Privacy Policy

The Personal Information Protection Act serves as a regulatory framework governing the practices of private sector organizations in British Columbia concerning the collection, utilization, retention, security, and disclosure of personal information. In this context, “Personal Information” pertains to all data concerning an identifiable individual. At AuBuchon Law, we acknowledge the paramount importance of privacy and the sensitivity associated with the personal information entrusted to us. Consequently, we are committed to safeguarding your privacy through our comprehensive Privacy Policy, elucidating the processes involved in collecting, utilizing, and disclosing personal information acquired during your use of our website.

Who we are

AuBuchon Law is the operating firm name for Courtney AuBuchon Law Corporation. We are based in Kamloops British Columbia with an address for delivery of 1370B Summit Drive, Kamloops, BC V2C 1T8.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Telephone and SMS

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent. This information will not be shared with any third parties.

Telephone numbers provided to AuBuchon Law will not be used for advertising or promotional purposes.

You will only receive SMS Messages from AuBuchon Law after providing express consent to do so. You can stop receiving SMS messages at any time by responding with the word STOP or by sending an email to [email protected] or the lawyer responsible for your file.

If you believe that you have received an inappropriate SMS message from AuBuchon Law please email [email protected] and provide the details of the message.

If you lose your phone or change phone numbers please notify AuBuchon Law of the change at your earliest convenience so that we can remove your number from our list of approved contacts.

After providing consent to AuBuchon Law to communicate with you by SMS you may receive information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. It is your responsibility to ensure that your device is properly secured and protected to prevent any unauthorized access to or disclosure of such information.

Information collection

AuBuchon Law will not accept confidential information until we have confirmed in writing that we represent or act for you, your company, or your organization. Unsolicited emails sent to us from non-clients do not establish a lawyer-client relationship. They may not be privileged and, therefore, are subject to disclosure to third parties.

AuBuchon Law does not collect information from children or other persons who are under 16 years old. If you are a minor under 16 years old, please do not provide us with any personal information without the express consent of a parent or guardian. Please email [email protected] if you are a parent or guardian and you know that your children have provided us with personal information. If we learn that we have collected personal information from minor children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting business, or servicing you. This may include third-party service providers and vendors who provide website, application development, hosting, maintenance, and other services to us. The information provided to these service providers will be limited to what is reasonably necessary for their to provide their services.

We may disclose personal information or other information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with applicable laws, in response to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena or warrant, or to otherwise cooperate with law enforcement or other governmental agencies.

Information provided in our contact form or SMS that includes personal information or questions about legal issues will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed to any other person except as required by law.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights you have over your data

You can request to receive a report of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data analytics

AuBuchon Law uses Google Analytics to collect information about use of this site. This includes how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to your browser on the date of your visit, and does not colect your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with any personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a “cookie” on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing your return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. Please refer to your browser settings for additional information on disabling cookies or visit Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs for the web.


Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Security

AuBuchon Law has implemented and maintains reasonable security procedures and practices to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction, or disclosure of your personally-identifying information.

No method of information transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit or provide to us, and you do so at your own risk. We also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or administrative safeguards.

If you believe that your information has been compromised please contact us immediately at [email protected].

Changes to policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. The latest version will be posted on our website with the effective date.

Effective date

December 21, 2023