Privacy Policy
Introduction
MacKay & Associates Advisors Inc., doing business as MacKay CEO Forums (“MacKay”) offers CEO and Executive peer-to-peer learning groups. This privacy policy addresses our compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia) (the “Act”). “Personal Information” means all information about an identifiable individual. MacKay recognizes the importance of privacy and recognizes the sensitivity of information received by us in the course of our services.
Scope
This Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (“Terms and Conditions”) applies to MacKayceoforums.com as well as any other sites (whether websites or mobile applications) and social media accounts (the “Accounts”) of MacKay CEO Forums (“MacKay”) and its affiliates.
Acceptance of Terms and Conditions
By accessing one or more of the Accounts, you accept without limitation or qualification these Terms and Conditions. MacKay may revise the Terms and Conditions at any time.
Protection of Privacy
MacKay is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors of the Accounts in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and applicable privacy legislation. All information collected related to the use of the Accounts is subject to the Privacy Policy below.
Privacy Policy
MacKay is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our Accounts. By using an Account, you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions, including this Privacy Policy, and you consent to the personal information that you provide to the Accounts being collected, used and disclosed by MacKay in accordance with this Privacy Policy and for the purposes described in these Terms and Conditions.
Subject to legal and contractual requirements, and upon reasonable notice, you may withdraw your consent to MacKay’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information at any time by contacting MacKay at the address provided below. You may not be permitted to withdraw consent to certain necessary uses and disclosures of personal information (such as, for example, maintaining reasonable business and transaction records and disclosures to government entities as required to comply with applicable laws). If you withdraw your consent, MacKay may be unable to provide you with certain services or information.
Note also that where MacKay has provided or is providing services to you, your consent will be valid for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in these Terms and Conditions or as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.
Coaching Sessions
In order to be able to provide services to our members, information of both a confidential commercial nature, and of a personal nature about our members or other individuals can be disclosed in our coaching sessions or in our Forum Group sessions. When this information is voluntarily provided in session by a client it is understood, unless specifically indicated to the contrary, that we have consent to collect, use and disclose this commercial information and personal information provided to us for the purposes of the providing coaching services to that member, but for no other purpose.
Other participants in MacKay forums such as any of our Forum Groups, as a condition of participating in that group, are required to sign a membership and confidentiality agreement with MacKay. That membership agreement specifies that the member must keep confidential any confidential commercial information, or personal information, disclosed and received in such peer-to-peer forums, and may not use or disclose it in any manner outside that forum.
Membership Directory
We consider part of the value that we add to the member relationship to be the provision of commentary, podcasts, newsletters, and other items of interest on executive training, including upcoming MacKay events. Member contact information will be added to our distribution and marketing lists as appropriate. If a member does not wish to receive this material, they can contact us to remove their name from our distribution lists at any time, by contacting media@MacKayceoforums.com.
Member contact information is also maintained in a membership directory database, which is available to all members of MacKay. All members of MacKay have signed a membership agreement which restricts their use and disclosure of membership database information to analysis, discussion, problem solving during MacKay group meetings and not to use such information for solicitation of business or to compile marketing and contact lists of any kind, other than for member-to-member communication.
If a client does not wish to be listed in our membership database, they can contact us to remove their listing, by contacting media@mackayceoforums.com.
Personal Information Retention
MacKay retains personal information only for defined periods based on the purpose of collection. Retention schedules are applied consistently across all systems, and information is deleted or anonymized once no longer required for service delivery, legal compliance, or legitimate business needs.
Member Data Rights
Members may request access to their personal information, corrections to inaccurate information, or deletion of information where appropriate. Requests can be submitted to media@mackayceoforums.com. MacKay will respond within a reasonable timeframe and outline any limits that apply under the Act.
Meeting Recordings
MacKay occasionally records virtual sessions for internal quality review or distribution to the participants. Recordings are stored securely, access is limited to authorised personnel, and members are notified in advance whenever a session is being recorded. Members may request that recordings involving them be deleted, subject to legal or operational constraints.