No lawyer-client relationship is created by accessing this website or by sending email or other communication to our office. This website is for convenience and informational purposes only. Information transmitted to Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation through the website may not be secure and may not be treated as confidential or protected by privilege.

     Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation recognizes the importance of maintaining the privacy, security, and accuracy of personal information in accordance with applicable privacy legislation. The Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation Privacy Policy outline shows we treat the Personal Information of our clients, service providers, and others.

     Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you may refuse or withdraw your consent of the identified purposes at any time by contacting our privacy officer. Withdrawal or refusal of consent may result in an inability of the firm to provide you with accurate or continued service.

     If you provide Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation or our service providers and agents with personal information of another individual, you represent that you have all necessary authority and/or have obtained all necessary consents from such person to enable us to collect, use, and disclose such personal information for   all purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Collection of Personal Information

     “Personal Information” is defined under Canadian law as information about an identifiable individual or as information that allows an individual to be identified. Personal information in this policy means information about an identifiable individual as defined from time to time in applicable privacy legislation. It does not include business contact information: your name, title or position, business address, telephone number, facsimile number, or e-mail address.

Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation may collect personal information including:

• name
• home address
• telephone number
• personal e-mail address
• billing/account information
• credit card information

We may also gather information related to legal or other service issues including:

• employee (and family) information
• agent and officer information
• witness information
• adverse party/parties-in-interest/intervener information
• adjudicator information
• expert and other professional advisor information
• our clients’ business partners, investors, shareholders, competitors, and customers who are individuals

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

     Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation normally collects, uses, and discloses personal information about our clients and service providers in order to provide clients with professional legal services. This may include the following purposes:

• establishment and maintenance of our commercial relationships
• provision of legal advice
• acting as counsel in litigation, negotiations, and related legal services
• fulfilling lawyers/ firms legal obligations (including the avoidance of conflicts of interest)

     To achieve these purposes, personal information may need to be shared between Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation and authorized third parties (including opposing or interested parties, intervenors, opposing/ other counsel, agents/advisors, witnesses, and adjudicators) for the purpose of:

• providing legal services
• initiating the commercial/ contractual relationship with clients, suppliers, and other third parties, including to evaluate credit standing
• to match credit bureau or credit reporting agency information
• administering commercial relationships with clients, service providers, and other third parties, including; invoicing, account administration, payment collection and processing, and fulfilling contractual obligations
• to assess and respond to client, supplier, and other third party needs and preferences, including; to contact and communicate with such parties and to conduct surveys, research, and evaluations
• to develop, enhance, market, sell, or distribute Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation products and services and those of our authorized services providers
• to distribute our client and legal newsletters, conference information, and other material to individuals on our mail and e-mail lists, either directly or through third-party distribution service providers
• to produce and maintain our knowledge-management precedent systems and databases
• to develop and manage Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation business and operations
• to detect and protect Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation and other third parties against error, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, theft, and other illegal activity, and to audit compliance with Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation policies and contractual obligations
• to engage in business transactions, including; the purchase, sale, lease, merger, amalgamation, or any other type of acquisition, disposal, securitization, or financing involving Hicks &Hicks Professional Corporation
• as authorized/ required by or under the law
• for any other purpose to which you consent

     From time to time, Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation may disclose your personal information to:

• service providers, including an organization or individual retained by Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation to perform functions on its behalf, such as; marketing, data processing, document management, and office services
• an organization or individual retained by Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation to evaluate you creditworthiness or to collect debts outstanding on an account
• a financial institution, on a confidential basis and solely in connection with assignment of aright to receive payment; the provision of security or other financing arrangements; or a person who, in the reasonable judgment of Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation, is providing or seeking the information as your agent
• any third party or parties, where you consent to such disclosure or where disclosure is required or permitted by law

Access to Personal Information

     Upon your written request, subject to certain exceptions, Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation will inform you of the existence, use, and disclosure of your personal information and will give you access to that information. Access requests should be sent to the firm’s Privacy Officer, using the contact information below.

Security

     Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation uses physical, electronic, administrative, and technological safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of your personal information. The firm maintains secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems.  In addition, where personal information is sent to a third party for processing, we ensure, through our contracts with them, that all personal information is kept secure.

Website Privacy

     Cookies are small data files containing a unique identification number that identifies that visitor’s browser, but not necessarily the visitor, each time our website is visited.  When visiting the Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation website we may use cookies to collect information such as the type of Internet browser and operating system the visitor uses, the domain name of the website from which the visitor came, date and duration of the visit, number of visits, average time spent on our website, pages viewed, and number of cookies accumulated.

     Unless we are specifically informed, we do not know who has accessed our website. In addition to the identified purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we may use this website information and share it with other organizations with whom we have a commercial relationship to measure the use of our website, to improve the functionality and content of the website, and to facilitate usage by a visitor.

     Some internet browsers can be reset to either reject cookies or to notify the user they have received a cookie. In some instances, refusing a cookie may not permit our website to provide its full range of services.

Email Communication

     Occasionally, we may send marketing or promotional e-mail communications to you with information that may be useful, including information about the services of Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation and other third parties with whom we have a relationship. We will include instructions on how to unsubscribe and inform us of preferences if you decide you do not want to receive any future marketing or promotional e-mails from Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation.

Links

     This site may present links to other websites. These sites may also collect your data. Visitors are advised that linked websites may have different privacy policies and practices. Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation assumes no responsibility for such third party websites. It is advisable to review any sites’ privacy policy before providing personal information.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

     Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make a change to this Privacy Policy, we will post such changes on our website. Hicks &Hicks Professional Corporation will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if it seeks to collect, use, or disclose your personal information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained unless otherwise required or permitted by law.

Additional Information

     We welcome your input and questions. For information on Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation’s privacy practices, please contact the Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation Privacy Officer at:

Attention: Firm Privacy Officer

Hicks & Hicks Professional Corporation

554 Tenth Avenue

Hanover ON N4N 2P4