This Privacy Notice describes our privacy practices as they relate to personal information. Personal information means any information about an identifiable individual.
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This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices as they relate to personal information. Personal information means any information about an identifiable individual that is recorded in any form (paper, digital or electronic form).
How we collect your personal information and what we do with it:
Because protecting your personal information is important to us, we at CMHC have adopted strong principles in that respect.
We tell you why we use your personal information.
We limit how much personal information we collect, use, communicate and store to what is necessary for our purposes and permissible pursuant to the Privacy Act.
Sometimes, our service providers need access to your personal information. They are only allowed to use your personal information to provide services on our behalf. The only exception is when they have a legal obligation to disclose your personal information to the authorities.
We give you the option to control your personal information and we offer you tips on how to control the personal information we collect. We also have a Privacy Office that responds to your privacy concerns and an ATIP Office that can provide you with access to your personal information and implements the corrections that you have requested.
We may communicate your personal information to authorized parties without your consent where permitted or required by applicable law.
Identification information: For example your name, photo ID, date of birth, gender, diversity aspects, citizenship status
Family information: For example marital status, number of dependents
Contact information: For example your phone number, personal address, email address
Financial information about you: For example your income, employment situation, salary, personal assets and liabilities, financial statements
Habits and preferences information: For example which relates to your use of our products and services, data from your interactions with us, our website, our apps
Education and employment information: For example your résumé, level of education, employment, interview notes, remuneration, references
CMHC collects personal information that relates directly to an operating program or activity of CMHC. Examples of personal information we collect includes the following:
For example:
For example:
We collect information about how you use our website. Even though this information is not linked to your identity, it can be in certain circumstances, such as, for example, through the use of cookies. This is why we consider this data to be personal information as well when linked to your identity. The data we collect includes:
How we track your activities
When you browse our website, we track your activities to infer your interests based on pages you have visited. We may do so to know what your interests are, to promote our products and services to you, and to offer you products or services that are more relevant to you.
What cookies are and what we can do with them
Cookies are files that a website automatically creates and stores on your computer to collect information on your web browsing activities. Like most websites, we use first-party cookies to improve your user experience.
Our website creates cookies that allow us to recognize you the next time you visit our website
For example, we can know if you have already completed a survey so we do not ask you to do it again. These cookies are called persistent cookies, because they stay in your browser after you have closed your session.
We also use third-party cookies for marketing purposes. With marketing and remarketing cookies, we can:
For example, if you visit a page about business loans, an alphanumeric code that identifies you will be added to a list of users who are interested in financing solutions. This code will also be stored in a cookie on your computer. As a result, you may see a CMHC ad about financing solutions on a different website.
You can disable cookies
You may adjust your browser settings to manage and/or delete cookies as you wish. Please consult your browser’s Help Menu for instructions.
We use digital analytics tools to analyze how you use our website.
Digital analytics tools typically makes your data anonymous by removing part of your IP address.
Digital analytics tools relies on cookies to collect information. Cookies used by digital analytics tools will expire two years after your last visit to our website. For more information, consult the Google Analytics website and privacy policy.
When you interact with us through social media, you give information to social media companies and not to us. This information is covered by each platform’s own privacy policy. Keep in mind that information you publish on social media can be seen by others.
When you pay online for our services, you give your payment information to an online payment provider. This information is processed by the online payment provider and it is covered by its own privacy policy.
We use your personal information or discloses it to third parties for the purpose for which the information was originally obtained or compiled, for a use consistent with that purpose or for a purpose permitted under the Privacy Act. Examples of use include the following:
To identify you
We use your personal information to identify you.
To register you
We use your personal information to register you, for example, for an event.
To communicate with you
We use your personal information to communicate with you and to answer your questions about our products or services.
To determine if you are eligible for a loan, program or specific services
When you apply for a loan, one of our programs or request a specific service from CMHC, we use your personal information as part of our due diligence to determine if you meet the conditions to receive the loan or service you have applied for or requested. This may include the validation of your credit worthiness, your identity, your age, your assets and your liabilities.
To advise you when you request our products or services and to improve your experience
We use your personal information to provide tailored advice and direct you towards the most appropriate resources, products and services upon request. This way, we make sure our advice, resources, products and services are best suited to your profile.
To analyze how you use our website, social media presence and email newsletters and to improve your experience
We collect and analyze data about web traffic and visits on our website, as well as interactions with our social media accounts and email newsletters. This is called digital analytics. Digital analytics allow us to:
To promote our products and services to you
If you have signed up to receive updates from us, we may send you promotional emails, newsletter, social media ads or other electronic messages.
We also use cookies to publish ads that target our users based on pages they have visited. You may see our ads when you browse the Web even though you never subscribed to anything. If this is a concern for you, there are things you can do to disable cookies.
