This privacy policy sets out how Mortgage Aide and Astute Marketing Concepts Inc. (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses and protects any information provided by you when you use our website (“Website”) or access/use our software (“Software”) or professional services (“Services”).
If you do not agree with the terms, do not access or use our Websites, Software, Services, or any other aspect of our business. By logging into this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
WHAT WE COLLECT
When you use our Software or Services
When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect some information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, operating system, browser type, the address of a referring website, and the time and date of your visit. In addition, as a customer, we require you to provide us with your name, address, phone number, and email address.
We also collect name, email address, phone number, and other personal data of your customers on behalf of you. That personal information are subject to your own privacy policy and responsibility.
What we do with the information we collect
We collect this information to improve our products and services.
We will use this information for administrative and customer service purposes.
We may use the information to customize our services according to your interests.
Disclosure to third parties
We will never sell or lease your personal information to third parties.
On your instruction we will share, disclose, and update your personal information in accordance with your instructions, including any applicable Agreement, Terms of Conditions, and Terms of Use.
To comply with laws
We may be compelled to disclose personal data if we reasonably believe such disclosure is to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others in accordance with or required by any applicable law, regulation or legal process.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect from you.
Your account information is located on a secured server protected by identity and access management checks.
All of our Services are served using Transport Layer Security (TLS) to protect data in transit, and all passwords are one-way hashed prior to storage to prevent discovery in the event of a data breach. We may also utilize various Google security measures such as Google ReCapchta and/or Two Factor Authentication (2FA) to further strengthen security.
Although we take every precaution possible, we cannot guarantee that information, during transmission through the internet or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others.
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.
Termination of Account
Upon termination of your account, your account will be disabled but any data related to completed transactions must be kept as required by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) [http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca] compliance laws.
When you terminate your account, we will terminate any automatic reminder emails that may exist for your account.
How we use cookies
We, like many online services, require the use of cookies to operate. Cookies are small pieces of data from our system that is stored on your hard drive and contain anonymous identifiers. We use these cookies to record session information only, and they do not represent a threat to your personal information security.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies.
Doing so will prevent you from taking advantage of our services.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. However, we do not have any control over the other websites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.
You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are in agreement with any changes.