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Privacy Policy

I - Our Commitment 

Introduction 

Mogo Inc., its divisions, subsidiaries and  affiliates, which include Mogo Asset Management Inc. (including the Tactex  Asset Management division), Mogo Finance Technology Inc., MogoTrade Inc., Moka  Financial Technologies Inc. and Carta Solutions Holding Corp. (hereafter “Mogo”,  “we”, “us” and “our”) are committed to protecting the  Personal Information that Customers provide when they use the Sites and in  the context of their interactions with Mogo.

The Policy applies to Mogo's activities in Canada,  including activities on the Sites and services offered by Mogo or one of its  partners, where Mogo, or its suppliers on Mogo's behalf, collect, use or  disclose Personal Information about its Customers.

The purpose of this Policy is to inform Customers  how Mogo collects, uses, discloses, retains and protects Personal  Information.

Mogo has  a designated Privacy Officer. Any questions  regarding this Policy or the handling of Personal Information by Mogo should  be addressed directly to the Privacy Officer at privacy@mogo.ca.  The Privacy Officer has the authority to  delegate privacy related matters to other qualified individuals within Mogo.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Policy, the following  terms will have the following definitions:

"Site(s)" means all websites,  including transactional sites, social media, mobile applications, and other  platforms belonging to or provided by Mogo.

"Customer" or “you”  means an individual who: (i) orders or purchases products or services from  Mogo; (ii) corresponds with Mogo; (iii) participates in a survey or  promotional contest organized by Mogo (iv) is a member of a rewards or  referral program offered by Mogo; (v) uses an application or an online  service of Mogo; or (vi) accesses any other customer service or Sites offered  by Mogo.

"Personal Information" means  any information that relates to a natural person and allows, directly or  indirectly, that person to be identified, including but not limited to names,  mailing addresses, email addresses, date of birth, credit information, and  account numbers for Mogo programs or applications.

 

II - What is Personal Information? 

Definition of Personal Information 

Personal Information is  information about an identifiable individual, including any information that,  alone or combined with other information, could be used to identify an  individual.

This Policy does not apply to information that is anonymous,  aggregated, or is no longer identifiable to a specific person.

 

III - Privacy 101

Why?

Let’s start with why we  collect your Personal Information. 

  • We collect  Personal Information for the purposes of managing and administering our  business. This includes enabling us to verify and approve you for our awesome  products. We may collect Personal Information directly from you or from third  parties, with your consent, or as permitted or required by law. This  collection is necessary in order to perform the contract entered into when  you use our product(s) and service(s) in our Sites.
  • We inform you  when collecting your Personal Information whether certain Personal  Information is mandatory or optional. Mandatory Personal Information is  necessary for the operation of our product(s) and service(s). Regarding  optional Personal Information, you are free to provide it or not. We also  tell you the possible consequences of a failure to provide mandatory Personal  Information. 

 

What?

Personal Information we collect includes, but is not limited to:

  • Name, address,  email address, mobile phone number and other contact information
  • Bank account  information, including bank account, transit and institution numbers and  other banking information collected from your bank statements
  • Credit history  and financial and identity information from consumer and credit reporting  agencies, or financial institutions or businesses that you currently have, or  have had, financial dealings with
  • Income  information, including the name and contact information of your employer or  other sources of income
  • Personal  Information you provide to us in connection with your use of the Sites and  otherwise when you obtain services from Mogo
  • Name and  contact information of personal references, and in the case of MogoTrade and  Moka, a trusted contact person, should you choose to provide one
  • Personal  Information related to verifying your identity in accordance with our  regulatory requirements and in order to prevent fraud; in certain situations,  this includes the use of facial recognition technology in the form of a  “selfie” photograph and collecting images of valid and current  government-issued photo identification; this information is held by our  provider for a limited period of time, however, Mogo retains this information  for a period of time commensurate with our anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist  regulatory requirements
  • Personal  Information relating to ongoing interactions with Mogo, including inquiries  or complaints, and similar information
  • Social  Insurance Number (SIN), date of birth, and other personal identifiers (if you  choose to provide them to us). If you give us your Social Insurance Number,  we may use it to identify you with consumer reporting agencies and other  parties, and we may keep it in our records with your other information, even  after your account is closed
  • Contact and  credit information from other providers of financial products and services  where you have agreed to the sharing of your Personal Information with  entities like Mogo
  • Personal  Information we collect automatically when you visit our Sites (see “Cookies  and Similar Technologies” below)
  • Personal  Information we collect from public sources and third parties in order to  locate you where a debt is owed to us and we are unable to contact you using  the information we have on file
  • Any Personal Information that you choose to communicate  to us about you via support channels
  • Other Personal  Information collected with your consent or as permitted or required by law

