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DISCLAIMER / TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE / PRIVACY

This website is provided by John S. Piszczek Criminal Law conditional upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of use as set out herein.  By using this website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions of use. 

Viewing this website does not form a solicitor-client relationship between you and John S. Piszczek Criminal Law.  No solicitor-client relationship occurs unless and until you sign a retainer agreement confirming the nature and scope of representation.

Nothing on this site is legal advice.  This website is for informational purposes only and does not contain legal advice.  Please do not act or refrain from acting based on anything you read on this site.

If you require legal advice, please contact the office of John S. Piszczek Criminal Law.

John S. Piszczek Criminal Law may add to, remove, or modify any part of these terms and conditions of use, effective from the moment of posting to this website.  As well, this website and its content may be changed or discontinued at anytime without notice.

Certain links provided as a convenience within this website may take you to other websites. John S. Piszczek Criminal Law is not responsible for the contents of those linked websites, or the contents and information found therein.   If you decide to visit linked websites, you do so at your own risk.

This website is meant to comply with the LSO’s Rules of Professional Conduct.  John S. Piszczek is licenced to practice in the Province of Ontario. 

Please see the Privacy Policy for information on how this site uses your data and information.

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DISCLAIMER

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Any use of or reliance on this website the contents of this website, or the information provided through this website shall be at your sole risk. John S. Piszczek Criminal Law makes no representation or warranty of any kind regarding this website, the contents of this website or the information provided through this website, all of which are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. John S. Piszczek Criminal Law expressly disclaims all representations, warranties, conditions, and endorsements as to the operation of this website, the contents of this website or the information provided through this website. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, John S. Piszczek Criminal Law makes no warranty as to the accuracy, quality, or completeness of the contents of this website or information provided through this website, nor to merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, nor to title or non-infringement, nor to the absence of any software virus or other harmful component. John S. Piszczek Criminal Law does not warrant that this website or the delivery, hosting and ancillary services or facilities of third-party suppliers utilized by John S. Piszczek Criminal Law will continue to operate, will operate without interruptions or will be error-free.  

None of the information provided on this website or provided through this website is provided as legal advice and it shall not be relied upon as such.  

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

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In no circumstances shall John S. Piszczek Criminal Law or employees be responsible or liable for any loss or damages whatsoever, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages, arising from or in connection with your use of, access to or your reliance on, or your inability to use or access, this website, any contents of this website, any information provided through this website, any external links on this website, any website linked to this website, or any contents thereof, any website linking to this website, or any contents thereof, or any delivery, hosting and ancillary services or facilities of third party suppliers utilized by John S. Piszczek Criminal Law. John S. Piszczek Criminal Law is not responsible and assumes no liability for third party contents of this website or third-party information provided through this website.

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PRIVACY

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John S. Piszczek Criminal Law Privacy Policy

John S. Piszczek Criminal Law recognizes the importance of privacy and the sensitivity of personal information. As lawyers we have a professional obligation to keep confidential all information we receive within a lawyer-client relationship. We are committed to protecting any personal information we hold. This Privacy Policy outlines how we manage your personal information and safeguard your privacy.

Your Privacy Rights

From January 1, 2004, all businesses engaged in commercial activities must comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information, which it incorporates. These obligations extend to lawyers and law firms, including John S. Piszczek. The Act gives you rights concerning the privacy of your personal information.

John S. Piszczek Criminal Law is responsible for the personal information we collect and hold. To ensure this accountability, we have developed this policy, and trained our lawyers and support staff about our policies and practices.

Why Does John S. Piszczek Criminal Law Need Personal Information?

John S. Piszczek Criminal Law provides legal services and products to a wide range of clients. In doing so, it produces direct marketing materials concerning its services and developments in the law.

What personal information do we collect?

Personal information is any information that identifies you, or by which your identity could be deduced.

If we did not collect and use your personal information, we could not provide you with legal services.

How do we collect your personal information?

We collect information only by lawful and fair means, and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.

Wherever possible we collect your personal information directly from you, both at the start of a retainer and in the course of our representation.

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Sometimes we may obtain information about you from other sources, for example:

•   Your insurance company;

•   From a government agency or registry;

• From a service or programme provider;

•   Your employer, if we are acting for you, at your request; or

•   Your accountant.

