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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 our Privacy Officer should you have any questions.
Our Privacy Officer may be contacted as follows:
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Name of Organization:
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Holman Insurance Brokers Ltd.
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Address:
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3100 Steeles Ave. East, Suite 101
Markham, Ontario,
L3R 8T3
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Telephone:
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(905) 886-5630
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Fax:
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(905) 886-5622
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Email:
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privacyofficer@holmanins.com
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Upon request, an individual will be informed of the existence, use, and
disclosure of his or her personal information which is under our control,
and may be given access to, and challenge the accuracy and completeness
of that information.
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