The Cree Nation Business Registry & Opportunities (the “Site”) Privacy Policy was last updated on October 16th 2024.
This Privacy Policy describes the Cree Nation Government’s (“We”, “Us”, or “Our”) policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of website user’s (“Your” or “You”) information when You use the Site and tells You about Your privacy rights.
We use Your personal data to provide and improve the Site. By using the Site, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data
While using Our Site, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, Province, Postal code
Usage Data
Usage Data
“Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Site or from the Site infrastructure itself. Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Site.
Usage Data may include information such as Your device's Internet Protocol address (“IP address”), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Site by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Site or when You access the Site by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
"Cookies" are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses. We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Site and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Site. The technologies We use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Site may use Cookies.
Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Site and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics.
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies Type: Session Cookies Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Site and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Site.
Functionality Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Site, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Site.
Tracking and Performance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third Parties
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify You as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device You use to access the Site. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features, or new functionality of the Site to see how our users react to them.
We may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Site, including to monitor the usage of our Site.
To manage Your account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Site. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Site that are available to You as an account holder.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with news, general information about services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already expressed interest in unless You have opted not to receive such information.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Site, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with third-party companies or individuals employed by Us to process data on behalf of Us (“Service Providers”) to monitor and analyze the use of our Site.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include any departments of the Cree Nation Government, any subsidiaries, and any organizations with which We partner.
With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
We will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Site, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at Our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Eeyou Istchee, Quebec, or Canada, where the data protection laws may differ.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Under certain circumstances, We may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
We may also disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend Our rights or property
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Site or the public
Protect against legal liability
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
By visiting this page on our website: https://www.cngov.ca/contact/