Privacy Statement

Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation (ABCRC) recognizes the importance of confidentiality and the protection of personal information. ABCRC maintains a privacy policy that explains how we use and protect personal information we hold, whether it relates to our clients, staff, job candidates or third party service providers.

What is personal information?

Personal information means recorded information about an identifiable individual or information that permits an individual to be identified. It does not include business contact information, such as name, title, business address and business telephone number when used for business communications. Generally, ABCRC will inform you if we are holding personal information about you, as well as details about that personal information.

Our Commitment

ABCRC takes responsibility for maintaining and protecting the personal information under our control. We have a designated Privacy Officer, who is responsible for ensuring that ABCRC complies with its privacy policy and applicable privacy laws. We review our privacy policy and our personal data protection practices periodically to ensure that we are in compliance with applicable legislation.

Our Website

Our website uses cookies, which are identifying technologies that your computer receives when you visit certain websites. We do not match or correlate this information with any personal information that you submit to ABCRC. Most browsers can be set to reject all cookies but features of our website may not work as intended if that option is chosen. We use permanent cookies for language preference purposes and to analyze website usage. We use temporary (session based) cookies to improve performance and to determine web trends. Temporary cookies disappear when you close your browser window.

Information Requests

To request more information about our privacy policy, to access your personal information, or to challenge the accuracy of personal information about you in our custody, please submit a request in writing to our Privacy Officer via e-mail (Privacyofficer@abcrc.com) or fax 403-264-0179. We reserve the right to confirm your identity before complying with any request for access or challenge request.

In responding to an access or challenge request, we may charge a reasonable copying or retrieval fee, the amount of which we will provide in advance. Access to personal information may be denied if required or authorized by law. If the request for access or challenge request is denied, ABCRC will provide an explanation of the reasons for the refusal.