Disclaimer
The Municipality of West Nipissing’s website is intended to provide a public service to the citizens of West Nipissing, visitors, potential business owners, and any others who may be interested in our Municipality. This website is being provided for information purposes only and as a service tool to residents. The Municipality of West Nipissing does not accept any responsibility for reliance thereon. All reasonable measures are taken to ensure the quality and accuracy of the information presented here. However, due to the possibility of unauthorized modification of the data, transmission errors, HTML browser incompatibilities, changes made since the last update to the website, or other aspects of electronic communication that are beyond the Municipality’s control, the Municipality does not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided on its website and is not liable for reliance on this information.
In using this website, you agree that its information and services are provided on an as is, as available basis, without warranty, express or implied, including without limitations, as to the quality, merchantability and fitness for the Municipality of West Nipissing’s website. The Municipality shall not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, consequential or other damages whatsoever, including lost profits and the user saves the Municipality of West Nipissing harmless.
The information and data included on the Municipality of West Nipissing’s website have been compiled by Municipal Staff from a variety of sources, and are subject to change without notice. The Municipality makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness, or adequacy of such information and data. If misleading, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate information is brought to our attention, a reasonable effort will be made to fix or remove it. Such concerns should be addresses to the Communications team at communications@westnipissing.ca
Third Party Links
The Municipality’s website contains links to other websites that are not owned, regularly revised or controlled by the Municipality. The existence of these links should not be construed as an endorsement of these sites of their content by the Municipality of West Nipissing. The Municipality will in no way be held responsible for the content of any such link.
The Municipality cannot be held responsible for information and opinions on sites that link to its site.
The Municipality of West Nipissing will not link to any website that exhibits hate, bias, or discrimination, whatsoever. Furthermore, the Municipality reserves the right to deny or remove any link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is determined to be in conflict with the Municipality of West Nipissing’s policies.
Translation Tools
As per the Bilingualism by-law, we are working toward translating municipal by-laws. Although some by-laws are only available in English, all documents are provided in an accessible format (electronic text). The Municipality of West Nipissing does not assume responsibility for the translation accuracy of tools such as Google Translate.
Terms of use
The use of the Municipality of West Nipissing’s website indicates your unconditional acceptance of the above disclaimers and statements. You further agree that the Municipality of West Nipissing and its staff have no liability for direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages with respect to the information, services, or content contained on or otherwise accessed through this website.
Privacy
Providing Personal Information via the Municipal Website
Most of the information accessible on the Municipality of West Nipissing’s website does not require you to identify yourself. You may access it anonymously. However, the Municipality does collect personal information about you when you choose to provide it. We collect only as much personal information as it necessary to assist you in conducting business with the Municipality via this website. The only personally identifying information arising from your use of the Municipality website is what you voluntarily supply.
The Municipality of West Nipissing does attempt to provide you with multiple methods for conducting business (i.e. telephone, walk-in, mail-in, fax-in) in addition to the municipal website. If you have concerns about using the website to conduct your business with us, please be assured that alternative means are available.
Why Personal Information is Collected
The Municipality of West Nipissing collects and retains personal information for the following reasons:
- To process your requests for services, products or additional information
- To communicate with you regarding services that you have requested
- To advise you of changes to our website services and of service interruptions
- To meet legal and regulatory requirements
Use of “Cookie” Technology
Cookie technology captures summary information on visitor use patterns. It is a computer code that tracks “traffic” so we can determine how effective the web site is in meeting informational or service needs. A cookie contains no personal identifying information and the Municipality of West Nipissing acquires no knowledge of an Internet visitor’s browsing path once they have exited our website.