In accordance with the new Canadian Privacy Law, the CAS Board of Directors at its September meeting approved its own Privacy Policy. Please note that effective immediately members' names and addresses will no longer be sold for commercial purposes. However, from time to time the Society will exchange its members' list with other anesthesia organizations, such as CAS Divisions, CAS Sections, ACUDA, CARF, IEF, IARS, ASA, AAGBI, and the NY State Society of Anesthesiologists. If you do not wish to have your name and address provided to organizations such as these, please contact the Membership Coordinator by e-mail at membership@cas.ca or fax at (416) 480-0320.

If you are a CAS Board or committee member, your name and address will be circulated to the Board and respective committees to facilitate the work of those groups. If you do not wish to supply your private home information, please contact the director by e-mail at director@cas.ca or by fax at
(416) 480-0320.

The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society respects your right to privacy. Personal information is only collected to enable the Society to provide its members, subscribers and meeting registrants with the services to which they are entitled. It might also be collected to understand your needs and preferences so that we can develop and enhance our services.

Personal information does not include your business/institution title, address, phone, fax number or e-mail. Information contained in a publicly available directory is also not considered personal.

All personal information is protected within the Society's office. Staff may only access information on a "need-to-know" basis and must conform to strict procedures for handling and storage. Third party vendors, such as computer support companies, cannot access the office network without prior approval and internal assistance for each session.

You have the right to ensure that any information the Society maintains is correct and complete. Upon request, we will supply you with a copy of all personal data we have on record for you. If the data is incorrect, we will change it upon your written request.

Any financial transactions on the Society web site are conducted through a certified secure server and all related transmissions are encrypted. Upon entry to the site, a session state is enabled with a 10 minute time-out. This means that if you are in the midst of completing a form and are called away, your information will remain in the RAM of your computer for 10 minutes.

Within the members' only area, a permanent language preference cookie will be placed on your computer if you have opted to accept cookies. This means that whenever you log on you will see the information in the language of your choice.

The privacy rules and security of any site you link to from the CAS page are beyond our control.

This policy may be updated, without notice, from time to time.

Approved by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Board of Directors

September 2002