Privacy Policy
The Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) governs how all private sector organizations in British Columbia handle personal information of clients, employees, and other. Personal information is defined as information that can identify an individual and information about an identifiable individual.
What Information We Collect and Why
We need our clients to provide us with all the relevant facts and information related to our engagement. This information will include personal information about our clients and about other individuals with whom our clients conduct commercial transactions.
Consent for Collection, Use, and Disclosure
We will always try to collect personal information directly from the person to whom the information pertains where practical and we will collect personal information from other sources when necessary. If we need to collect information about individuals other than our clients, we shall do so in accordance to the provisions of PIPA. We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the personal information we collect, use, and distribute is accurate and complete.
By engaging our firm to provide services, we consider an individual to have given our firm consent to the collection, use, and distribution of the individual’s personal information. Once this consent has been obtained by our firm, we will continue to collect, use, and disclose personal information for the purpose of providing the agreed upon services without obtaining further written or verbal consent to do so.
Our firm will maintain the strictest confidence with respect to any client's or former client's information. Accordingly, confidential client information will not, without client consent, be disclosed to any individuals in our firm beyond those who are engaged on providing services to the client.
We will retain client personal information for a reasonable time period as required by our engagement and the terms of our professional liability insurance policy. When no longer required, client personal information will be disposed of in a secured manner.
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