System Configuration,
Privacy and Security Information

Browsers

The Ontario Parks On-Line Reservation Service works best with Netscape Navigator, Version 4.6 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 4.0 or higher. Older browsers may not support the security measures implemented by Ontario Parks.

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Cookies

Users should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the use of "cookies". "Cookies" are small text files that a web site can use to recognize repeat users and facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site. Cookies also provide information about how the site is being used (e.g. which areas are most popular). This type of data helps site managers evaluate the site and make improvements. Cookies do not have the ability to attach to a user's system and damage files. Cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature. However, if your browser is not set to accept cookies you will be unable to access the online reservation service.

Privacy and Security

When you make a campsite reservation with Ontario Parks you entrust us with your personal and financial information. Ontario Parks has taken every precaution to safeguard your personal information and ensure that it is used appropriately.

Credit Card Transaction Security has been implemented to ensure the safety of your reservation, personal, and credit card information. This has been done through the use of certificates, multiple methods and levels of data encryption such as Secure Socket Layers (amongst others), as well as other techniques. Your privacy and security is our first concern.

Statement of Privacy

"Personal information submitted is collected under the authority of the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006, and will be used for the management of Provincial Parks." Ontario Parks does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals except when individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis. For example, personal information may be gathered in connection with the campsite reservation process. Personally identifiable information will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties.

Certificates

Ontario Parks uses certificates on its website to increase security and to demonstrate that your reservation transaction is safe. Certificates are digital documents that authenticate individuals or organizations. Certificates are typically used to generate confidence in the legitimacy of a certificate holder. They allow verification that we are who we say we are (Ontario Parks and our service provider CAMIS Inc.). Certificates are digital signatures that protect public keys (our unique identifier) from forgery, false representation, or alteration. Certificates are issued by a certifying authority (CA) willing to vouch for the identities of those to whom it issues certificates.

Secure and Encrypted Communications

Secure Socket Layers are a method encypting and decrypting your data transmissions over the internet to our site. It ensures that no unauthorized parties can "steal" or "see" your data as it makes its way to our site. This is done by jumbling the data into unrecognizable bits that only Ontario Parks can unjumble on its site based on a secure "digital key".