Introduction
QuIC Financial Technologies Inc. (“QuIC”) is committed to providing exemplary products and professional services and to establishing and maintaining responsible and ethical relationships. Privacy and the protection of personal information in our possession are cornerstones of QuIC’s relationships. We respect the privacy of every individual who visits our website. We take great measures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of any personal information provided to or obtained by this site. All personal information supplied will remain within our organization and will not be shared with any external entity unless prior permission is given. Your personal information will not be sold, distributed or published in any manner whatsoever.
Scope and Application
This policy applies to QuIC’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information and other privacy obligations.
As a Canadian company, doing business in British Columbia and Alberta, QuIC is subject to applicable provincial and Canadian federal privacy laws that provide protection similar to like legislation and directives in the United Kingdom and the Member States of the European Union. By providing or consenting to the provision by others of an individual's personal information to QuIC the individual consents to and accepts the exclusive application of one or both of relevant British Columbia or Alberta provincial privacy legislation and Canadian federal privacy legislation to the personal information, depending on the circumstances.
Privacy Principles
QuIC embraces and our policy is substantially expressed through, the following ten privacy principles (collectively the “Principles”):
ACCOUNTABILITY
IDENTIFYING AND PROVIDING NOTICE OF PURPOSE
CONSENT
LIMITING COLLECTION
LIMITING USE, DISCLOSURE AND RETENTION
ACCURACY
SAFEGUARDS
OPENNESS
INDIVIDUAL ACCESS
CHALLENGING COMPLIANCE
For further details regarding these Principles and QuIC’s policy please contact QuIC’s Privacy Officer at privacyofficer@quic.com.
Website Use
Visitors to the QuIC website are not required to provide personal information and are not personally identified unless specifically prompted for personal information. IP addresses of visitors are recorded as a standard operative function of our server and related software. Our website may contain links to other websites; these websites will not be governed by this policy unless otherwise specifically stated. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that we provide links to, but we do not endorse, nor are we responsible for the privacy practices or contents of these websites.
When an individual voluntarily provides QuIC with personal information through one of our online web-forms or uses one of the mail-to features on our website, the consent of that individual will be deemed to the collection, use and disclosure of the personal information by QuIC in accordance with this policy; and the individual consents to and accepts the exclusive application of relevant British Columbia or Alberta provincial privacy legislation and applicable Canadian federal privacy legislation to the personal information, depending on the circumstances. Please note that while QuIC implements security protocols as described in this policy, the transmission of data over the internet by an individual to QuIC is not secure and the individual accepts all risks associated with that transmission of personal information.
Use of personal information will be for the purpose specified at the time it was collected, or it may be used for any of the following purposes: for statistical analysis, to understand website users’ behavior, for product development and promotion, to send marketing and other communications to website users, to allow QuIC to notify you of upcoming events, such as seminars or product launches, to help develop this website, to provide information to you, to respond to any queries, to respond to specific queries and to generally protect the integrity and security of this website.
QuIC will not disclose your personal information unless we have received your prior consent, are required by law or regulation to do so, or require to make such disclosure in order to protect and preserve QuIC’s legal rights in this website’s content.
Policy Evolution
This policy and other QuIC privacy policies and procedures may evolve and change over time without advance notice, including due to changes in applicable privacy legislation. QuIC will post changes to this policy on our website or make such changes available through the QuIC Privacy Officer so that individuals continue to be aware of QuIC’s commitment to protecting and utilizing personal information in accordance with applicable privacy legislation.
Acceptance of Terms
By using the website or otherwise providing us personal information (in whatever form), you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to be bound hereby, please leave the website immediately or do not provide us with personal information. Please check back on this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the Privacy Policy as it evolves over time. Your continued use of the website or submission of personal information in whatever form signifies acceptance to any changes QuIC posts.