AccessPrivacyHB is committed to keeping your personal information confidential and secure. As part of this commitment, we want you to be fully aware of our information management practices, including what type of information is collected, how the information is used, and with whom the information is shared.

Scope

This Privacy Policy covers the information management practices of AccessPrivacyHB.  It does not cover other information practices of HB Global Advisors Corp. or Heenan Blaikie LLP.

Collection of Personal Information

We collect information from you in your business or professional capacity.

We collect information from you to provide you with the products or services you have requested.  For example, you may choose to provide personal information such as your name, address, telephone number, email address and topics of interest to register for AccessPrivacyHB sponsored events, to sign up to receive alerts and publications and online services from us or to participate in a survey.

We collect further information we may need in order to provide you with a product or service.  For example, we may collect your credit card information if you are registering for AccessPrivacyHB sponsored events or subscribing to our online services.

We collect certain information by automated means when you visit our websites (the “Sites”), such as how many users visited our Sites and the pages accessed.  We collect this information through various means such as "cookies," "web beacons" and IP addresses.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

We use information about you to set up, manage and offer products and services that meet your needs.

We also may use your information to communicate with you about other events and topics that we believe may be of interest to you.

We do not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose any of your personal information to any third parties, except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may share your information among AccessPrivacyHB-related entities so that they can inform you directly about their products and services.  We may also provide you with information that we believe may be of interest to you from third parties we select. Your agreement to this is not a condition of doing business with us and you may withdraw it at any time (see “Your Choices”).We may not provide directly all the services related to your relationship with us.  We may use third party service providers to process or handle personal information on our behalf.  Some of our service providers may be located outside of Canada and subject to foreign legislation.

We may use the personal information you provide for our internal purposes, including administration of our Sites, market research, data analytics and to meet our legal and regulatory obligations.

Security of Personal Information

We maintain reasonable safeguards in an effort to protect your personal information. 

Your access to certain of your personal information may be protected with a password you select. We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone.

Your Choices

You may access and update your personal information at any time, subject to limited exceptions at law, by contacting us as set out below.  If you have a sensory disability, please let us know and we will give you access to your personal information in an alternative format.  To help protect your privacy, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to your information.

You can tell us at any time to stop sending you marketing communications, or to stop the sharing of your information with AccessPrivacyHB-related entities.  We will act on your instructions as quickly as possible but there may be certain uses of your information that we may not be able to stop immediately.

We rely on you to advise us of any material changes to your personal information that may affect our ability to provide you with the products and services you have requested.

How to Reach Us

If you have a general question about our information management practices or would like to update your contact information or preferences or have your information removed from our distribution lists, please contact us by:

You may challenge our compliance with this Privacy Policy at any time by filing a written complaint with the Federal Privacy Commissioner:

       Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
       Place de Ville, Tower B
       3rd Floor
       Ottawa, ON K1A 1H3
       Fax: 613-947-6850
       Inquiries: Toll Free #: 1-800-282-1376

Further Information

Occasionally we provide links from our Sites to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites operate independently from our Sites and are not under our control. These websites may have their own privacy policies or terms of use, which we strongly suggest you review if you choose to visit any linked websites. We are not responsible for  the manner in which the organizations who operate such sites collect, use or disclose and otherwise manage your personal information

Updates to our Privacy Policy

We may update or change this Privacy Policy from time to time and without prior notice to you to take into consideration changes in legislation or other issues that may arise. We will post a prominent notice on our Sites to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the policy when it was most recently updated.

AccessPrivacyHB is a division of HB Global Advisors Corp., which is wholly-owned by Heenan Blaikie LLP.

AccessPrivacyHB websites include accessprivacy.com and accessprivacy.ca.

Copyright  ©2007 Heenan Blaikie LLP.  All rights reserved.
Last updated  May 14, 2010.