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Privacy Notice

The Government of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are committed to providing visitors with Web sites that respect their privacy. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices on the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Web site.

SSHRC's Web site does not automatically gather any specific personal information from you, such as your name, phone number or e-mail address. We would only obtain this type of information if you supply it by sending us an e-mail or registering/applying in a secure portion of the site.

All personal information held or collected by SSHRC is protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that at any point of collection you will be asked for consent to collect your information, and you will be informed of the purpose for which it is being collected and how to exercise your right of access to that information.

SSHRC employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. This software receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer that has contacted our Web site, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited. We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.

SSHRC occasionally uses "cookies" to track how visitors use this site or to determine sites previously visited. A cookie is a small text file placed on a user's hard drive by a Web site to allow monitoring of the use of the site. You can set your browser preference to accept or refuse cookies. The information recorded in the cookie cannot be used to identify individuals.

Information on individual visitors is used by SSHRC employees who need to know the information in order to respond to your request or to ensure the security of this system. We only share the information you give us with another government department if your inquiry relates to that department. We do not use the information to create individually identifiable profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside the federal government.

Questions or comments regarding this policy, or the administration of the Privacy Act in SSHRC may be directed to SSHRC's Privacy Co-ordinator, Margaret Blakeney by telephone at (613) 992-1058 or email margaret.blakeney@sshrc.ca . If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

Updated: 9/21/2007 1:31:16 PM