At Beigi Law, your privacy is important to us. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, security, and accuracy of your personal information. This Website Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) outlines the information that Beigi Law collects, uses, or discloses when you use Beigi Law’s websites and to whom that information may be disclosed. This Privacy Policy is a supplement to our External Privacy Policy and our Employee Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to and governs Beigi Law and its affiliated organizations (collectively “Beigi Law” or the “Beigi Law Firm”). All references in this Privacy Policy to “Beigi Law”, “Beigi Law Group”, “we”, “us”, “our” and similar terms should be interpreted accordingly.

As a law practice, we are also subject to the rules of professional conduct that govern the legal profession in the jurisdictions where we practice law.

This Privacy Policy applies only to Beigi Law’s activities that are subject to Canada’s federal and provincial privacy legislation.

What Is Personal Information?

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information is any information about an identifiable individual, other than the person’s business title or business contact information when used or disclosed for the purpose of business communications.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

Beigi Law collects personal information that you submit to our website, such as your name, address, and any other contact or other information that you choose to provide by:

• Using the “Contact Us” portion of this website; or
• Corresponding with a member or employee of Beigi Law via email using the hyperlinks created for that purpose.

If the information we require is held by third parties (such as webmasters or Internet Service Providers), we will endeavor to ensure that the information has been collected in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In some cases, we may be required by applicable law, regulatory requirements, or by the rules of professional conduct that govern the legal profession to collect information about you without your knowledge or consent.

Non-personal information, such as the name of the domain from which you access the Internet, the dates and times you access our website, and the Internet address of the website from which you may be linking directly to our website, is collected and used to determine the volume of traffic on our website. This information also enables us to identify ways to improve our website to serve you better.

What About Links To Other Websites?

Our website may contain links to other websites that may have less stringent privacy standards. Beigi Law cannot assume any responsibility for the privacy practices, policies, or actions of the third parties operating those websites. Beigi Law is not responsible for how such third parties collect, use, or disclose your personal information. You should review the privacy policies of those websites before providing them with personal information.

Why Do We Collect Personal Information?

Beigi Law collects personal information to enable us to manage and develop our law practice and operations, including for the purposes or in the manner described under the heading “Why Do We Collect Personal Information” in our External Privacy Policy and “Why Do We Collect Personal Information” in our Employee Privacy Policy.

Any personal information of prospective, existing, or former employees of Beigi Law collected on our website is governed by our Employee Privacy Policy. All other personal information is governed by our External Privacy Policy.

When Do We Use or Disclose Your Personal Information?

We use or disclose your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and for any additional purposes for which we have obtained your consent to the use of your personal information.

We share your personal information with our employees, contractors, consultants, and other parties (including other members of the Beigi Law Group) who require such information to assist us with establishing, maintaining, and managing our relationship with you.

Further, your personal information may be used or disclosed in the circumstances described under the heading “When Do We Use or Disclose Your Personal Information” in our External Privacy Policy and “When Do We Use or Disclose Your Personal Information” in our Employee Privacy Policy.

Consent

By using our website, you signify your consent to the contents of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the contents of this Privacy Policy, or to our collection, use, disclosure, and management of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, you may not use our website. Express consent can be given orally, electronically, or in writing. Implied consent is consent that can reasonably be inferred from your action or inaction. For example, when you provide us with personal information on our website, we will assume your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information for purposes related to your acceptance and use of those services or for other purposes identified to you at the relevant time.

We may use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by applicable law, regulation, or by the rules of professional conduct governing the legal profession.

You may change or withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice, by contacting our Privacy Officer using the contact information set out below.

Protecting Personal Information

Beigi Law will endeavor to safeguard personal information using methods appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

Unfortunately, no data transmitted over the Internet is ever 100% secure. As a result, Beigi Law does not represent, warrant, or guarantee that personal information will be protected against loss, misuse, interception, or alteration and does not accept any liability for personal information submitted to us via the Internet, nor for your or any third parties’ use or misuse of personal information.

As the security of your personal information is important to us, please advise our Privacy Officer immediately of any incident involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information that is in our custody or control.

Updating Personal Information

It is important that the personal information Beigi Law holds about you is accurate and current. We ask that you keep us informed of changes to your personal information.

Accessing Your Personal Information

You can ask to see the personal information that we hold about you in the manner and subject to the terms described under the heading “Accessing Your Personal Information” in our External Privacy Policy and “Accessing Your Personal Information” in our Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable.

Contacting Us

For more information about this Privacy Policy, or to change or withdraw your consent under this Privacy Policy, you can email our Privacy Officer at privacy@beigilaw.com or write to our Privacy Officer at any of our offices:

Privacy Officer
206-9050 Yonge St.
Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4C 9S6

Revision to this Privacy Policy

Beigi Law may from time to time make changes to this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in legal or regulatory obligations or changes in the manner in which we deal with personal information. We will post any revised version of this Privacy Policy on our website. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective from the time they are posted, provided that any change that relates to our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information collected prior to such change will not apply to you unless you consent to that change.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 1, 2022.

Interpretation of this Privacy Policy

Any interpretation associated with this Privacy Policy will be made by our Privacy Officer. This Privacy Policy includes examples but is not intended to be restricted to such examples, therefore where the word ‘including’ is used, it shall mean ‘including without limitation’. This Privacy Policy does not create or confer upon any individual any rights, or impose upon Beigi Law any rights or obligations outside of, or in addition to, any rights or obligations imposed by Canada’s federal and provincial privacy laws, as applicable. Should there be, in a specific case, any inconsistency between this Privacy Policy and Canada’s federal and provincial privacy laws, as applicable, this Privacy Policy shall be interpreted, in respect of that case, to give effect to, and comply with, such privacy laws.