Before you visit (or revisit) the website for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories . . .
Image copyright 2014 Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
A scan of the website reveals a number of privacy concerns
They automatically send visitor information to third parties
Information that can be used to target you for commercial and political content
And they can even track you after you leave the website
In violation of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act s.41(2):
And in violation of the Privacy Statement posted on the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories website:
This Privacy Statement also says that visitor information does not leave the Legislative Assembly . . .
But they actually automatically send visitor information to third parties without the knowledge or consent of visitors
They also say that the personal information they collect is protected by the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (NWT):
But Adobe says that the Laws of California and the United States apply to the personal information in their possession:
and Google says it will share personal information if they have a 'good-faith belief' that it is 'reasonably necessary' under 'any applicable law':
'Any applicable law' likely includes the law of whatever jurisdiction to which the personal information has been sent:
The big issue here is that the scripts that automatically send personal information to third parties are triggered just by visiting www.ntassembly.ca
