RAINY LAKE REALTY LTD.

PRIVACY POLICY

 

Rainy Lake Realty Ltd., in understanding the importance to you of your privacy is committed to protecting that privacy by assuring that your personal information remains confidential.

 

PURPOSE OF USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

·         To communicate with our clients and customers

·         To identify client and customer files, listing agreements, agreements of purchase and sale, letters to clients and customers, lawyers, mortgage verification, etc.

·         To verify legal descriptions, personal information and property information given to us by you in the normal course of the Real Estate business, including but not limited to surveys, wells, septic systems, mortgages, title searching, etc.

·         To fulfill our obligation to you, either as buyers or sellers under contract in the normal course of marketing including but not limited to, placement of FOR SALE signs, all media advertising, distributing of property information, brochures, property showings by licensed Real Estate brokers and salespeople, open houses, and verbal discussion with potential buyers.

·         To qualify potential buyers and sellers as bonafide clients and customers

·         To inform you of the services we provide

·         To establish market values or Real Estate appraisals and property listings

·         To provide property information on our listings to clients, solicitors, insurance brokers and financial institutions

 

CONSENT

 

Your knowledge of our collection of personal information and your consent to the use and distribution of such information is imperative under the Privacy Policy Act.

We require your permission or consent to continue our current and future practice of collecting personal information by your agreement to the following actions:

 

1)       your express consent by verbal, written or electronic application to our gathering of personal information

2)       your voluntary provision of personal information directly to us

3)       your consent solicited by us for a specific purpose

4)       your consent given through your authorized agent or attorney

5)       your receipt of this policy without informing us of your withdrawal of this consent

 

You may withdraw your consent at any time, bearing in mind that the consequences of that action may limit or prohibit our services to you.

 

ACCURACY

 

We will maintain your personal information as accurate, complete and up to date as is necessary for our useful purposes.

 

SAFEGUARDS

 

No unauthorized persons shall have access to our files containing your personal information.  Safeguards are in place to ensure the protection of your personal information.

 

LIMITED COLLECTION, USE AND RETENTION

 

We will only collect, use or disclose personal information that is necessary for our identified purposes within the law.  If required for any other purpose, your consent will become necessary again, prior to our use.  We will only collect personal information by lawful means and will retain it only as long as it is necessary to fulfill the identified purpose.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY AND CLIENT ACCESS

 

We have appointed a Privacy Officer to oversee all aspects of this policy.  You may request to review your personal information on file at our office. 

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or your personal information, call the

Privacy Compliance Officer at Rainy Lake Realty Ltd., 540 King’s Highway, Fort Frances, On  P9A 2T1,

807-274-8537.

 

CHALLENGING COMPLIANCE

 

If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy issue or complaint, you may contact the Officer of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada