Privacy Policy

Privacy and Terms of Use for Internet Visitors

The terms and conditions outlined in the following Privacy Policy apply to users, viewers and all people who have access to the Town of Fort Erie website. By using or viewing this site, you agree to its terms and conditions.

The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie reserves the right to change, modify, add to or remove portions of any terms, conditions, policies or disclaimers published on its Internet site. To ensure that you know what terms and conditions currently apply, occasional checks of this page and the disclaimer are recommended.

Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie Privacy Policy

The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie respects the privacy of its web visitors. Our goal is to protect your information on the Internet in the same way we protect it in all the other ways we interact with you — in our service offices or at your home or business location; through mail correspondence; and, on the phone. Town Staff adhere to strict policies that protect the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information such as names, email addresses and telephone numbers.

Specifics of how the Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie gathers and uses Internet information are outlined below. If there are any questions or concerns not addressed here, please email the corporation's Legal Division. By using this site, you signify your assent to our Privacy Policy.

• Access to the Town of Fort Erie's website, and use of many of its services features typically do not require providing any personal information whatsoever.
• "Cookie" technology captures summary — not individual — information on visitor use patterns. This is computer code that tracks traffic so we can determine how effective a given page is in meeting informational or service needs. Apart from providing a performance measure for the Town's Internet site, the data is otherwise meaningless.
• A cookie contains no information that personally identifies visitors to the community's website and is strictly geared to providing internal performance data. The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie knows nothing of an Internet visitors browsing path once he or she has left Fort Erie.ca.
• The only personally identifying information arising from your use of the Municipality Web site is what you supply to us on a voluntary basis. For example, contacting the Town via the web site and leaving a return email address.
• Online credit card payments are performed through a certified and secure third party. The Town of Fort Erie will not have access to, or archive any, credit card information.
• The Town of Fort Erie will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose to third parties the personal information you provide.