What is “Personal Information”?
Personal information includes any factual or subjective information, recorded or not, about an identifiable individual. This includes information in any form such as:
- Age, Name, ID numbers, Income, Assets, Household Composition, Residency Status, Rent Payment Record, Etc.
- Opinions, Evaluations, Comments, Social Status, or Disciplinary Actions, and
- Employment Files, Credit Records, Loan Records, Medical Records, Existence of a Dispute Between a Land=lord and a Tenant, Intentions (for example, to Acquire Goods or Services, or Change Jobs)
Personal information does not include the name, title, business address or telephone number of an employee or an organization.
Collection and Use of Your Personal Information
Davis Drive Non-Profit Homes Corporation (hereinafter; “Davis Drive Non-Profit”) collects, retains and uses any personal information provided by you in this form for the following purposes.
- Considering your application for tenancy
- Verifying the information that you have provided in your application and its attachments relating to the administration and processing of your application for tenancy.
- Calculating your rent
- Meeting legal and regulator requireme3nts arising out of or relating to your tenancy.
- For the use of Davis Drive Non-Profit’s auditor to verify our financial records.
- For the purpose of contacting necessary services or your next-of-kin in case of an emergency.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information
Davis Drive Non-Profit may disclose the personal information provided by you to the following parties for the purposes described above.
- to any social agency providing any form of assistance to you, or other government subsidy under the Ontario Works Act, 1997 the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997 or the Day Nurseries Act, or any government department responsible for social housing programs under the Social Housing Reform Act or Davis Drive Non-Profit’s housing portfolio operating agreements.
- To the Government of Canada, a department, ministry or agency of it, without further notice to you if the information is necessary for the purpose of administering or enforcing the Income Tax Act (Canada) or the Immigration Act
- To any agent working on behalf of Davis Drive Non-Profit for the purposes of complying with the Social Housing Reform Act
- To relevant agencies or next of kin in case of an emergency
- To credit bureaus and other businesses that provide credit or rental history information about you and
- To a third party in connection with the potential or actual sale, reorganization, merger, consolidation or disposition of the business of Davis Drive Non-Profit