Slater Vecchio LLP (“we”, “us”, “Firm”), is committed to protecting the personal information we handle. As practicing lawyers based in British Columbia and Quebec, we are subject to privacy legislation in those jurisdictions, as well as other privacy legislation that may apply depending on the circumstances. We also have professional and ethical obligations to respect client confidentiality.
This Privacy Statement describes how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect your personal information when you communicate with us, visit our offices, interact with our websites and social media platforms, become a client of the Firm, or otherwise engage with us.
Our website contains links to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These websites have their own privacy notices governing the use of personal information collected while you visit them. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third-party websites.
Personal information is defined broadly as any information about an identifiable individual and includes such things as name, age, home address and phone number, social insurance number, marital status, religion, income, credit history, health and medical-related information, legal claims, education, and employment information.
Retained Clients – The personal information we collect about you typically includes name and contact information, billing and account information, and information relevant to your legal matters and incidental to the provision of legal services.
Prospective Clients, Potential Class Members and Members of the Public – We also collect personal information about individuals who are not clients of the firm, including, for example,
If you inquire about our services we may collect your name and contact information so that we can respond to your request. Merely disclosing information to us does not establish a lawyer-client relationship. Unless you are a client of the Firm, the information you disclose to us may not be protected by privilege.
We may collect and use personal information for the following purposes:
Email Communication:
If you have subscribed to any of our email updates, you can opt-out using the “unsubscribe” link in the footer of the email. Even if you unsubscribe from email updates, we may still need to send you other important information by email.
SMS Communication:
You have the option of being contacted using SMS. To enable SMS, let us know your preference via email, phone or when you fill out our primary contact form. We do not share text messaging consent data with third parties, except with service providers that support delivery of the text messaging service.
We may disclose personal information in the following circumstances:
The information you provide to us as a client is subject to privilege and will generally only be disclosed with your permission.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit our websites.
The information collected includes your IP address, information about the device you are using, visit date and time, and how you interact with the site. This information is not used to identify you. This information is used to facilitate your connection with and use of our websites, to understand how you interact with our websites, and to improve the functionality and performance of our websites.
Our websites use “cookies”, which consist of text files that are stored in a web browser, as well as “pixels”, which are small image files that appear on our websites. We use cookies and pixels for the following purposes:
Some cookies and pixels are provided by third parties who share information with us. For example, we use Google Analytics to obtain information about how our websites are used. Google Analytics collects information such as how often you visit our websites, what pages you visit, the website you are coming from, and your geographic location. For more information about Google Analytics, please see the applicable Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect our website and online forms against spam, abuse, and automated or fraudulent activity, and to help distinguish human visitors from automated bots. To do this, reCAPTCHA collects information about your device and your interaction with our site — including your IP address, browser and operating system, and on-page behaviour — and sends it to Google, which returns a risk score we use to protect the security and integrity of our site. In providing reCAPTCHA, Google acts as our data processor and processes this information only as necessary to provide, maintain, and secure the service.
We use Microsoft Clarity to gather information about how our sites are used through heat maps and session recordings. Clarity captures user interactions on our websites including how pages are rendered, and user interactions such as mouse movements, clicks, and scrolls. For more information refer to the Microsoft Clarity FAQ and Microsoft Privacy Statement.
You can control the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings, although blocking certain cookies may affect the website’s functionality.
You can opt-out of having your actions tracked by Google Analytics here.
You can obtain information about how to opt-out of cookies set by Microsoft Clarity here.
We use service providers who may process your personal information on our behalf in the course of providing services to us. These Service Providers may include, technology, analytics, marketing, insurance, accounting, claims administration, and other operational service providers.
Some of our service providers may be located in or subject to the laws of other countries, including but not limited to the United States, and, as such, your personal information could be accessed by law enforcement or other governmental agencies in those countries.
We use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to assist us in providing services, which may involve processing personal information for the purposes described in this Statement. Our AI technology providers process personal information on our instructions and in accordance with contractual obligations to safeguard that information. Our AI technology providers are not permitted to use your personal information to train their systems.
We oversee the use of these AI technologies, exercise independent professional judgment, and remain fully responsible for the quality of the services rendered. Any use of these technologies is carried out in accordance with the Firm’s existing obligations of confidentiality and professional secrecy under the Code of Professional Conduct of Lawyers and applicable privacy legislation.
We do not use AI technologies to render any exclusively automated decisions about you.
If you have questions about how we may use these technologies, please contact us using the contact information at the end of this Statement.
We retain personal information only as long as needed to fulfill the purposes described in this Statement or to comply with legal and business requirements. For example, if we use your personal information to make a decision about you, we are required to retain that information for a minimum of one year so you have a reasonable opportunity to request access to it. We also retain your information due to other record-keeping requirements, including those defined by law societies in the jurisdictions where we provide services and for tax-related purposes.
We maintain internal policies and procedures that address the protection of personal information throughout its life cycle, including defined roles and responsibilities, retention and destruction practices, and procedures for responding to privacy‑related complaints. These include the following measures:
Subject to certain exceptions, you have a right to request access and corrections to the personal information we have about you. You also have a right to request information about how your personal information has been and is being used, and the names of organizations to whom your personal information has been disclosed.
To request this information, please contact our Privacy Officer in writing using the information in the Contact Us section. Please note that requests are subject to limitations as required or permitted by law. In addition, we may use any means to verify the identity of the requester.
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact our Privacy Officer in writing using the following information:
Marketa Rumlena, Privacy Officer
Slater Vecchio LLP
18th Floor
777 Dunsmuir
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1K4
604-648-3584
mrumlena@slatervecchio.com
Our Privacy Statement is subject to amendment from time to time, so please review this Statement regularly to stay informed of updates. This Statement was last updated on the date shown at the top of this page.
