Privacy

The following information is intended to inform our customers, business partners, and stakeholders on the policies and practices concerning how Atlantic manages personal information responsibly.

“Personal information” is information that identifies you as an individual. For example: First and Last Name, Personal Email Address, Personal Phone Number, Photograph.

Position

Personal information management practices are viewed as essential for Atlantic’s commitment to serving our customers as a reliable and trusted business partner.

Atlantic’s position is intended to serve the privacy principle of “openness”, with a clear and easy to understand description of the Atlantic’s responsibilities and commitment to data privacy and personal information management. Our responsibilities include:

• Obtaining meaningful consent to collect, store and use personal information
• Training front-line personnel on procedures for responding to an individual’s inquiries about their personal information
• Providing the following information, in easy-to-understand terms:
  1. Information on policies, standards or codes
  2. Information on how an individual can gain access to their personal information
  3. Contact information where requests to access personal information should be sent
  4. Contact information of the accountable officer for the Company’s policies and practices concerning data privacy and personal information management
  5. Information on how an individual can raise a concern
  6. Information of what personal information may be disclosed to other organizations, including subsidiaries and any Third Party, and why

As a manufacturing enterprise serving business customers, limited personal information may be shared with us in building business relationships (eg. names of an individual business contact, cell phone numbers which may be used for both business and personal use). As an employer, we do collect, store and handle personal information of our personnel for purposes linked to employment and benefits administration. Employee personal information may be shared with other organizations such as unions and insurance entities for the purposes of serving our role as the employer and as required by policy or regulation.

Types of Personal Information used for business contact purposes

We may collect and store information that you voluntarily submit to us for business contact purposes (such as your name, email address, telephone number). If you identify yourself by sending us an email, we may collect and store your email address for business contact purposes.

Use of Cookies

The use of “cookies” is a standard practice on many corporate websites  to personalize your visit to the website. A cookie is a small text information file that is sent to your browser by the website and then stored on your hard drive. Cookies do not directly identify individuals by name. The “Help” section on the toolbars of most web browsers can tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have your browser notify you when new cookies are received, and how to disable cookies.

To Contact Us

Privacy-related inquiries concerning your Personal Information may be sent to  privacy@atlantic.ca