Six Degrees Medical Consulting (“Six Degrees”) recognizes the importance
of privacy and the sensitivity of personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines
how we manage any personal information that you may provide to us through our website.
Use of this Site is also subject to the Terms of Use posted on this Site (“Terms
of Use”).
What Is “Personal Information?”
Personal information is any information about an identifiable individual – that
means information that identifies you, or by which your identity could be deduced.
It does not include your name, business address, business title, professional designation(s)
or business telephone number.
What Personal Information Do We Collect From You Through Our
Website?
We may collect any personal information that you choose to include in your correspondence
to us. If you do not want your personal information collected, please do not submit
it.
In addition, our website may also track the IP address of your computer.
Why Do We Collect Personal Information From You?
We may collect personal information from you if you wish to be considered for a
position within our company or to forward information about products and services
to you that you have requested. If you tell us that you no longer wish to receive
information about our products or services, we will not send any further material.
In addition, on our website, like most other commercial websites, we may use your
IP address to monitor and analyze traffic patterns, site usage and related site
information in order to optimise our website service. We may provide aggregated
information to third parties, but these statistics do not include any identifiable
personal information.
How Do We Collect Your Personal Information?
We collect information only by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably
intrusive way. We collect your personal information only through communications
that you send to us and Internet traffic monitoring software.
Disclosure Of Your Personal Information
Six Degrees does not disclose your personal information to any third party to enable
them to market their products and services.
Six Degrees may disclose your personal information in the following types of situations:
- when required or authorized by law to do so, for example if a court issues a subpoena;
- when you have consented to the disclosure;
- if we engage a third party to provide services to us (such as computer back-up services,
archival file storage services or third party referencing-checking service providers)
and the third party is bound by our privacy policy;
- to our affiliated and related entities, in order for those entities to provide the
products, services and/or information you have requested or to evaluate a resume
you have submitted to us;
- if we should sell our business, to any successor purchaser and their professional
advisors under an obligation of confidentiality; or
- if the information is already publicly known.
Consent
By submitting your personal information to us, and, in the case of IP addresses,
by accessing and browsing this website, you agree that you are providing your consent
to us to collect, use, maintain and disclose your personal information as described
in this Privacy Policy.
Access To Your Personal Information
You may ask for access to any personal information we hold about you.
Summary information is available on request. More detailed requests which require
archival or other retrieval costs may be subject to our normal professional and
disbursement fees.
Updating Your Information/Correcting Errors
If Six Degrees holds personal information about you and if you can establish that
it is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, Six Degrees will take reasonable steps
to correct it at your written request.
Is My Personal Information Secure?
Six Degrees takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that your personal information
is kept safe from loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. Among the
steps taken to protect your information are:
- premises security;
- restricted file access to personal information;
- deploying technological safeguards such as security software and firewalls to prevent
hacking or unauthorized computer access;
- internal password and security policies.
All of our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated
with the processing of personal information are obliged to respect the confidentiality
of our visitors' personal data.
Can I Be Denied Access To My Personal Information?
Your rights to access your personal information are not absolute.
We may deny access when:
- denial of access is required or authorized by law;
- when granting you access would have an unreasonable impact on other people’s privacy;
- to protect our firm’s rights and property;
- where the request is frivolous or vexatious.
If we deny your request for access to, or refuse a request to correct information,
we shall explain why.
How Long Do You Keep My Personal Information?
We keep your personal information as long as is reasonably necessary for us to complete
our dealings with you, or as may be required by law, whichever is longer. If you
apply to Six Degrees for employment, we need to consider your personal information
as part of our review process. We normally retain information from candidates after
a decision has been made, unless you ask us not to retain the information. If we
offer you employment that you accept, the information will be retained in accordance
with our human resources procedures as part of your employee record.
Communicating With Us
You should be aware that email is not a 100% secure medium, and you should be aware
of this when contacting us to send personal or confidential information.
Information About Children Under 13
This website is not intended for children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect
personal data from children. If you are under the age of 13 please do not use this
website or submit any personal information to us.
Request For Access
If you have any questions, or wish to access your personal information, please call
our Privacy Officer at 416-643-8600, or you may write to us at: Six Degrees Medical
Consulting, 10 Bay St, 16th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S3.
Links To Third Party Web Sites
This website may contain links to other websites, which are not governed by this
Privacy Policy. Six Degrees shall not be responsible for the privacy practices of
these other websites or the treatment of any personal information that you may submit
to them.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
Since Six Degrees regularly reviews all of its policies and procedures, we may change
our Privacy Policy from time to time. Please check back regularly for changes to
this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this website signifies your agreement
with these changes.
Version 1.0
March 26, 2008.