Privacy Policy

General

The Rules of Professional Conduct and related Council Interpretations of the various Provincial Institutes of Chartered Accountants require that partners and staff maintain the confidentiality of client and former client information, as well as the confidentiality of Firm information, except in rare and very specific circumstances.

 

Cookies

We may from time to time use certain information commonly called cookies on your computer to save you time as a Visitor and User of our web site. We do not collect personal information in this fashion. If you do not wish this convenience, your browser will likely enable you to reject cookies.

 

Personal Information

Personal information includes any factual or subjective information, recorded or not, about an identifiable individual. This includes information in any form, such as:

  • age, name, ID numbers, income, ethnic origin

Personal information does not include the name, title, business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.

FSH collects personal information only for the following :

  • To provide the products or services that you have requested and maintain commercial relations with you.
  • To understand your needs and recommend products and services accordingly.
  • To manage our business which includes partnership and employment matters.
  • To meet legal and regulatory requirements.

We will not use your personal information for any other reason without your consent.

 

Sharing of Information

We only share your information with third parties to assist in completing the above uses. Any third party’s use must adhere to our privacy policies or be allowed by the legislation. Examples would be an outside payroll service, an agent hired to perform a service for you, a collection agency, a law enforcement agency or emergency services.

We may share your information with third parties located in a foreign jurisdiction that may be available to a foreign government or its agencies under a lawful order made in that country. We will not use your personal information for any other reason without your consent, unless required by law.

We identify the purpose for collecting information before collecting it. 

We will obtain consent before collection of information.

We will only collect the information we need for the stated purpose.

We use information only for the purpose of collection unless we receive consent or are required by law.
We have policies as to how long the information is kept.

We have policies for the safe destruction of the information.

We will use our best efforts to keep your information up to date.

We have policies to safeguard your information against unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
Our clients and employees are informed of our policies and practices for managing personal information.

 

Terms & Conditions

The information contained in this website is subject to change without notice. However, there is no commitment to update the information contained herein. FSH makes no representations or warranties regarding the information contained herein. You are responsible for evaluating the quality, accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of all information and opinions provided in this website. In providing the information contained in this website, FSH is not rendering any legal, accounting or other professional advice or opinions on specific facts or matters. FSH assumes no liability whatsoever in connection with your use of this information. You should always consult with your own professional advisors with respect to your situation.