As a Crown Corporation of the Government of Canada, The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our Web site. This page summarizes the privacy policy and practices of Transport Canada under which we operate.

The GoC does not automatically gather any personal information from you, such as your name, phone number, e-mail or street address during your visit to its Web sites. This information is only obtained if you supply it voluntarily, usually through contacting us via e-mail, or registering in a secure portion of the site.

• All personal information you do provide is protected under the federal Privacy Act. This means that, at the point of collection, you will be informed that your personal information is being collected, the purpose for which it is being collected and that you have a right of access to the information.
  
• Some institutions within the GoC use software that receives and records the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of computers that have connected with their Web sites. In such instances, institutions make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting GoC sites.
  
• Transport Canada does not use 'cookies' to track how visitors use our Web site. Transport Canada does use temporary 'cookies' to facilitate your transactions. These 'cookies' are meaningless session identification numbers that exist in your browser's temporary memory only and are deleted when you close your browser. Some functions on the Transport Canada web site will not work properly if you disable all cookies.
  
• Visitor information is not disclosed to anyone except GoC personnel who need the information, e.g., to respond to a request. The information you give us will be shared with another government department ONLY if your inquiry relates to that department. We do not use the information to create individual profiles, nor do we disclose this information to anyone outside the federal government.
  
• If you are not satisfied that we have adequately respected your privacy, you may wish to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by calling 1-800-267-0441 or via the Internet at http://www.privcom.gc.ca/

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 1999. All rights reserved.

Last Modified/Reviewed: 2000-05-29