Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on December 27, 2023.

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your Personal Data when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to this Privacy Policy’s collection and use of information.

Please also see our Terms of Service Policy.

For further information on the law relating to data privacy in Canada, see Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Interpretation and Definitions

For this Privacy Policy:

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear singular or plural.

Definitions

“Account” means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
“Company” (referred to as either “the Company,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to MARIA COOK LAW OFFICE.
“Cookies” are small files placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
“Country” refers to CANADA.
“Device” means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
“Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
“Service” refers to the Website.
“Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. Basically, third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
“Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated using the Service or from the Service infrastructure (for example, the duration of a page visit).
“Website” refers to BC DIVORCE OPTIONS, accessible from BCDIVORCEOPTIONS.CA.
“You” means the individual accessing or using the Service, the Company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Data

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State/Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data

Usage Data

We collect Usage Data automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device’s unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may be unable to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a specific section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to offer you those services.

Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Tracking and Performance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. The data collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with your device to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a Service user. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different Service functionalities available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other agreement with Us through the Service.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and evaluating and improving our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may transfer Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service for payment processing to contact You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or are under common control with Us.
With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas with other users. Accordingly, all users may view such data, which may be publicly distributed outside.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will have and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations. For example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally kept for a shorter period. The exception is when this data is used to strengthen the security or improve the functionality of Our Service or We are legally obligated to retain this data for more extended periods.

Inactive Accounts

Accounts not logged in to or used for two years are inactive. Therefore, the account may be closed unless the account owner or primary contact takes action.

We close accounts that are no longer active and delete the Personal Data for those accounts in order to ensure compliance with current and future data protection and privacy regulations. To that end, deleting old data is a best practice that helps us protect Personal Data and our systems.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers outside Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from yours.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by Your submission of such information, represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and according to this Privacy Policy. Accordingly, no transfer of Your Personal Data will occur to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

We may be required to disclose Your Personal Data under certain circumstances. For example, if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation.
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company.
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public.
Protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Deleting Your Personal Data

If you have Personal Data on this Website, You can request that we delete it using one of the methods described in the “Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy. However, this does not include any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In addition, you can delete all of the Personal Data from the Dashboard page of the BC Divorce App.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 16. If You are a parent or guardian and know that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. Should We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We’ll take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that we do not operate. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for third-party sites or services’ content, privacy policies, or practices.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. Accordingly, We’ll notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. In addition, We’ll update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy and summarize the changes in the “Revision History” at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.

We advise You to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By visiting this page on our Website: contact us,
By mail: Maria Cook Law Office, 720-999 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1K5.

Revision History

August 1, 2020

General updates to all sections,
Added “Revision History” section.

January 6, 2022

General grammar and conciseness.

December 27, 2023

General updates to all sections and
Added the “Inactive Accounts” section.