Introduction
All references to 'our', 'us', 'we' or 'company' within this policy and within the opt-in notice are deemed to refer to UIC, its subsidiaries and associates.
UIC values its relationships with you as a client, investor or other member of the public and is committed to the protection of your personal information. As of November 1, 2008, we intend to meet our obligations under private sector privacy laws.
Various provincial, state and federal laws, both in Canada and the United States, govern the collection, use and disclosure by UIC of personal information used for a commercial activity.
We may need to update this privacy statement from time to time. We recommend that you regularly check this page to ensure that you have read the most recent version.
Date last revised: Dec.. 2010
Privacy Compliance
In order to comply with these laws, we will:
- Obtain consent for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information, except when inappropriate (e.g. in an emergency or when consent would compromise the availability or accuracy of the information). We will obtain your consent in a form appropriate to the sensitivity of the information and allow you to modify or withdraw your consent.
- Collect personal information only for reasonable purposes and only as much as is reasonable for those purposes. Except when inappropriate, we will collect personal information directly from you and inform you of how we will use and disclose the information.
- Use and disclose personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected, unless you consent to a new use or the privacy laws permit use or disclosure without consent.
- On request, provide you with information about the existence, use and disclosure of your personal information and provide access to that information, if reasonable. On request, we will correct information that is inaccurate, other than opinions.
- Ensure that any personal information is as accurate as necessary for the collection purposes;
ensure that personal information is secure; and keep the information only as long as reasonable for business and legal reasons.
Designate an individual to make sure that we comply with privacy laws and make information about our management of personal information available on request
Purposes for Collection, Use, and Disclosure
When we collect personal information from our clients, investors and other members of the public, it will be used and disclosed for the following purposes to:
- establish and maintain responsible commercial relations with you
- understand your service and/or project needs
- develop, enhance, market or provide products and services to you
- manage and develop our business and operations
- meet legal and regulatory requirements
When you voluntarily give us your personal information and we only use or disclose it for the above purposes, you are giving us your implied consent. If we intend to use or disclose your personal information for a purpose other than those above, we will seek your express consent.
You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions, by giving us reasonable notice.
If you have questions about the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, you may contact UIC's privacy officer.
Privacy Policy
Our new Privacy policy outlines how UIC intends to comply with the privacy principles detailed in various provincial, state and federal laws, both in Canada and the United States. UIC's privacy officer is responsible for ensuring that we comply with our Privacy policy and with applicable private sector privacy laws.
Use of Cookies
In common with many websites, we use 'cookies' to help us gather the following information from visitors to our site.
A cookie is a small data file that our server sends to your browser when you visit the site. The use of cookies helps us to assist your use of certain aspects of the site.
Protection of Personal Information
UIC will use reasonable security safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, loss, modification or destruction. UIC's employees will continue to follow UIC's long-standing Confidentiality policy as well as other security policies and procedures.
Security
We take security seriously and we take precautions to keep your personal information secure. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect. However, due to the open communication nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and us, or information stored on our servers, will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.
Links
This site may contain links or references to other Web sites outside of our control. Please be aware that we have no control over these sites and our privacy statement does not apply to these sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements and terms and conditions of linked or referenced sites you enter.