Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains International Guide Bureau’s policy regarding the privacy of information supplied by users or collected by us from users of International Guide Bureau’s web site. We are committed to protecting your privacy.
This Policy may change over time as we modify or expand our service; we suggest that you check back from time to time in order to understand how we treat your information. The International Guide Bureau web site may contain links to other sites that are not under our control. These web sites have their own policies regarding privacy. You should review those policies before visiting the web sites. We have no responsibility for linked web sites, and we provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.
What Information is Being Collected
International Guide Bureau collects certain information from and about its users. Various forms require users to give us contact information. These forms are secured and encrypted by an Equifax Secure Inc. SSL certificate provided by our web server, Netfirms. This secure connection is confirmed by a padlock icon and or an ‘s’ at the end of ‘http’ protocol and appear in the web browsers address bar (i.e. and/or https://). To insure the greatest level of cardholder information security, confidentiality and safety we use the services of an external payment processor (payment processor name). When services are booked, clients are re-directed to a secure hosted payment page where all card holder information is processed securely and remains protected. Payments are processed in real time with the added benefit of preventive e-fraud tools. Our provider is one of North America’s leading payment processors and meets all PCI and Card
Association Compliance standards
The International Guide Bureau and Avalanche Canada are subsidiaries of the Mountain Skills Academy. These sites all share the same secured booking, registration and payment pages for all information gathering and transactions.
The Use of That Information
We may use your information to provide personalized content and services. Any account information you supply will be used only to process requested commerce transaction or to contact you regarding a specific inquiry or transaction.
Third Party Distribution
International Guide Bureau will not willfully disclose any individually identifiable information about its users to any third party without first receiving that user's permission.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. This site is protected and secured by a shared SSL certificate, firewalls and authentication protection. As well, our web server, Netfirms, utilizes a proprietary MultiPlatform™ clustered server technology to ensure the highest levels of reliability and security.
