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At Intergroup Facility Services Inc., we will not collect, use, or disclose your personal information without your consent - except as required or permitted by law. We do not and will not sell or rent your personal information to anyone for any reason. The term "personal" includes corporations as well as individuals.

Personal information you provide to us will only be used as part of our ongoing efforts to provide you with superior service and selection. We know that we earn your business and your trust with each transaction. That is why we will take every step necessary to protect your privacy by safeguarding any personal information we collect, provide to third-party service providers and/or store during the course of doing business together.

Our desire for protecting your privacy is to ensure that our privacy standards meet or exceed the guiding principles established in federal and provincial privacy legislation.

Intergroup is responsible for personal information it holds or is under its control, including the personal information it entrusts to service providers. We ensure compliance with relevant legislation, replying to our valued customer's questions, as well as responding to requests by individuals for access to and correction for any personal information Intergroup has collected on them.

We adhere to the following ten principles to ensure your personal information is protected:

Accountability
Intergroup is responsible for maintaining and protecting the customer information under its control. In fulfilling this mandate, Intergroup has designated an individual who is accountable for the Company's compliance with the Ten Privacy Principles.

Identifying Purposes
The purposes for which your information is collected, used or disclosed shall be identified before or at the time the information is collected, used or disclosed. Intergroup will limit the collection and use of your information to the minimum we require to deliver superior service to you, our customer. This includes advising you about our products, services and other opportunities, and to administer our business.

Consent
Your knowledge and consent (express or implied) are required for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information except where required or permitted by law.

Limiting Collection
Any personal information we collect from you is limited to those details necessary for the business transaction, as described further below, and we only collect this information using fair and lawful means.

Limiting Use, Disclosure and Retention
We will only use or disclose your personal information for the purpose for which it was collected - unless you provide us with consent to do otherwise or when it is required or permitted by law. We will not retain your personal information any longer than required to fulfill the needs of why we collected the information to begin with.

Accuracy
Our commitment is to maintain your personal information as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purpose that we collected it for in the first place.

Safeguarding Customer Information
At Intergroup, we are committed to protecting your personal information with safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of that information.

Openness
At Intergroup, we will answer your questions about our privacy policies, procedures, and our management of your personal information in as understandable a format as possible.

Customer Access
If you require details on your personal information at Intergroup, please send us a written request. Upon receipt of this request, Intergroup will inform you of the existence, use and disclosure of your personal information and will provide access to that information, except where the law requires or permits Intergroup to deny access. We will provide you information within a reasonable time period and provide an explanation if we are unable to meet your request.

Handling Customer Complaints and Suggestions
Our commitment is to handle questions about our privacy principles, practices or any suggestions to improve promptly. Please direct your communications to Intergroup at info@intergroupfacility.com.

Disclosure to third party service providers

In the process of meeting the needs of you, our customer and providing the services you desire, Intergroup may share your information with certain third party service providers for the following purposes: to verify and validate information that you have provided to us, to provide products and services directly to you, and to address customer service issues that you may have. We will use reasonable efforts to ensure that your personal information is used in a manner that is consistent with our policies.

Examples of third party service providers would include credit card issuers and processors, credit reporting agencies, repair depots, warranty providers, certain manufacturers, suppliers of products used at your location(s), and various delivery services. If you do not wish us to provide your personal information to these service providers there may be certain situations where we may be unable to process the transaction or provide our services to you.

General

All the information you provide to us is securely maintained and is kept strictly confidential to a level appropriate to the level of sensitivity of the information. We use a variety of security measures such as restricting employee access to files, and using locked file cabinets. In addition we make use of electronic security measures such as passwords, and personal ID numbers as appropriate.

We permit those employees that need to know the information in order to provide you services have access to your information.

Intergroup may disclose your information as permitted or required by law: examples of this would be:

• To comply with a subpoena, warrant or order issued or made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of personal information.
• To an entity, which may be a government institution or other person that has lawful authority to obtain the information.
• To a public body or a law enforcement agency concerning an offence under the laws of Canada or a province.
• To our internal or external legal counsel.

When is my information removed?

We keep your personal information on file as long as we need it to provide you with a service and to meet legal requirements.

Should you desire, you can contact our office and request that we remove your information from our records. We will make every reasonable effort to honour your request, however, we may retain some information you have requested to remove to prevent fraud, collect moneys owed, resolve disputes, and to comply with federal and provincial legal requirements.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

Our business constantly changes to meet the needs of our customers and as a result our policies and procedures pertaining to privacy and security are also subject to change. We reserve the right at any time to change or modify any of our practices, policies and procedures that relate to privacy and security.

If you have questions or concerns regarding Intergroup Privacy Policy please contact us:

Privacy Policy
Intergroup Services Inc.
40 Wynford Drive, Unite 110, Toronto, ON M3C 3P4
Phone: 416-443-9191
Fax: 416-444-1588
Email: info@intergroupfacility.com

How can I access my information?

You may access and verify your information and find out to which we have disclosed it to at any time by contacting us at info@intergroupfacility.com . At the time of your request, we will need specific information from you to verify your identity before we can provide you with the requested information.

Upon receiving such a request, Intergroup will:
•Inform you about what type of personal information we have on record, how it is used and to whom it may have been disclosed.
•Provide you with reasonable access to your information so you can review and verify the accuracy and completeness and request changes to the information. •Make any necessary updates and amendments to your personal information.

There may be instances when we will not be able to provide you with access to all of the Personal Information that you have requested. Examples are if the information: •Contains references to other persons.

•Has already been destroyed in accordance with our policy of only keeping your information for as long as it is needed.

•Is subject to solicitor-client or litigation privilege.

You may also contact our office at any time to let us know that you do not wish to receive any further communication from us or to ask us to change your preferences regarding how we use or disclose your information.

If you have a complaint or a question for us

We are committed to setting the highest customer service standard within the retail industry. We hope you give us the opportunity to correct any situation that does not meet your expectations.

If you have any concerns about privacy, confidentiality or our policies and procedures we want to know about it. All enquiries relating to personal information will receive prompt attention and be acknowledged.

We will conduct our business in a manner that meets the expectations of our customers.

Other privacy resources on the Web

Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario
http://www.ipc.on.ca

Privacy Commissioner of Canada
http:// www.privcom.gc.ca

Updated December 10, 2010