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Privacy Policy

PC LEGAL INC. (“PC LEGAL”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) strives to protect your privacy and comply with applicable Personal Information protection laws, such as Canadian and Quebec privacy laws, as the case may be.

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By engaging our professional services and/or submitting Personal Information to PC LEGAL or its representatives, you consent to our collection, retention, use, process, and disclosure of said Personal Information as provided for in the present privacy policy, and as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.

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You have the right to refuse or withdraw your consent to provide us with your Personal Information, subject to applicable legal and contractual limitations. However, if you refuse or withdraw your consent, this may prevent us from providing you or continuing to provide you with some of our services. Please see section 11. Contact Us, below for the coordinates where you may address such requests.

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This privacy policy explains how we collect, retain, use, process, manage, and disclose your Personal Information.  

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1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When we refer to Personal Information, we are referring to information which relates to an identifiable individual, or information that, whether directly or indirectly, allows an individual to be identified.

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PC LEGAL may collect Personal Information such as, but not limited to:

  • Contact information: name, address, email, or phone number,

  • Billing and financial information: Billing information, payment card and credit card information, financial account numbers and information, payment card information, other payment details,

  • Information about a legal issue and other information accessory to providing legal services, including information about adverse parties, parties-in-interest, and other relevant third parties,

  • Information produced in the course of providing our services,

  • Identification information: passport, government issued identification and certificates, utility bill, ownership evidence, or source of funds,

  • Information related to the use of our website,

  • Marketing information such as comments, reviews, or survey responses,

  • Communication preferences,

  • With respect to current or potential business partners, employees, staff, and contractors:

    • Recruitment information: resumes, professional and academic background, references, criminal records, banking information, social insurance number, relevant health information, emergency contact information or other information relating to potential recruitment,

  • Any other Personal Information provided by you or on your behalf.

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PC LEGAL collects sensitive Personal Information only where it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, or for any other purpose that is disclosed to you at or before the time of collection, and only where, we have obtained the required consent, or, when the collection, use, or disclosure of such sensitive Personal Information is authorized or required, under applicable laws and regulations.

 

2. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

PC LEGAL collects Personal Information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you, for example, when you retain our services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your Personal Information,

  • Automatically when we provide you with our services, including when you visit our website, and by cookies or similar technologies, or otherwise during the course of providing the services,

  • From our trusted business partners, contractors, service providers, collaborators, and other relevant third parties,

  • From publicly available sources, databases, and registers.

 

3. PURPOSES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION

PC LEGAL collects, uses, and discloses Personal Information for the purposes set out below, but not limited to:

  • Provide legal advice, perform legal services, fulfill legal duties and obligations, avoid conflicts of interest, and any accessory purposes,

  • Establish and manage our client relationships,

  • Establish and manage commercial relationships, with our clients, business partners, contractors, service providers, collaborators, and other relevant third parties, for example, for operational and billing purposes, and to accomplish our contractual obligations,

  • Verifying and avoiding conflicts of interest and business,

  • Recruit employees, staff, contractors, collaborators, and business partners, process and analyze related applications,

  • In the case of employees, staff, contractors, and business partners: (i) to pay salary, compensation, fees and other benefits; (ii) to complete relevant background verifications, and (iii) to manage your relationship with us,

  • Satisfying legal, regulatory, or risk management obligations, including deontology and professional obligations,

  • Improve, develop, commercialize, market, sell and otherwise provide PC LEGAL’s services,

  • Survey use and activity of our website, respond to inquiries submitted via our website,

  • Develop, improve, and manage PC LEGAL’s business, systems, know-how, processes, and operations,

  • Detect, prevent potential fraud, crime, or illegal activity, and for other purposes required or authorized by applicable laws or regulations,  

  • Verify compliance with our policies and other contractual, legal, and regulatory obligations,

  • Any other purpose, where you have consented or where we are permitted under applicable law to collect, use, or disclose your Personal Information without consent,

  • As permitted by, and in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

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The practices provided for in this privacy policy do not apply to external websites that you may consult or use, for example, by way of hyperlinks available on our website. The information collected or transmitted is then subject to the privacy policy of such external websites and third parties. It is your responsibility to review such external and third-party privacy policies before providing them with your Personal Information.

 

4.LIMITATIONS

We will limit our collection of Personal Information to what is necessary to achieve the purposes identified in this privacy policy and, where applicable, to meet our legal obligations.

