Detailed Privacy Policy

The following is a detailed privacy statement pertaining specifically to the use and disclosure of personal information that British Columbia Magazine (“BCM”), a division of Tourism British Columbia (“TBC”), may collect about you via this website.

For general privacy information, please refer to Tourism British Columbia’s corporate privacy policy for information on how Tourism BC manages its websites, including the BCM site, in accordance with the provisions of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

What Personal Information We Collect

BCM collects personal information when a customer chooses to purchase a subscription to British Columbia Magazine, requests our e-newsletter, asks to join our online reader panel, or enters one of our contests, promotions, or sweepstakes.

When BCM collects personal information from customers via this website, we endeavour to protect the confidentiality of the information in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

How We Use the Personal Information We Collect

BCM may use the personal information we collect or receive for the following general purposes:

1. to fulfill your requests for specific products and services;
2. to enable you to participate in our contests, promotions, or sweepstakes;
3. to enable you to participate in occasional surveys via our online reader panel;
4. to enable BCM to contact you about our magazine or about your participation in one of our contests, promotions, sweepstakes, or surveys; and
5. to enable, with your consent, an authorized third party company or organization to contact you about specials, fund-raising, and products or services that may be of interest.

Your Ability to Amend Personal Information and Preferences

Subscription Accounts:

The BCM website gives subscribers to British Columbia Magazine the ability to enter, view, and amend their own account information online. You may also, at any time, request correction of the personal information you have provided us. If you have submitted personal information and would like to amend that information or opt out of any request to receive information, please notify us by writing to us at the address below.

E-Newsletter Requests:

The BCM website gives you the ability to request our BCM e-newsletter. If at any time you wish to unsubscribe from our e-newsletter, simply click the “unsubscribe” option that appears in each edition, or write to us at the address below.

Contests, Promotions, and Sweepstakes:

From time to time, the BCM website may give you the ability to enter and participate in our contests, promotions, or sweepstakes. If you have submitted personal information through one of our contests, promotions, or sweepstakes and would like to amend that information, you may do so by writing to us at the address below.

Online Reader Panel:

The BCM website gives you the ability to sign up for our online reader panel to receive occasional surveys by email. If at any time you wish to discontinue your participation in the reader panel, simply write to us at the address below or email us your request.

If you have opted in to any of the services described above and wish to request correction of the personal information you have provided, or you now prefer not to be contacted by or receive information from any third parties or BCM, please send your request in writing to:

British Columbia Magazine
12th Floor, 510 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3A8 Canada
Email us
Tel: 604-660-6336