General
The ongoing commitment of Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. to protect the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information is addressed in this Privacy Policy. Our policy complies with the requirements of The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) enacted in April 2000.
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. will provide specific notice before collecting any of your personal information (details that can identify you as an individual such as your name or
address). We will explain what information is being collected and how it will be used. You have the
right to decline to have this information collected or transferred for marketing purposes. We
collect no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us.
We do not use techniques that collect personal information about you without your knowledge.
Any personally identifiable data about our customers or web site visitors is stored securely. You
can withdraw consent at any time. If we wish to use the information for some other purpose other
than the original consent, we would seek consent for the new purpose.
Purpose of Collecting of Data
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. is committed to respecting the personal data you
supply to us. The information we collect will be relevant to the purposes for which they are to be
used, and we do our utmost to ensure that such data will be accurate, complete and kept up to
date. Whenever personal data is obtained from you, you will have access to information as to how
that data will be used. Data is collected to provide services to clients, to communicate industry
information and project leads, compete on bid proposals, and to hire and retain staff.
The types of personal information collected are:
- Name
- Curriculum Vitae / Resume
- Certifications
- Corporate Position
- Corporate Address
- Corporate Email address
- Corporate Phone Numbers
- Corporate Fax Numbers
- Corporate Profile
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request
that credibly shows error. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps
to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
How We Use Non-Personal Information (Web site)
Cormconstruction.com's operating system may automatically record some general information
about your visit such as:
- The Internet domain for your Internet service provider, such as "company.com" or "service.ca" and the IP address of the computer accessing the Web site.
- The type of browser (such as "Netscape version x or Internet Explorer version x") you are using.
- The type of operating system you are using, such as Macintosh, Unix, or Windows.
- The date and time you visit our site and the web pages that you visit on our site, along with the address of the previous Web site you were visiting, if you linked to us from another Web site.
We use this information for statistical analysis, to help us make our site more useful to visitors. We
may disclose this non-personalized information to third parties such as sponsors, clients or
advertisers and/or use it for auditing purposes. This tracking system does not record personal
information about individuals or link this information to any personal data collected.
We may use "cookies" that identify you as a return visitor. A cookie is a piece of data that a Web
site can send to your browser, which may then store the cookie on your hard drive. So, when you
come back to visit us again, we can tailor information to suit your individual preferences. The goal is
to save you time and provide you with a more meaningful visit and to measure Web site activity.
Cookies do not contain any personally identifying information. Browsers such as Microsoft Explorer
allow you to disable cookie collection if you wish, or inform you when a cookie is being stored on
your hard drive.
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, Corm
Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. never collects or maintains information on our Web site
from those we know are under 13, and no part of our Web site is structured to attract anyone
under 13.
We do not send unsolicited email. If you add your name to an email subscriber's list on our Web
site, you authorize Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. to send you personalized messages
from time to time. At no time does Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd.'s advertisers,
partners or third parties have access to your confidential information. You may cancel your
subscription to these email messages at any time.
This policy discloses the privacy practices for our Web site. However, our Web site contains links
to other sites. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of
the new site. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all Web sites you visit, especially if
you share any personal information.
Use of Data (why it is required)
Your personal data will enable Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. to keep you updated
with relevant information which forms part of our client/supplier business relationship. Our
communications with you may be via post, telephone or email, and may originate from Corm
Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. officers or staff. Visitors to the Corm Construction Sewer &
Watermain Ltd. Web site may receive communications via pages on the site.
We may disclose your details to carefully selected and strictly controlled partners enabling them to
provide you with products or services we feel will support your business activities.
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd.'s communications are an integral part of keeping you
informed, and may include interesting and relevant business information from third parties that we
think might be relevant and interesting.
Your personal information is retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes
required by Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. We do not keep your personal or
corporate information if it is no longer needed for the purposes required.
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. may use the information you provide to assist us with
database profiling, aimed at improving the quality of products and services offered to you.
Quality Control
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. uses data for testing purposes to ensure that its IT
system for processing that data is working properly.
Security Safeguards
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. respects your data and has taken appropriate
technical and organizational measures to ensure we have mitigated against such risks as loss of
authorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure of data.
Openness Principle
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. has instigated a formal process to manage requests
for access to the data we hold about you. However, in the first instance we encourage you to
contact our President, Steve Mitchell to discuss and resolve any concerns you may have relating to
the use/acquisition of your data. You may wish to continue the process and contact the federal
"Policy Commissioner" at info@privcom.gc.ca or contact its toll-free inquiries line, 1-800-282-1376,
available during regular business hours across Canada.
Publication of Personal Data
As part of your relationship with Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd., we have a policy of
transparency with regard to your client or supplier status. This will include the publication of
corporate names both in print and on the Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. Web site.
Accountability
Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. is committed to the principles of data protection and
will carry out its business in the spirit of The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents
Act. To deliver this, Corm Construction Sewer & Watermain Ltd. has appointed our President for
the processing of personal data.
Stephen Mitchell, C.E.T.
165 Artesian Industrial Parkway,
P.O. Box 1090
Bradford, Ontario L3Z 2B5 Canada
T: 905.775.2761
F: 905.775.9459
steve.mitchell@cormconstruction.com
www.cormconstruction.com
February 9, 2004