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PRIVACY STATEMENT

Health Match BC is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to the Health Match BC website whose information is held by Health Match BC through responsible information management practices.

Information Automatically Collected:

If you visit Health Match BC’s website to browse, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about the visit. This information includes, but is not limited to, such things as:

  • the name of the user
  • the Internet Protocol Address and domain name used. The Internet Protocol address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer. This address can be translated to determine the domain name of your service provider (e.g. gov.bc.ca, xcompany.com, or yourschool.edu)
  • the type of browser and operating system
  • the date and time of the visit; and
  • the webpages or services accessed.

Information collected automatically is used for purposes such as administering the website, assessing system performance, improving web services and website security and management.

Personal information may also be collected when you provide it on a voluntary basis, e.g. when you register for an event or seminar, request information via email or access a protected portion of the website using a Health Match BC password. We may use your personal information to respond to you, contact you, or as otherwise permitted by law. At all times we reserve the right to disclose your personal information as may be required by law or to comply with a subpoena, summons, warrant or order of a court or statutory tribunal or to protect our rights or property or the rights or property of our members.

We will take appropriate measures to safeguard the personal information provided, taking into account the sensitivity of the information. However, due to the nature of the technologies involved, there may still exist security or privacy risks and we cannot guarantee that your personal information will not be collected, used, or disclosed in ways not conforming with this policy.

Visitors should be aware that the Health Match BC website includes links to websites operated by other agencies, organizations, and businesses. When you link to another website, this privacy policy will not apply. Health Match BC is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.

If you believe that your personal information is being used for a purpose other than what was intended, please direct your inquiries to Privacy@heabc.bc.ca

What safeguards are in place?

Health Match BC is obligated to protect your personal information by making reasonable security arrangements against such risks as unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, or disposal. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day operating practices as part of Health Match BC’s continuing commitment to the protection of personal information it holds.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file stored on your computer by your web browser when using some internet sites. Cookies can also store personal information such as your name, email address, home or work address, or telephone number.

Persistent cookies can use this type of personal information to identify you whenever you access a website. Sessional cookies are used to help you move around our website and do not store personal information. Sessional cookies are valid only during the time you are actually using the website. Health Match BC does not use persistent cookies (which may store personal information) but may use sessional cookies (which do not store personal information).

Any questions regarding this privacy policy can be directed to Privacy@heabc.bc.ca.

COOKIES POLICY

This Cookies Policy (the “Cookies Policy“) is intended to inform you of The Health Employers Association of British-Columbia (“HEABC)”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and associated Programs use cookies and related technologies (pixel, tags or beacons) (together “cookies” or “cookie”), on the following websites and any subdomains of these websites (e.g.,www.physicianjobsbc.ca; applicants.healthmatchbc.org; etc.) :

  • healthmatchbc.org
  • alliedhealthjobsbc.ca
  • nursingjobsbc.ca
  • physicianjobsbc.ca

(collectively, the “Websites“).

Please take a minute to read and understand this Cookies Policy. This Cookies Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.

  1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a very small text document stored on your computer, and often includes a randomized unique identifier so that our Websites can ‘recognize’ this cookie again. They are used to provide functionality such as remembering preferences, logging a user in, or providing information to the owners of websites, such as audience measurement. Such data allows the improvement of ergonomics and services according to your interests.

  1. What kind of cookies do we use and how do we use them?

Information collected through cookies help us to analyze the use of the Websites and to enables us to offer users a better experience when visiting the Websites. We will only keep cookies for as long as necessary to achieve the relevant purposes set out in this Cookies Policy, notably for marketing and analytical purposes.

Generally-speaking, we use 1st and 3rd-party session and persistent cookies. The cookies set by us are called “1st-party cookies” and the cookies set by our third-party partners and service providers are called “3rd-party cookies” . For example, the Websites can contain third party social media cookies that may track your activities on the Websites to show you personalized ads on their platforms subsequently.

Session cookies are temporary cookies that typically remain on your device until you close your web browser. However, their behaviour can vary depending on browser and system settings. For example, some browsers may restore session cookies if configured to reopen previous sessions, and certain systems settings or extensions might alter how cookies are handled. Therefore, we recommend that you review your browser and system settings. Many session cookies are essential to make our Websites work correctly, such as by allowing you to access members-only content.

Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser or until you manually delete it (for the former, how long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie and your browser settings). Persistent cookies help us recognize you as an existing user of our Websites, so it is easier and convenient to return to our Websites or interact with our Services without signing in again. In addition, persistent cookies also help us recognize you when you view a resource belonging to our Websites from another website or app (such as an advertisement) and help us record information about your web browsing habits during the lifetime of the persistent cookie.

  1. Cookies used

Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for our Websites to function properly and ensure our Services are accessible to you (e.g., log-in functionality, load balancing, navigation, filling in forms). The Websites cannot function properly without these cookies.

Preference cookies: Preference cookies enable us to remember information that changes the way the Websites behave or look, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

Analytic Cookies: Analytic cookies allow us to collect heatmap, scroll map, and web traffic data, so that we can better understand how visitors engage with our Websites. Such tracking tools collect information regarding usage of our Websites (e.g., time of access, pages and content viewed, links clicked, referral sites, information regarding prior visits to the Websites), as well as tracking host and top level domain information. In general, the use of cookies or other similar technologies by such third parties is governed by their privacy policies. For clarity, tracking by the GDX Analytics Service, including cookies used, does not include any personally identifiable information.

Marketing Cookies: Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across our Websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Social media cookies: Our Websites incorporate functionalities from third-party sites, including certain social networks. These features may sometimes be accompanied by scripts or other features that read and sometimes place cookies from these social networks on your device.  These cookies can be used to personalize advertising messages.  Although we have no access to these cookies, nor any control over these social networks which are responsible for their own processing, nor to the data they collect including in the context of a data transfer outside the European Union when some of them are located in the United States, we have deemed it essential to mention them so that you have clear and complete information that their use may, if necessary, require that you give your consent.  For additional information, please refer to the list of potential social network cookies below:

For more information on the cookies used on our Websites or to personalize your choices, please click here.

  1. Can I manage my preferences on cookies?

If you have any concerns about our use of cookies, you can refuse them on the cookies banner, or take action to prevent them from being set, such as by changing your browser settings to block certain types of cookies. You may also delete cookies held on your device at any time by going to the appropriate settings within your web browser.

You have the option to configure your devices to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued or to never accept cookies. However, the latter option may result in some personalized services not being provided and, as a result, you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features offered by the Site. If you do not wish to receive cookies in general or only to refuse certain cookies, you can change your browser settings accordingly.

Instructions to this effect are provided each browser’s Website:

For Internet Explorer/Edge:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

For Firefox:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

For Safari:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

For Chrome:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB&hlrm=en

For any other browser not mentioned above, the user should not hesitate to consult the cookie management help information available on the Websites.

You can also visit the below link for an overview of how to block or delete cookies on the most common browsers: http://www.allaboutcookies.org

  1. Contact us

Please see below for a list of the cookies used on the Websites.

For any further queries or information related to this Cookies Policy, please write to privacy@heabc.bc.ca with the subject line “Cookies Policy”.