The Club des ornithologues de Brome-Missisquoi Inc. communicates with its members via a mailing list made up of the e-mail addresses provided at the time of registration. The person in charge of communications, as well as other members of the Board of Directors, use this information to send out press releases, distribute L’Info-Oiseaux and share any other pertinent information related to the Club’s activities and mission. This information is reserved exclusively for official Club communications and must not be used for personal purposes.
Members wishing to contact a member of the Board of Directors may do so by visiting the Our Team page.
We use Cyberimpact, a Canadian platform specialized in e-mail communications, to send out our newsletters, announcements and invitations. This solution complies with the provisions of Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information (Bill 25), and ensures that your data is transmitted securely and respectfully.
Personal information provided by members is used exclusively for purposes of information, COBM registration and communication between the Board of Directors and its members. Members may, at any time, modify their personal information or request its correction or deletion.
No personal data will be communicated to a third party without the explicit consent of the person concerned. Furthermore, member information will never be used for marketing purposes or for any other purpose unrelated to Club activities.
Members who do not wish to be identified in a photo published as part of COBM activities or communications are asked to inform the person responsible for communications ⇒ Suzanne Pellerin.
COBM is committed to respecting the provisions of ⇒ ⇒ Loi 25 sur la protection des renseignements personnels des citoyens du Québec. If you have any questions about the protection of your personal information, please contact the COBM Privacy Officer: ⇒ Lysane Côté.
In Quebec, the Loi sur la sécurité dans les loisirs et les sports (S-3.1) aims to ensure the safety and physical and psychological integrity of people involved in sports and recreational activities, including those supervised by organizations such as birdwatching clubs. ⇒ Loi sur la sécurité dans les loisirs et les sports.
The Act established the position of Protecteur de l’intégrité en loisir et en sport. At COBM, Lysane Côté (⇒ Lysane Côté) is the ombudsman responsible for receiving complaints related to integrity in recreation and sports and making recommendations, notably to QuébecOiseaux. ⇒ Processing of complaints by the Ombudsman.
As part of its mission, QuébecOiseaux is responsible for providing its members with a safe and respectful environment. To this end, QuébecOiseaux has adopted an Integrity Protection Policy and a Code of Conduct for all those involved: members, participants, volunteers and affiliated clubs.
Together with its affiliated clubs, QuébecOiseaux hopes to foster a healthy environment, free from abuse, harassment, negligence or violence in the practice of birding. ⇒ Integrity protection policy.
COBM’s Facebook page, although primarily intended for its members, is open to the public. Messages received on this page are subject to approval by an administrator who can delete inappropriate or irrelevant messages.
Data entered in the contact form as well as browsing data such as IP address (number assigned to your computer, tablet, phone, etc. by the Internet provider) and user agent of the originating browser could be collected to allow relevant authorities to identify the origin of inappropriate or hateful messages or any dishonest or unwanted operation.
Internet browsers are generally set to accept cookies (browser cookies). Some information (name, email, etc.) is saved to allow automatic filling for your next visits. You may review your browser settings to refuse, accept or remove cookies from the site.
There is no collection of personal information while browsing our site. However, COBM is not responsible for any data that may be collected by external sites made available to you on our website. If you follow hyperlinks hosted by our website, they normally have their own privacy policy.
Board members and members of Club des ornithologues de Brome Missisquoi undertake to publish in their journal L’Info-Oiseaux, on their website cobm.ca, on their Facebook page or for the Photo Contest, photos and videos of which they are the authors or for which they have obtained the author’s permission. They may also share photos and videos that are free of rights or for which they have acquired the rights.
Photos and videos published by our members on cobm.ca, on our Facebook page or in l’Info-Oiseaux, are the intellectual property of their authors and are subject to legal rights. Photos and videos are subject to the same copyrights as the texts since the amendment of the Canadian Copyright Act in 2012 and their reproduction or public dissemination is prohibited without the author’s permission.
All texts on this site are the property of the Club des ornithologues de Brome-Missisquoi Inc. with the exception of public service texts whose origin is identified. All original texts published in L’Info-Oiseaux are the intellectual property of their authors. It is illegal to reproduce all or part of these texts without prior written authorization, in accordance with the provisions of Canadian Copyright Act.