We understand the importance of protecting the personal information of our customers and our employees. To earn and maintain your trust we have designed our policy to meet or exceed the requirements of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the 10 principles set forth in the Canadian National Standard for the Protection of Personal Information.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact East Coast Dental Centre at:
East Coast Dental Centre
Covington Place
332 Willow Street, Suite 301
Truro, Nova Scotia
B2N 5A5
Tel: 1.902.843.7300
Accountability
East Coast Dental Centre has appointed a Privacy Officer who is responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of PIPEDA. Should you have any questions regarding this policy or concerns with respect to East Coast Dental Centre’s compliance with the requirements of PIPEDA, please contact us directly.
Identifying Purpose of Collection
Cookies
A cookie is a small non-executable file that is stored on your hard drive for the purpose of identifying your computer.
East Coast Dental Centre uses both session cookies and permanent cookies. Session cookies are active only during the period you are logged on to our website and are removed when you leave. They help us track the sections of the website that you use, allowing us to make improvements in keeping with observed user preferences.
Permanent cookies remain on your hard drive until you remove them through your browser’s Internet security settings. Permanent cookies are used to store user preferences such as preferred language and thus eliminate your having to make the same entries on each visit.
Limiting Collection
East Coast Dental Centre will limit the collection of personal information to that which is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected.
Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
East Coast Dental Centre will not use or disclose your personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected without your explicit consent or as required by law.
Customer information is retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
This policy takes effect on August 1, 2008. East Coast Dental Centre reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy we will notify you on our homepage and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
