Legal Disclaimer/Privacy Statement

While an effort is made to post accurate information, the City does not guarantee the information posted is always current or correct. The City does not make any warranties or representations as to the quality, content accuracy or completeness of any information, materials, graphics, links, and other items contained on its website. The City makes no warranties, express or implied as to the fitness of the information for any purpose, or to results obtained by individuals using the information and is not responsible for any action taken in reliance on the information contained herein.

The City's website contains links to external Internet sites. Such external websites contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by institutions or organization independent of the City. The City does not endorse, approve, certify, or control external websites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness efficiency, timeliness, or correctness of the information located at the sites. Reference to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favouring by the City.

The City will not be liable to any person or business entity for any damages whatsoever arising from the use of this website or any other website to which this site is linked, whether such damages are direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or otherwise, regardless of whether or not the City has been specifically advised of the possibility of such damages.

Communications made through the City's website email and contact system is for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute legal notice to the City.

Website Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting our website. This privacy notice explains how we use information you may provide while visiting our website and to demonstrate our commitment to Internet privacy.

This privacy statement advises how we use personal information collected at this site. Please read before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you are accepting the practices described. These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review this statement whenever you visit the site to make sure you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.

Website usage/information collection
When you visit the City of Parksville website, we automatically obtain information from you about the name of your Internet service provider, the browser and type of computer you are using, the website that referred you to us, the pages you request and the date and time of those requests. We use this information on an aggregate basis to generate statistics and measure site activity to improve the usefulness of the site. We do not track the pages you or any individual visitor may look at during a visit to our site and we do not collect any other information without your knowledge and permission. We do not collect or store personally identifiable information, such as name, mailing address, email address, or phone number, unless you provide that information.

The City of Parksville website will not post your personal contact information, including email address, street address and phone numbers, without consent.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. This website uses a cookie for measuring aggregate web statistics, including number of monthly visitors, number of repeat visitors, most popular web pages, and other information.

Opting out of email lists
People who subscribe to an email list via the website will receive periodic updates by email from the City. You may opt out of future emails by advising communications@parksville.ca.

Outside links
This site contains hypertext links to other sites. Please note the privacy practices set forth in this privacy policy are for the City's website only. If you link to other websites, please review the privacy policies posted at those sites. The City is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Contact us
If you have questions, concerns or comments about the City's privacy policy, contact us atcommunications@parksville.ca.

We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. All changes will be posted.