The British Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA) is accountable for all personal information it collects and retains. We are committed to maintaining confidentiality and personal privacy. Our collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal information comply with the provisions of the BC Personal Information Protection Act.
The following policies govern the information gathering and privacy practices for our Websites (located on Internet Ports 80 & 8080 of www.bcsta.org).
BCSTA’s servers do not automatically gather personal information; we only obtain this type of information when you specifically supply it, such as when you send us an e-mail or participate in a BCSTA-hosted web survey.
Unless you voluntarily provide personal information, we collect only the following types of information as you browse through our website:
We collect this information for statistical purposes and for evaluating our website to make it more useful. For example, we use IP address information to generate geographic-related statistics, search engine statistics, and to help administer the site, in general. We make no attempt to link addresses with the identities of individuals visiting our site.
If you use the Contact Us form or complete an on-line survey found on our website, we only use your personal information for responding to and processing your requests for information. Personal information collected will only be used for the specific purpose for which you provided the information and will not be made available to others for any other purpose.
We do not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our website visitors unless required for law enforcement or otherwise provided for by law.
In addition, our website uses "cookies" which are small text files stored by your web browser software on your computer hard drive. In some cases this information is temporary in nature (called "session cookies") and is deleted as soon as you leave our website. In other cases our website uses cookies to store information for longer periods than the current session. In those cases our website name is clearly noted in the cookie (or cookie name), and the user may choose to delete the cookie. The use of cookies is solely for the purpose of allowing users to interact with our website in an effective manner.
The BCSTA website contains links to other websites. BCSTA is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites.
Information sent over the Internet is not secure. This means that if a visitor uses the Contact Us form, or uses the links of e-mail addresses published on our website to send an e-mail, the information provided may be intercepted as it travels over the Internet. We will not be responsible for any damages suffered by individuals as a result of the transmission of information sent to us, or for any errors or changes made to transmitted information.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the information gathering or privacy practices of our website, please contact: Mike P. Gagel, Director Information & Education Technology at mgagel[at]bcsta.org