CANUS ADVISOR understands that its clients are concerned about maintaining the privacy and security of the personal information that the firm receives and processes on their behalf, and would like such processing to be open and transparent to its clients.
Accordingly, this Privacy Policy and Notice (“Privacy Notice”) is intended to inform you about our privacy practices and describes the types of personal information we collect, how we may use that information and with whom we may share it in relation to the client services we provide.
This Privacy Notice also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information that we receive and process relating to you.
In addition, we provide information on how to contact us: (1) to access, correct, or delete your personal information; (2) to exercise choice regarding the processing of your personal information in accordance with applicable laws; and (3) to ask any questions you may have about our privacy practices.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
Personal Information We Collect About You
For purposes of providing immigration consulting and legal services, CANUS ADVISOR may collect certain personal information about you and, if required, your family members and employer. In certain circumstances, we may not be able to provide you with the immigration consulting or legal services requested by you if we are not provided with all relevant personal information. We set forth below the ways in which information may be provided to us and the types of information that may be necessary for immigration services and visa processing. We also tell you the purposes for which we may use the information that we receive.
Client Services
For purposes of providing client services, CANUS ADVISOR may collect and process personal information such as your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, marital status, passport number, employment history, educational background, tax status, employee number, job title and function, and expatriate status.
We may obtain the personal information from a number of sources, such as online questionnaires and forms you complete. In addition, we may obtain personal information from third-party sources, such as former employers, educational institutions you attended and your current or prospective employer.
We use this information to provide immigration consulting and legal services, such as: (1) analyzing, completing and processing immigration, visa and related filings and submissions to relevant government agencies; (2) assisting with relocation and other expatriate issues; and (3) providing access to online case-management tools, where applicable.
Information Requests
If you request information about our services, you may choose to provide personal information such as your name, address, email address and telephone number. We use your information to respond to your request.
Other Uses of Information
We may use personal information we collect for other purposes, such as client and CANUS ADVISOR administration, data analytics, and compliance with applicable laws and CANUS ADVISOR policies and procedures.
Cookies
Like many organizations, we may use “cookies” on our websites. Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit certain websites. We may use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify site features in which you may have the greatest interest. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular site.
How We Protect Personal Information
We seek to ensure that any personal information that we hold about you is accurate, complete, current and otherwise reliable based on data you or an employer provide in order to provide the immigration consulting and legal services. We seek to collect personal information that is adequate, relevant and not excessive for these purposes.
We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of personal information.
Updates to our Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our information practices. We will post a notice on our applicable websites or materials to advise of any significant changes to our Privacy Notice and indicate in the notice when it was most recently updated.