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The Fundy Model Forest is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our website www.fundymodelforest.net. The following summarizes the privacy policy and practices of the FMF website.

Our privacy policy has been developed to comply with the Government of Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

The FMF does not automatically gather any personal information from you, such as your name, phone number, e-mail or street address during your visit to the website. This information is obtained only if you supply it voluntarily, usually through contacting us via e-mail to become a member, request a publication, register for an event or participate in a project.

Personally identifiable data about individuals are stored securely and used only for the purpose for which they were provided.

Why We Collect Information

The information you provide to the FMF – such as your name, address, etc. – allows the FMF to inform you about events and activities that may be of interest to you, send you products or publications, and to sign you up for workshops and other events. By becoming a member, by requesting information, or by registering for events or workshops offered by the FMF, you are giving the FMF permission to contact you by way of the information you provide. You may choose not to be contacted by the FMF, and you may check and update what information we may have, by contacting us by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone at 506-432-7575.

How We Use Information

Products and publications: When you request products and publications, the FMF uses the information to send you the requested materials.

Workshops and other events: When you sign up for an event, the FMF uses the information you provide for organizing the event i.e. preparing name tags, receipts, meals, sending you follow-up information, etc. We may share the information with the Canadian Institute of Forestry NB to register you for continuing education credits. A list of names and contact information may be prepared for distribution to all event participants. You may request that your name and contact information be kept off the contact list. To do so, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 506-432-7575.

Becoming a Member: When you sign up to become a member, The FMF uses the information that you provide to notify you of upcoming events, send you our newsletter and other publications, and inform you of important information regarding the FMF.

Registering for the newsletter: When you sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter Horizons, the FMF uses the email address provided for that purpose only.

Payment Information

All credit card information is collected for gaining payment approval and processing by our financial institution Royal Bank. These data are retained for audit purposes and once forwarded to the Royal Bank are subject to their own privacy policy.

Aggregate Information

The FMF may share aggregate information, but not individual information, about its members and project participants with its partners in the interest of furthering sustainable forestry, improving or designing new programs, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of the organization.

The FMF Web Site Server

The FMF web server, like all web servers, logs certain information about each visit:

  • Your IP address, which may be resolved to determine your Internet service provider (ISP) and country
  • Your operating system and browser version
  • The date and time of your visit (from which visit duration can be derived)
  • Pages and files you’ve viewed
  • The referrer (if a site has linked you to our site)
  • Search engine referrer and keywords (if applicable)

This information is assembled into summary reports that are available to the FMF web administrator. The information is used to measure our success in delivering Web content, and to tailor the content to public demand. Web server log files are not used to track any individual user.

Hyper links:

The FMF website contains links to other websites. Once you link to another website, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of the new website. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of all websites that you visit.

More Information

For further information on our privacy policy please contact: General Manager Nairn Hay (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 506-432-7575).

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