Privacy

At SGI CANADA Manitoba, we take your privacy seriously. You can rest assured that we’ll protect and respect your personal information and privacy.

This information complements our corporate privacy policy (PDF, 278 KB), which was developed to anticipate a broad range of circumstances.

Our commitment to you is to collect only the information we need to conduct your business and to adhere to industry best practices in handling and protecting your personal information.

Personal information collected

Personal information is information that relates specifically to you as a customer. We may require the following information depending on the service or product you want, or the benefit you’re receiving:

• Name, address, telephone and fax numbers, along with email address.
• Age, gender, marital and family status.
• Identification numbers (policy numbers, PIC number, etc.).
• Previous insurance claims.
• Driving records.
• Education and employment history.
• Financial or property information.
• Physical/mental health information, including prior health and treatment history.

Protecting your privacy

We will protect your personal information with security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. To provide further protection, we’ll:

• Obtain appropriate consent from you for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information.
• Retain your personal information only as long as is necessary.
• Not collect, use or disclose your personal information for anything other than the identified purposes, except when required by law.
• Strive to maintain the accuracy and completeness of your personal information.
• Respond to any request from you to access or correct your personal information.

Consent

Your knowledge and consent is required for the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.

We may obtain your consent:

• In writing, such as a signed application or consent form.
• In person or over the telephone.
• Through your authorized representative.

Some legal exceptions exist. Please be assured that we will follow best practices and will collect, use or share your information only as required to do so for legitimate business purposes or for legal reasons.

It’s your right to refuse permission to obtain, use or disclose your personal information. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you chose to exercise these rights, we’ll continue to make every effort to provide you with quality products and services.

Using your personal information

We may need to collect your personal information to:

• Verify your identity.
• Confirm your application information and understand and assess your insurance needs.
• Underwrite insurance risks on a prudent basis.
• Provide the benefits to which you’re entitled.
• Establish and maintain a relationship with you and respond to your inquiries.
• Detect, investigate and prevent fraud.
• Comply with requests from law enforcement agencies.
• Compile statistics for research or product and program development.
• Meet legal and regulatory requirements.
• Notify you of other products and services to meet your needs.

To meet the purposes listed above, we may need to obtain or share your information, but will do so only when a legitimate business purpose exists.

Accuracy

To ensure that we have accurate information please notify us when there are any changes to your personal information.

Privacy contact

Our Chief Privacy Officer can be reached at the following address if you have any concerns with regards to:

• Accessing your personal information or having your information corrected.
• Changing your consent with respect to how we collect, use or disclose your personal information.
• Filing a complaint about our privacy policies or the manner in which we've handled your personal information.
• Inquiring about any other privacy questions or concerns.

Chief Privacy Officer
2260 - 11th Ave.
Regina, Sask. S4P 0J9
Telephone: 1-800-667-8015
Email: privacyofficer@sgi.sk.ca

Not satisfied?

If you’re not satisfied with the outcome of an inquiry or complaint handled by SGI CANADA’s Chief Privacy Officer, you may address your concerns to:

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
112 Kent St.
Place de Ville
Tower B, Third Floor
Ottawa, Ont. K1A 1H3
www.privcom.gc.ca