8Twelve Mortgage Corp. (“8Twelve”) helps customers find the most suitable mortgage, loan or credit facility, and/or other related products and services like insurance that we may offer.
THINKING OF A MORTGAGE REFINANCE OR A NEW HOME MORTGAGE?
At 8Twelve, we know that the protection of your privacy is important to you. For this reason, we have taken steps to ensure that any personal information that you provide to 8Twelve is protected by a range of robust business procedures and rigorous security safeguards to ensure that your information is kept confidential and used only for the purposes detailed in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is intended to establish responsible and transparent practices for the management of personal information and to satisfy the requirements of rules established by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), and similar provincial laws from Quebec, Alberta and B.C.
APPLICATION AND SCOPE
This Privacy Policy generally applies to any personal information (as defined below in the section entitled Definition of Personal Information) collected or generated by 8Twelve, its brokers or anyone acting as an agent on our behalf (“Authorized Agent”), from or about its customers and other individuals which whom it deals, which may include potential customers as well as any other additional person named on an account, in any form. At any time that you do business with 8Twelve, participate in a contest or promotion run by 8Twelve, a 8Twelve broker or with an Authorized Agent, or interact with us in any manner, you are protected by the rights and safeguards contained in this Privacy Policy and you explicitly agree to its terms.
This Privacy Policy also governs personal information collected about 8Twelve’s website users and explains how we use and disclose personal information that we collect from users who visit our website and otherwise interact with us through www.8twelve.mortgage (“website”). It also explains how we use cookies and similar technologies.
DEFINITION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
When used in this Privacy Policy, personal information means “any information about an identifiable individual”. This may include, for example, your name, contact information, email address, information relating to your account with us, including your identity and the mortgage you take out, as well as your credit and banking information, billing records and any complaints documented in a file. It may also include other types of more technical information when you interact with us through our website, when this information can identify you as an individual. Personal information that is aggregated and cannot be associated with an identifiable individual is not considered to be personal information.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect most of our information about you directly from you, with your consent.
We usually collect your name, address, phone number(s), email address, occupation, employer’s name, birth date, annual income, net worth, assets, liabilities, credit history, investment objectives, banking information, as well as other account and payment information, including information pertaining to your use of our products and services when you register to 8Twelve services. We may also collect other information such as your social insurance number, driver’s license or passport number, when required and/or authorized by law, for instance to fulfill regulatory and other governmental obligations and to distinguish you from other clients with similar names.
We may also obtain information about you from third parties, with your consent. For example, for credit evaluation purposes, we may need to determine your creditworthiness through contact with an independent credit reporting agency or another source, which may include account information. 8Twelve uses this information to help determine the product or service that is suitable to your mortgage needs. We may also collect personal information from other third parties, such as your spouse, if you are applying for certain products and services, and information about beneficial owners, intermediaries and other parties.
8Twelve generally collects personal information from or about its customers and other individuals with whom it deals for the following purposes:
If you have applied for employment with 8Twelve, the personal information submitted with your job application will be used for recruitment and other customary human resources purposes. For example, we may send you information about new job opportunities within 8Twelve as well as other career development resources.
Unless required or authorized by law, 8Twelve will not collect or use personal information for any other or new purpose without obtaining further consent. For details on the type of information that we collect via our website and on how we use and share this information, please refer to the Website section of this Privacy Policy.
8Twelve offers you the opportunity to use simulators. These simulators are designed to collect information about you or your financial situation. The details are then used to establish your type of profile with a view to helping you choose the most suitable product for your particular needs.
YOUR CONSENT
8Twelve obtains consent from the individuals concerned for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information through various means. The most common method we use to obtain a customer’s consent is by way of the customer’s consent as confirmed by consent forms. Where practicable, we may also obtain a customer’s consent through electronic communications or other written documentation.
In general, by requesting 8Twelve products and services and/or submitting information to us in connection with using 8Twelve products and services, you are providing your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy and in the 8Twelve contractual documents. Moreover, by visiting, interacting with and/or using our websites, you agree to benefit from, be bound by, the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
In certain circumstances, personal information may be collected, used or disclosed without consent. These exceptional circumstances may include:
For more information on how 8Twelve may share your personal information, please refer to section Sharing of Personal Information of this Privacy Policy.
RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT
Consent may be withdrawn at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Depending on the circumstances, however, any withdrawal or amendment to your consent may prevent us from providing you, or continuing to provide you, with 8Twelve’s products and services or information that may be of value to you. You may also withdraw your consent as follows:
Mail marketing, Telephone marketing and Quality control communications. You may decide that you prefer 8Twelve and/or entities from 8Twelve Mortgage and/or Authorized Agents not to use your personal information to promote new and/or additional products and/or services which may be of interest to you and refuse that we contact you by mail or telephone for marketing purposes or by email or telephone for quality control purposes. If this is the case, you may advise us by contacting customer service or contacting us using the information detailed in the How to Contact Us section below.Commercial Electronic Communications. You can always limit the communications that 8Twelve, entities from the 8Twelve Mortgage or Authorized Agents send to you. To opt-out of commercial emails, simply click the link labelled “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” at the bottom of any commercial electronic communication we send you. Please note that even if you opt-out of promotional communications, we may still need to contact you with information about your account.
For information on how you can limit the type of information that we collect, use or share about you when you visit and/or use our website, please refer to the Website section of this Privacy Policy.
SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your information may be made available by 8Twelve within 8Twelve Mortgage and to Authorized Agents or service providers to fulfill the purposes for which it has been collected or as set forth in this Privacy Policy. 8Twelve will not sell, rent or trade your personal information to any third party. However, we may share your personal information when authorized by law or as follows:
Financial institutions and Credit. We may share your personal information with financial institutions in connection with the administration and management of the products and services that you have requested, as well as convey your credit file to credit reporting and assessment agencies, insurers or other lenders, as applicable.
Financial institutions and Credit. Service Providers and Authorized Agents. We do not directly provide all of our products and services. For example, in some cases we rely on assessment agencies, real estate appraisers, financial institutions, insurance agents or brokers, public registers, employers, credit reporting and collection agencies, professionals, our subsidiaries and affiliated companies, as well as other third parties to provide you with the products and services.
We may therefore disclose information about you to such providers or agents in order for us to provide you with the requested products and services. We provide them with information which is necessary in order for them to provide the services required. They are prohibited from using the information for purposes other than to facilitate and carry out the services they have been engaged to provide. These service providers and agents are not permitted to disclose this information to others. Affiliated entities.
We may share your information with third party service providers.
We use information technology and administrative support provided by Marble Financial Inc. and its affiliates (“Marble Financial”). Marble Financial’s subscription MyMarble service leverages industry-leading technology to help individuals to build their credit scores. Marble Financial may engage with other technology providers, such as Point Deduction Technology®, to provide the Services. We may transfer your personal information to these third service providers to provide you with the Services.
We may also share your personal information with other third parties to provide the Services you choose, including consumer reporting agencies (e.g., TransUnion), financial institutions, insurers and other financial services providers. We also may share your personal information with third parties that process payments on our behalf.
We may have to share your personal information in special circumstances. This would include situations when sharing is required by law or we believe sharing will protect the safety, property or rights of 8Twelve, our customers, or others. For example, we may share your information in response to a legal request (such as a subpoena, search warrant, or court order) if we believe, in good faith, that we are required to do so by law.
We may also share your information in connection with a sale, merger, bankruptcy, sale of assets or reorganization of our company. In such a case, we may share information with potential purchasers, successors and their advisors. This information could also be shared or transferred in the unlikely event that we are the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
Transfers of personal information outside of Canada
Some third-party service providers may be located outside of Canada. In order to use these third-party service providers, we may transfer your personal information outside of Canada. When we do that, your personal information may be subject to foreign laws and potential access by law enforcement or other governmental agencies in those countries.
We may share your personal information to entities from 8Twelve Mortgage for legal and regulatory purposes, to perform analytics, to offer you a suitable range of products and services and to better manage your relationship with us. As permitted or required by law. 8Twelve may disclose information when compelled in response to a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, valid demand, search warrant, government investigation or other legally valid request or enquiry.
