Thank you for visiting the Bureau’s Web site and consulting its confidentiality policy.

The Bureau’s Web site does not place permanent cookies on users’ hard disks. Data that is automatically exchanged between computers is not linked to personally identifiable information. This data is collected because of the technological requirements of Internet navigation and is used for statistical purposes.

The Bureau’s Web site contains links to other government Web sites or to those of government agencies and private organizations. Some of these Web sites may place permanent or temporary cookies on the hard disks of visitors’ computers. For this purpose, you should refer to the confidentiality policies of these Web sites.

No personal information is collected without the Internet user’s prior informed consent.

As soon as you access the Web site (www.bdrvm.com), information is automatically exchanged between your computer and our servers, without your intervention. The following information, which does not identify you personally, is exchanged:

• the Internet domain name (for example, “companyx.com”) and your IP address (in general, an IP address is a unique number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet, enabling documents to be transmitted to you without error) ;
• the type of Web browser and operating system used to access this Web site;
• the pages you visit;
• if you access the Bureau’s Web site via another site (referral site), its address.

This exchange of information is necessary if the server is to transmit to you a file compatible with the computer equipment you are using. The Bureau keeps the required information in order to have a record of the number of visitors, the pages visited most often, the technology used by the Web site’s clientele, the referral sites and the countries of origin of visitors to the Web site.

If you decide to send us personal information – by e-mail or by filling out a form online – we will only use the information required to answer your request and follow up on it. Electronic messages are handled in accordance with the same standards of confidentiality applicable to postal service deliveries.

The personal information transmitted is never used to draw up user profiles and is never transmitted to any private organization.

If you have any comments or questions, you may at any time use the mailbox entitled To Reach Us that appears at the top of each page.

Our Web site provides links to other Web sites of agencies or ministries of the Government of Québec, as well as to Web sites of private organizations. Once you leave the Bureau’s Web site, the information transmitted is no longer subject to this confidentiality policy.

Act respecting Access to Documents Held by Public Bodies and the Protection of Personal Information (R.S.Q., c. A-2.1)Web site of the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec