The Law Studio Privacy Policy
At The Law Studio we are committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information in accordance with our professional obligations and applicable legislation, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
What follows is our Privacy Policy, which summarizes the manner in which personal information is obtained, managed, and protected by our firm.
Personal Information
Personal information is defined by PIPEDA as “information about an identifiable individual, but does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.” PIPEDA also protects personal health information, defined broadly so as to include information with respect to a person’s or deceased person’s physical or mental health history.
Personal Information Collected
In order to provide legal services to our clients, we may collect such personal information as home address, telephone numbers, personal email address, personal bank account numbers, and other information incidental and necessary to providing legal services.
Purpose for Collecting Personal Information
Personal information is collected, used and disclosed for the following purposes: To perform legal services, fulfill legal obligations and avoid conflict of interest situations; To share personal information, whenever necessary or required by law, with third parties in connection with the performance of legal service to clients; To administer accounts, issue invoices, and otherwise maintain commercial relations with clients, and business associates; To develop and promote our services; and For any other purpose to which a client consents.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or generally disclose personal information. Under certain circumstances, however, we may disclose personal information to: A third party, when required or permitted to do so by law; To engage a third party, when necessary, to collect outstanding fees and other amounts owing; To your agent(s), or persons reasonably believed to be acting as such; and Any other party, in the instance that your prior consent has been obtained.
Accuracy of Personal Information
We make every reasonable effort to ensure that our records of your personal information are at all times accurate. Any errors, omissions, or updates to your personal information may be amended by contacting our offices and requesting to speak to our Administrative Assistant.
Protection of Personal Information
We make every reasonable effort to ensure that the personal information of our clients is protected from unauthorized access and non-permitted disclosure. To better protect the confidentiality of all personal information, we strive to limit the quantity of printed material and store any and all sensitive information on our network database, protected by industry standard firewall and password guarded systems. In addition, printed materials are kept in files in locking cabinets.
Access to Personal Information
Except under certain circumstances – the most obvious of which involves the unauthorized disclosure of another person’s personal information – we will inform you of the existence, use, and disclosure of your personal information and will provide you access to that information. Access to personal information will be provided on the basis of written requests which should be addressed to our Administrative Assistant at the contact information which appear below.
TERMS OF USE
By accessing this website, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions set out below. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, please exit from this website and do not access any other pages. At any time, we may change this website, these terms and conditions, and the information contained herein, without prior notice. It is your responsibility to check these terms and conditions for changes and updates. Your continued use of this website will be deemed to be your unconditional acceptance of those changes. These terms and conditions were last updated on December 31, 2023.
No Legal Advice or Lawyer-Client Relationship
The Law Studio provides the information on this website (including, without limitation, hypertext links, search mechanism, portals and documents) for general information purposes only. It is neither intended as, nor should be considered, legal advice or opinions of any kind and may not be used for professional or commercial purposes. Neither the use of any such information, nor the transmission of materials or information to The Law Studio by e-mail or otherwise, will establish any lawyer-client, contractual or other relationship between The Law Studio and the user or sender.
Use of Website, Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
The information on this website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representations, warranties or conditions, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including, without limitation, any representations, warranties or conditions as to quality, accuracy, completeness, currency, fitness for a particular purpose, uninterrupted access, error free operation, or the absence of computer viruses and other harmful components or corrupted data or information.
The Law Studio, its partners, agents or employees shall have no liability in connection with any loss, cost or damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, consequential, contingent, special, incidental, exemplary or punitive, related to or arising from this website, its non-availability, the information on it or the use thereof (including, without limitation, any defects, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in this site), including, without limitation, damages for harm to business, damages for loss of profit, business or revenues, programs or data, interruption of activities or any other pecuniary or economic loss, whether based on breach of contract, tort or delict (including negligence), infringement of intellectual property rights, strict liability, breach of warranty, failure of essential purpose, fundamental breach, breach of a fundamental term or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility thereof or reasonably foreseeable.
Communications not Confidential
The Law Studio does not guarantee the security or confidentiality of any e-mail or other electronic communications sent to The Law Studio personnel. If you are not an existing client of The Law Studio, do not send The Law Studio personnel your confidential or sensitive information until you have received his or her express request or consent to do so. You will be considered a client of The Law Studio only after The Law Studio has confirmed it is not conflicted to be retained by you and has otherwise consented to the retainer.
Intellectual Property
The Law Studio retains all copyright, trade-mark and other rights in all material contained on this website, including all text and graphic images. You may download, display and print copies of these materials for private non-commercial purposes, as long as the content is not modified, the source of the material is indicated, and The Law Studio copyright and other notices are neither removed nor modified. No portion of this material may be used or reproduced for any other purpose, or distributed, transmitted or mirrored in any form, or by any means, without the prior written permission of The Law Studio.
Links
This website may contain links to other sites. The provision of these links is for your convenience only, and does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation or approval of the other sites. The Law Studio has no control over the availability or content of such sites, and any use of them is at your own risk. The Law Studio shall have no liability related to or arising from such sites or the use thereof.
Governing Law
These terms and conditions and the use of this website shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario, and you irrevocably attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario. Anyone accessing this website from other jurisdictions assumes sole responsibility for compliance with local laws.
The Law Studio is compliant with Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) and will never send a commercial electronic message (email) to anyone without their express consent which may be withdrawn at any time.
All privacy related inquiries should be directed to: info@lawstudio.ca
