Privacy Policy

We at Mighton Funeral Home Ltd. know how important your privacy is to you. As funeral home operators, we have a professional and legal obligation to keep confidential all personal information we receive from you. Our relationship with you if founded on trust, and we are committed to maintaining that trust. For these reasons, we have created the following privacy policy. It confirms our dedication to protecting your privacy and maintaining the trust you have placed in us.

What this policy covers

This policy covers our treatment of the personal information we collect from you.

Why we collect personal information

The personal information which we collect is needed to:

  • Identify the purchasers and beneficiaries of prepaid and at need arrangements
  • Provide our services
  • Comply with legislative and regulatory requirements

How personal information is used:

  • We do not sell, barter, trade or give away the personal information you have provided to us.
  • We will only share your information with third parties if we are required to by law or you have either expressly authorized us to, or, if it is required for the provision to you of a service or product supplied by another business or organization as part of our services to you, i.e. cash disbursements. Information must be shared with media to produce obit notices, vault company, cemeteries, monument company, clergy, lunch, and other contracted services, as part of our services to you. Where applicable, funeral notices are posted on our web site as a service to you. Death registration and proof of death notices are required by law. If expressly stated by you, the account for services provided, may be forwarded to a legal firm or insurance company, etc. for payment.
  • We take all reasonable precautions to ensure that your personal information is kept safe from loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.

Access to your personal information

  • You may ask for access to any personal information we hold about you and you may ask that the information be corrected or updated. However, we reserve the right to confirm the identity of the person seeking access to personal information before complying with any access request.
  • If we are unable to provide you with access to all of the personal information we have about you, then the reasons for the denial of access will be provided to you.

If you wish to ask a question about our collection and use of personal information, access your personal information, withdraw a consent previously provided, or make a complaint, please write to us at:

Mighton Funeral Home Ltd.
123 10th Street
Hanover, ON
N4N 1N4
Attention: Adam Mighton (Privacy Officer)

If you are not satisfied with our responses, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada may be reached at 112 Kent Street., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 1H3

Mighton Funeral Home
123 10th Street
Hanover, Ontario N4N 1N4
Phone: 519-364-3660
 
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