Privacy Policy
Concord
Consulting Corporation has adopted the Canadian Standards Association privacy
standard for the protection of our clients and employees. The CSA Standard is
based on the principles established by the OECD (Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development) and adopted by the Government of Canada in 1984.
These 10 internationally recognized principles form the core of our privacy
code.
Accountability
Concord Consulting takes responsibility
for the appropriate collection, use, and disclosure of all client and employee
personal information under the administration of a designated member of our
staff (consult our office by phone/email).
Identifying
Purposes
Personal information will be collected by Concord Consulting for
the purposes of providing consultation services to its clients and distribution
agents, developing the effectiveness of its assessment technologies, and
increasing the effectiveness of its business.
Consent
We will
collect personal information on the basis of an informed consent for the
purposes identified above.
Limiting Collection
Concord will
collect personal information solely for the purposes identified
above.
Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention
Personal
information will not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those outlined
above except by consent of clients/employees or as required by law. This
information will be retained as long as necessary for the same
purposes.
Accuracy
Concord Consulting will maintain accurate,
complete, and up-to-date client/employee personal information as necessary to
accomplish our identified purposes.
Safeguards
We will ensure
the safe-keeping of personal information appropriate to the sensitivity of that
information.
Openness
Concord Consulting will make readily
available to individual clients/ employees specific information relating to our
privacy policy and practices.
Individual Access
Concord will
provide an individual knowledge of the existence, use, and disclosure of their
personal information, and grant them access to such information upon
request.
Challenging Compliance
We have a process in place by
which clients/employees may address any questions or concerns regarding the
handling of their personal information.