LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
OF
PRIVACY POLICY
The Legal Education Society
of Alberta (“LESA”) is established pursuant to the Societies Act
(
LESA considers privacy to be
a very important matter and is committed to protecting the privacy of
the Personal Information of those to whom it provides services. The LESA
Privacy Policy incorporates the applicable portions of the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (
PERSONAL
INFORMATION
“Personal Information” means
information about an identifiable person, but does not include information
that is created by aggregating information about an identifiable person
which does not identify or cannot be associated with a specific person.
“Personal Information” does not include a person’s name, position name
or title, business telephone number, business address, business e-mail,
business fax numbers and other similar business contact information. “Person”
includes anyone who purchases, uses or partakes or applies to purchase,
use or partake of any products or services offered by us regardless of
the format such products and services are delivered in; and includes,
students-at-law attending bar admission courses or the CPLED Program.
COLLECTION
OF INFORMATION
Where practical, we will try
to collect Personal Information directly from the person to whom the information
pertains. Where necessary, we will collect personal information from other
sources. We will collect only the personal information necessary for the
purposes stated in this policy.
The legislation provides that an
individual is deemed to consent to the collection, use or disclosure of
Personal Information about that individual for a particular purpose if
the individual voluntarily provides the information for that purpose,
and it is reasonable that a person would voluntarily provide that information.
In determining the appropriate
form of consent, we will take into account the sensitivity of the Personal
Information and the reasonable expectations of persons. In general, the
use of products and services provided by us to a person constitutes implied
consent for us to collect, use and disclose Personal Information for all
Identified Purposes. A person may withdraw his or her consent at any time,
subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.
Individuals may contact us for more information regarding the implications
of withdrawing consent.
In the case of the bar admission
course and the CPLED program, persons are required by law to provide Personal
Information.
When
we collect, use or disclose personal information, we will make reasonable
efforts to ensure that it is accurate and complete.
USE
OF INFORMATION
We collect Personal Information for the following purposes (the “Identified Purposes”):
- to establish and maintain relationships with persons using our products and services;
- to provide requested and ongoing products and services;
- to obtain a better understanding of persons accessing our products and services and their requirements and preferences;
- to develop, enhance and/or market products and services;
- to manage and improve our business and operations;
- to comply with and carry out our arrangements with and obligations to the Law Society of Alberta; and
- to meet legal and regulatory
requirements.
DISCLOSURE
We will not use or disclose
Personal Information for purposes other than that for which it was collected,
except with the consent of the person or as permitted or required by law.
We may disclose Personal Information
to third parties, including anyone who in our reasonable judgment is seeking
the Personal Information as an agent or authorized representative of the
person to whom the Personal Information relates; a company or individual
employed or retained by us to perform functions on our behalf, including
research; data processing; preparation and delivery of services; mailing
and other modes of provision of information.
PROTECTION
We will protect Personal Information
by using reasonable safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information
and will make reasonable efforts to protect Personal Information against
loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use
or modification regardless of the format in which it is held. The legislation also
allows us, for legal or business purposes, to retain personal information
for as long as is reasonable.
ACCESS
Upon written request, we will
inform a person of the existence, use and disclosure of and will give
a person reasonable access to his or her Personal Information, except
where we are required by law to deny such access or as permitted by law
and we have legitimate reasons to deny such access. In certain situations,
we may not be able to provide access to all the Personal Information that
we hold about a person, for example, if access would reveal Personal Information
about another individual or would reveal confidential commercial information.
If access is denied, we will provide the reasons for denying access and
the forms of recourse that the person has. We will respond to a person’s
request within a reasonable time and not later than the time required
by law, subject to extensions permitted by law, in which case we will
notify the person of such extension, the reason for the extension, the
time when a response from us can be expected and the types of recourse
a person may have in relation to the decision to extend.
ACCURACY
The legislation permits individuals to submit written requests to us to correct errors or omissions in their Personal Information that is in our custody or control. We will correct the Personal Information and, if reasonable to do so, send correction notifications to any other organizations to which we disclosed the incorrect information; or decide not to correct the Personal Information, but annotate the Personal Information that a correction was requested but not made.
CONTACTING
LESA
If you have any questions,
comments or concerns about LESA’s Privacy Policy, please contact us by one of the following
methods:
| E-Mail: | privacy@lesa.org |
| Regular Mail or in person: | 2610, 10104 - 103 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0H8 |
| Telephone: | 780.420.1987 or toll free in Alberta at 1.800.282.3900 |
| Fax: | 780.425.0885 |
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