Mogo will only retain Personal Information to the extent necessary for  the purposes identified in this Policy, or to which you might otherwise  consent, after which your Personal Information will be securely destroyed or  irreversibly erased or de-identified.

Personal Information may be stored “in the cloud” or otherwise outside  of Canada, where it may be subject to the legal regime of the jurisdiction in  which it is stored. For residents of Quebec, your Personal Information may be  stored “in the cloud” or otherwise outside of the Province of Quebec and  Canada.

Note that, in some cases, Mogo may retain some of your Personal  Information for a reasonable period of time for legal, administrative or  compliance purposes.

As noted below, under the section “Your Choices”, you may request  deletion of your Personal Information, subject to Mogo’s obligation to retain  it as required by applicable regulatory obligations.

How?

We’re transparent about how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard  Personal Information in connection with our business in Canada.

We may use your Personal Information:

  • to open,  maintain, service, process, analyze, audit, and collect on an account
  • to communicate  with you in respect of your account or other Mogo product(s) or service(s)
  • to enforce the  terms of the products or services you have obtained from us
  • to verify your  identity, as well as current and ongoing creditworthiness
  • to verify the  information you provided to us in connection with an application for an account  or other Mogo product(s) or service(s)
  • to protect you  and us from theft, fraud, and unauthorized access to your account
  • to assess your  ongoing needs for products or services
  • to inform you  of special promotions or financial products based on your unique interests  (see “How We Use and Share Personal Information for Marketing Purposes”  below)
  • to enter you in  and administer promotional contests that we may offer from time to time, and  if you win, to identify you for promotion and advertising purposes
  • for marketing  and analytics purposes, including to display targeted advertising
  • to render a  decision based exclusively on an automated processing of the collected  Personal Information, as set out in the Automated Processing section below
  • for other  purposes with your consent or as permitted or required by law

We may also collect Personal Information from individuals when they  apply for employment through our Sites or otherwise. We use this Personal  Information solely for the purpose of processing and responding to such  applications.

When?

The following are examples of when we may use your Personal  Information:

  • We may exchange  Personal Information on an ongoing basis with consumer and credit reporting  agencies so they can verify your Personal Information, ensure the  completeness of the Personal Information they and we have on file about you,  and cooperate with local, provincial and national authorities in order to  protect you, and us, from fraudulent transactions.  
  • We may disclose  Personal Information to our affiliates for internal audit, management,  billing or administrative purposes including defending and bringing legal  actions.  
  • We may disclose  Personal Information to companies with whom we have agreements for the  purposes of offering and administering a product or service offered by them  and/or us. If you use a Mogo product or service to finance the purchase of  goods from a supplier, whether directly or through a third-party provider, we  may disclose Personal Information to the supplier and/or third-party provider  as necessary to facilitate that transaction. We will limit our disclosure of  your Personal Information to such third parties to that which is reasonably  necessary for the purpose or service for which the third-party service  provider is engaged. We will use contractual and other means to provide a  comparable level of protection while the information is being processed by  such third parties, including limiting such providers to using your Personal  Information solely to provide Mogo with the specific service for which those  providers were engaged, and for no other purpose. You can obtain more  information about our policies and practices with respect to the use of  Personal Information by third party service providers by contacting us at the  addresses provided under “Contacting Us”.
  • From  time to time, we may disclose to third parties aggregated or de-identified  data, which does not contain Personal Information or other information  regarding identifiable individuals. We may use third parties such as ad  networks, social media and other advertising companies to serve more relevant  advertisements on our Sites and apps and on other websites or apps and to  better understand our Customers. We may provide a hashed version of your  email address or other non-sensitive information to the platform provider for  such purposes. These companies may use cookies, pixels, tracer tags or web  beacons to report certain information about your visits to our Sites and  other websites and apps (such as web pages you visit and your response to  ads) in order to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and to  deliver ads that are more relevant to you, both on and off our Sites and  apps.
  • Mogo may use  and disclose Personal Information in connection with the proposed or actual  financing, securitization, insuring, sale, assignment, transfer or other  disposals of all or part of Mogo or our business or assets, including your  account, any debt or interest due to us, and any of our rights and  obligations, for the purposes of evaluating and/or performing the proposed  transaction. Assignees or successors of Mogo or our business or assets may  use and disclose your Personal Information for similar purposes as those  described in this Policy.
  • We may disclose  your Personal Information as necessary to meet legal, regulatory, industry  self-regulatory, insurance, audit, reporting, and security requirements, and  otherwise with your consent or as permitted or required by applicable law  (including foreign law applicable to our service providers). 
  • We disclose  information only to government agencies that demonstrate legitimate authority  to obtain it. 

