Privacy

The primary purpose of this website is to provide information about municipal programs and services.

• Right to privacy
• Links to external websites
• Links to the Municipality's website from external organizations
• Event calendar information
• Copyright information
• Social Media Terms of Use

Right to privacy

The Municipality of Clarington recognizes and respects your right to privacy. However, due to the public nature of the Internet, you should consider all information publicly accessible. Treat important or private information carefully. Any personal information collected is for the Municipality's sole use and is not available to external groups or organizations. Personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home. You can visit any of the websites maintained by the Municipality of Clarington without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.

The Municipality receives identity information from the public through online forms and applications. The primary reason for collecting and maintaining this information is to allow us to serve you effectively and to manage the flow of information between the Municipality and the community.

We value your opinions and comments and may occasionally conduct online surveys. Participation in these surveys is voluntary. The information collected is used to gain a general sense of the community's opinions on important local and regional issues. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.

We collect web analytics in order to create generic usage reports, detect errors, and maintain security on the website. These reports do not contain any personal identity information of users.

If you have any questions about the Municipality of Clarington's online privacy practices, please contact the Communications Office by email or by calling 905-623-3379.

Links to external websites

The primary purpose for linking to other websites is to provide information to users to non-municipal resources that provide information that is complementary to and in support of the policies and services provided by the Municipality.

The Municipality may establish links on its website to external sites, as long as each external site meets the following criteria:

• Other government agencies, including federal, provincial, regional, and education
• Organizations that receive sponsorship from the Municipality of Clarington in the form of a financial grant, or a written contract by which the Municipality provides services in collaboration with the organization to achieve a mutual goal related to the Municipality's governmental purpose
• Organizations that rent or lease office space from the Municipality of Clarington
• Commercial real estate and commercial developers that assist the Municipality in promoting businesses throughout Clarington by providing listings of available commercial property in Clarington
• Local and regional economic development organizations that assist the Municipality in promoting local businesses
• Local non-profit organizations that provide programs and services within the boundaries of the Municipality of Clarington
• Sites providing directional and climatic information

Linked sites are not under the control of the Municipality of Clarington and we are not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The Municipality of Clarington provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Municipality or any association with their operators. We reserve the right to limit, add and/or delete links to external sites.

Links to the Municipality's website from external organizations

A site that links to the Municipality of Clarington website must not misrepresent its relationship with Municipality of Clarington. Do not create a browser or border environment around Municipality of Clarington content. No organization may use the Municipality of Clarington logo without the Municipality's written permission.

Links from external sites to any Municipality of Clarington website does not imply that we endorse it or its products, services or programs.

The Municipality of Clarington is not obligated to provide reciprocal links to external sites that provide a link to any Municipality of Clarington website.

Event calendar information

We provide a listing of events in Clarington as a service to our residents and visitors. This is not a comprehensive list of all Clarington based events. The Municipality may list events that meet one of the following three criteria:

1. Municipal events
2. Events sponsored by the Municipality
3. Events open to the general public for which the Municipality approves a special events permit and/or approves the use of public rights-of-way or municipal property

Copyright information

All images, text and design elements contained on this website are the property of the Municipality of Clarington. The Clarington Logo and the Clarington Tourism Logo are registered trademarks of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington. Any reproduction of the Logo without the Municipality's expressed written permission is prohibited.

No warranty

While we attempt to keep our website accurate and timely, we neither warrant nor make representation or endorsement as to the accuracy, quality, content, or completeness of the content on the site. Content is subject to change without notice from the Municipality because of updates and corrections.

We are not responsible for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the site and/or the materials contained on the site whether the materials contained on the site are provided by the Municipality of Clarington, or a third party.

Municipality's exclusive use of the website

The Municipality of Clarington's website is maintained for the exclusive use and control of the Municipality of Clarington in communicating matters of general public interest over the Internet. The Municipality is not establishing a forum for others to provide information through the website.

Public comment

It is important for users of the Municipality's website to understand that messages transmitted via the Internet are not always reliable. Therefore, although the Municipality will make every effort to maintain the reliability of communications via Clarington's website, we are unable to guarantee that any such communications will be received by the Municipality. If you want or need to provide the Municipality with an official legal notice or public comment, we strongly recommend that you confirm the Municipality's actual receipt of your communication via phone. If you have any questions as to the appropriate Municipal official to whom a communication should be addressed, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379.

Accessibility

We are committed to maintaining access for persons with disabilities. Visit our website accessibility page for more information.

Social Media Terms of Use

The Municipality of Clarington’s official Facebook page is monitored Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Terms of Use

To ensure that all communication on Clarington’s Facebook, X and Instagram accounts are constructive, respectful and beneficial to all users, users must refrain from:

• making racist, defamatory, slanderous, disrespectful, hurtful, profane, obscene, threatening or illegal statements of any kind;
• violating any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any person;
• violating the privacy of any person, including any other user of the Municipality’s social media accounts.

The Municipality of Clarington reserves the right to:

• remove any content that it considers objectionable,
• ban future posts from users who violate these Terms of Use,
• block users who repeatedly violate the Terms of Use.

While we make every effort to monitor our feeds throughout the day, we are unable to monitor all posts at all times. If you feel that a post is objectionable, we encourage you to contact us by email at communications@clarington.net or by phone at 905-623-3379.