MRC & ASSOCIATES and its affiliated organizations believe that protecting your privacy is important. Our Policies have been designed to meet your needs and as well, they conform to The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act which is Federal legislation.

 

The Rules of Professional Conduct and related Council Interpretations of the various Provincial Institutes of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Professional Accountants require that partners and staff maintain the confidentiality of client and former client information, as well as the confidentiality of Firm information, except in rare and very specific circumstances.

 

The Rules of Professional Conduct of the various Provincial Institutes of Chartered Accountants also require that partners and staff not use confidential information for personal advantage, for the advantage of a third party or to the disadvantage of a client, former client or the Firm, unless consent has been obtained from the client, former client or the Firm.

We do not provide legal services, nor are licensed with the Law Society of Ontario to practice law.

 

We may from time to time use certain information commonly called cookies on your computer to save you time as a Visitor and User of our web site. We do not collect personal information in this fashion. If you do not wish this convenience, your browser will likely enable you to reject cookies.

 

Personal information includes any factual or subjective information, recorded or not, about an identifiable individual. This includes information in any form, such as:

 

 

Personal information does not include the name, title, business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.

 

 

To provide the products or services that you have requested and maintain commercial relations with you;

To understand your needs and recommend products and services accordingly;

To manage our business which includes partnership and employment matters;

To meet legal and regulatory requirements.

 

We will not use your personal information for any other reason without your consent.

 

 

We only share your information with third parties to assist in completing the above uses. Any third party’s use must adhere to our privacy policies or be allowed by the legislation. Examples would be an outside payroll service, an agent hired to perform a service for you, a collection agency, a law enforcement agency or emergency services.

 

We may share your information with third parties located in a foreign jurisdiction that may be available to a foreign government or its agencies under a lawful order made in that country. We will not use your personal information for any other reason without your consent, unless required by law.

 

MRC & ASSOCIATES policies are based on a model code for protection of personal information.

Balla Media Privacy Policy