The law firm of Andrew D. R. Graham is subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (commonly referred to as “PIPEDA) with respect to any and all personal information collected in the course of commercial activities. “Personal Information” is information that allows an individual to be identified but does not include an individual’s business contact information (an individual’s name, title, position, business address, business telephone number, or business facsimile). 

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At the law firm of Andrew D. R. Graham, we do not gather Personal Information such as your name, phone number, or e-mail address unless you supply it voluntarily, usually through contacting us via e-mail, fax, or regular mail.

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At the law firm of Andrew D. R. Graham, we collect information only by lawful and fair means, and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.  We collect Personal Information in order to provide you with legal services.  Wherever possible we collect your Personal Information directly from you, both at the start of a retainer and in the course of representing you throughout the retainer. 

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

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• your insurer;
• your real estate agent in a real property transaction;
• from a government agency or registry;
• your accountant.

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In most cases, we obtain your consent to collect, use and disclose your Personal Information. Usually, if you retain our firm, we assume that we have your implied consent to our collection and use of your Personal Information. However, at times we may ask for your express consent, either verbally or in writing for this purpose. Generally, we collect your Personal Information directly from you at the start of or during the course of your retainer with our firm.

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The law firm of Andrew D. R. Graham will not use a client’s Personal Information for any purposes other than that consented to by the client, either by express or implied consent. We do not sell, barter, or lease Personal Information we obtain from clients to third parties.

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We do not generally disclose our clients’ Personal Information or data to third parties without the client’s consent unless permitted or required by applicable laws or court orders. The following are some examples where we may disclose your Personal Information:

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• 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 such disclosure is necessary to collect fees or disbursements;

• when we contract with a third party to provide us with certain services such as archival file storage or insurance. (In such cases, we will use contractual or other means to ensure the third-party service provider is bound by obligations regarding privacy which are consistent with this policy);

• when the legal services we are providing to you require us give your information to third parties (for example: a lender in a real estate mortgage transaction) your consent to the disclosure will be implied, unless you tell us otherwise;

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On our website, like most other commercial websites, we may monitor traffic patters, site usage and related site information in order to optimize 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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This Web site may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of other Web sites and encourage you to examine each site’s privacy policy and make your own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability and correctness of material and information found.

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If you provide us with Personal Information by e-mail, we may use the Personal Information you provide to contact you and we may add the Personal Information you provide to our internal database of contacts and otherwise share your Personal Information internally.  However, no lawyer-client, advisory, fiduciary or other relationship is created by accessing or otherwise using the Website or by merely communicating with a lawyer by way of e-mail or through the Website.  The law firm of Andrew D. R. does not guarantee the confidentiality of any communication via e-mail or the Website that relates to a matter for which the firm does not already represent you.