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Privacy policy

Privacy policy

Privacy statement

The Government of Yukon is committed to protecting your privacy. We collect, use, disclose, retain and dispose of information through Government of Yukon properties such as our websites in compliance with the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP), the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Regulation and the Archives Act.

The purpose of this privacy statement is to inform you of the personal information that we may collect from you when you interact with the Government of Yukon online. By using this website, you consent to the data practices we describe on this web page. 

Collection of personal information

We collect personal information through Government of Yukon websites under section 15(c)(i) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purposes we state below.

The Government of Yukon, through the Department of Highways and Public Works Transportation Aviation Branch, will collect personally identifiable information such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. We may also collect anonymous demographic information such as your postal code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites.

When you use this website, information about your computer hardware and software can be automatically collected. This information is known as web analytics and may include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web services.

Use of personal information

The Government of Yukon will use the personal information we collect from you to operate the aviation website and to deliver the services you required. The Government of Yukon does not sell, rent or lease any of our clients’ list or clients’ information to third parties.

Communicating with the Government of Yukon

If you choose to send us an email, we may use your personal information so we can respond to your inquiry.

We will not publish comments on Government of Yukon blog posts that contain information that identifies you or another person. This includes other personal information, such as email addresses or telephone numbers.

Emails and other electronic methods you use to communicate with us are not secure unless we specifically state this on a web page. We recommend you contact the government by phone or in person if you wish to communicate on a sensitive matter.

Improving your experience on Government of Yukon websites

Web analytics

Website analytics is the collection, analysis, measurement and reporting of data about website traffic and visits for purposes of understanding and improving Government of Yukon website use.

The Government of Yukon uses an analytics service provider to collect website visitor data. We do not use or link this information to any other system to identify individuals.

When your computer contacts a Government of Yukon web page, the service provider we use collects and uses types of information such as:

  • the IP address of the computer you used;
  • the date and time you visited a web page;
  • the pages you visited;
  • the type of browser you used; and
  • the website you arrived from.

Cookies

Some Government of Yukon websites may download a "cookie" to your computer when you visit them. This is a data file that the web server uses to remember your behaviours and preferences on the website. This allows the site to better respond to your habits on your future visits.

If you have any concerns about the collection of this type of information, you should set your browser to not accept cookies or to display a warning that a cookie will be downloaded if you access the site. Setting these browser options will not exclude you from any Government of Yukon website.

You’ll have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies, if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the complete features of the aviation website.

Registration

Some Government of Yukon websites ask visitors to register by filling in an online form. We do this so we can deliver a service and respond more effectively to a specific, identified individual. The website will store data from the form and your responses to fulfil the service request.

These communications become part of the record of the transaction and must comply with Government of Yukon records management procedures. We manage the personal information contained within these communications according to the requirements of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Social media

The Government of Yukon will also use social media as an extension of our presence on the internet. Social media accounts are public and are not hosted on the Government of Yukon servers.

If you choose to interact with the Government of Yukon through social media, you should read the terms of service and privacy policies of these third-party service providers and those of any applications used to access them.

The Government of Yukon is in no way responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. Read their privacy statements to find out how they track and use your information:

Security and confidentiality of personal information

The Government of Yukon secures the collection and use of your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The personal information the Government of Yukon collects by using the aviation website will only be accessed by the authorized employees and in no way will it be sold, rented or leased to third parties.

The Government of Yukon is implementing security measures to protect the personally identifiable information collected from its clients. All personal information provided to the Government of Yukon will be secured on a computer server located at Government of Yukon data centres in a controlled and secure environment and duly protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

We’ll retain and dispose of the personally identifiable information in accordance with the Archives Act and the approved Records Retention Schedule of the Government of Yukon or our records management procedures. 

Changes to the privacy statement

We’ll occasionally update this privacy statement to reflect any feedback from the Government of Yukon and our clients as well as any amendments to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, its regulation and the Archives Act. We encourage you to visit and review this statement every now and then to be well-informed and keep updated on how the Government of Yukon is protecting your personal information. 

Contact information

We welcome any comments, feedback or clarifications regarding this privacy statement which are valuable to help us improve the services we provide to the clients. You may reach out to us via email at [email protected].