Our Privacy Policy

Manitoba Liquor Control Commission Privacy Notice

The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission ("MLCC") has developed this web site (www.mlcc.mb.ca) to provide a number of services to the public relating to the sale of liquor. The following privacy policy governs the operation and management of the web site.

What Personal Information We Collect and How We Use It

Automatically Collected: When you visit our web site, the web server automatically collects the following personal information about you:

your domain name, used to access the Internet (for example, "aol.com" if you use an American Online account);
the date and time of your visit;
the pages you visit when you visit this web site; and
the address of the web site you came from when you visit this web site.

This information is collected for security purposes, to ensure that information about you is properly protected from unauthorized access; and so that we know how many people visit our web site, the geographical region they are from, and which pages they view on our web site, for statistical and research purposes to help us make the site more useful to visitors.

Collected when you use Services:
If you choose to use the services provided on this web site, we will also collect some or all of the following personal information about you when you voluntarily provide it:

your name, email address and postal code, for the "Sip 'N' Savour Newsletter" service;
your name, email address, postal address, phone number, fax number and comments, for the "Contact Us" service; and
your name for the "Gift Card" service; along with the postal address information of the recipient of your gift.

The information is collected for the "Sip 'N' Savour Newsletter" and "Contact Us" services so that we may contact you in order to provide the services. The information is collected for the "Gift Card" service, so that we may process and send the gift card to your recipient. Payment information for the "Gift Card" service is processed through PayPal.

Authority for Collection of Personal Information

Our collection of personal information on this web site relates directly to and is necessary for the e-commerce sale of liquor and related activities of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission and is authorized under section 36(1)(b) of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Disclosure

We will only disclose the personal information we collect on this web site:

to a person involved directly or indirectly in delivering the services to the extent the personal information is required for this purpose; or
as authorized by law, including The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

How your personal information is secured and protected

Our collection of personal information is done in a way that keeps the information secure. We are collecting your personal information on a secure server. An advanced security system, Secure Socket Layers, encrypts all personal information provided by you before sending it to the MLCC server. Only when it reaches the MLCC server is your information decrypted.

Consent

By accessing this web site and requesting the services offered on it, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of the information about you as described above. If you do not consent to this collection, use and disclosure of personal information about you, please do not proceed further and do not request the services offered on this web site.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns about the collection of information about you, please contact our Access and Privacy Officer:

at 1555 Buffalo Place Box 1023, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 2X1;
by email at contact@mlcc.mb.ca, Attn. Access and Privacy Officer;
by telephone at (204) 474-5533; or
by fax at (204) 475-7287.