We are committed to maintaining confidentiality and personal privacy.
The Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) is authorized to collect personal information via this website under section 26 (c) of FIPPA for the purposes described below. Information is collected from our websites, either directly from you or automatically.
Although every effort has been made to provide complete and accurate information, CISUR makes no warranties, express or implied, or representations as to the accuracy of content on this website. CISUR assumes no liability or responsibility for any error or omissions in the information contained on the website or the operation of the website.
Information collected directly from you
Personal information is collected through our websites in certain circumstances, such as when you send an email message to us or complete a questionnaire, form or other online survey found on our websites.
We only use the personal information you provide to us through our websites for purposes consistent with its collection.
You should also be aware that information provided by you becomes a record of the organization and is subject to the access and privacy protection requirements set out in FIPPA.
This information may be further collected, used and disclosed in accordance with that Act or as otherwise required by law. Under this legislation you are also entitled to access and correct any of your personal information that is within our custody and control.
How we protect and use the personal information we collect
CISUR’s collection, use, disclosure and retention of information comply with the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Collected information is used only by authorized CISUR staff to fulfil the purpose for which it was originally collected.
We will not sell or trade any personally identifiable information that may be collected from our website and will not disclose such information to third parties except as authorized by law.
When you send us email via our website, your message is stored as business correspondence accessible only to authorized CISUR staff.
Privacy
To protect your privacy, and the privacy of others, please do not include any personal information about yourself or others including telephone numbers and email addresses in comments.
Information collected automatically
Some of our web pages use "cookies," which are small amounts of information stored by your web browser software on your workstation.
The cookies we use on our websites and what we use them for are described below.
This website operates on "implied consent," which means that by visiting and clicking through the website, we assume you agree with this usage. If you do not agree, then you should not use our site, or you can delete the cookies after visiting our websites, or use your browser's anonymous usage setting.
For more information on what cookies are used for and how to delete cookies after visiting this website, click here.
It's important to know that cookies are plain text files and cannot execute files or make copies of themselves. They do not carry or deliver viruses and cannot scan or retrieve your personal information.
There are two types of cookies – Session and Persistent.
Session cookies
Session cookie information is deleted as soon as you leave our websites. The use of temporary session cookies is solely for the purpose of allowing the user to interact with our websites in an effective manner.
Persistent cookies
In a few cases our website may use persistent cookies to store information for longer periods than the current session.
Analytics
CISUR uses Google Analytics (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google).
Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitor interactions. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information so that we may evaluate your use of this website, compile reports on website activity for the website operators and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Your IP address is anonymized by GA4.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser - however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Website visitors who do not want to be tracked by Google Analytics can download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not prevent information from being sent to the website itself or to other web analytics services.
For more information visit the Google Analytics Overview page.
Safeguards
CISUR is obligated to protect your personal information by making reasonable security arrangements against such risks as unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure or disposal. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day operating practices as part of CISUR's continuing commitment to the protection of personal information it holds.
Information sent to our websites over the Internet is not secure. This means that if the visitor uses the email address published on our websites to send an email, the information provided may be intercepted as it travels to our websites. We will not be responsible for any damage suffered by individuals because of the transmission and information that is sent to us or for any errors or changes made to the transmitted information.
Social media share buttons
Social media share buttons let visitors share or bookmark web pages and are often identifiable by the + sign with Share beside it.
To connect social buttons to the relevant external websites, there are scripts from those domains, which are outside of this website. Those websites could be collecting information about internet activity, including this site. To be certain what information those websites collect, and how to opt out, check the respective policies of each website.
Related links
CISUR's websites contain links to other websites. CISUR is not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites, or the accuracy or reliability of any content found on such websites.
