Privacy Policy

Policy Forward

Trust. When it comes to our client's trust we take it very seriously. Because, after all, everything we do relies on our client’s trust in us. They trust us with some of their most sensitive information and it's because of this that we've developed both this policy and our internal privacy policies. It's why we make sure to be PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act) compliant and why we proactively go above and beyond when it comes to protecting our client’s personal information.

Privacy Policy

The Firm and all its members shall safeguard and keep confidential any information collected relating to clients that is required to be kept confidential and safeguarded in accordance with governing laws, regulatory authorities, Rules of Professional Conduct/Code of Ethics, the Firm’s policy, and specific client instructions or agreements.

Scope of Policy

Confidential information includes, but is not limited to:

  • name or other unique identifiers;
  • addresses, phone, fax, e-mail;
  • age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, personal relationships;
  • political, religious, social or other similar affiliations;
  • lifestyle information;
  • buying and consumption tendencies;
  • financial or business information of any nature;
  • proprietary trade information, secrets, processes, products or market knowledge;
  • government or other regulatory information identification numbers or similar identities; and
  • electronic documents, data and communications.

Collection and Retention of Information

The Firm and all its members shall collect and retain only such personal or business information as is necessary for the purposes required to fulfill the Firm’s engagement responsibilities.

Personal and client information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes or for professional, regulatory and legal requirements.

Information collected will be kept as accurate and updated as necessary for the purposes and scope to which it will be used.

All Personal Information collected will be done so by fair and lawful means.

Access and Use of Information

Client information and any personal information obtained shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or entity or as required by law. Upon request, an individual or entity should be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of their personal information and given access. Such information does not necessarily include working papers, which are the property of the Firm.

Staff Confidentiality Agreement

Staff is required to sign a confidentiality agreement upon commencement of employment.

Privacy Officer & Accountability

The Privacy Policies of the Firm will be upheld, reviewed and enforced by the designated Privacy Officer, who will be responsible for these policies. The Privacy Officer will be designated and identified by the Partnership and will be a member of the Partnership.

Openness and Challenges

Any individual may challenge the compliance of this policy and any other privacy policies of The Firm by contacting the designated Privacy Officer. This policy and the Firm's Policies regarding Privacy of Information will be made readily available to anyone who wishes to view it at any time during regular business hours.

Security

All data, including Personally Identifiable Information, is protected by various physical, technological and social means appropriate to the sensitivity of the information of which they protect.

Data Collection and Use in Regard to this Website

Any information collected by this website (or the server in which it resides on behalf of this website) is not and can not be used to identify an individual person. The type of information this website (or web server) may collect are: the IP Address, Domain name, Operating System and Browser of the computer you used to view this website, as well as statistics regarding your visits to this website. Such statistics include the number of visits to the site, the length of time you viewed the site, the time (including date) of your visit(s) to the site and the URL information of the websites you came from and go to next. This information may be used for statistical analysis, to improve this website, identify popular or unpopular pages or aid the authorities in the event of an illegal electronic attack.

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