Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

VECTOR Website Terms Of Use

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before making use of the VECTOR website. In continuing to use the VECTOR website you agree to comply with and be bound to all terms and conditions set forth on this page.

Unless noted otherwise all content found on this website is owned by VECTOR. Content found on this website may not be reproduced or redistributed without the permission of Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications Organization.

Non-Profit Society

VECTOR is a registered non-profit society run for and by its members and as such is under the jurisdiction of a number of provincial and federal statutes including the British Columbia Personal Information Privacy Act (PIPA).

Charitable Organization

VECTOR is a registered charitable organization under the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act and Income Tax Act of Canada for the purpose of accepting donations to support our mission.

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Website Privacy and Personal Information Policy

Information Collected and How It Is Used: When you visit our website a web server automatically collects certain standard information about your visit including an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a time-stamp, the type of browser and operating system used to access our page, and the page your web browser visited.

This information may be used in the future to analyse web traffic patterns to help us determine which parts of our site are popular and which are not. This information is helpful in assisting us in making the website more useful to its users.

Intent: Our intent is not to capture information for the purpose of identifying individuals but some information supplied automatically by a visitor’s web browser may facilitate identification depending on how your internet service provider has configured their systems and naming standards.

Disclosure: VECTOR will not disclose this information to third parties except as might be required in certain circumstances such as regular website performance monitoring or to troubleshoot technical problems with regards to the operation of our website.

Cookies: No aspect of VECTOR’s website currently requires the use of cookies. Cookies are small data files created by your web browser to facilitate certain website features such as log-on or new content tracking.

Compliance with PIPA: Any information collected by our website system is considered reasonable and necessary under the relevant BC privacy legislation (PIPA). If you have concerns over the use of personal information by VECTOR, contact the VECTOR Privacy Officer at [email protected].

Links To Other Sites and Internet Content

Links to other sites and internet content (“remote content”) are provided throughout our website for the convenience of visitors to our website. VECTOR does not endorse or control such remote content.