Privacy Policy

At Immproved Incorporated (“Immproved”), we understand the importance of privacy; we treat it as a priority.  Immproved is a Canadian based organization which is bound by Canadian privacy laws.  We are committed to keeping the personal information of our clients secure, confidential, and private.  We are dedicated to providing our clients with the best possible service and advice, while also protecting their privacy and  personal information.  This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard the personal information of our clients.

“Personal Information” is any information about an identifiable individual.  This policy applies to Personal Information collected by Immproved through our website, by verbal communication, or in written form.

Information We Collect

Immproved collects Personal Information from our clients in order to provide immigration consulting services, prepare and file applications and submissions, set up a user account, and facilitate the use of products and services offered by Immproved.  As an Immproved client, we may collect some or all the following Personal Information from you:

• Contact information such as your name, phone and fax numbers, address and e-mail address
• Your age and place of birth
• Citizenship information
• Family information, such as your marital status, and information about your children, and relatives you may wish to sponsor
• Certain medical information concerning you and your family members
• Information about your education
• Information about your ability to work, and your employer and/or potential employer
• Financial information about your net worth, and ability to support yourself and your dependents
• Billing information, such as the number, expiration date, CVV number, card type and billing address of your credit card

Our servers automatically collect certain technical, non-Personal Information when you use our website to facilitate your use of the website and its services.  This information may include your browser type, operating system, page views and clicks, location data, IP address, unique device ID and referral URLs.

Consent

By providing Personal Information to Immproved, you agree that Immproved may collect your Personal Information and you consent to the use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy and as permitted or required by law.  Subject to certain legal restrictions, you may refuse or withdraw your consent at any time by contacting Immproved at the address in the Contact section below.  If you do refuse or withdraw your consent, you acknowledge that Immproved may be unable to provide you with certain services, products and/or information related to your immigration application.

How Your Personal Information is Used

Immproved may use your Personal Information to:

• Prepare and file forms, applications, and submissions
• Process your financial transactions
• Respond to client service requests, questions, and concerns
• Administer your account
• Send you requested product or service information
• Keep you informed about special offers and services provided by Immproved, our partners, or other third parties
• Improve our services and product offerings
• Customize your user experience
• Perform an immigration eligibility check
• Provide you with recommendations to improve your immigration eligibility

You may opt out of receiving any promotional or marketing communications at any time by contacting us directly or by following the “opt out” or “unsubscribe” links in such communications.

How We Share and Disclose Information

We may share your Personal Information with third parties when we have your express consent to do so. 

For example, we may share Personal Information with:

• Our partners, payment processors, technical contractors, and other service providers who are required to keep the Personal Information confidential and are prohibited from using it in any way other than to carry out their services on our behalf
• Our successors in the event of a sale, merger, acquisition, or similar transaction
• Governmental Authorities, where required by Applicable Law

We do not sell, rent or share your Personal Information with third parties in any way other than as described in this Privacy Policy. 

Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active, or as needed to provide you Immproved services, or as required by Applicable Law.

Data Security

Immproved is committed to protecting your Personal Information.  We use commercially reasonable technical measures to protect the Personal Information in our possession. Our website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology to protect the privacy of the sensitive information you provide  us with.  Your Personal Information resides on a secure server which can only be accessed by password by select Immproved personnel and contractors.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, beacons, tags, scripts and other information gathering technologies for a variety of reasons.  These technologies may provide us with information about devices and networks you utilize to access our website and Immproved services, along with other information regarding your interactions with us.  These technologies are also used to  analyze trends, administer our website, and tracking users’ movements around the website.  We may combine this automatically collected log of information with other information we collect about you in order to improve the services we offer you, for marketing, analytics or to improve site functionality.  We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by third party service providers on an individual or aggregated basis.

Links to Third Party Websites

Our website may contain links to other third-party websites and social media features such as the “share” feature.  Immproved is not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policy of the third-party websites to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.

Your Privacy Rights

At your request, you may access and correct your Personal Information in our possession.  To make such a request, or to have your Personal Information returned to you or removed, please contact us as set forth at the end of this Privacy Policy.  We will respond to such requests within 30 days.

Additional Rights for California Residents

California law entitles California residents to certain additional protections regarding Personal Information.  California residents have the right to request:

• Information regarding your Personal Information we have collected (including the categories of Personal Information we have collected, the categories of sources of such information, and the purposes for which we have collected such information)
• Notice of whether we have disclosed your Personal Information to third parties (and if so, what categories of information we have disclosed, and what categories of third parties we have disclosed it to)
• A copy of your Personal Information collected by us in the previous 12 months
• That your Personal Information be deleted

We will not discriminate against you if choose to exercise any of these rights.  To do so, please contact us as set forth at the end of this Privacy Policy. 

Additional Rights for EEA / Swiss Residents

If you are from the EEA or Switzerland, you may have the right to exercise additional rights available to you, including:

• Right to erasure: In certain circumstances, you may have a broader right to the erasure of your Personal Information. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for  recordkeeping purposes, to complete transactions, or to comply with our legal obligations
• Right to object to processing: You may have the right to request that Immproved stop processing your Personal Information
• Right to restrict processing: You may have the right to request that we restrict processing of your Personal Information in certain circumstances (for example, where you believe that the Personal Information we hold about you is inaccurate or unlawfully held)
• Right to data portability: You may have the right to be provided with your Personal Information in a structured, machine readable and commonly used format and to request that we transfer the Personal Information to another data controller without hindrance
• Right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your Personal Information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.

To exercise such rights, please contact us as set forth at the end of this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Personal Information

Our website is for those who are 16 years of age and older.  We do not knowingly solicit or collect any Personal Information from children under the age of 16.  If you are under the age of 16, please do not submit any Personal Information through the website.  If we are notified or discover that a child under the age of 16 has submitted Personal Information to us, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information.

Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and will provide notification by posting a notice, and a link to the updated Policy on our website prior to the change becoming effective.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us.