Privacy Statement
The SMARTstart program is committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. We adhere to the provisions of the Alberta Personal Information Protection Act.
We collect personal information about you in order to assess your application form and suitability for the SMARTstart program. Personal information is any information that identifies you as an individual. It does not include business contact information used for business purposes.
The SMARTstart program:
- Will not collect, use or disclose your personal information for any purposes other than those identified to you, subject to exceptions permitted by law;
- Will make all reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of your personal information when doing business internally or externally with other organizations;
- Will make all reasonable efforts to protect your personal information with appropriate security safeguards;
- Will make all reasonable efforts to keep your personal information accurate and up-to-date; and
- Will attempt to honor requests you make for access to your personal information or the corrections of your personal information, subject to exceptions permitted by law.
We take our responsibility to respect and protect your personal information seriously.