Mortgage and loan products and services are provided by various
mortgage and loan companies, authorized and licensed to carry out
financial operations in Canada.
First tgage Corp. is licensed to provide mortgage and loan products and services.
All information regarding products and services posted on this
website is general information. All clients are to consult their
contract regarding specific benefits and conditions under that contract.
We advise all clients to seek independent and professional advice before making any final decisions.
Information
on this website is not intended to solicit any product or service in
any territories where it is not permitted by law.
Personal information is information that refers to you, specifically.
For any product or service you obtain through First Swiss Financial Corp. , we
will tell you the purposes for which we need the personal information we collect.
We will use fair and lawful means to collect your personal information. We
will only collect information that is pertinent and consistent with the purposes
of the collection. Whenever practical, we will collect the required information
directly from you, or from your authorized representative(s), in completed applications
and forms, through other means of correspondence, such as the telephone, mail
or the Internet, and through your business dealings with us.
In some cases, and with your consent, we may need to ask an independent source
to verify or provide supplemental information. These sources could include service
providers we retain, other insurance companies or financial institutions, your
employer or credit reporting agencies. In the case of your medical or health-related
information, additional sources could include your doctor(s), other healthcare
providers or facilities.
If your information is being collected by telephone, the call may be recorded
or monitored for the following reasons:
to establish a record of the information you provide;
to take or verify instructions from you;
to maintain quality service levels;
to assist in staff training.
If you are not comfortable with having your telephone calls recorded, you
have the option of communicating with us in writing, instead. Where you have chosen
to only communicate with us in writing, your written communications should request
that any response to you be in writing, as well.
What we need to know and why
We collect information from you and about you, only with your consent, or as
required or permitted by law. In general, we will collect personal information
such as your name, address, telephone number(s) or other identifying information,
such as your date of birth.
The type of additional information we gather will depend on the type of product
or service involved. For example, it would depend on whether the product or service
is banking, insurance or investment related. The information gathered may be financial,
which would include such information as place of employment, annual income, assets
and liabilities. It may be investment or advice related, requiring information
on such things as your financial goals and retirement plans. If you are applying
for insurance or group insurance benefits, it may also include health information
or lifestyle related information, such as your occupation, travel history and
plans, driving record or criminal record.
Generally, we collect, use and disclose your personal information to:
Confirm your identity, and to protect both you and us against errors, fraud
or other misrepresentations;
Evaluate your financial needs and determine the suitability of our products
and services for you;
Determine your eligibility for products and services;
Properly administer the products and services we provide, including the assessment
of claims;
Comply with a variety of legal requirements, including any tax reporting obligations
under the federal Income Tax Act, or the Quebec Act respecting the Ministère du
Revenu.
Assist us to understand the current and future needs of our customers, for
example, to conduct customer surveys and other forms of market research and analysis.
We will only keep your personal information in our records for as long as it
is needed to fulfill the identified purposes, or as required or permitted by law.
Personal information that is no longer required will be destroyed, erased
or made anonymous.
When we destroy personal information, we will use safeguards to prevent unauthorized
access to the information during the destruction process.
Your Social Insurance Number
There are a number of reasons why we may ask for your Social Insurance Number
(SIN). Where there may be interest income or other income to be reported, your
SIN is required by law in order to meet tax-reporting requirements under the federal
Income Tax Act, or the Quebec Act respecting the Ministère du Revenu.
With your consent, we may also use your SIN as a unique identifier, to keep
your personal information separate from that of other customers, or individuals
with similar names, and to help maintain the integrity and accuracy of your personal
information. For example, where it is appropriate to verify your credit history,
we may use your SIN to ensure that the credit information we are asking for –
and receiving – is about you, rather than someone else with the same or similar
name.
You may elect not to have your SIN used for purposes other than as required
by law, however, as explained earlier, this may affect our ability to fully ensure
the accuracy and integrity of your personal information.
Your consent
We collect, use and share your personal information only for disclosed purposes
related to the products and services we offer, and only with your consent, or
as permitted or required by law. Your consent may be expressed in writing, or
it may be given verbally, electronically, or through our, or your authorized representative (s),
such as your financial services advisor.
