Travel Alberta is updating the privacy policy for the Alberta Tourism Information Service (ATIS). The changes are part of ongoing efforts to ensure the protection, privacy and integrity of ATIS content.
Why are you implementing these changes?
These changes are being made proactively to ensure Travel Alberta follows web security best practices and to maximize security efforts as they relate to our partners' content.
Weak passwords, including passwords that are simple or short, can leave information vulnerable.
Who will this affect?
The password policy changes will affect ATIS users who need to reset their current password, or who are signing up for a new ATIS account.
New Password requirements
- at least 1 uppercase character (A-Z)
- at least 1 lowercase character (a-z)
- at least 1 digit (0-9)
- at least 1 special character (punctuation) — do not forget to treat space as special characters too
- at least 8 characters
- at most 32 characters
- not more than 2 identical characters in a row (e.g., 111 not allowed)
How else can partners protect their information?
- Change password at least once per year
- Longer passwords or password phrases are the most secure
- Don’t share your password with anyone, and never share passwords over email
- Do not use passwords that are personal, or are easy to figure out (such as Password!1) or any derivative of the word password.