Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy seeks to protect your personal information in accordance with federal legislation, Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act (PIPEDA). PIPEDA regulates the collection, use and disclosure of "personal Information". As part of this Act we are required to receive the consent of our Clients, Prospective Candidates and Advisors before we can collect, use or disclose their personal information. Following are our commitments in fulfillment of the PIPEDA regulations that you will need to give your informed consent to Paragon Digital Consulting to lawfully represent you in our Services.
1. PARAGON DIGITAL PRIVACY POLICY
Paragon Digital respects the privacy of individuals in all aspects of our business operations. Your personal information is only collected, used and disclosed by Paragon Digital in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Paragon Digital is committed to safeguarding the personal information entrusted to us by our clients and candidates. We manage your personal information in accordance with all applicable laws. This policy outlines the principles and practices we follow in protecting your personal information. This policy applies to Paragon Digital and any subsidiaries, future or existing. The policy also applies to any person providing services on our behalf. A copy of this policy is provided to all clients and candidates upon registration and is available free of charge from our website, http://www.paragondigitalconsulting.com/ .
2. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
2.1 PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES AND ADVISORS
Personal information means information about an identifiable individual. This includes an individual's name, home address and phone number, etc. In order to maintain a current profile, we must access information required of typical job applications including your contact details, your experience and education to the extent of a typical résumé, and a description of the type of work for which you are looking. We also store and access the following information pertaining to you, as a Prospective Candidate or Advisor: - Our interview notes - Information obtained from references provided by you and with your express permission granted for us to collect information from - Reference letters - Upon successfully obtaining a Contract, information required to provide payroll services, including business name or Social Insurance Number (as applicable), banking details, tax deductions and vacation allowances.
2.2 CLIENTS
Personal information means information about an identifiable individual. This includes a contact's name, address and phone number, etc. In order to maintain a current profile, we must access information required of a typical job posting or project, such as your company contact details, business description, project details, and a description of the type of candidates and advisors for which you are looking. We also store and access the following information pertaining to you, as a Client: - Any assessment or interview notes - Upon successfully filling a job, information required by our Accounting department to provide invoices.
3. WHY DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION?
3.1 PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES AND ADVISORS
As a prospective candidate or advisor of, for, or using Paragon Digital’s services, you are asked to provide certain pieces of information in order for us to provide you with the best possible service. We use your information to - Understand your qualifications, needs and preferences - Find the best opportunities for you that will give you the satisfaction you want - Fulfill our clients' requests for information about prospective candidates or advisors - Assess and develop our business and operations to better service our prospective candidates, advisors and our clients. - Provide payroll and other administrative functions Paragon Digital never collects more personal information than is needed to fulfill these purposes, unless requested by the client and consented to by the candidate.
3.2 CLIENTS
As a client using Paragon Digital’s services, you are asked to provide certain pieces of information in order for us to provide you with the best possible service. We use your information to - Understand your needs and preferences - Find the best candidates or advisors to fill your opportunities, support your projects, or facilitate activities - Fulfill our prospective candidates' and advisors’ requests for information about opportunities - Assess and develop our business and operations to better service our prospective candidates, advisors and our clients. - Provide payroll and other administrative functions Paragon Digital never collects more personal information than is needed to fulfill these purposes, unless requested, and consented to, by you, the Client.
4. WHEN DO WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND TO WHOM?
Your personal information is never traded, sold or leased by us to any external companies. Your information is only disclosed for Paragon Digital’s legitimate and disclosed business purposes or as required to meet legal and regulatory requirements, for example to comply with a court order. In the normal course of business, we disclose personal information of our Prospective Candidates and Advisors to our Clients when we feel there is a potential for a suitable opportunity. We only provide Prospective Candidate or Advisor information to Clients if there is a job, project or activity that is well-suited, and we only provide information required and requested to make an informed decision. Such information includes, but is not limited to, Prospective Candidate and Advisor résumé and summaries of references checks, and business description of the Client. We may share information with our affiliates, partners, or other companies (collectively "representatives") that we use to provide full staffing services. However, we only disclose limited information as required for the function that will be performed by the representative on our behalf. We also ensure that every contract we enter into with a representative clearly outlines the representative's obligation to protect your personal information and live up to the principles of privacy. Such release of your personal information shall not compromise any Federal or Provincial Legislation. An example of companies we share your limited personal information would be organizations that perform background checks including criminal, educational and credit checks as required by the Client and consented to by the Candidate.
5. HAVE YOU CONSENTED?
Having read this, our Privacy Policy, and by using our services and providing us with your personal information, we imply your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as specified herein. Wherever possible and when necessary, we obtain your express consent for particular uses and disclosures. We imply your consent if we feel we are using your personal information for purposes that are obvious to you. For example, if a Prospective Candidate or Advisor lists the names and phone numbers of his or her previous employers on his or her résumé for reference checking purposes, we will not seek his or her express consent before checking these references. In cases where we collected personal information before January 1, 2004, we assume your consent to our use and, where applicable, disclosure for the purposes for which the information was collected.
6. HOW LONG IS YOUR INFORMATION RETAINED?
The information that is personal is retained only for as long as required by law. General information that relates to the intent to do business together such as resumes, notes, or other context related to events or exchanges is our data too. We need to keep our transaction history on file for potential audits, regulatory investigations, or other potential actions. We can however make a file inactive, and at this point it becomes inaccessible, except in the event of an audit or legal requirement to produce our transaction history.
7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE?
We have staff procedures and policies in place to ensure that your personal information, in both paper and electronic format, are secure. For example, we require the following: - Paragon Digital employees may carry security cards to enter the premises, and all others are required to sign in and be escorted. - Filing cabinets remain locked at all times. - Access to electronic and paper files is limited on a need-to-know basis depending on job function. - Systems' password selection criteria and expiry make unauthorized access more difficult. - Staff training on the importance of privacy and security is undertaken regularly. Through our website, you can ask questions about our services, and provide information about yourself, such as your résumé. To secure the transfer of such personal information, Paragon Digital has obtained a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Server Certificate. Thus, personal information entered through our site is collected within a secure page, such that it is encrypted while being transferred to a password protected Paragon Digital server equipped with an enterprise firewall. If you provide personal information to us via unencrypted e-mail you should be aware of the inherent risks of interception over which we have no control.
8. HOW CAN YOU ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CHECK ITS ACCURACY?
Paragon Digital relies on the information provided by you. You may at any time make a written request for access to your personal information. Upon payment of a small administrative fee, we will provide you with a copy of the personal information we have on file. Paragon Digital strives to maintain accurate records of your personal information, however, this cannot be achieved without your help. In this ongoing effort, we ask you to provide us with your most up to date information. Please login to our website and provide us with any personal information you have given us in the past that is incomplete, inaccurate, or no longer relevant.
9. COOKIES POLICY
If you accept, this website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media. If you decline, your information won't be tracked when you visit this website. A single cookie will be used in your browser to remember your preference not to be tracked.
10. CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
Paragon Digital takes the security of your personal information and privacy seriously. If you have any concerns about this policy, or feel that Paragon Digital is not abiding by it, please write to info@paragondigitalconsulting.com, Attn: Privacy Officer.