 

5.HOW WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION

From time to time, we may disclose your Personal Information to certain third parties for legitimate purposes, subject to this privacy policy. Such circumstances may include:

  • A person who, in PC LEGAL’s reasonable opinion, is seeking the Personal Information as your authorized representative,

  • Any other third parties, where you expressly consent to such disclosure, or where permitted by applicable law,

  • Third parties for the purposes of providing legal services, such as, adverse parties and counsel, interested parties, collaborators, external advisors, witnesses, regulators, and experts,

  • Our business partners, contractors, service providers, collaborators, and other third parties retained by PC LEGAL to perform certain services or acts, such as administrative, operational, IT management, marketing, cloud storage services,

  • Our advisors, insurers, and agents, whether, financial, legal, fiscal, or otherwise,

  • Financial institutions, in connection with receiving and collecting payment, and other related matters,

  • Government, law enforcement, regulators, and other public authorities, when required by applicable laws or when otherwise necessary in order to provide our services,

  • Any relevant Courts,

  • Any purchaser or successor in interest of PC LEGAL, and its relevant professional advisors in relation to the potential sale of PC LEGAL, or its assets, whether in part or whole,

  • Where disclosure is reasonably necessary as provided for by applicable law and regulation.

 

6.RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will only retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to conduct the purposes set out in this privacy policy and to ensure that we comply with our legal, fiscal, and/or regulatory obligations. After which, any Personal Information held by PC LEGAL will be destroyed, deleted, or anonymized, in accordance with applicable laws.

Further, your Personal Information may be disclosed to our service providers, in the ordinary course of business, as such, your Personal Information may be stored in secured locations and on servers controlled by such service providers, which may be located outside Quebec.

As such, some of you Personal Information may be transferred outside your province, territory, state or country of residence. However, in such cases, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure that your Personal Information is adequately protected by appropriate security measures and relevant contractual agreements and provisions. In these circumstances, the laws and regulations applicable in the relevant province, territory, state or country of residence will apply.

 

7. SAFEGUARDS

We strive to protect your Personal Information. As such, PC LEGAL uses various administrative, technological, contractual, and operational safeguards to protect your Personal Information. Further, we use reasonable measures to ensure that appropriate safeguards are applied in function of the sensitivity of your Personal Information.

Furthermore, we make sure that our employees manage your Personal Information with all the necessary discretion and diligence in compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory requirements. 

However, please note that there are no perfect or guaranteed security measures. As such, please be aware that any information transmitted to us may not be entirely secure while in transit to us.

 

8. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

When browsing our website, cookies or other tracking technologies may be placed on your device to recognize it. A cookie is a small data file that is placed to your hard drive when you visit a website. Only the issuer of the cookies and tracking technologies can read this file.

Our website only uses cookies and tracking technologies for:

  • Essential purposes,

  • Functional purposes,

  • Marketing purposes,

Essential cookies are for basic functioning of our website, they cannot be disable because the website would not function properly without them. Except for essential cookies, cookies will only be placed on your devices if you consent to said. You can manage your cookie preferences via your browser or the cookie banner on our website, and third-party technologies can be managed by consulting the applicable policies.

For marketing cookies, see:

For functional cookies, see:

Please be aware that if you refuse or disable certain cookies, certain features of our website may not be available to you.

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9. YOUR RIGHTS

With respect to your Personal Information, you may have all or some of the rights listed below, as applicable depending on where you live. It is important to note that these rights are not absolute, and we may decline your request according to applicable law:

  • Right to access,

  • Right to delete, where applicable,

  • Right to correct or update,

  • Right to restrict or object to the processing of your Personal Information,

  • Right to withdraw your consent at any time, subject to applicable contractual or legal restrictions,

  • Right to de-index or re-index,

  • Right to portability,

  • Managing communication preferences, as applicable.

 

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact our Chief Privacy Officer at the email address identified in section 11. Contact Us. We will respond to your request according to the deadlines provided for by applicable laws.

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Depending on where you live, you may have further rights in relation to our decision, whether with us directly or with your local privacy regulator.

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In the event that you have any complaint about how we process your Personal Information, please contact our Chief Privacy Officer, at the email address identified in section 11. Contact Us.

 

10. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this privacy policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other administrative, operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The updated privacy policy will be posted on our website, as well as the date of the last revision.

In the event that material changes are made to the privacy policy, we will advise you of such, in a timely manner, by way of an online or email notice.

 

11. CONTACT US

Should you have any questions, comments, requests, or complaints about our privacy practices or this privacy policy, of if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please contact our Chief Privacy Officer by email, at prp@pclegal.ca

 

Last update: May 13, 2026

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