Privacy Statement
Ontario Genealogy Services collects and uses personal information in the possession, or under the control,
of its clients to the extent required to fulfill its professional responsibilities
and operate its business. Ontario Genealogy Services is committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information provided by
its clients and protecting all personal information in its possession or control.
This Privacy Statement sets out the principles and procedures Ontario Genealogy Services follows in meeting its privacy commitments to its clients and complying with
the requirements of federal and provincial privacy legislation.
Ontario Genealogy Services
is accountable for all personal information in its possession or control. This
includes any personal information that is received directly from clients who are
individuals, or indirectly, through clients that are organizations (e.g., corporations,
government entities, not-for-profit organizations).
Ontario Genealogy Services has established and put into effect policies and procedures aimed at properly
protecting personal information.
If you have any questions about Ontario Genealogy Services privacy policies and practices, we can be reached by email at
steveh@ontariogenealogyservices.com
or phone: 416-921-0504
Ontario Genealogy
Services
collects personal information from clients and uses and discloses such information,
only to provide the professional services that the client has requested and with
the approval of the client.
Ontario Genealogy
Services
obtains a client’s consent before collecting personal information from that client
and collects only that personal information required to perform its professional
services and operate its business, and such information is collected by fair and
lawful means.
Ontario Genealogy
Services
uses or discloses personal information only for purposes for which it has consent
by the client, or as required by law and retains personal information only as
long as necessary to fulfill those purposes.
Ontario Genealogy
Services
regularly and systematically destroys, erases, or makes anonymous personal information
no longer required to fulfill the identified collection purposes, and no longer
required by laws and regulations.
Ontario Genealogy
Services
endeavours to keep accurate, complete, and up-to-date, personal information in
its possession or control, to the extent required to meet the purposes for which
it was collected.
Individual clients are encouraged to contact
Ontario Genealogy Services to update their personal information.
Ontario Genealogy Services protects the privacy of personal information in its possession or control by
using security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
Physical security is maintained over personal information stored in hard copy
form.
In addition, Ontario Genealogy Services
Internet-based systems are protected behind firewalls and are protected by intrusion
detection and intrusion prevention software. All data is maintained and backed-up
on a regular schedule basis to provide adequate redundancy and ensure that the
integrity of information is never jeopardized.
Ontario Genealogy Services is open about the procedures it uses to manage personal information.
Ontario Genealogy Services responds on a timely basis to requests from clients about their personal information
which it possesses or controls.
Individual clients have the right to contact Ontario Genealogy Services and obtain access to their personal information.
Ontario Genealogy Services has policies and procedures to receive, investigate, and respond to clients’
complaints and questions relating to privacy.
To challenge
Ontario Genealogy Services compliance with its Privacy Policy, clients are asked to provide an email message
or letter to Ontario Genealogy Services. Ontario Genealogy Services
will ensure that a complete investigation of a client complaint is undertaken
and will report the results of this investigation to the client, in most cases,
within 30 days.
Ontario Genealogy
Services
does not supply any of your personal information to other companies for any purpose
without your written consent, unless required to do so by law
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