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PRIVACY POLICY (Click Here for Term of Use) The Trustees and staff of Middlesex Law Association ("MLA"), recognize and respect their members' personal information and endeavour to safeguard that information from unauthorized use, retention, or disclosure to third parties. The protection of our members' personal information is governed by the MLA privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy"), as follows:
The Privacy Policy of the MLA
assures you, as a past, existing or future member, that the Trustees and
staff of the MLA will handle your personal information in accordance with
this policy pursuant to all applicable Federal and Provincial legislation
including, but not limited to, the
Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
("PIPEDA"). SCOPE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY This Privacy Policy governs personal information collected from members and from organizations that have information relevant and necessary to fulfilling the services which the MLA provides. Personal information is defined under PIPEDA as any information that is identifiable or directly attributable to an individual. It does not cover information about an individual that is available from a public source, such as a telephone directory or legal directory. It also does not cover aggregated data, used for statistical and reporting purposes, from which data a member's identity cannot be determined. This Privacy Policy applies to Trustees of the MLA, staff, and contracted employees. PURPOSES FOR COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION The MLA collects personal information for the following limited purposes: 1. to establish and maintain a membership database and an e-mail network for the collection of membership dues, publication of a members’ directory, sign-out cards, lockers, record keeping and statistical purposes and to respond to legitimate inquiries from the public; and 2. to establish and maintain mailing lists for newsletters, notification of workshops and seminars, or legal updates that MLA believes might be informative or of benefit to the members. consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information When an individual commences or renews a membership with the MLA, he or she will be deemed to consent to the MLA collecting, using and disclosing personal information obtained for the purposes listed above unless he or she explicitly advises otherwise in writing. The MLA does not sell, barter, or lease personal information it obtains from its members to third parties (i.e. the MLA does not provide our member mailing list to businesses). Under PIPEDA and other Federal and Provincial Legislation, the MLA may disclose personal information without a member's consent to: |
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