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Privacy Policy
Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® is committed to ensuring and protecting the
privacy and confidentiality of its clients’ personal information. Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® has therefore adopted this policy to comply
with its obligations under current Privacy Legislation. This policy briefly
describes how we collect, hold, use and whenever necessary, disclose your
personal information. It also summarizes your right to have access to correct
the information as necessary. If you have any questions about our privacy
policies or your personal information, please contact Solera Sustainable
Energies Company® at 416-466-3500 or e-mail your privacy concerns to us at
gogreen@soleraenergies.com
Use
of the Internet
Privacy
issues, including security and confidentiality of personal information
disclosed on or through our web site, are viewed very seriously by Solera
Sustainable Energies Company®. Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® may record from time to time the following
information:
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The
address you are connecting from
Which
pages are visited
What
content is downloaded
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The
address of the web sites that you visited immediately before coming to this web
site.
Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® may use this information to find out how many
people visit our web site and which sections of the web site are visited most
frequently. Solera Sustainable Energies Company may use this information to
determine what type of information is most useful, improve this web site,
address your specific needs, provide better customer service and for general
marketing purposes. The information may also be used to provide records of
communication between Solera Sustainable Energies Company and you, and to
comply with any legal and/or regulatory requirements.
None
of the information collected is associated with any individual.
It is measured only in aggregate. Solera Sustainable Energies Company
records the statistical information on the numbers of visitors to this web
site, but no information about individuals in particular is kept or used.
Certain
Solera Sustainable Energies Company employees or agents of Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® will be provided with information about a web
site visitor in order to serve that visitor's needs and provide the visitor
with information regarding specific products. Solera Sustainable Energies
Company® employees and agents acting on behalf of Solera Sustainable
Energies Company® are instructed to use strict standards of care in handling
the personal, confidential information and the handling of such information is
dealt with in Solera Sustainable Energies Company Privacy Code.
Non-compliance with this code will result in disciplinary sanctions that may
include dismissal.
Client
Record and Personal Information
In
the course of our business relationship with you, the personal information
collected about you is held in a "client record." This information likely
includes, at a minimum, your name, address, email address telephone and fax
number and account #’s. Depending on the type of service you request,
additional personal information may be held in your client record. This
information was provided to Solera Sustainable Energies Company by you, the
customer, at the time the account was opened or as the information became
necessary throughout the service process. This
information is used to process your orders and to allow us to communicate with
you. The information also enables Solera Sustainable Energies Company to
customize products or services to serve you better.
Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® does not sell your personal information to
third parties.
Collecting,
Holding, Using and Disclosing Personal Information
Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® may collect, hold and use the personal
information in your client record as well as collect personal information from
and disclose personal information to the third parties identified below, for
the following purposes:
a.
Identifying you and ensuring the accuracy of information contained in a
client’s record.
b.
Establishing and administering your account, maintaining, recording and storing
account information in your client record.
c.
Protecting its own business interests including collecting a debt owed to
Solera Sustainable Energies Company.
d.
Meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
e.
Advising you of other similar Solera Sustainable Energies Company products,
services or initiatives that may be of interest to you.
f.
For any other purpose you and Solera Sustainable Energies Company may agree
upon from time to time.
Consent
Your
knowledge and consent to Solera Sustainable Energies Company’s collection,
use and disclosure of your personal information is important. We rely on your
actions as indications of your consent to our existing and future personal
information practices:
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Your
voluntary provision of personal information directly to Solera Sustainable
Energies Company®.
Your
express consent or acknowledgement contained within a written, verbal or
electronic application process;
Your
consent solicited by Solera Sustainable Energies Company for a specified
purpose;
Your
receipt of this Privacy Policy, until you notify Solera Sustainable Energies
Company® of a withdrawal of your consent; or
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Your
consent given through your authorized representative such as a legal guardian,
agent or holder of a power of attorney.
Subject
to certain legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice, you may
withdraw your consent at any time. If you wish to withdraw consent or discuss
the implications of such withdrawal, please contact us through one of the means
described in the preface. In some circumstances, legal requirements may prevent
you from withholding consent. Your decision to withhold consent may also limit
the products and services that Solera Sustainable Energies Company is able
to provide to you.
Third
Parties
Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® may collect your personal information from
other companies related to Solera Sustainable Energies Company.
Solera Sustainable Energies Company may disclose your
personal information to Canadian,
provincial or municipal governments and government agencies (for example,
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency),
mailing companies, Canada Post, courier, imaging and document storage and
shredding companies. When Solera Sustainable Energies Company transfers
personal information to its service providers, we ensure that the transferred
information is only used for the purposes for which the provider was retained.
Location
of Your Client Record
Your
client record, whether electronic or paper, is kept at the offices of Solera
Sustainable Energies Company®. Paper records forming part of your client
record may also be kept in offsite storage. Your client record may be
transferred to other locations for disaster recovery purposes.
Right
to Access and Correct Your Personal Information
Except
in limited circumstances described in the legislation, you are entitled to
access, through a written request, the personal information contained in your
client record. You may verify this personal information and request that any
inaccurate information be corrected. For information on this process, please
contact us at Solera Sustainable Energies Company at 416-466-3500. If your
concerns have not been resolved to your satisfaction, you may contact the
Privacy Compliance Officer at Solera Sustainable Energies Company at the
above phone, or gogreen@soleraenergies.com
Limits
on How Long personal information is Kept
Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® will only retain your personal information as
long as it is necessary, including updating the product or service or as
required by law. When we destroy the information, we will use safeguards to
prevent unauthorized parties from gaining access to the information during the
process.
Safeguards
for your personal information
Solera
Sustainable Energies Company® maintains appropriate technical and
organization safeguards to protect your personal information against loss,
theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
The Privacy Commission of Canada
112 Kent St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 1H3
Phone: 613-995-8210 or 1-800-282-1376.
http://www.ipc.on.ca
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