separate from that of other customers with a similar name, including
through the credit granting process. You may choose not to have us use
your SIN as an aid to identify you with credit reporting agencies.
Credit Reporting Agencies and Other Lenders – For a credit
card, line of credit, loan, mortgage or other credit facility,
merchant services, or a deposit account with overdraft
protection, hold and/or withdrawal or transaction limits,
we will exchange Information and reports about you with
credit reporting agencies and other lenders at the time of
and during the application process, and on an ongoing basis
to review and verify your creditworthiness, establish credit
and hold limits, help us collect a debt or enforce an
obligation owed to us by you, and/or manage and assess
our risks. You may choose not to have us conduct a credit check in order
to assess an application for credit. Once you have such a facility or product
with us and for a reasonable period of time afterwards, we may from time
to time disclose your Information to other lenders and credit reporting
agencies requesting such Information, which helps establish your credit
history and supports the credit granting and processing functions in general.
We may obtain Information and reports about you from Equifax Canada
Inc., Trans Union of Canada, Inc. or any other credit reporting agency.
You may access and rectify any of your personal information contained
in their files by contacting them directly through their respective websites
www.consumer.equifax.ca and www.transunion.ca. Once you have applied
for any credit product with us, you may not withdraw your consent to this
exchange of Information.
Fraud – In order to prevent, detect or suppress financial abuse, fraud,
criminal activity, protect our assets and interests, assist us with any internal
or external investigation into potentially illegal or suspicious activity or
manage, defend or settle any actual or potential loss in connection with the
foregoing, we may collect from, use and disclose your Information to any
person or organization, fraud prevention agency, regulatory or government
body, the operator of any database or registry used to check information
provided against existing information, or other insurance companies or
financial or lending institutions. For these purposes, your Information may
be pooled with data belonging to other individuals and subject to data analytics.
Insurance – This section applies if you are applying for, requesting
prescreening for, modifying or making a claim under, or have included
with your product, service or account, an insurance product that we insure,
reinsure, administer or sell. We may collect, use, disclose and retain your
Information, including health-related Information. We may collect this
Information from you or any health care professional, medically-related
facility, insurance company, government agency, organizations who
manage public information data banks, or insurance information bureaus,
including MIB Group, Inc. and the Insurance Bureau of Canada, with
knowledge of your Information.
With regard to life and health insurance, we may also obtain a personal
investigation report prepared in connection with verifying and/or
authenticating the information you provide in your application or as part
of the claims process.
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