Legal / Privacy Policy

Copyright in the content of this site, including the screens displaying the pages and their arrangement, is owned by Equitable Group Inc unless otherwise indicated. All rights reserved.

 

Information on Equitable Group Inc WWW pages is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to buy or sell products or services of Equitable Group Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Not all products and services that Canadian residents may be interested in are available in all regions of Canada.

 

Sensitive communication between you and these sites is always protected via encryption while in transit. However, Equitable Group Inc advises you that, unlike communication with our website, we have no control over the privacy of your e-mail communications with us. We recommend that you not include private and sensitive information in e-mails to us, including, but not limited to, account numbers, balances, passwords, etc. Equitable Group Inc and its subsidiaries and affiliates will not be responsible for any damages you may suffer if you transmit confidential or sensitive information to us through e-mail.

 

Facts and data provided by Equitable Group Inc, and The Equitable Trust Company and other sources are believed to be reliable when posted. Equitable Group Inc and The Equitable Trust Company cannot guarantee that they are accurate or complete or that they will be current at all times. Information on this WWW site is not intended to provide legal, accounting, or tax advice, and should not be relied upon in that regard. Equitable Group Inc, and The Equitable Trust Company, are not responsible in any manner for direct, indirect, special or consequential damages howsoever caused, arising out of the use of this WWW site.

Equitable Group observes the following principles:

1)   Only such information as is necessary to conduct business, is collected, used and retained. Where personal information is needed, wherever possible, it is obtained directly from the person concerned. We only use sources believed to be reputable and reliable, to supplement this information.
2)   The information is retained as long as it is needed by us, or required by law. We take reasonable efforts to secure and protect this information.
3)   Internal access to personal information is limited to legitimate business reasons. Personal information will only be used for the purposes for which it was originally intended unless appropriate permission is obtained.
4)   The consent of the person concerned will be obtained before there is an external disclosure of personal information. Exceptions to this are where disclosure is required or permitted by law.
5)   All persons have the right to review their personal records, subject to any right to privacy of the source of any supplemental information, or where the Company is legally required not to disclose information.
6)   A person can request that erroneous information be corrected or clarified. If the Company does not agree with the request the concerned person can file a written statement which will be retained in our records.