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Humane
Wildlife Control Inc. (“HWC”) has a
responsibility to protect personal information
regarding its clients, partners and employees.
Our company believes protecting your privacy is
important and has developed a privacy policy
designed to meet the needs of its clients and
employees and conform to the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents
Act ("PIPEDA"). This policy covers the
collection, use and disclosure of personal
information by HWC.
Personal Information
Personal information includes
any factual or subjective information, recorded
or not, about an identifiable individual. This
includes information in any form, such as:
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Age, name, ID numbers,
income, or ethnic origin;
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Opinions, evaluations,
comments, social status, or disciplinary
actions; and
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Employee files, credit
records, loan records, medical records,
existence of a dispute with a client,
intentions (for example, to acquire goods or
services, or change jobs).
Personal information does not
include the name, title, business address or
telephone number of an employee of an
organization.
HWC collects personal
information only for the following reasons:
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To provide the products or
services that you have requested and
maintain commercial relations with you;
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To understand your needs and
recommend products and services accordingly;
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To manage our business which
includes shareholder and employment matters;
and
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To meet legal and regulatory
requirements.
We will not use your personal
information for any other reason without your
consent and will only share your information
with third parties to assist in completing the
above uses. Any third party's use must adhere to
our privacy policies or be allowed by the
legislation. Examples would be an outside
payroll service, an agent hired to perform a
service for you, a collection agency, a law
enforcement agency or emergency services.
"Cookies"
We may from time to time use
certain information commonly called cookies on
your computer to save you time as a Visitor and
User of our website. We do not collect personal
information in this fashion. If you do not wish
this convenience, your browser will likely
enable you to reject cookies.
Accountability
HWC is accountable for all
personal information in its possession,
including any personal information disclosed to
third parties for processing or other
administrative functions.
HWC has appointed a Privacy
Officer, who is part of senior management, to be
accountable for the company's privacy policies
and enforcement. We have also trained all of our
partners and staff on privacy issues.
HWC's Privacy Officer can be
reached at:
Privacy Officer
Humane Wildlife Control Inc.
297 Brucedale Ave East Hamilton, Ontario L9A 1R2
privacy@humanewildlifecontrol.com
Identifying Purposes
HWC shall identify the purpose
for which personal information is collected
before collecting it.
Consent
HWC shall obtain consent for all
personal information collected, used or
disclosed by HWC, unless such collection or use
is inappropriate, or permitted by law.
Limiting Collection
Personal information collected
shall be limited to information that is
necessary for the purposes identified by HWC and
be collected by fair and lawful means.
Limiting Use, Disclosure
and Retention
Personal information collected
by HWC, shall not be used or disclosed for
purposes other than those for which it was
collected, except with the consent of the
individual or as required or permitted by law.
Personal information shall be retained only as
long as necessary for the fulfillment of those
purposes.
Accuracy
Personal information shall be as
accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is
necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it
is to be used. We will use our best efforts to
keep your information up-to-date.
Safeguards
HWC shall safeguard your
information against unauthorized access,
disclosure, copying, use or modification.
Openness
HWC shall make information
available, to its clients and employees, about
the policies and practices that apply to the
management of their information.
Individual Access
Upon request, an individual
shall be informed of the existence, use and
disclosure of their information, and shall be
given access to it. An individual will be given
reasonable access to their information and may
correct any personal information if its accuracy
and completeness is challenged and found to be
deficient.
Challenging Compliance
An individual shall be able to
challenge compliance with the above privacy
principles. HWC shall investigate all complaints
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