Privacy Policy

The City of Toronto, Region of Durham and Ontario Power Generation (known collectively as THE GROUP) are committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to this website. Appropriate measures are in place to protect and ensure the privacy of any personal information you provide. THE GROUP is subject to the provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The types of information we collect include:

  1. Name.
  2. Email address.
  3. Phone number.
  4. Number of household members.
  5. Address.

THE GROUP will not, under any circumstances, use any information provided by visitors for any purpose inconsistent with the purpose for which the information was provided. All reasonable steps will be used to secure the personal information provided on the website and the information will only be retained for as long as necessary to carry out the purpose.

The personal information requested on this website is collected for the purposes of administering Ontario Power Generation’s emergency response program, including the distribution of potassium iodine pills and contacting program participants for the purposes of the program pursuant to Nuclear Safety and Control Act. Questions with respect to data collection may be referred to Emergency Preparedness at Ontario Power Generation.

CONSENT

By completing and submitting the online form on our website, individuals acknowledge that they have read, understood, and consent to the collection of their personal information in accordance with this policy and applicable privacy laws.

SECURITY

When you submit sensitive information via the website, we take precautions to protect your information both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information, it is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to address your inquiry are granted access to personally identifiable information.

We employ all reasonable industry standard measures to protect against the unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or destruction of the information we collect and our levels of safeguards correspond to the level of sensitivity of the information. While we are committed to ensuring the security of the information, no protection measure can provide a 100% guarantee of security. Consequently, we cannot warrant or guarantee the security of the information. We retain your information for as long as necessary or relevant for the listed purposes in this Privacy Policy, or as required by any applicable legal and retention obligations.