Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

PL Law Office and my affiliates and subsidiaries] (”PL Law Office”, “I”, “me”, “us”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it by complying with this policy.
This policy describes:

How I collect, use, disclose, and protect the personal information of my customers and website users (”you”).
Describes the types of information I may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.savialegal.ca (my “Website”).
My practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

I will only use your personal information in accordance with this policy unless otherwise required by applicable law. I take steps to ensure that the personal information that I collect about you is adequate, relevant, not excessive, and used for limited purposes.
Privacy laws in Canada generally define “personal information” as any information about an identifiable individual, which includes information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person. Personal information does not include business contact information, including your name, title, or business contact information.

This policy applies to information I collect, use, or disclose about you:

On this Website.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
When you interact with my advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

The Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, services, social networks, or applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow the third party to collect or share data about you. If you follow a link to a third-party website or engage a third-party plugin, please note that these third parties have their own privacy policies and I do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. I do not control these third-party websites, and I encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

This policy DOES NOT apply to information that:

I collect offline or through any other means.
You provide to or is collected by any third party, through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand my policies and practices for collecting, processing, and storing your information. If you do not agree with my policies and practices, your choice is not to use my Website. By accessing or using this Website, you indicate that you understand, accept, and consent to the practices described in this policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to My Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after I make changes indicates that you accept and consent to those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

INFORMATION I COLLECT ABOUT YOU

I collect and use several types of information from and about you, including:

Personal information, that I can reasonably use to directly or indirectly identify you, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, user name or other similar identifier, and information you choose to enter into a form on the website, and any other identifier I may use to contact you (”personal information”).
I provide an opportunity for any user to unsubscribe from my newsletter(s), if any, or opt-out of contact for marketing purposes on an ongoing basis by making a request to pauline@pllawoffice.net.
Non-personal information, that does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity or directly relate to an identifiable individual such as demographic information, or statistical or aggregated information. Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but I may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data from personal information. For example, I may aggregate personal information to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature.
Technical information, including your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, or information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access my Website, and usage details.
Non-personal details about your Website interactions, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), clickstream to, through and from my Website (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, or any phone number used to call us.

HOW I COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

I use different methods to collect your information, including through:

Direct interactions with you when you provide it to us, for example, by filling in forms or corresponding with me by phone, email, or otherwise.
You may also provide information for me to publish or display on public Website areas or transmit to other Website users or third parties. You authorize me to publish any testimonial(s) you provide to me about my services, and allow me to edit such content for grammar, clarity and length.
Automated technologies or interactions, as you navigate through my Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies[, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Third parties or publicly available sources, for example, my business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information I collect directly from you on or through my Website may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on my Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use my Website, subscribing to my website, posting material, submitting a form, and/or requesting further services or information. I may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with my Website.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that I might ask you to complete for research purposes.
Details of transactions you carry out through my Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through my Website.
Your search queries on the Website.

You may also provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Website or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although I limit access to certain pages/you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile, please be aware that no security measures are perfect. Additionally, I cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, I cannot and do not guarantee that unauthorized persons will not view your User Contributions.

Information I Collect Through Cookies and Other Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with my Website, I may use cookies or other automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Details of your visits to my Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

I may also use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). To learn more or to opt-out of tailored advertising please visit Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada Opt-Out Tool.
The information I collect automatically is statistical data and may include personal information and I may maintain it or associate it with personal information I collect in other ways, that you provide to us, or receive from third parties. It helps me to improve my Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling me to:

Estimate my audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing me to customize my Website according to your individual interests.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to my Website.

The technologies I use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of my Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, my system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to my Website.
Web Beacons. Pages of my Website [and my e-mails] may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or [opened an email] and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

Third Party Use of Cookies [and Other Tracking Technologies]

Some content or applications on the Website, including advertisements, are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use my Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural) advertising or other targeted content. In addition to helping advertisers reach the right people for their products and services, behavioural advertising helps support my Website so that you can enjoy free content.

You can opt-out of several third party ad servers’ and networks’ cookies simultaneously by using an opt-out tool created by the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada and/or an opt-out tool created by the Network Advertising Initiative, You can also access these websites to learn more about online behavioural advertising and how to stop websites from placing cookies on your device. Opting out of a network does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the network from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.

I do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they are used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

HOW I USE YOUR INFORMATION

I use information that I collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present my Website and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill the purposes for which you provided the information or that were described when it was collected, or any other purpose for which you provide it.
To provide you with notices about your account or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices.
To carry out my obligations and enforce my rights arising from any contracts with you, including for billing and collection or to comply with legal requirements.
To notify you about changes to my Website or any products or services I offer or provide though it.
To improve my Website, products or services, marketing, or customer relationships and experiences.
To allow you to participate in interactive features, social media, or similar features on my Website.
To measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising I serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you.
In any other way I may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

I may also use your information to contact you about my own and third-parties’ goods and services that may be of interest to you, as permitted by law. If you do not want me to use your information in this way, please e-mail me at pauline@pllawoffice.net. For more information, see Choices About How I Use and Disclose Your Information.

