Privacy Policy
Western Compensation & Benefits Consultants (WCBC) is committed to protecting the confidentiality of personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how WCBC collects, uses and protects personal information.
Collection of Personal Information
Most of the personal information we collect relates to an organization's compensation and benefits programs. The various ways we may collect and receive personal information are summarized below.
- Employers, employee organizations or service providers (such as plan administrators, insurance companies or trust companies) may provide us with personal information.
- Information may be provided directly by an individual.
- Users of our website may provide information.
- Employers that participate in our compensation and benefits surveys may also provide personal information.
The types of personal information we collect and receive may include:
- Identification information such as name, ID number or social insurance number;
- Demographic information such as date of birth, gender and family status, including date of birth of spouse and dependent children;
- Employment information including date of hire, position, service, salary, bonus, and perquisites; and
- Benefits plan information such as plan entry dates, contributions, benefits accruals and payments, account balances and benefit elections.
Use, Disclosure and Protection of Personal Information
WCBC collects the above information for the purposes of providing professional services to clients and members of compensation and benefit plans. We do not transfer or disclose personally identifiable information to any third party unless we have authorization to do so. WCBC strictly guards the confidentiality of personal information and carefully protects this information from misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure. Only staff that have a need to access personal information are authorized to do so and signed an undertaking agreeing to protect the confidentiality of that information.
Cookies
We use cookies but they contain no personally identifiable information.
Further Information
WCBC reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, please contact us.