Privacy Policy

  1. LegistLens is committed to protecting the privacy of all our clients. We certainly recognize and act in compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), as we continue to provide exceptional service.
  2. When you choose LegistLens we ensure, to the extent that is possible, your personal information is kept confidential. We will not sell, rent or loan any information.  
  3. This privacy policy describes how we collect, protect, use and share information gathered about you on the Site. We hope that this disclosure will help increase your confidence in the Site and enhance your experience on the Internet. Please note that by visiting LegistLens at the Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Policy.
  4. Due to the nature of the services we provide at LegistLens we are often called upon to collect personal information in order provide our clients with the legal service provider or lawyer whose advertised skills most closely matches the information provided.  Information collected or acquired through the platforms: https://legistlenscanada.com and https://www.legistlens.org are primarily for the purpose of connecting the public with lawyers and other legal services providers and vice versa.  LegistLens will continue to clearly identify the purposes for which such personal information is gathered prior to, or at the time of collection. If you are unclear about the purpose for which we collect information, ask us. 
  5. As well, if you feel that our purpose for collecting any information is not necessary to you, you do not have to provide us with that information. As an individual, you are entitled to providing us with your consent to the use and disclosure of your personal information. By filling in any online forms on our any of our sites / platforms: https://legistlenscanada.com and/or https://www.legistlens.org and by providing us with your information through any other channel, you are consenting to the use and disclosure of said information.  
  6. Please note that once you submit any information online (whether electronically either by email or through the internet or on our platform), that information is in the public domain.  As such, while we strive to protect personal information, we cannot assure that any information you submit online is totally protected.

PRIVACY INFORMATION FOR VISITORS TO THE LEGISTLENS WEBSITE(S)

  1. As a visitor to our website, you do not have to submit any personal information in order to use this site. By visiting our website, you agree that we may collect and use information for the appropriate purposes in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with its terms, please do not access this site. Each time you access the LegistLens websites / platforms you accept and agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy including any changes or updates which may have been made to it.
  2. We do not identify individual visitors to our website other than by their IP address, except in instances where they provide their information directly to us for the purposes of doing business (including instances where members of the public provide their personal information for the purpose of obtaining a referral pursuant to the services we offer and in instances where lawyers and mobile legal service providers give us their information for the purpose of connecting them with potential clients or for obtaining other services we provide to lawyers and mobile legal service providers). 
  3. We only use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our website and to gather broad demographic information using a standard website statistics software package. This helps us to understand what information is most useful so that we can make it easier to find out information and to provide the most up-to-date, relevant information to our visitors. We do record the statistical information on the numbers of visitors to our site.  Personal Information about individual users is not kept or used, except for the purposes agreed to by members and users of the website search portal(s).
  4. When you voluntarily provide information through contacting us or one of the lawyers or other legal services providers utilizing the services on this platform (including via email communications), you are consenting to providing us personal information about yourself and as such, are bound by the privacy principles outlined herein. 
  5. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have established physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. 
  6. Unfortunately, no data transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 per cent secure.  We therefore cannot guarantee the security of any information you provide via the internet or electronically. As a result, we cannot assure the security of any information transmitted to us and you do so at your own risk.
  7. LegistLens informs and receives the consent of an individual for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, except as required by law. Private information is only provided if we are required to provide it by law or if public security is at stake.
  8. LegistLens limits the collection of personal information to the amount and type of information necessary for the purposes we identify. All information is collected by fair and lawful means.
  9. LegistLens only retains your personal information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. We limit the use of your personal information, and it is not disclosed for purposes other than those for which the information was collected, except with your consent, or as required by law.
  10. LegistLens keeps all personal information under its control as accurate, complete and as up to date as possible, and as is necessary for the purposes for which it is being used. If information needs to be updated, we make every effort to update our records and advise other parties having access to the information of these changes.
  11. LegistLens endeavors to keep personal information safe from loss, unauthorized use, changes or disclosure. When we no longer need your information, we will take the necessary precautions destroying the information just as we do while storing it.
  12. LegistLens is open and honest at all times, providing you with specific information about our policies and practices regarding the management of all personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, we provide the answers and help you to understand.
  13. LegistLens will provide you with access to any information we may have about you have in our possession. It is your right to know what this information is and to whom we have given it. We respond to your requests as soon as possible and if we cannot respond right away, we will advise you.
  14. You have the right to challenge our compliance with PIPEDA. LegistLens has in place enquiry and complaint procedures, and we will take the appropriate action to correct personal information handling policies and practices.
  15. We have the right to refuse your request for information in certain circumstances. These circumstances include information that would reveal personal information about other individuals, confidential commercial information, instances where the security of another individual is at stake, information that is protected by solicitor-client privilege, or where information collected is related to the detection and prevention of fraud. All our employees and agents are committed to upholding this Privacy Policy.
  16. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@legistlenscanada.com. 

 

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