Introduction
The Canadian Museum of History is a Crown corporation with responsibility for the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum. The corporation also administers a national investment program, Digital Museums Canada, and presents a virtual exhibition, the Virtual Museum of New France. The term “the Museum” throughout this Privacy Notice refers to the corporate entity and all websites administered by the Museum.
The Museum engages in telling the story of Canada’s history and identity, as well as that of world history and cultures. Some of the Museum’s activities and programs involve the collection of personal information. The Museum is dedicated to a high standard of care for the personal information you entrust with us. Personal information obtained by the Museum is kept securely in line with the Privacy Act. Personal information under our control is accessed, used and shared by employees and Museum representatives (such as volunteers, contracted third parties, etc.) on a strict need-to-know basis (for example, only when necessary to fulfill their specific duties). The Museum does not use personal information to create individual profiles unless otherwise stated. Museum personal information is not rented, sold or traded with third parties.
In keeping with the high standard of care, this Privacy Notice describes how the Museum generally collects, uses and discloses personal information, as well as our website privacy practices.
Questions concerning this Privacy Notice should be directed to: aiprp-atip@museedelhistoire.ca.
For more information about how to protect your privacy online, please visit the website of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Definition of Personal Information
Personal information is information that, on its own or when combined with other information, identifies you. This includes your name, address, email address, preferences, financial information, and other data that can be reasonably linked to you.
When we refer to “you” or “your” in this Privacy Notice, we mean any individual whose personal information we collect.
Digital Advertisements
The Museum promotes its programs and activities online under section 9(1)(h) of the Museums Act. The Museum collects and uses information about your web browsing behaviour, such as the pages you have visited, the searches you have made, and your number of clicks (including the ads you have clicked), for the purposes of online advertising. This information is used to select which advertisement about the Museum’s offerings should be targeted and displayed to you on other websites. The ads we display become more relevant when they are shown to individuals who are likely to be interested in the offerings we advertise.
To this end, the Museum works with third parties (“service providers”) to market to you in a way that best reflects your interests, which in turn, facilitates your overall website experience. This may involve sharing aggregate information with service providers. The Museum does not share personal information with its service providers. The Museum and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies in order to provide you with advertising based on your browsing behaviour. These types of ads are called “interest-based advertising.”
Some of our service providers are based in other jurisdictions, which means that information may be transmitted outside of Canada and become subject to the governing legislation of other countries.