The Ontario Motor Coach Association (OMCA) is licensed to receive confidential and personal information (the "information") from files and databases administered by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation ("MTO"). Under an agreement with the OMCA, Driver Licence Status Check (DLSC) subscribers and their designated staff (hereinafter referred to as "users") are authorized to receive the information. OMCA, DLSC subscribers, and MTO are committed to protecting this information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. As a condition for accessing the service, DLSC users must at all times abide by the following policies and requirements for handling and protecting this information.
You may only use the DLSC to: Verify employee driving records and maintain driver safety programs.
You may access this information only when necessary to perform your duties in the course of your employment. You must not access or use this information for personal reasons. (Examples of inappropriate access or misuse of information include, but are not limited to: making inquiries for personal use or processing transactions on behalf of your friends or relatives; accessing information about another person for any reason not related to your work responsibilities.
You may disclose information only to individuals who have been authorized to receive it through appropriate procedures which have been authorized by MTO and OMCA.
You must take reasonable precautions to maintain the secrecy of any password you use to access information electronically. Reasonable precautions include, but are not limited to: not telling others your password or knowingly allowing them to observe while you enter it at a terminal; and frequently changing your password (and, if you suspect your password has been used by someone else, changing it immediately) and selecting random passwords that are not easy for others to guess.
You must take reasonable precautions to protect data entry terminals, driver's files, and equipment from unauthorized access. Reasonable precautions include, but are not limited to: not leaving your terminal unattended while you are logged onto the system; exiting the database which contains any information when you leave your workstation; securing your terminal with a locking device if one has been provided; storing in a secure place any user documentation to programs through which electronic access to any information may be gained; and reporting any suspicious circumstances or unauthorized individuals you have observed in the work area to your supervisor. Using this service indicates your acknowledgment that you have read and understand the security policies stated above, and will comply with them and any other security policies (or changes to policies) issued in the future by OMCA or MTO. I understand that failure to comply with these policies (or any such other policies or changes to policies) may result in disciplinary action by MTO or OMCA, and/or loss of system access.