Consent

In most cases, we shall ask you to specifically consent, if we collect, use, or disclose your personal information. Normally, we ask for your consent in writing, but in some circumstances, we may accept your oral consent. Sometimes, your consent may be implied through your conduct with us.

Use of Your Information

We use your personal information to provide legal advice and services to you, to administer our client (time and billing databases) and to include you in any direct marketing activities. If you tell us that you no longer wish to receive information about our services, or about new developments in the law, we will not send any further material.

John S. Piszczek Criminal Law does not disclose your personal information to any third party to enable them to market their products and services. For example, we do not provide our client mailing lists to other law firms.

Disclosure of your Personal Information

Under certain circumstances, John S. Piszczek Criminal Law will disclose your personal information:

•   When we are required or authorized by law to do so, for example if a court issues a subpoena;

•   When you have consented to the disclosure;

•   When the legal services we are providing to you requires us give your information to third parties your consent will be implied, unless you tell us otherwise;

• Where it is necessary to establish or collect fees; 

•   If we engage a third party to provide administrative services to us (like computer back-up services or archival file storage) and the third party is bound by our privacy policy;

•   If we engage expert witnesses on your behalf;

•   If we retain other law firms at your request, and on your behalf; or

•   If the information is Publicly Available Personal Information, as it is defined under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Updating Your Information

Since we use your personal information to provide legal services to you, it is important that the information be accurate and up-to-date.  If during the course of the retainer, any of your information changes, please inform us so that we can make any necessary changes.

Is My Personal Information Secure?

John S. Piszczek Criminal Law takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that your personal information is kept safe from loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. Among the steps taken to protect your information are:

•   Premises security;

•   Restricted file access to personal information;

•   Deploying technological safeguards like security software and firewalls to prevent hacking or unauthorized computer access; and

•   Internal password and security policies.

Access to Your Personal Information

You may ask for access to any personal information we hold about you.  Summary information is available on request. More detailed requests which require archive or other retrieval costs may be subject to our normal professional and disbursement fees.

Correcting Errors

If John S. Piszczek Criminal Law holds information about you and you can establish that it is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, John S. Piszczek Criminal Law will take reasonable steps to correct it.

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Can I be denied access to my Personal Information?

Your rights to access your personal information are not absolute. We may deny access when:

•   It is required or authorized by law (for example, when a record containing personal information about you is protected by solicitor-client privilege);

•   To do so would reveal confidential commercial information, and the personal information cannot be severed from the record;

•   To do so could reasonably be expected to threaten the life or security of another individual, and the personal information cannot be severed from the record; or

•   The information was generated in the course of a formal dispute resolution process.

If we deny your request for access to, or refuse a request to correct information, we shall explain why. John S. Piszczek Criminal Law does not use your Social Insurance Number as a way of identifying or organizing the information we hold upon you.

Can I request anonymity.

Whenever it is legal and practicable, we may offer the opportunity to deal with general inquiries without providing your name (for example, by accessing general information on our website). The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act Act requires us to confirm the identity of all new clients. It may also require us disclose information to FINTRAC in relation to certain large cash transactions.

Communicating with Us

You should be aware that e-mail is not a 100% secure medium, and you should be aware of this when contacting us to send personal or confidential information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Since John S. Piszczek Criminal Law regularly reviews all of its policies and procedures, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time.

Requests for Access

If you have any questions, or wish to access your personal information, please write to our Privacy Contact at John S. Piszczek Criminal Law, 450 Main Street West, North Bay, ON P1V 2V2,

If you are not satisfied with our response, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada can be reached at 112 Kent Street, Ottawa Ontario, K1A 1H3, 1.800.282.1376.

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Employment Inquiries

If you apply to John S. Piszczek Criminal Law for a job, we need to consider your personal information, as part of our review process. We normally retain information from candidates after a decision has been made, unless you ask us not to retain the information. If we offer you a job, which you accept, the information will be retained in accordance with our privacy procedures for employee records.

Web Site

Our website contains links to other sites, which are not governed by this privacy policy.

On our website, like most other commercial websites, we may monitor traffic patterns, site usage and related site information in order to optimise our web service. We may provide aggregated information to third parties, but these statistics do not include any identifiable personal information.

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