HUGHES INTELLIGENCE
AND ASSOCIATES PRIVACY POLICY
Hughes Intelligence and
Associates refers to Hughes Intelligence and its associate
office Hughes Intelligence (Sarnia) Inc. Hughes Intelligence respects
the privacy of visitors to this Web site. Your personal
information is only collected, used and disclosed by this
Firm in accordance with this Privacy Policy in compliance
with the Protection of Private Information and Electronic
Data Act ( PIPEDA). You can visit our web page on
the internet without telling us who you are or revealing any
personal information about yourself. We only collect
personal information about you when you specifically and
knowingly provide it to use using our e-mail contact site.
By contacting us by e-mail you
are expressly consenting to and have knowledge of the
collection, use and disclosure of this information as
identified in this Privacy Policy. If we make any changes to
our Privacy Policy it will be posted here, so you will
always be informed of our current information-handling
practices. Information Collected
and Used. Clients contacting use by
e-mail or by our contact site will be asked to provide
personal information. You will need to supply this
information for us to assess your requirements for our
services. We also collect this information to set up your
account and to be able to respond to you by mail or
telephone. Therefore, Hughes Intelligence
and Associates only collects and uses your personal
information :
To contact you directly and
assess your requirements for service.
To manage your account and maintain responsible commercial
relations with you.
To respond to questions and concerns.
To meet legal and regulatory requirements under the
Personal Privacy Information and Electronic Data Act.
INFORMATION THAT DOES
NOT IDENTIFY YOU
Our website collects certain
technical information from your computers Web browser when
you visit us on the internet. This information includes the
domain name and IP address of the visitor, the amount of
time spent by a visitor, the pages visited and returned to,
the operating system and Web browser software used, and the
referrer Web site. These server logs do not collect any
personal information and can only be accessed by Hughes
Intelligence and our Web Page Server. Server log files are
used solely to track visits to our site and improve the
content and layout of our site. Hughes Intelligence makes no
attempt to link this traffic for information to the
individuals that visit our web page. Hughes Intelligence site
visitors must accept cookies through their browser in order
to view each page of the site or to connect to affiliated
links on the site. A temporary or session cookie is assigned
to you and uniquely identifies you as you move from page to
page on this site. This allows the search engine to remember
the key words you are using to find information on the site.
The cookie is destroyed as soon as you close your browser
and in never directed to other servers, unless you click on
that particular site link, on our site.
DISCLOSURE AND
RETENTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
The personal information you
provide to us through our site is NEVER disclosed to any
third parties without your knowledge and consent. We do not
sell or trade any of your personal information with any
other companies. We share your information in the following
circumstances and only with your consent to conduct an
investigation, compliant with the Personal Information and
Electronic Data Act, The Council of Private
Investigators-Ontario Code of Privacy and Code of Ethics and
our own Code of Ethics. We only share this information when
we need to share your personal information with others in
order to serve your needs. These other parties commonly
include: Government Agencies, such as
the Ministry of Transport Ontario and other licensing
Agencies.
The Courts and their related Divisions
Credit organizations
Employers and previous employers
Other professionals working with us such as lawyers that
may be identified by you and that may assist your
investigation.
We must release personal information if required to so by
law. The information you provide
when contacting us is stored in our secure databases and
files as long as you are a client of Hughes Intelligence and
Associates. You must notify Hughes Intelligence and
Associates if you no longer want us to retain your
information. Please note that it may be
impossible to delete your information completely without
some
Residual information remaining in backups.
ACCURACY OF THE
INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO IT
Hughes Intelligence and
Associates relies exclusively on the information you supply
us through our Web site e-mail contact link. We will then
personally contact you by either telephone or mail to
discuss and assess your service requirements. To change your information,
have your information removed from our databases and files,
or simply confirm that the personal information you have
supplied is accurate, please confirm the information when
personal contact is made, or by contacting our Privacy
Officer at
hi@hughesprior.com .
HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS KEPT SECURE
Hughes Intelligence strives to
keep your personal information secure and safe, however
information sent by e-mail is UNSECURE and may be accessible
by unauthorized individuals or unauthorized spy ware,
attached to our site without our knowledge.
Our Databases have firewalls,
anti-virus software and passwords and only those persons
authorized and involved directly in performing your service
have access to your information. Information entered anywhere
else on our site is transmitted to Hughes Intelligence and
Associates servers unencrypted, using standard internet
protocol (HTTP). You should be aware of the inherent risks
of interception when communicating with others online
without encryption when contacting other sites through links
on our site.
|
