Privacy policy

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Welcome to the website of the lawfirm Amar & Associés (amar.ca).

Amar & Associés is a law firm that values its client's privacy and how their personnal information is used.

In the course of its activities and services, Amar & Associés collects, uses and discloses certain personal information about its clients. The treatment of this information is done in accordance with rigorous ethical standards, all in order to ensure the respect of confidentiality and professional secrecy surrounding its relations with its clients.

By providing your personal information through the amar.ca website, by email or by phone, you agree to the use of this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third party websites that can be accessed through hyperlinks on the amar.ca website, which websites have their own privacy policies.

Nature of personal information collected

In the course of providing services to you, and subject to Amar & Associés' written confirmation that it agrees to represent and act for you, Amar &Associés may collect the following types of personal information:

• Contact information such as name, telephone number, physical address and e-mail address;
• Identification andother background verification data, such as a copy of driver's license, passport, proof of beneficial ownership or source of funds information;
• Biographical information such as photos, videos and job title;
• Billing information such as a billing address or payment information;
• Information relating to the details of services rendered;
• Recruitment information, such as your curriculum vitae, your employment and educational history, and other information relevant to a recruitment by Amar & Associés;
• Information relating to the use of the amar.ca website, such as the number of visits, interactions with our advertising and online content ;
• Any other information provided by you such as personal information about third parties, with their prior consent;

Unsolicited e-mails received from persons who are not clients of Amar & Associés may not be subject to attorney-client privilege.

Use of personal information

Amar & Associés uses your personal information in the following ways:

• For the purpose of providing legal services and fulfilling obligations arising from our relationship with you;
• To facilitate the use of the amar.ca website and to ensure that its content is relevant to you;
• To allow for the optimal processing and evaluation of applications received for a position at Amar & Associés;
• To comply with the legal obligations related to due diligence with respect to a client, allowing the detection of risks related to the fight against corruption, fraud and to avoid any potential conflict of interest;
• To recover amounts owed by a client and to enforce such recoveries by legal means including legal proceedings;

Sharing of personal information

Amar & Associés may share any personal information received from you with certain third parties such as:

• Third-party who provide website, hosting, maintenance and other service providers. Amar & Associés is careful to limit the information provided to that which is reasonably necessary to these service providers to perform their functions, and the providers are bound to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
• to government authorities, if and only if Amar & Associés is required to doso by law, in response to a court order, subpoena or government search warrant, or otherwise;

Length of time personal information is retained

 Amar & Associés retains your personal information only for as long as it is required for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and for as long as it is required to comply with any legal obligations to which Amar & Associés is subject.

Amar & Associés reserves the right to close completed files or accounts that have been inactive for more than one (1) year. When a file has been completed or an account has been closed, the personnel information related to such files is archived for verification purposes and may be destroyed after seven (7) years.

For more information in this regard, please contact Amar & Associés through the Contact page or by using the following address: info@amar.ca.

Protection of personal information

The personal information submitted to Amar & Associés is subject to appropriate physical, technical and administrative safeguards to prevent accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure and unlawful use of the personal information in Amar & Associés' possession. In this sense, be assured that Amar & Associés employees are made aware of the importance of protecting the confidentiality of the personal information provided.

However, Amar & Associés cannot guarantee the protection of personal information that you provide to a third party through hyperlinks on the amar.ca website, considering that these websites belong to third parties and have their own privacy policies.

Amar & Associés cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit over the Internet, and you do so at your own risk. Amar & Associés cannot ensure or warrant that the information you provide will not be accessed, obtained, disclosed, altered, or destroyed as a result of a breach of our physical, technical or administrative safeguards.

Ifyou have reason to believe that personal information has been compromised, please contact Amar & Associés through the Contact page or by using the following address: info@amar.ca.

Rights of an individual with respect to his or her personal information

An individual has (a) the right to access his or her personal information, i.e., the right to request a copy of it, subject to applicable law and, where applicable, the payment of a monetary amount; (b) the right to the accuracy of the personnal information; (c) the right to the rectification of incomplete or inaccurate personal information held by Amar & Associés.

Finally, you may also file a complaint regarding the application of this Privacy Policy with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact Amar & Associés through the Contact page or by using the following address: info@amar.ca.

Update

 Amar & Associés reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy without notice and without liability. We therefore recommend that you take note of this subtitle indicating the date of any recent update. Any changes will be made in accordance with applicable laws.

This Privacy Policy was last updated in February 2022.

Contact Us

 If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact Amar & Associés through the Contact page or by using the following address: info@amar.ca.

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