2009/2010 - Office of the Registrar - McMaster University

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DISCLOSURE OF
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COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
tion on behalf of the-~c~aster
McMaster University may also collect personal information from
other relevant sources includinq, without limitation, the Ontario Universities'
Application Centre, s6conda~ schools, colleges, universities
and other institutions previously attended, including third-party
services and test score providers where the items collected form a
patt of the application or'admission process to a university program.
In addition to collecting personal information for its own purposes,
McMaster University collects specific and limited personal informa-
Student Union, the McMasterAssociation
of Part-time Students and/or the McMaster Graduate Students
NOT~F~CAT~ON OF D~SCLOSURE . '
tion of admissions, registration, awards and scholarships, convo- OF PERSONAL INFORMATION . ,
cation, alumni relations and other fundamental activities related to
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being a member of the University community, a user-of services TO STATISTICS CANADA
the academic, adminisirative, 'employment-related, financial and
statktical purposes of the University, including for the administra-
provided Ijy McMaster or an attendee of, or applicant to, a public
post-secondary institution in the Province of Ontario. The informa-
Statistics danada is the national statistical agency. As such,
tion will be used, among other things, to admit, register and gradw-
Statistics Canada carries out hundreds of surveys each year on -
ate students, record academic achievement, issue library cards a wide range matters, including
and, where applicable, local.transit passes, to provide access to In order to carry out such studies, Statistics ~anad asks all colinform,ation
systems and to operate academic, financial, athletic, leges and universities t~ provide data on students and graduates.
recreational, residence, alumfii and other University programs. tnstitutions collect and provide to Statistics Canada student identifi-
Information on admissions, registration and academic achieve- cation information (student's name, student ID number), student
ment may also be disclosed and used for statistical and research contact information (address and telephone number), student depurposes
b~ the University, other post-secondary educational in- mographic characteristics, enrolment information, previous educastitutions
and the federal and provincial governments. The names tion and labour force activity.
of alumni, their Faculty and program, award information, degree(s)$ The Federal Statistics Act provides the legal authority for Statisawarded
and date of graduation is considered public information tics Canada to obtain access to personal information held by, .
and may be published by McMaster University. In addition, student educational institutions. The information may be used only for
photographs posted by the University in the form of individual pic- statistical purposes,, and the confidentiality provisions of the Statures
or class pictures may be publicly displayed. Asjde from the tistics Act prevent the information being released in any way that , 1
foregoing, the information you provide and any other information would identify a student.
placed ,in a student record, or in a personnel record, will be pro- , Students who do not wish to have their information used are
tected and used in compliance with Ontario's Freedom of Infor- able to ask Statistics Canada to remove their identification and
mation and Protectioh of Privacy Act and will be disclosed only in contact information from the national database, For further inforaccordance
with this Act. If YOU
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Records, Gilmour Hall, Room 108; or the zllniversity Secretary, Pasture, Ottawa, KIA 0~6.
Gilmour Hall, Room 210, McMaster University. ,
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