We may also disclose information to our accountants, auditors, agents and lawyers in connection with the enforcement or protection of our legal rights. We also reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we, in good faith, believe to be unlawful or to law enforcement and emergency services providers, in an emergency or where required or permitted by law.
We may release certain personal information when we have reasonable grounds to believe that such release is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of others and ourselves, in accordance with or as authorized by law. Business transaction.
We may disclose personal information to a third party in connection with a sale or transfer of business or assets, an amalgamation, re-organization or financing of parts of our business. However, in the event the transaction is completed, your personal information will remain protected by applicable privacy laws. In the event the transaction is not completed, we will require the other party not to use or disclose your personal information in any manner whatsoever and to completely delete such information.
We may also disclose our customers’ personal information to an individual who, in the reasonable judgement of 8Twelve, is acting on behalf of the individual in question, such as through a power of attorney.
For information on how you can limit the type of information that we collect, use or share about you when you visit and/or use our website, please refer to the Website section of this Privacy Policy.
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
We may share aggregated customers and/or website users’ information with our partners or entities within 8Twelve Mortgage. This information does not allow identifying individual customers nor users, and is only used to provide our partners a better understanding of the general profile of customers of our products and/or services and users of our website, trends in the industry, or similar type of information. We do not link aggregate user data with personal information.
WEBSITE PRIVACY
8Twelve generally collects and uses personal information from or about its website visitors and users as follows:
In the event that you download and/or use any of our applications, we may require and collect directly from your information necessary to authenticate you. We may also record your IP geolocation, allowing us to block access when the user is outside of Canada. When you register on certain apps, you may be required to agree that we may send you notifications regarding your property evaluation, credit score, or general information by electronic messaging periodically. If you no longer want to receive notifications, you can unsubscribe anytime.
Information Collected while Using the Application
While using Our Application, in order to provide features of Our Application, We may collect, with Your prior permission:
QUALITY AND ACCESS RIGHTS
8Twelve strives to ensure that customers’ personal information is as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used. 8Twelve provides customer access to their personal information. Customers may correct or amend any inaccuracies in their personal information by contacting us using the contract information detailed in the section How to Contact Us of this Privacy Policy. 8Twelve has the right to refuse a request for access to personal information if the information is protected by legal privilege, granting access would reveal confidential commercial information, the information was collected for purposes related to the detection and prevention of fraud, the information was generated in the course of a formal dispute resolution process, the information would likely reveal personal information about another individual, the request is vexation or frivolous or any other reason, as authorized under applicable laws.
PERSONAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF CANADA
In some cases, personal information that we manage may be transferred, processed and stored outside Canada, and therefore may be available to government authorities under lawful orders and laws applicable there.
SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will use reasonable security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access. 8Twelve has implemented security measures that contain administrative, technical and physical controls that are designed to safeguard your personal information. No method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however.
RETENTION
Personal information will be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which it was collected and for which consent was received or to satisfy legal requirements.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have questions, concerns or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the personal information that 8Twelve has about you, or to withdraw consent (when applicable) please contact:
Akber Abbas 8Twelve Mortgage Corp. 211-45 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N 5W9 By phone: 905-554-4332 or 1-877-812-8128 By fax: 1-877-812-8128 By e-mail: akber@8twelve.mortgage
CHANGE OF PRIVACY POLICY
8Twelve will review and update its policies and procedures as required to keep current with rules and regulations, new technologies, standards and customer concerns. Our Privacy Policy may therefore change from time to time. We will post any privacy policy changes on our website and, if the changes are material, we will provide a more prominent notice. This Privacy Policy was last updated on December 2022.
Please note that both the English and French versions of our Privacy Policy have equal legal value.8
Head Office
8Twelve Mortgage Corp
(ON License #13072)
45 Sheppard Ave East, Suite 211,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M2N 5W9
Locations
Corporate Phone & Fax
1.877.812.8128 (Toll Free)
Sales Phone & Fax
1.877.812.8128 (Toll Free)
1.416.800.1052 (Local)
Email
info@8twelve.mortgage
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