Privacy Policy

At GOLDcheck your privacy is important us. We are committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy and personal information. Our Customer Privacy Policy complies with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, incorporates the ten principles for the Protection of Personal Information.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?
"Personal information" is personally identifiable information such as your name, residential address and e-mail address and includes information about your product and service subscriptions and usage, credit information and billing records, service and recorded complaints. Personal information is collected by GOLDcheck only when you specifically and knowingly choose to provide it us such as when you subscribe to a GOLDcheck publication, enter a GOLDcheck promotion or choose to receive information, products or services from a GOLDcheck Company.
We may also receive personal information from our business partners and other third parties provided that such third parties confirm to us that they have obtained your consent to the disclosure of your personal information. Publicly available information, such as a public directory listing of your name, address, telephone number and electronic address, is not considered personal information.

THE 10 PRIVACY PRINCIPLES.
TEN PRINCIPLES OF FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES

PRINCIPLE 1 -- ACCOUNTABILITY GOLDcheck Inc is responsible for the personal information under its control and shall designate one or more individuals who shall be accountable for the company's compliance with the procedures and principles set out in the GOLDcheck Privacy Policy.

PRINCIPLE 2 -- IDENTIFYING PURPOSE GOLDcheck will identify the purpose for which personal information is collected at or before the time the information is collected. The purposes for which information is collected, used or disclosed by GOLDcheck must be those that a reasonable person would consider are appropriate in the circumstances.

PRINCIPLE 3 -- CONSENT The knowledge and consent of the individual are required for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, except where consent is not required by privacy legislation.

PRINCIPLE 4 -- LIMITING COLLECTION GOLDcheck shall limit the collection of personal information to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by the company. Personal information shall be collected by fair and lawful means.

PRINCIPLE 5 -- LIMITING USE, DISCLOSURE AND RETENTION Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law. Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which it was collected.

PRINCIPLE 6 -- ACCURACY Personal information shall be as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

PRINCIPLE 7-- SAFEGUARDS Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

PRINCIPLE 8 -- OPENNESS GOLDcheck shall make readily available to its customers and employees specific information about its policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

PRINCIPLE 9 -- INDIVIDUAL ACCESS Upon request, an individual shall be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of his or her personal information and shall be given access to that information except where GOLDcheck is permitted or required by law not to disclose personal information to the individual customer or employee. An individual customer or employee shall be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed to him or her and have it amended as appropriate.

PRINCIPLE 10 -- CHALLENGING COMPLIANCE An individual customer or employee shall be able to address a challenge concerning compliance with the principles in the GOLDcheck Privacy Policy to his or her designated Privacy Compliance Officer.