APEX Pre-Employment Screening Privacy Policy
 

APEX Pre-Employment Screening Services operates in compliance with the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and reserves the right to withhold any information requested if it is believed that the Client will use such information for an unauthorized purpose.

The basic outline of the PIPED Act looks like this:

	If your business wants to collect, use or disclose personal information about people, you need their consent, except in a few specific and limited circumstances.
	You can use or disclose people's personal information only for the purpose for which they gave consent.
	Even with consent, you have to limit collection, use and disclosure to purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate under the circumstances.
	Individuals have a right to see the personal information that your business holds about them, and to correct any inaccuracies.
	There's oversight, through the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, to ensure that the law is respected, and redress if people's rights are violated.

The code’s 10 principles are:
 

1. Accountability: An organization is responsible for personal information under its control and shall designate an individual or individuals who are accountable for the organization's compliance with the following principles.
 

2. Identifying Purposes: The purposes for which personal information is collected shall be identified by the organization at or before the time the information is collected.
 

3. Consent: The knowledge and consent of the individual are required for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, except when inappropriate.
 

4. Limiting Collection: The collection of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by the organization. Information shall be collected by fair and lawful means.
 

5. Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention: Personal information shall not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by the law. Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for fulfillment of those purposes.
 

6. Accuracy: Personal information shall be as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

7. Safeguards: Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
 

8. Openness: An organization shall make readily available to individuals specific information about its policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
 

9. Individual Access: Upon request, an individual shall be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of his or her personal information and shall be given access to that information. An individual shall be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate.
 

10. Challenging Compliance: An individual shall be able to address a challenge concerning compliance with the above principles to the designated individual or individuals for the organization's compliance.

 

Clients requesting background screening for employment purposes will be required to sign an agreement that certifies that the reports ordered under this service are solely for the purpose of Pre-Employment Screening and that all information provided by APEX Pre-Employment Screening Services will be held in strict confidence except to the extent that law requires disclosure to others.  Clients will further agree that any reports ordered are with the subject(s)’ prior written permission.