Last Revised: June 2021
David Owen Wood Professional Corporation doing business as R-Group Legal Privacy Policy
David Owen Wood Professional Corporation doing business as R-Group Legal (“R-Group Legal” or “we”) undertakes the business of providing legal services (the “Services”). R-Group Legal receives, retains, and safeguards information in the course of providing the Services to any individual who is instructing R-Group Legal on behalf of a client of R-Group Legal (collectively or individually, a “Client”). Some of the information R-Group Legal receives is Personal Information relating to Clients as defined below.
Purpose and Definitions
This privacy policy describes R-Group Legal’s Personal Information management practices including in relation to providing the Services,. More specifically, this privacy policy describes the purposes for which R-Group Legal collects, uses and discloses personal information of a Client.
In this privacy policy, “Personal Information” means information about an identifiable individual, such as a Client, including contact information such as telephone numbers, email addresses or other contact information. In rare instances, which will be explained if and when they occur
Amendments to Privacy Policy
R-Group Legal reserves the right to amend this privacy policy in response to changes in the Services, changes in Applicable Law as defined below, changes in policies applicable to the Services or in response to other motivations. The date on which this privacy policy was last amended is shown at the top of this privacy policy. You are responsible for verifying whether amendments have been made to this privacy policy. All collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information would be in accordance with the amended privacy policy.
R-Group Legal’s Legal Obligations
R-Group Legal has obligations as a provider of the Services. R-Group Legal’s obligations are based on applicable federal, provincial or local law as may be appropriate in the context, including privacy legislation, the Criminal Code (Canada), the Civil Code (Québec), other statutory law and regulations, common law (collectively or in any combination, “Applicable Law”). These obligations include limits on the collection and disclosure of certain Personal Information. No agreement between you and R-Group Legal can override a legislative requirement to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information and to retain your Personal Information for a specified period of time.
In addition to the Personal Information that R-Group Legal is required to collect, you may voluntarily provide R-Group Legal with additional Personal Information.
Collection, Use, and Storage of Personal Information
R-Group Legal collects and uses Personal Information in the course of providing the Services. Once R-Group Legal receives Personal Information, the Personal Information is stored digitally or in hard copy. All hard copies are stored securely in Alberta, Canada and digital records of Personal Information are stored on encrypted solid media located in Alberta, Canada in addition to servers operated by Google as R-Group Legal’s email service provider for any Personal Information stored in email.
Disclosure of Personal Information
R-Group Legal may also disclose your Personal Information for the purposes of a court, administrative, or other proceeding to which it is a party, as permitted by Applicable Law.
If R-Group Legal is required to disclose Personal Information pursuant to a court order, subpoena, warrant or other legal requirement, or discloses your Personal Information for the purposes of a court, administrative, or other proceeding to which it is a party, R-Group Legal will not disclose any more Personal Information than required for the purpose and will, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, provide you with notice of the disclosure. There are circumstances, for example where a criminal investigation is in progress, where R-Group Legal may be prohibited from notifying you of a disclosure obligation.
Access and Correction of Personal Information, and Other Inquiries
You may request access to and the correction of your Personal Information in our records. You may request confirmation of the location of your Personal Information. Except in circumstances established by Applicable Law, you have a right to access any of your Personal Information in R-Group Legal’s records. If on review of your Personal Information from our records, you believe that there are inaccuracies, please communicate details to us in writing about the inaccuracies. To the extent that R-Group Legal is satisfied that your Personal Information in our records is inaccurate, we will correct our records.
If you want clarification of this privacy policy, additional information about our Personal Information management practices or our management of your Personal Information, or if you want us to investigate any concerns you have about our use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact our Privacy Officer as set out below.
Please note that email is not a secure means of communication. You assume all risk in relation to your decision to transmit Personal Information or confidential information to us by email, or to receive communications from R-Group Legal by email.
Contact for R-Group Legal Privacy Officer:
Email: info@rgrouplegal.com
Attention: Privacy Officer
