Privacy Statement

Athabasca County strives to ensure that the privacy and confidentiality of a person’s personal information is protected. All personal information is managed according to the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act.

When you visit the Athabasca County website to browse or download information, please be advised that we automatically gather and store limited information about your visit. The information is not personal and is monitored to help us make our site more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use.

  • The Internet domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you access the website;
  • The type of browser and operating system used;
  • The date and time you visited online;
  • The pages you visited; and
  • If you are linked to the County website from another website, the address of that website.

Our website contains links to other sites. Athabasca County is not responsible for the content and privacy practices of these sites and we encourage you to examine the privacy policy and disclaimer of each site and make your own decisions regarding the disclosure of your personal information to that site.

If you choose to provide Athabasca County with personal information in an e-mail, filling out a form or using our online services, the County will use that information to respond to your message, aid in bettering our services, and to assist us to provide you the requested information or service, and will not be used for any other purpose without your prior consent.

The information noted above that is collected is subject to the FOIP Act. The personal information you share with Athabasca County is provided only to those areas that are required to carry out the business that relates to you and will not be used for any other purpose than with which it was collected. All e-mail messages sent or received are the property of the Athabasca County and may be accessed internally without further consent.

If you have any questions, or concerns, regarding the collection of information on this website, feel free to contact our FOIP Coordinator by calling 780-675-2273 or sending an email to info@athabascacounty.com.