Scouts Canada -
Thunder Bay Area
Privacy Statements

This statement applies to all interactions with the Thunder Bay Area Web servers. It does not apply to E-mail sent to Scout Contacts, staff or lists. Any questions regarding the web site and the privacy policy can be directed to the

Email interactions are guided by general net-etiquette conventions.

As is typical, we log http requests to our server. This means that we know the originating IP address of an agent requesting a URL (e.g. 127.129.90.103). We do not log the specific identity of visitors. We occasionally analyze the log files to determine which files are most requested and the previous site or user agent which prompted the request. Our logging is passive; we do not use technologies such as cookies to maintain any information on users.

Logged information is not disclosed outside of Council's host site personnel. Aggregate (completely non-identifying) statistics generated from these logs may be reported as part of research results. The logs are permanently archived as raw research material.

This statement applies to E-mail sent to Webmaster and NWO Council staff.
Any questions regarding the web site and the privacy policy can be directed to the

Email interactions are guided by general net-etiquette conventions.

E-mail interactions with the site are authenticated. Consequently we have the capability to identify respondents.

• At no time is your E-mail address disclosed to any third party for any purpose.
  
• By registering your E-mail address, you are added to our "Scouters" mailing list and your identity is relayed to the Scouter's Club E-mail List conveneor.
• We trace membership E-mail lists for the Registrar, chair of Standing Committees and Scouters' Clubs, but only for people in the point of contact for Scouting.
  
  

The site is labelled using the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), primarily by the Internet Content Rating Association.

We would encourage the use of content filters to protect our youth from unsuitable material available on the Internet. ICRA offers labeling information and a content filter. The ICRAfilter is free for use by parents and other concerned adults providing it is for their own personal use.