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PRIVACY POLICY
The Personal Information Protection Act of BC regulates the collection, use, retention and disclosure of personal information by private sector organizations.. "Personal Information" is all information about an identifiable individual. I respect and recognize the importance of privacy of individuals. I also recognizes the sensitivity of personal information received by us in the course of our legal practice.
We recognize our professional obligation to maintain the confidentiality of our clients’ information, and recognize our obligations concerning the personal information of all individuals that we collect, use or disclose in our practice. This policy has been developed with those obligations in mind. Information is essential in order for us to provide the services offered by PropertyCentre.ca including the legal services as described in the terms of our retainer or engagement.. We will take every reasonable step to ensure the information provided is kept secure, confidential and accurate. PropertyCentre.ca has developed a Privacy Policy for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information consistent with professional obligations to carry out the instructions of clients. The Privacy Policy has been developed to comply with legislation covering the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. Information Covered The policy covers any personal information that may be provided during a visit my the PropertyCentre.ca website, when you request services offered through PropertyCentre.ca including legal services or information gathered in the course of providing the services. The policy also covers any subsequent use or disclosure of such information. Personal information is any information that is unique or specific to you. Such information could be your age, name, ethnic origin, religion, opinions or preferences. It does not include information gathered from sources or ways permitted by legislation to be gathered without your consent. Consent IF YOU USE OR CONTINUE TO USE THE PROPERTYCENTRE.CA WEBSITE OR SERVICES AND/OR PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE,, YOU CONSENT TO THE PURPOSES AND USES OUTLINED BELOW FOR YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. Information Collected You can control what personal information you provide. When you visit this website, you can view or print articles without providing any personal information. If you submit a question through the website, or request services, then you will be required to provide certain basic information required to respond or provide services and to meet our professional and ethical obligations. Information Sharing and Disclosure Any personal information you provide will not be disclosed without your consent subject to the following. Personal information will be disclosed as necessary to provide services to you, meet any of our professional and ethical obligations, and where required by law. If we are requested by law to disclose information, every reasonable effort will be made to contact you and inform of the legal proceedings so that you can participate and take such steps as you consider appropriate to prevent disclosure. IP Addresses and Cookies You can visit the PropertyCentre.ca website without providing your name or revealing any information about yourself, including your email address. However, our Web server or the website may collect certain information such as IP addresses, domain used to access the website, your web browser and operating system, the number, duration and frequency of visits to the website. To the best of our knowledge as of April 2006, such anonymous information can not be used to identify the visitors to the website. Such information is intended to be used to monitor the usage and performance of the website for systems administration purposes and to make improvements or enhancements to the website. We can give no assurance that the information collected can not, in the future, be used to identify you or your location as technology for doing so is continually changing. Security We have put in place organizational, physical and technological measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information under our control. Security measures are reviewed as needed to maintain the security and confidentiality of personal information under our control. We can not provide any guarantee against unauthorized use of the information nor can we give assurances that our measures will not be compromised. The option to contact us over the internet is provided as a convenience only. You are cautioned that the information you send over the Internet may not be secure at all times. It may be possible for others to monitor or intercept communications. The ability to communicate with us over the Internet is provided only as a convenience to you. If you have any concerns about the security of information sent over the internet, you should contact us by telephone or make an appointment to discuss your situation in person. Contact If you have any questions about this privacy policy, how personal information is stored or the record of your visit to this Web site, please contact us. Recourse If you have not received a satisfactory response to your privacy concerns after contacting us, you may direct your question or complaint to any of the following: Law Society of BC Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC Changes to this Privacy Policy This privacy policy may be changed from time to time without notice. If you wish to know the current policy, either this visit page regularly or contact us. |
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