Privacy is an important issue for visitors to the Regional District of Central Okanagan website, www.regionaldistrict.com as it is for all our various customers and clients.  The collection, use, disclosure and retention of information must comply with the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Document Disposal Act in the Province of British Columbia.  The following information outlines what information is gathered for our site and what we do with that information.

When you visit this website, the RDCO web server automatically collects a limited amount of information that is needed to ensure the operation and security of our web site.  Some of this information, such as browser type, doesnt identify who you are, whereas other information, like your Internet domain name or IP address may identify you.  The amount of personal information available depends to a great extent on the naming standards that are followed by your Internet Service Provider.

When you enter our site and begin browsing, the RDCO web site may distribute Cookies or small pieces of information to the web browser or hard disk for added functionality.  These small text files assist you when you return to specific areas on the web site.  (If you have concerns about this use of Cookies, you can change your web browser to not accept this information or display warning messages.)  The RDCO does not use cookies to gather personal information such as your name or e-mail address.

The Regional District may use cookies to identify repeat users of our site and to determine the path or paths visitors take on our web site.  This information is used to help measure the effectiveness of our web site and to track web site usage so that we may provide useful data to the general public.  Any information gathered in this way is done so in an aggregate and anonymous manner.

The Regional District of Central Okanagan web site contains links to other external web sites.  We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of those web sites beyond our control.