GENERAL

This site is owned and operated by the government of British Columbia (the Province).  Apart from content added by users, the Province is the owner of all copyrights, trade-marks, official marks, patents or other intellectual property rights in this website.

The Province is not responsible for the conduct of any user.

The Province maintains this site but you use it at your own risk. It’s an open forum – if you make a comment, someone may just tell you it’s a silly comment. Maybe. You’ve been warned.

Don’t forget that you’re posting information, including your name and comments to the world on the internet when you use this blog.  Also note that everything posted to the site becomes a government record and is therefore subject to public disclosure under a Freedom of Information request or as otherwise required by law.  Therefore, don’t post anything you wouldn’t be comfortable seeing aired publicly.

Some comments or information, as determined by the site administrators, may be deemed not appropriate and will be removed or not published. This includes comments regarding any publicly elected representative or candidate regardless of their political affiliation, whether those comments are supportive or critical.  In order to protect the privacy of other people, it also includes the personal information of individuals other than yourself.

The Province reserves the right to edit or delete content on this site for any reason to ensure that all site content is reasonable and appropriate. In particular, defamatory, indecent, obscene, illegal, immoral and sexually explicit content will be removed as fast as our delete finger can get to it.

The Province will not be legally responsible for any loss, damage, liability or expense resulting from the use of the website.

Any content from or links to third party websites must fit into the site terms of use. We do not control such third party websites and are not responsible for their content. The inclusion of hyperlinks to such third party websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with these third parties. If you choose to click on one of those hyperlinks, remember you will be leaving this site and may be going to a site inside or outside Canada that is not owned or operated by the Province.

The Province reserves the right to change these terms. To stay apprised of any changes, please review this agreement on a regular basis.

YOUR PRIVACY

This site collects a limited amount of personal information for the purpose of facilitating your comments and ongoing collaboration, and for informing government policy development. The personal information the site collects includes your name, email address, IP address (to verify your identity and to manage visitors to the site), and your comments and opinions.  Any personal information about yourself (aside from your IP address), may be shared on the internet via the process of shared commentary with other visitors, ministries and agencies of the government of British Columbia.

Your personal information is collected under the authority of section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA). If you have any questions about the collection of your personal information, please contact Ian Graeme, Manager, Watershed Sustainability; by mail: to Po Box 9362, Victoria B.C. V8W 9M2; phone: 250 356-6663 or e-mail: ian.graeme@gov.bc.ca.

CONSENT TO DISCLOSURE AND USE OF MY PERSONAL INFORMATION

By checking the “I Agree” checkbox, I give my consent to this site use my personal information, and to disclose it to other ministries and agencies of the government of British Columbia for the purpose of verifying my identity, for informing policy development within government, for communication with you, and for participation in the on-line discussion.  I also give my consent to disclose on the internet, inside or outside Canada, the personal information that I have provided to the site to the extent it is needed to foster my public participation, communication and collaboration in the on-line discussion.

MY CONSENT IS VALID AND IN EFFECT UNTIL IT IS REVOKED IN WRITING BY ME.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

You must provide your name and email contact information before posting a comment. You will have to do this each time you submit a comment. Your name will be attributed to and will accompany your posted comment.

You must not post the personal information of other people.  This includes their name, contact information, photos, or comments about them.

You must not infringe copyright by posting copyrighted materials to this website.

You are responsible for the content you add to the site.

You must not reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, transfer, create derivative works from, sell or lease any of the information obtained from this website.

MISCELLANEOUS

In case you wonder which laws apply to this website, the laws of the Province of British Columbia, including the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and the applicable laws of Canada will govern these terms and conditions.