I may use the information I have collected from you to enable me to display advertisements to my advertisers’ target audiences. Even though I do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

I may disclose aggregated information about my users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

I may disclose personal information that I collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To my subsidiaries and affiliates.
In accordance with applicable law, to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of PL Law Office’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by PL Law Office about my customers and users is among the assets transferred.
To advertisers and advertising networks that require the information to select and serve relevant advertisements to you and others. I do not disclose data about identifiable individuals to my advertisers, but I may provide them with aggregate information about my users (for example, I may inform them that 400 women between 30 and 45 have clicked on their advertisement on a specific day). I may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers target a specific audience (for example, men in a specific location). I may make use of the personal information I have collected from you to enable me to display my advertisers’ advertisement to that target audience.
To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties I use to support my business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist me with Website improvement and optimization) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which I disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. (For example, if you give me an email address to use an “email a friend” feature of my Website, I will transmit the contents of that email and your email address to the recipients.)
For any other purpose disclosed by me when you provide the information.
With your consent.

I may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, in accordance with applicable law.
To enforce or apply my terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If I believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of PL Law office, my customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

I may transfer personal information that I collect or that you provide as described in this policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties I use to support my business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist me with Website improvement and optimization) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which I disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy.

I may process, store, and transfer your personal information in and to a foreign country, with different privacy laws that may or may not be as comprehensive as Canadian law. In these circumstances, the governments, courts, law enforcement, or regulatory agencies of that country may be able to obtain access to your personal information through the laws of the foreign country. Whenever I engage a service provider, I require that its privacy and security standards adhere to this policy and applicable Canadian privacy legislation.

You are welcome to contact me to obtain further information about Company policies regarding service providers outside of Canada.

By submitting your personal information or engaging with the Website, you consent to this transfer, storage, or processing.

CHOICES ABOUT HOW I USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

I strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. I have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may not be accessible or may not function properly.
Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want me to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by sending me an email stating your request to pauline@pllawoffice.net
Promotional Offers from the Company. If you have opted in to receive certain emails from me but no longer wish to have your email address and/or contact information used by the Company to promote my own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending me an email stating your request to pauline@pllawoffice.net . If I have sent you a promotional email, you may unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe link I have included in the email. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to the Company as part of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience, or other transactions.
I do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising and/or targeted advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of several third party ad servers’ and networks’ cookies simultaneously by using an opt-out tool created by the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada and/or an opt-out tool created by the Network Advertising Initiative. You can also access these websites to learn more about online behavioural advertising and how to stop websites from placing cookies on your device. Opting out of a network does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the network from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.

DATA SECURITY

The security of your personal information is very important to me. I use physical, electronic, and administrative measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. I store all information you provide to me behind firewalls on my secure servers. Any payment transactions and will be encrypted using SSL technology.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where I have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of my Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. I ask you not to share your password with anyone. I urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards, which any Website visitor can view.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although I do my best to protect your personal information, I cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to my Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. I am not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

DATA RETENTION

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, I will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes I collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Under some circumstances I may anonymize your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you. I reserve the right to use such anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent.

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

My Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not [use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use]. If I learn I have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, I will delete that information. If you believe I might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact me at pauline@pllawoffice.net .

ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

It is important that the personal information I hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep me informed if your personal information changes. By law you have the right to request access to and to correct the personal information that I hold about you.

If you want to review, verify, correct, or withdraw consent to the use of your personal information you may also send me an email at pauline@pllawoffice.net to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to me. I may not accommodate a request to change information if I believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. I may charge you a fee to access your personal information, however, I will notify you of any fee in advance.

I may request specific information from you to help me confirm your identity and your right to access, and to provide you with the personal information that I hold about you or make your requested changes. Applicable law may allow or require me to refuse to provide you with access to some or all of the personal information that I hold about you, or I may have destroyed, erased, or made your personal information anonymoous in accordance with my record retention obligations and practices. If I cannot provide you with access to your personal information, I will inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

I will provide access to your personal information, subject to exceptions set out in applicable privacy legislation. Examples of such exceptions include:

Information protected by solicitor-client privilege.
Information that is part of a formal dispute resolution process.
Information that is about another individual that would reveal their personal information or confidential commercial information.
Information that is prohibitively expensive to provide.

If you are concerned about my response or would like to correct the information provided, you may contact me at pauline@pllawoffice.net .

If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by my terms of use.

WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT

Where you have provided your consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information, you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, contact me at pauline@pllawoffice.net . Please note that if you withdraw your consent I may not be able to provide you with a particular product or service. I will explain the impact to you at the time to help you with your decision.

CHANGES TO MY PRIVACY POLICY

It is my policy to post any changes I make to my privacy policy on this page. If I make material changes to how I treat my users’ personal information, I will notify you through a notice on the Website home page.

I include the date the privacy policy was last revised at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring I have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting my Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

CONTACT INFORMATION AND CHALLENGING COMPLIANCE

I welcome your questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy and my privacy practices. Please contact me at pauline@pllawoffice.net or by calling my office at 647-802-2999.

I have procedures in place to receive and respond to complaints or inquiries about my handling of personal information, my compliance with this policy, and with applicable privacy laws. To discuss my compliance with this policy please contact me using the contact information listed above.

This Privacy Policy is current as of September 3, 2024.