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1. Personal Information

We only collect personal contact information from our website that you choose to give us (for example, if you join via email any of our email subscriptions).

When you use our website’s “Contact Us” form, send us electronic mail, or send direct messages through social media platforms, we may collect your email address or contact information and your message, so that we may reply to you. We recommend that you don’t send sensitive personal information using these methods.

Our web server may collect personal information in the form of cookies; that information is used only for analytics or for the operation and security of our website. We do not collect any further personal information if you browse or download from our website.

2. Cookies/Web Analytics

We use cookies to track use of our website by users in an anonymized format, such as how and when they use a site and which site they visited immediately before. We have implemented IP address anonymization in order to ensure that the privacy of users is protected.

We use Google Analytics to analyze non-identifiable web site traffic data to improve our services. This data is collected and stored by Google Analytics. For information on how this data is stored, refer to Google Analytics’ Terms of Service of Google Analytics and How Google Uses Data When You Use Our Partners’ Sites or Apps.  

Our web analytics will respect any “do not track” setting you might have set on your browser. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics by installing a browser plug-in available on Google’s website.

To disable cookies, you can follow these instructions:
Internet Explorer | Mozilla Firefox | Google Chrome | Safari | Safari (Mobile Version)

3. Uses of Personal Information

If you choose to give us personal information, we only use it for the purposes for which you give it to us.

4. Social Media

LinkedIn – The OAG uses LinkedIn, which is a third-party social media provider. Any personal information you provide through LinkedIn is not hosted on our server and is subject to LinkedIn’s terms of service and privacy policies. Aggregate information from and about public posts may be extracted and stored by the OAG for the purpose of improving our communication services.

Meta: Facebook, Instagram and Threads – The OAG uses Meta, which is a third-party social media provider. Any personal information you provide through Meta’s social media platforms is not hosted on our server and is subject to Meta’s terms of service and privacy policies. Aggregate information from and about public posts may be extracted and stored by the OAG for the purpose of improving our communication services.

Twitter – The OAG uses Twitter, which is a third-party social media provider. Any personal information you provide through Twitter is not hosted on our server and is subject to Twitter’s terms of service and privacy policies. Aggregate information from and about public tweets may be extracted and stored by the OAG for the purpose of improving our communication services.

Youtube – The OAG uses Youtube, which is a third-party social media provider. Any personal information you provide through Youtube is not hosted on our server and is subject to Youtube’s terms of service and privacy policies. Aggregate information from and about public comments may be extracted and stored by the OAG for the purpose of improving our communication services.

Hootsuite – The OAG uses Hootsuite, which is a third-party platform that allows us to manage our social media. Any private message you send to us through Twitter or Facebook is also viewable through Hootsuite. Please review Hootsuite’s Privacy Policy for a description of how personal information is stored and used.

5. Information Sharing

This website is covered by B.C.’s Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act. As per this act, we do not share your personal information with government agencies or other organizations without your permission unless:

  • it is necessary to provide you with a service that you have requested;
  • it is required or authorized by law; or
  • compelling circumstances exist that affect anyone’s health or safety.

6. External Links

Our website contains links to other sites. When clicking on a link, we encourage you to examine the site’s privacy policy and make your own decision regarding the information provided.

7. Contact us

If you have questions about this privacy policy, you can contact our office at 250-419-6100. You can also email us at privacy@bcauditor.com or write to us at:

Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia
623 Fort St
Victoria, B.C. V8W 1G1

8. Important Information

Although we try to see that all information posted on our website is accurate and complete, we do not represent that it is so, or guarantee it, and accept no liability or obligation for accuracy or completeness.