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DCCS LLP ("DCCS," "we" or "us") respects your privacy. This policy explains how we handle personal information. Our professional duty of confidentiality to clients applies in addition to this policy.
We collect personal information that you or others provide to us, such as contact details, information about legal matters, and identification, billing and payment information. We may also collect information from public sources and third parties. When you visit our website, we automatically collect limited technical information, such as your IP address, browser and device type, and pages visited.
We use personal information to respond to inquiries, complete conflict checks and client verification, provide legal services, manage our practice and accounts, operate and improve our website, meet legal and professional obligations, and for other purposes identified at the time of collection or permitted by law. We do not sell personal information.
We collect, use and disclose personal information with your consent, except where the law permits or requires otherwise. You may withdraw consent, subject to legal and professional restrictions. Doing so may affect our ability to provide services.
We may share personal information with courts, tribunals, regulators and other parties to legal matters as needed. We may also share it with our professional advisers and insurers, with service providers who support our operations (such as technology, hosting and document-management providers), or where required or permitted by law. Our service providers must protect personal information and use it only for authorized purposes. Some may store or process information outside Ontario or Canada, where it may be subject to local law.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, maintain security and understand how visitors use it. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect personal information. We keep it only as long as needed for the purposes above and our legal and professional obligations. No electronic transmission is completely secure.
You may ask to access or correct your personal information. Access may be limited where permitted or required by law, including where privilege applies or the information is about another person.
We may update this policy and will post the current version here. If we intend to use personal information for a materially new purpose, we will obtain consent where required by law.
Privacy questions, requests and complaints may be directed to our Privacy Officer at info@dccslaw.com or DCCS LLP, 100 King Street West, Suite 5700, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1C7.
