Privacy Statement

Clicklaw and Courthouse Libraries BC respect the privacy of visitors to our website and will keep confidential any requests for information.

We do not gather personal information 

You can access the Clicklaw website without disclosing your personal information.

How we use the information we collect 

When you visit our website, it sends your computer one or more cookies (text files placed on your computer) which collect information to personalize your online experience. For example, if you hide our alert banner on a page, your preference is saved by using a persistent cookie. If you prefer to refuse cookies, you can set your website browser to block them. 

Our server logs automatically collect information, such as your IP address, your browser type, and the date and time of your visit, which helps us understand how visitors use our site and recognize trends. We do not use this data to determine your identity unless required to do for law enforcement purposes. 

How we use Google Analytics 

The Clicklaw website uses Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the site and to improve our web services. The tool uses cookies to collect standard information (including your IP address) about visitors’ behaviour in an anonymous form and stores this information on Google's servers. Cookies are small text files sent to your computer when your browser visits a website. Read more about How Google Uses Cookies

Courthouse Libraries BC will not (and will not allow any third party to) use Google Analytics to collect personally identifiable information of visitors to our site. Google will use the anonymous information collected for the purpose of tracking your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. For further information, you can refer to the Terms of Service of Google Analytics

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. However, you can also choose to decline cookies from Google Analytics by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. 

Disclosure of Google Analytics features 

We have enabled Google Analytics features: Google Analytics Demographic Details Report. This allows our Google Analytics to collect data about the demographics of visitors to our site (i.e. age, gender, and interests). This data is non-personally identifiable and is used for statistical purposes only. This means we cannot connect any information to you, and we won’t try to.

You can opt-out of having your data used by Google Analytics, by using Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Do you have questions? 

If you have any comments or questions about this privacy statement, please let us know by emailing us at privacy@courthouselibrary.ca.