Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

This Erudite Law LLP (“Erudite Law,” “Our”, “Us” or We”) Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) applies to a User of the Erudite Law internet site www.eruditelaw.com (“Website”). A User refers to any individual, corporation, business or partnership who uses any of our Websites, services, information or products (collectively, “Content”) of Ours.

Our Website and its Content may include links to third-party websites. Erudite Law shall not be responsible for the content or privacy compliance of any third-party websites. You should check such websites for their privacy statements and the terms of use that apply to them.

By using the Website, you give explicit consent for the collection, use, disclosure and retention of your personal information where required, as described in this Policy and our Terms of Use.

  1. PERSONAL INFORMATION

While a user may visit our Website anonymously, Erudite Law may collect Personal Information from users who send us inquiries. “Personal Information” is any personally identifiable information about an individual or an individual whose identity may be inferred or determined from the information provided, which may include information such as your name, address, email address, telephone number or fax number. This Policy does not cover any data from which the identity of an individual cannot be determined. Erudite Law only uses Personal Information of Users to provide its services, products, and information.

You may always refuse to supply Personal Information. However, in doing so, it may prevent you from engaging in certain Website related activities, use of certain services or access to certain parts of our Website. Erudite Law collects Personal Information by any electronic or other means. While Erudite Law collects the email addresses of Users who send us inquiries, you may indicate that you do not wish to receive unsolicited emails from us.

  1. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY ERUDITE LAW

 User Activity

Erudite Law may collect and analyze non-identifiable information from your browsing activity on our Website, including, but not limited to, searches you perform on the Website, type of physician you seek, third-party links that you click on, your time on the Website, session activity, browser type, operating system, type of device used to access the Website, MAC address, Internet Protocol address (IP Address) and the website you were visiting prior to visiting our Website.

For the transfer and receipt of certain types of sensitive information, such as financial information (e.g. credit card information, payment processing or any other payment information for billing purposes), you will be re-directed to a secured third-party payment processing server.

User Request

We collect data from you when you request information as a User, upload content or otherwise actively send us information and data to our Website. This may include, but is not limited to, your username, password, first and last name, practice or specialty area, email address, telephone number, street address, gender, interests, messages, and any other data included in a submitted profile.

  1. USAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your Personal Information collected by Erudite Law may be used for the purposes of fulfilling our objectives and mandate, of which include:

  • providing you with services, information, data and support that you have requested from us, including the use of our Website;
  • communicating with Users to determine their needs and to manage the relationship between them and Erudite Law;
  • sending periodic emails with updates pertaining to your inquiries or questions;
  • meeting legal or regulatory requirements; and
  • communicating for any other purposes for which we are required or have the Users’ consent.

The use of your Personal Information is limited to the scope as set out in this Policy, unless expressly stated otherwise. Erudite Law shall not sell, trade, negotiate, exchange or disclose any Personal Information we have obtained without your prior written consent.

Notwithstanding this Policy, there are circumstances where the use and/or disclosure of Personal Information by Erudite Law may be justified, permitted or obligated to do so without your consent. These may include, but are not limited to, where Erudite Law has reasonable ground to believe that the information is fraudulent, where required by law or an order of the court, administrative agency or other tribunal, where it is necessary to collect on fees, for the purposes of investigating a contravention of a federal, provincial or foreign law or in order to protect or defend a legal interest of Erudite Law.

Your Personal Information may also be transferred to a service provider which is located outside of the jurisdiction of Canada, where the privacy laws may have different treatment or levels of protection than those in Canada. In such cases, your Personal Information may be subject to access under the applicable foreign legislation.

  1. CONSENT

By providing us your Personal Information, you consent and agree to its use by Erudite Law in accordance with this Policy, its Terms of Use and as otherwise permitted or required by law. If you are required to or do provide us with Personal Information about other individuals, corporations or businesses, you warrant and represent that you have obtained their consent prior to disclosing the information to Erudite Law.

You may withdraw your consent to us using your Personal Information at any time by sending us an email to info@eruditelaw.com, subject to any legal and contractual obligations.

  1. PROTECTION AND RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Erudite Law uses reasonable technical, contractual, physical and administrative security steps to protect your Personal Information. Access to your Personal Information is used only in accordance with the principles set forth in this Policy and the relevant applicable laws.

Erudite Law may use third parties to perform services, such as web maintenance, improvements to the Website and our services, data and information, to protect data, and to optimize the experience for our users. These third parties may come into contact or have access to Personal Information in the course of providing such services, which may also include transferring such Personal Information to other jurisdictions and other countries. Such transfers are only made as necessary and for the purposes stated herein.

Erudite Law may also use third-party service providers to host and store data, its Website and other services pursuant to our agreement with such providers. We are advised by such service providers that they implement Security Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology to encrypt sensitive personal data, and that they apply what they consider adequate security measures for the protection of information on their systems. Erudite Law shall not be liable (to the fullest extent of the law) for any damages, loss, injury that may result from the misuses, loss or unauthorized access of any information, including Personal Information, by such companies and service providers.

No method of transmission or storage of data and information can ever be guaranteed one-hundred percent (100%) secure. If a User has reason to believe that the interaction with Erudite Law is no longer secure, please contact us immediately.

When we no longer require your Personal Information, Erudite Law shall destroy, erase or make anonymous any personal information that is no longer required to fulfil the identified purpose.

  1. PAYMENTS

Erudite Law does not receive or process payments through its Website.

  1. COOKIES

Erudite Law uses cookies on its Website, which are used to provide us with certain information about you, including statistical information. If you wish to adjust or disable cookies, you can do so by adjusting your internet browser’s settings. However, disabling cookies may prevent you from accessing part or all of our Website. Each internet browser is different, consult your browser’s “help” setting for more information.

  1. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Erudite Law may make available links to other third-party websites. Upon clicking such link, you will be leaving our Website and be redirected to the third-party’s website. ERUDITE LAW’S POLICY ONLY APPLIES TO PERSONAL INFORMATION AND DATA THAT ARE COLLECTED ON ITS WEBSITE (www.eruditelaw.com). We are not responsible or liable for the privacy practices of any third-party websites to which the Website contains a link. You should review the privacy policy of such third-party websites before providing information to them.

  1. EMAIL COMMUNICATION

From time to time Erudite Law may send you encrypted emails when communicating with you. Occasionally, Erudite Law may send you emails with information or data on events or articles we believe may be of interest to you based on your browsing habits of the Website. Where we send such unsolicited marketing emails, we provide you the option to unsubscribe at any time.

However, even where you have unsubscribed or opted out of receiving such marketing communications, Erudite Law may still send you email communications related to your services, changes to policies and terms, and other such administrative messages.

  1. ACQUISITION

Information and Personal Information collected by Erudite Law may be required to be disclosed to third parties in connection with any change in ownership or control of Erudite Law’s business, or any other reorganization, transfer, assignment or disposition of all or part of the business. If this occurs, Erudite Law shall only disclose information in accordance with this Policy and shall not disclose more information than is required by any transaction.

  1. CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

This Policy is effective as at NOVEMBER 1, 2019. Erudite Law reserves the right to update and amend this Policy at any time at its discretion or where required by law or regulation. Changes shall be effective immediately and no notice need be provided to the Users of the Website. Please check this Policy page regularly for updates by checking the date of last update.

  1. CONTACT

Questions regarding this Policy should be directed to info@eruditelaw.com.

Should we fail to resolve your concerns to your satisfaction, you may contact the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at:

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
30 Victoria Street, 1st Floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1H3
Canada
Tel: 1-800-282-1376

Effective Date: This Policy was last updated and is effective as of NOVEMBER 1, 2019.