To offer you products and services that meet your needs
We use your personal information to offer you advice or other opportunities for CMHC products or services you may be eligible for.
To allow you to apply for jobs
We use your personal information to evaluate your job application and to contact you if needed.
We comply with the Privacy Act. In some cases, the law allows us to use your personal information for other purposes than those listed above. For example, we can use personal information to detect and prevent fraud or to comply with court orders.
The majority of your personal information is stored in Canada but exceptionally, it can be stored outside Canada because of some of the third-party service providers we use to store and process your personal information.
We take the safeguarding of your personal information seriously. We have implemented security policies and practices in the interest of protecting your information as user or visitor to our website from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss. CMHC’s security infrastructure is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications.
While we have taken reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality and integrity of your personal information, CMHC cannot guarantee the security of electronic systems or email and cannot be held responsible for unauthorized or unintended access that is beyond our control. CMHC also cannot guarantee, warrant, or represent in any way that the personal information you provide will be transmitted securely or protected completely against interception, loss, misuse or alteration, and we strongly recommend that you use appropriate discretion before transmitting sensitive personal information electronically.
Although at a minimum personal information is retained for 2 years in compliance with the Privacy Act, we may retain your personal information for as long as necessary to accomplish our business purpose and compliance needs in accordance with our retention and disposition schedules in place for all our records.
Our employees or representatives may view your personal information for their work or for the reasons why we collected this information in the first place.
They will not view your personal information for any other reason.
Our service providers may need to handle your personal information (i.e. access, process or store). They are not authorized to disclose your personal information for any reason other than providing the services we ask from them, or if they have a legal obligation to do so. Examples of services we obtain from our service providers include but are not limited to the following:
Although we strive to ensure personal information is stored in Canada, exceptionally some personal information may be stored by our service providers outside of Canada. As such, service providers may exceptionally be required to disclose your personal information to relevant authorities outside of Canada pursuant to applicable law.
With your consent or as otherwise permitted by the Privacy Act we may communicate your personal information to relevant third parties, including for example, if we receive a court order to communicate your personal information; or, if disclosure is necessary for the protection of public interest; or, to collect money you owe us (deficiencies owed through legal judgement).
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You can control cookies in the following ways:
Disable cookies in your browser’s settings. You will still be able to access our website, although some features may not work properly.
Opt out of Google Analytics by installing this add-on on your browser.
You can access your personal information at any time
To do so, please contact the ATIP Office (contact information below)
In some exceptional cases, we might be unable to give you access to your personal information. For example, if we cannot dissociate your personal information from:
You can ask us to correct any error or omission
You can ask us to make corrections to personal information that we have that is not accurate. If we do not make these corrections, you can ask us to add annotations to your personal information to explain why certain corrections you asked were not made. Finally, you can ask us to notify certain persons about these corrections or annotations. To do so, please contact the ATIP Office (contact information below).
You can express your privacy concerns by calling us or writing to us.
To file a privacy complaint, you must send an email to our the ATIP Office
This ensures that we keep a record of your complaint. Our ATIP Office will respond to you as soon as possible.
If you are not satisfied with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
We did our best to make this policy as easy to read and understand as possible. Here are a few more things you should know:
Because privacy concerns, business and legal requirements continually evolve, we may need to change this privacy policy in the future, with our without notice.
What if the policy has changed since your last visit?
If you visit our website or use our online services after our privacy policy has changed, you will be governed by the updated version of the privacy policy.
This policy is governed by the laws of Ontario and Canada. This policy complies with the Privacy Act of Canada.
Feel free to contact us:
CMHC Privacy Office
Send us a message at PrivacyOffice@cmhc-schl.gc.ca
Mail us a letter: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
CMHC Privacy Office
700 Montreal Road
Ottawa, On K1A 0P7
CMHC ATIP Office
Send us a message ATIP-AIPRP@cmhc-schl.gc.ca
Mail us a letter: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
ATIP Office
700 Montreal Road
Ottawa, On K1A 0P7
Note: The masculine is used without prejudice and only for the sake of readability.
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CMHC values the privacy of individuals who interact with CMHC through electronic or other means. We are committed to protecting your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other applicable laws. CMHC’s website is open to visitors. However, to access certain areas of the website, registration is required. It is your choice to provide personal information to us. By registering (and clicking on the “I Accept” button in the registration form) and by choosing to provide personal information to CMHC, or by using this website, you are consenting to the collection, use, disclosure, retention, handling and processing of your personal information for the purposes explained in the sections below. Please ensure that all information that you provide is true, accurate and complete.
Please note that without your consent to collect, use and disclose your personal information we are unable to provide you with information or services. If you do not agree with this Privacy Notice or the Terms and Conditions of Use that govern this website, please do not provide CMHC with your personal information.
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