Poultry Insurance Exchange Reciprocal of Canada
Effective October 30, 2017
Version 1.1
We are committed to providing our subscribers with excellent service. Doing business with an insurer involves providing information about yourself, so protection of your personal information is one of our highest priorities.
Our organization and the insurance industry have a solid track record of respecting your right to privacy and safeguarding your personal information. As a result of Federal legislation, we’ve further strengthened our privacy commitment by informing you of why and how we collect, use and disclose your personal information. You can be assured that we’ll only handle your personal information in a manner that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
This a summary of our privacy practices.
Why do we collect personal information?
When you first become a subscriber or whenever you acquire or renew a policy with us, we need to collect some of your personal information. Common purposes for which we collect your personal information are to:
What personal information do we collect?
Personal information is information that identifies you as an individual subscriber and relates specifically to you. Depending on the purpose(s) for which we need to collect it, we may ask for the following personal information about you including:
We may obtain this information from:
Who do we disclose your personal information to?
For many of the purposes identified above, we will need to share your personal information with others in order to serve your needs. These other parties commonly include:
Information may be collected by or transferred to a service provider outside of Canada for processing, storage, analysis or disaster recovery and may be subject to those authorized under the applicable laws of the foreign jurisdiction.
How do we protect your personal information?
In order to protect your personal information and right to privacy, we will:
Consent
We may obtain your express consent or we may determine that consent has been implied by the circumstances.
There are also legal exceptions in which we will not need to obtain your consent or explain the purposes for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information. For example, this could apply when there is an emergency situation, or if it is necessary for your protection or ours.
We want you to know that you do have choices in this matter. You could refuse to allow us to obtain, use or share your personal information or you could also withdraw a previously given consent at any time. However by doing that, depending on the situation, you may be limiting or even preventing our ability to provide you with the product or service you desire.
Use of Cookies, Web Analytical Tools and Similar Technologies
We use cookies (small text files placed on your device) and similar technologies to provide our website and online service. The website will store tracking cookies in the user’s browser and use them to save username and password information to log into the website’s secure section.
Web analytics provide non-personally identifiable statistical information about how visitors interact with our website and applications. We have enabled Google Analytics and we may use information collected through Google Analytics in conjunction with other information we have collected about you.
You have a variety of tools to control cookies and web analytics including browser controls to block and delete cookies and controls from Google to opt out of data collection. To opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising please use the Ads Settings (http://www.google.com/settings/ads?)
Contact Information and Resources
We will designate one or more individuals who will be accountable for our compliance with the policies and procedures described in this Privacy Policy Statement. The individual(s) appointed to be accountable for the Poultry Insurance Exchange Reciprocal of Canada’s Privacy Policy Statement will be known as our Privacy Officer.
Our Privacy Officer can be contacted at:
Privacy Officer
Poultry Insurance Exchange Reciprocal of Canada
Chapman Mills, PO Box 45509
Ottawa, Ontario
K2J 5N1
Telephone: (905) 769 0850
Email: admin@piex.ca
Please contact our Privacy Officer if you:
We will respond to you promptly and do our utmost to resolve your concerns. To find out more about Federal privacy laws, please contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at 1-800-282-1376 or visit their website www.priv.gc.ca.