Your consent may also be implied or inferred from certain actions. For example,
if you present your benefit identification card to your healthcare provider, instead
of paying for the prescription or procedure directly, it is understood that you
are giving your consent for the healthcare provider to provide your personal information
to us, in order for us to process the claim payment.
You may withhold or withdraw your consent for us to collect, use and disclose
your personal information, as long as there are no legal or contractual reasons
preventing you from doing so. Depending on the circumstances, however, withdrawal
of your consent may impact our ability to continue to provide you with the products
and services you have requested, or, in the case of insurance and group insurance
benefits, it may prevent us from keeping your coverage in force, or properly evaluating
and processing any claims.
Generally, the disclosure of your personal information will be restricted
to those who have a need for, and the right to, the information.
Your personal information will only be provided to, or be accessible by:
Our employees, agents and representatives, who need the information in the
performance of their duties for us;
Our affiliates, to:
resolve your concerns about any related products and services with us
assist in other required investigations
Service providers, which need the information in the performance of their duties
for us, and to satisfy their obligations to us;
Any person or organization to whom you gave consent; and,
Anyone who is otherwise authorized by law.
Service
Providers
We may use service providers to provide us with various services such as,
printing, mail distribution, information technology, administration, marketing,
(which would include market research and promotional services), paramedical, claims
adjudication, investigation and reinsurance. Where personal information is provided
to our service providers, we will require them to protect the information in a
manner that is consistent with our privacy policies and practices.
Accessing and amending your information
We will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that any personal information
we collect and keep is as accurate, complete and as up-to-date as required for
the identified purposes. To do so, we will rely to a large extent on you to provide
us with accurate information and to inform us of changes, such as changes in your
contact information. You have the right to access and verify your personal information
maintained in our files, and to request that any factually inaccurate personal
information be corrected, if appropriate. Depending on the circumstances, we may
not always be able to give you access to all information. Should this happen,
we will explain why.
We are committed to protecting your information
We are committed to protecting your personal information from unauthorized
access or use, by ensuring that the necessary physical, organizational and technological
safeguards are in place, that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
Essentially, this means that personal information is protected:
Physically, by building security measures and physical barriers;
Organizationally, by our policies, procedures and access levels; and,
Technologically by, for example, where appropriate, the use of passwords, encryption,
firewalls, anti-virus software.
All of our employees, representatives, agents and service providers, who act
on our behalf, are required to abide by our privacy policies and practices.
If we receive a request to release your personal information, we will only
do so upon satisfactory identification and proof of entitlement of the requestor,
or as required or permitted by law.
Special offers and marketing promotions … it's your choice
Some of our business partners may, from time to time, offer or promote their
other financial products and services, or those of our affiliates and select third
parties, that we believe may be of interest to you.
We will share personal information with our affiliates for these purposes,
only if the law permits it.
Please note that we do NOT give your personal information, without your consent,
to any organization outside of our member companies, for the purpose of that organization
marketing their own products or services directly to you.
If you do not wish to receive our marketing offers or special promotions,
you may choose to "opt out", by simply contacting us, and we will remove
your name from our mailing lists. This means you will not be eligible to receive
addressed, direct mail offerings. This opt-out will not extend to:
Information included in or with monthly statements, which relate to any First
Swiss Financial Corp. product or service that you currently have with or receive from us;
or
General product and service information and updates included in or with client
statements.
To remove your name from any special mailing list that we maintain, please
contact us by telephone or mail. Please note: When you contact us to remove
your name and address from our marketing mailing lists, we will use all reasonable
efforts to do so in a timely fashion. If you are applying for a new product or
service, we will process your request immediately. Otherwise, if you have an existing
product or service with us, we will generally require a reasonable period of time,
which may vary, depending upon the product or service, to process your request.
Who we are
In this Statement of Privacy Principles and Practices, we, us and our mean
First Swiss Financial Corp. You and your mean individuals whose personal information
we are collecting, using and disclosing.
Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policies and practices,
or you want to know more about the process for accessing and / or correcting your
personal information, or opting-out of marketing offers, please
contact
us.
Phone: 416