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Privacy
Policy
Our brokerage and the
insurance industry have a solid track record of respecting your right to
privacy and safeguarding your personal information. As a result of federal
legislation, we've further strengthened our privacy commitment by informing
you of why and how we collect, use and disclose your personal information.
You can be assured that we'll only handle your personal information in a
manner that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the
circumstances.
Personal Information
Collected
Depending on the purpose(s) for which we need to collect it, we may ask for
the following personal information about you including:
- Basic information such as your name,
address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, birth date and
marital status.
- Claims history
- Credit and past payment records
- Driver's record
- Details about your property such as the
value of your home and its contents
- Medical information such as any condition
that may affect the operation of a vehicle
- Employment information
We may obtain
this information from:
- You
- Insurance companies
- Other insurance brokers or agents
- Credit organizations
- Motor vehicle and driver licensing
authorities
- Financial institutions
- Medical professionals
Why do we collect personal information?
When you first become a client or whenever you acquire or renew a product
from us, we need to collect some of your personal information. Common
purposes for which we collect your personal information are to:
- Enable us to acquire or renew an insurance
policy for you;
- Assist you and assess your ongoing needs for
insurance;
- Assess your need for other products, such as
financial products, and to offer them to you;
- Ensure your information is accurate and
up-to-date; and
- Protect us both against error or fraud.
Who do we disclose your personal information to?
For many of the purposes identified above, we will need to share your
personal information with others in order to serve your needs. These other
parties commonly include:
- Insurance companies
- Other insurance brokers or agents
- Credit organizations
- Professionals working with us such as
adjusters or lawyers
- Financial institutions. For example, the
organization that carries your mortgage.
How we protect your personal information.
In order to protect your personal information and right to privacy, we
will:
- Not collect, use or disclose your personal
information for any purpose other than those that we identify to you.
- Keep your personal information only for as
long as we need it to fulfill the stated purpose or as required by
law.
- Maintain your personal information in as
accurate, complete and up-to-date a form as possible.
- Safeguard your personal information to the
best of our ability.
- Respond to any request you may make to
access or correct the personal information we hold about you.
- Obtain the appropriate consent from you for
the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information.
Privacy Internet Communication
As the privacy of communication over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, we do
not assume any responsibility for any harm, loss, or damage that might
occur by the sending of personal and confidential information.
Consent
In using this site, you signify your consent to our privacy policy. If you
are not in agreement, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at
our discretion, to update, change, modify, add, or remove this policy from
time to time, as appropriate. Should we make changes, we will publish these
on the site in a timely fashion.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you
have any questions.
AllWest Insurance Services:
#203-1807 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC
VJ6 3G9
Tel: 604-731-6696
Fax: 604-731-9210
Email: info@allwestins.com
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