Aqmar Consultant Inc. Statement of Privacy

Privacy Policy
Aqmar Consultant Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. This Aqmar Consultant Inc. Statement of Privacy applies to Aqmar Consultant Inc. and services.

This policy describes the information Aqmar Consultant Inc. collects, how we use that information, and with whom we share the information. If you have additional questions, please contact us at info@aqmar786.com.

A) Policy Respecting Individual Corporate Information

Collection of Your Individual Corporate Information
Aqmar Consultant Inc. develops a Member Profile for all companies that are members in good standing. The Member Profile includes names, addresses, e-mail addresses, subsidiaries and divisions.  While you are not obligated to provide all of these details to Aqmar Consultant Inc., we may not be able to provide you with an appropriate level of service or process your membership application without this company information.

For companies that are not active Aqmar Consultant Inc. members in good standing, we collect basic contact information, such as name, telephone and fax numbers and email address to keep companies informed of Aqmar Consultant Inc. programs and services. This information is often submitted through event registrations and other information gathering processes.

Use of Your Individual Corporate Information
Your Individual Corporate Information may be used to:

1) Provide you with our services, as well as manage and administer those services and your account;
2) Maintain and develop our business systems and infrastructure;
3) Gain an understanding of your business needs by conducting surveys;
4) Inform you of other products and services offered by Aqmar Consultant Inc.;
5) Respond to communications from you or send information that you have requested, such as our electronic newsletters.

We may also use your Individual Corporate Information to promote and market other products and service offerings, which we deem to be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive any communications, contact us at info@aqmar786.com.

Furthermore, Aqmar Consultant Inc. uses a web activity analysis tool to monitor traffic on our website. We use the aggregate information that we gather to help us evaluate the effectiveness of our website and to make improvements to its structure and content in order to better address the needs of our member community.

Distribution of Information to Third Parties
We do not sell, trade or disclose any individual company information derived from our website to unauthorized third parties.

Aqmar Consultant Inc. may access and/or disclose your individual corporate information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) confirm to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Aqmar Consultant Inc. or our website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Aqmar Consultant Inc..

Security of your Individual Corporate Information
Aqmar Consultant Inc. is committed to protecting the security of your Individual Corporate Information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Individual Corporate Information. Aqmar Consultant Inc. stores information in secure databases, which can be accessed only by password.

B) Policy Respecting Personal Information

I. INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this Statement of Privacy is to identify the types of personal information collected by Aqmar Consultant Inc., to specify the purposes for which that information is collected, the uses to which it may be put and the extent to which it may be disclosed to others.

This Statement of Privacy also describes the security appropriate for each type of personal information held and the duration for which that information will be held. Finally, it identifies how any person whose information we hold may review that information and may, if not satisfied with either the content or these policies, place a complaint to a designated individual.

Aqmar Consultant Inc. recognizes that it is responsible for the personal information it collects and holds. These procedures are intended to assure all parties that personal information receives the protection required by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information, which it incorporates, hereinafter referred to as "the Act".

In general, we collect, use and disclose information subject to the limitations provided for in the Act. Due to basic differences in the collection, use and disclosure of information on members, third parties and employees, these types of information are described separately.


II. MEMBER INFORMATION

At the most general level, Aqmar Consultant Inc. collects information:

For the purpose of establishing and maintaining contact with members, and
For such purposes as are required by the nature of the matter in respect of which we are engaged.
A. Information collected for the purpose of establishing and maintaining member contact

To establish and maintain member contact, Aqmar Consultant Inc. receives general contact information, including: business address, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses. In certain cases, and when the information is volunteered by the member, we collect additional details. The information relates to business activities rather than personal details; however, we still consider the data confidential, as set out in this Statement of Privacy.

This information is used to maintain member contact through such activities as direct marketing. Information is not disclosed to third parties unless required for the purposes of a particular retainer. In no case is the member information sold or transferred to third parties for valuable consideration. This information is maintained by Aqmar Consultant Inc. on a password-protected server.

