Congratulations
 Nymity
Inc., Canada's leading privacy research firm released
a report ranking the top Canadian companies with
the best privacy policies.
Nymity identified eight business sectors and ranked
the top five performers in each sector for best
privacy notices.
belairdirect finished in the top five of the
Insurance category. belairdirect is unique
in insurance, as they provide a privacy
promise thus ensuring consumers understand
that belairdirect is making privacy commitments
for which they are accountable.
Insurance firms are generally quite good at providing
privacy notice to consumers about their personal
information handling policies and practices, and
belairdirect is one of the best. They recognize
that providing privacy notice is critical for
their organization to build trust and to mitigate
risk.
Nymity objectively scored privacy policies according
to 63 Transparency Considerations found in Nymity's
Canadian
Notice Index in categories such as accountability,
consent practice, accuracy, safeguards, and individual
access. belairdirect attained a perfect score
in the category of "Identifying Purposes"
and was very transparent in the "Consent"
category .
2005 Awards Winner
This is the second year for Nymity's awards program
and belairdirect has been top 5 for two consecutive
years.
belairdirect has very consumer friendly policies
and has obviously spent a great deal of time preparing
a detailed and highly readable policy expressed
in plain language free from confusing legal terminology. The
structure is based on answering questions and
the lifecycle of personal data - collection, use,
retention and disclosure.
belairdirect's policy makes it very clear how
an individual can access their personal information
and how to contact belairdirect directly.
Nymity is Canada's leading privacy
research firm. Nymity's research is made
available through pragmatic privacy risk management
solutions that help organizations mitigate risks
that lead to privacy breaches, customer complaints
and non-compliance with privacy laws. Our clients
include privacy officers, lawyers with privacy
practices, privacy consultants and privacy commissioners'
offices across Canada.
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