Privacy Policy

Inspire Law is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information, both as a result of our professional obligations and also as result of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, SC 2000, c 5. We have consequently adopted the following privacy policy:

Definitions

“Personal information” refers to information about an identifiable individual or any information that allows an individual to be identified, directly or indirectly. This may include your name, address, identification numbers, etc.

Requirement for Personal Information

Inspire Law collects your personal information in order to detect and resolve any conflicts of interest, in order to secure a retainer, in order to be able to provide you with legal services and advice, as well as to communicate with you in the future as to our services, publications, and/or any developments in the law. Personal information is also required for billing purposes.

Collection of Personal Information

Inspire Law will only collect your personal information by lawful and fair means, and not in an unreasonably intrusive way. Whenever possible, your personal information will be collected from you directly, though it is sometimes obtained from other sources (ex. your insurance company; a government agency; etc.).

This website does not track or collect your personal information, with the exception of standard data collected as part of any website analytical tools. Otherwise, personal data will be collected only if provided by you, noting that email is not a secure medium and you should be mindful of this when communicating with Inspire Law.

Use of Personal Information

Inspire Law may disclose your personal information under the following circumstances:

  • when you have consented to its disclosure;

  • when we are required or authorized to do so by law;

  • in order to prevent death or serious bodily harm;

  • when the legal services we are providing require us to give your personal information to third parties, with your consent being implied, unless you have otherwise advised in writing;

  • if we engage a third party to provide administrative services, provided that the third party is bound by our privacy policy;

  • where it is necessary to establish or collect our fees; 

  • when required by us to defend against certain allegations or claims; and/or

  • if the information is already publicly known.

The above considered, please be mindful of the information that you choose to provide to our office.

Otherwise, please note that Inspire Law will not disclose your personal information to third parties to enable them to market their products and services.

Consent

Consent for the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal information may be obtained orally or in writing, and may be given expressly or impliedly. In deciding how we obtain your consent, we will take into account the sensitivity of the personal information that we are collecting, using or disclosing.

Protection of Personal Information

Inspire Law takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that your personal information is kept safe from loss and unauthorized access, modification and/or disclosure. These precautions include the following:

• physical safeguards (secure premises; locked filing cabinets; etc.);

• technological safeguards (virus protection; password protection; etc.); and

• organizational safeguards (restricted access to personal information; privacy training; etc.).

Accuracy of Personal Information

Inspire Law will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up to date. You, however, are responsible for advising of relevant changes.

Access to Personal Information

You may ask for access to your personal information from Inspire Law, noting that summary information will be available upon request. More detailed requests, however, may be subject to retrieval costs, and our regular professional fees and disbursements. You will be notified if this is the case. That said, your right to access your personal information is not absolute and may be denied under the following circumstances:

• when denial of access is required or authorized by law;

• when granting access would have an unreasonable impact on another individual’s privacy;

• when your personal information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings against you;

• when to do so would prejudice negotiations with you;

• when your request is frivolous or vexatious; and/or

• when it is necessary to protect the rights and property of Inspire Law.

Destruction of Personal Information

Inspire Law will retain your personal information in keeping with our professional obligations in terms of record retention. That said, personal information that is no longer required will be appropriately destroyed, erased, or anonymized.

External Websites

Inspire Law’s website contains links to other websites that are not governed by this privacy policy. We strongly advise that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Changes to Privacy Policy

Inspire Law may update its privacy policy from time to time. We will post updates on our website.

Complaints Regarding Privacy Policy

If you have any questions or concerns with respect to this privacy policy, or if you wish to access your personal information, please write to us at:

Inspire Law

22 King Street South, Suite 300

Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1N8

If you are not satisfied with our response, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario can be contacted at:

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

2 Bloor Street East, Suite 1400

Toronto, Ontario M4w 1A8


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