Terms of Use and Privacy
No personal information is collected when browsing the site. For inquiries concerning the treatment of personal information in the custody of Natural Resources Canada related to your participation in engagement opportunities, individuals may contact the Stakeholder and Public Engagement Unit at Natural Resources Canada. Alternatively, individuals may also contact Natural Resources Canada's Access to Information and Privacy Office at 580 Booth St, 11th Floor, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8 or by email at nrcan.privacy-protectiondelavieprivée.rncan@canada.ca for access to their personal information pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act and Access to Information Act.
Unless otherwise noted, Natural Resources Canada does not automatically gather any specific information from you, such as your name, telephone number or email address. Natural Resources Canada would obtain this type of information only if you supply it to us, for example, by email or by filling in a contact form. In such cases, how your personal information is handled will be provided in a Personal Information Collection Statement.
In cases where services are provided by organizations outside of the Government of Canada, such as social media platforms or mobile applications, IP addresses may be recorded by the Web server of the third-party service provider.
If you choose to send Natural Resources Canada an email or complete a feedback form online, your personal information is used by Natural Resources Canada in order to respond to your inquiry. The information you provide will only be shared with another government institution if your inquiry relates to that institution. Natural Resources Canada does not use the information to create individual profiles nor does it disclose the information to anyone other than to those in the federal government who need to provide you with a response. Any disclosure of your personal information is in accordance with the Privacy Act.
Emails and other electronic methods used to communicate with the Government of Canada are not secure unless it is specifically stated on a Web page. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not send sensitive personal information, such as your Social Insurance Number or your date of birth, through non-secure electronic means.
Personal information from emails or completed feedback forms is collected pursuant to the Privacy Act. Such information may be used for statistical, evaluation and reporting purposes and is included in Personal Information Bank Public Communications (PSU 914).
Privacy Notice
No personal information is collected when browsing the site. However, to participate in most engagement activities, you will need to register and provide the following information:
- email address
- first name
- screen name (optional)
- first 3 values of postal code (will be used in projects where regional comparison would be of value)
76engage and Natural Resources Canada will maintain the confidentiality of your email address and password. The registration information you provide will not be used by 76engage or Natural Resources Canada for any other purposes unrelated to your participation in engagement opportunities. Similarly, information provided upon registration will not be shared with third parties. Your personal information is protected under the Privacy Act.
Natural Resources Canada collects your personal information under the authority of the Department of Natural Resources Act and uses it to facilitate your registration to participate actively in minescanada.ca rather than just been able to read the information. If you do not provide us with your information it may result in Natural Resources Canada being unable to effectively provide you access to the two way dialogue in minescanada.ca.
The personal information collected appears in the Personal Information Bank Outreach Activities (PSU 938). Individuals have a right of protection, access to and correction or notation of their personal information. Please be advised that you are entitled to complain to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding the handling of your information.
For inquiries concerning the treatment of personal information in the custody of Natural Resources Canada related to your participation in engagement opportunities, individuals may contact the Stakeholder and Public Engagement Unit at Natural Resources Canada. Alternatively, individuals may also contact Natural Resources Canada’s Access to Information and Privacy Office at 580 Booth St, 11th Floor, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8 or by email at nrcan.privacy-protectiondelavieprivée.rncan@canada.ca for access to their personal information pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act and Access to Information Act.
Terms of Use
Content will be monitored and any activity or material that appears to violate the Terms of Use will be removed. Similarly, registered users who repeatedly act contrary to the Terms of Use may have their accounts temporarily or permanently suspended. By choosing to participate on the NRCan Engage website, you are indicating that you accept to abide by the Terms of Use.
When commenting on the site, you must never include information that would identify you or anybody else, including full names, social insurance numbers, phone numbers, email addresses or other personally identifying information. You must not impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of the content you are submitting.
You may submit content and actively participate on this site, provided the content is not illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, an invasion of privacy, objectionable or infringing of intellectual property rights of third parties, and does not consist of or contain software viruses, commercial solicitation or any form of “spam”. Content must also be relevant to the discussions.
Natural Resources Canada reserves the right to remove comments that are:
- containing personal information about you or others;
- racist, hateful, sexist, homophobic, slanderous;
- insulting or involve questionable conduct in regards to another person;
- aggressive, rude, coarse, violent, obscene, profane or pornographic in nature;
- offensive or abusive to an individual or organization;
- used for advertising or promotional purposes;
- repetitive or spamming threads; or
- off-topic or do not add to the normal flow of the discussion.
NRCan Engage is committed to providing a safe, open and respectful discussion forum. The Terms of Use are designed to allow all users to share their opinions and ideas. Constructive disagreements are permissible provided they are not abusive, intolerant or insulting. Comments of this nature are subject to removal.
NRCan Engage will post original content in both English and French. Registered participants may choose to participate in either English or French. Content generated by participants will appear the language they have chosen to participate in.
If you post or submit comments or otherwise participate on this site (“Material”), you grant Natural Resources Canada an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative work from, distribute and display such content or material. Your privacy and anonymity will always be maintained. You irrevocably waive all moral rights to such Material. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all rights to any Material submitted and that your Material does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.