Privacy notice
The Government of Canada and Transport Canada are committed to respecting the personal privacy of the people and organizations that visit our websites. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices of Transport Canada’s web presence.
- When you visit Government of Canada websites, these sites do not automatically collect your personal information. This information is collected only if you supply it voluntarily.
- Providing the information requested on this form is voluntary. The information is collected for the purpose of creating and maintaining your subscription and for communication purposes only.
- The information you provide is protected under Canada’s Privacy Act and is included in the personal information bank PSU-914.
- Transport Canada’s website uses per-session cookies. Per-session cookies do not collect personal information about you. Per-session cookies are used to store information during a session on (or visit to) our website. These cookies reside in a user's computer only while the user is on the site and they are deleted when the user ends the session. Here is the list of information we collect using per-session cookies:
- The name of your Internet service provider, its IP address and the name of its server (Transport Canada makes no attempt to link these addresses to the identity of visitors to the website)
- The length of each visit
- The number of requests per visit
- Your type of operating system (Windows, Macintosh, Unix, etc.)
- Your browser type (Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.)
By keeping this data, Transport Canada's website administrators can fine-tune their content based on user-activity trends.
Questions or comments regarding this policy or the administration of the Privacy Act at Transport Canada may be directed to the Access to Information and Privacy Division.
If you are not satisfied that we have adequately respected your privacy, you may wish to contact:
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Telephone: 1-800-267-0441
Website: Privacy Commissioner
