Privacy Statement - Coquitlam Business E-News

The City of Coquitlam takes its privacy obligations seriously and we’ve created this page to explain how we treat your personal information collected for the Coquitlam Business E-News.

The City of Coquitlam is committed to protecting your personal privacy. Our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information is regulated by the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165.  

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Profile Information

We collect information from you when you subscribe to the Coquitlam Business E-News. This includes your email address and any other information as provided by you on the subscription form. Please note that you are able to browse any publicly accessible editions of the Coquitlam Business E-News on the website completely anonymously without signing up.

Usage Information

We collect information about your viewership of the Coquitlam Business E-News, such as sent rate, open rate, etc.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We collect this information in order to:

  • Analyze and interpret it to help meet our objectives and obligations.
  • Communicate information to you about local business news and important municipal information to support your business.

External Links

Our newsletters may contain links to other websites. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of linked websites and we suggest you review the privacy policies of those websites before using them.

Security

While no online service is completely secure, we work very hard to protect information about you against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, and take all reasonable measures to do so. 

Requesting Access or Correcting Your Personal Information

Subject to applicable local laws and regulations, you may have some or all of the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • To access your personal data and to rectify any inaccuracies within that personal data.
  • To request the erasure of your personal data residing with us.
  • To request your personal data in a portable, machine-readable format.
  • To withdraw your consent to our processing of their personal data.

If you wish to contact us with a request relating to the personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the contact below and include your name and contact details so that we can follow up. We may need to verify your identity before providing you with your personal information.

In some cases, we may be unable to provide you with access to all your personal information and, where this occurs, we will explain why.

Contact Us

For further information about our privacy policy and related information practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please email Communications.