Aqmar Consultant Inc. maintains the information for an indefinite period of time. We ask that members who wish to maintain contact with us provide us with updated information, as necessary. We endeavour to update our records within a reasonable amount of time after receiving such information. Any member who wishes to have personal information deleted from our records may request such a deletion; Aqmar Consultant Inc. will comply with all such requests within a reasonable timeframe.

B. Information collected for such purposes as are required by the nature of the matter in which Aqmar Consultant Inc. is engaged

We collect information relating to members for various purposes, depending upon the nature of our engagement. As previously stated, we consider that the information relates to business activities, not personal information. However, we still treat such information as confidential, as set out in this Statement of Privacy.

We collect contact details required to maintain contact with the member or member representative for the purposes of gathering information related to our engagement, providing services and forwarding accounts for payment.


Third Party Information
We collect information relating to persons who have relevant connections to our operations. In some cases, we are required to collect information relating to the educational and financial state or condition of such persons for purposes connected with the retainer.

Such contact information is disclosed to third parties as necessary to advance the objective of the retainer or as required by law.

This information is maintained in confidential files for a period of at least six years after completion of the engagement and only in relation to which it was collected.

Employee Information
We maintain information for purposes of personnel administration and information that is required from time to time by taxation authorities and providers of benefits under benefit plans maintained by the firm for its partners and employees. We retain this information indefinitely.

a) Personnel Administration
While gathering applications for employment, Aqmar Consultant Inc. collects information from candidates, including contact details and relevant educational and work experience. We normally retain this information after a decision has been made unless an unsuccessful candidate asks us not to retain the information.

We collect information relating to the job history of employees up to the date of hire. During the course of employment we collect and retain periodic work evaluations, attendance data and records respecting compensation history. We also collect and maintain contact information respecting relatives and next-of-kin.

This information is used for employer-employee communications and in connection with our continuing evaluation of personnel requirements and performance assessment. It is kept in secure files to which only senior administrative personnel have access. We do not sell or transfer this information to third parties for valuable consideration. In connection with persons who have left the employ of the organization, we do maintain the right to provide such information to prospective employers on request, solely for the purpose of assisting such employers in their assessment of an employment application.

b) Tax Authorities
In connection with our obligations under taxation statutes, we collect employees’ personal information, including current address, date of birth and social insurance number.

We use and disclose this information for the purposes specified by the taxation legislation. It is kept in secure files to which only senior administrative personnel receive access.

c) Benefit Plans
In connection with the administration of medical benefit plans for staff, we collect personal information, including current address, date of birth, social insurance number and marital status. We also collect certain personal details relating to the dependants of partners and employees.

Administration of Personal Information Policy and Complaints
An officer of Aqmar Consultant Inc., as designated from time to time by the President, is responsible for ensuring that this Statement of Privacy is applied.

Any person may, upon request and with reasonable notice, review this policy and request access to their own personal information within Aqmar Consultant Inc.’s files. Any questions or requests for access should be directed to info@aqmar786.com

Subject to the comments below respecting restrictions to the right of access, aggregate information is available upon request. More detailed requests that require archive or other retrieval costs may be subject to payment of reasonable charges and disbursements.

Any person shall have a right to request any correction that he or she deems appropriate.

However, a person's right to request access to information is not absolute. Aqmar Consultant Inc. may deny access where denial is required by law, where the information in question relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings, where granting a right of access would result in an unreasonable intrusion to the privacy rights of other persons, where granting a right of access would prejudice ongoing negotiations and where the request is frivolous or vexatious.

Any person who is not satisfied with the response they receive to a request for access shall be entitled to complain further by filing a notice with the Senior Vice President. The notice should state why they are dissatisfied with either any detail of this Statement of Privacy or the response to any request to correct personal information held by Aqmar Consultant Inc..

Changes to this Statement of Privacy
Aqmar Consultant Inc. reserves the right to make changes to this Statement of Privacy to reflect adjustments to our website. As a result, we recommend that you visit this page periodically to review its contents.

Please note that Aqmar Consultant Inc. is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites to which our website links.