when the symbol appears at the bottom of the screen.

11. Risks related to Internet

Notwithstanding the security measures mentioned above, complete confidentiality and security cannot at this time be guaranteed on the Internet. Communication via the Internet is subject to interception, loss or alteration. You acknowledge and agree that Tourisme Montréal cannot be held responsible for damages resulting from the transmission of confidential information or personal information over the Internet and that such communications are at your own risk.

12. Changes to the Tourisme Montréal Privacy Policy Statement

This Privacy Policy statement was produced and posted on this Web site on October 1st, 2004. Tourisme Montréal reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason. If there are material changes to this statement or in how Tourisme Montréal will use your personal information, Tourisme Montréal will prominently post a notice of such changes prior to implementing the change.

Regardless of later updates, we will abide by the information privacy practices described in this Privacy Policy statement at the time you provided us with your information.

13. Access, Correction, Deletion, Comments and Complaints

Users may ask to access, correct or delete the personal information held by Tourisme Montréal. Requests for verification and related comments or complaints should be sent to prive@tourism-montreal.org along with information identifying the user. You may also write to the following address:

Tourisme Montréal
Privacy Policy
1555 Peel Street, Suite 600
Montréal, Québec
H3A 3L8 Canada