We do not otherwise rent or sell your Personal Information to any  third parties, unless your additional consent to do so is obtained.

IV - How We Use and Share Personal Information for       Marketing Purposes

Marketing purposes

With your consent, we may use your Personal Information in order to  identify your preferences, determine your eligibility for special offers and  discounts, and contact you in regard to such offers and discounts, or provide  other information about our products, services, promotions and  events.  

We may share your Personal Information, including contact information  and credit and financial information, with our affiliates, divisions and/or  partners for the purposes of developing and promoting new or joint products,  improving existing products and services, and contacting you to offer  products and services that may be of interest to you. This may include  sharing information among the Mogo companies on Customer data and engagement  platforms where Customers have opted-in for marketing messages.

Opt-out 

If you no longer want us to use or share your Personal Information for  marketing purposes, as described above, please contact us by email at the  email provided in the corresponding Site.

To opt-out of our email communications, you may click the unsubscribe  link at the bottom of the email message. Please note that if you opt-out of  marketing communications, we may still send you account-based information  relating to your account or related Mogo product(s) or service(s).

 

V - How We Protect Your Personal Information

Personal Information in Canada

We use physical security measures that are  technological and administrative to protect the Personal Information we  collect from you. We take all useful precautions to preserve the security,  integrity and confidentiality of your Personal Information and in particular,  to prevent them from being distorted, damaged or accessed by unauthorized  third parties. We ensure our employees and partners handle your Personal  Information with care at all times and we require them to maintain their  obligations of confidentiality even after the end of their contract with us.


Personal  Information across borders 

We may transfer Personal Information to outside agents or service  providers (including our affiliates acting in this capacity) that perform  services on our behalf, for example, mailing, call center, billing,  collections, skip-tracing, marketing, analytics, information technology  and/or data hosting or processing services or similar services, or otherwise  to collect, use, disclose, store or process Personal Information on our  behalf for the purposes described in this Policy. Some of these service  providers may be located outside of Canada, including in the United States  and/or the EU, and as a result, your Personal  Information may be processed and stored on servers outside of Canada for the  purposes described in this Policy. Contractual clauses and other measures we  may take to protect your Personal Information while processed, stored or  handled by these service providers are subject to applicable Canadian and  foreign legal requirements, including lawful requirements to disclose  Personal Information to government and national security authorities in  certain circumstances. 

In all cases, we require outside agents, service providers, affiliates  and partners to protect your Personal Information at the same high level that  we have committed to.

 

VI - Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies and similar technologies  

When you visit  the Sites, we may collect and use your internet protocol (IP) address to help  diagnose problems with our server and to administer the Sites, to identify  users and their activities on the Sites, and to gather broad demographic  information. We may also collect web page choices, browser type, operating  system, and time you spend on the Sites, to help us improve your experience.

We use  "cookies", a technology that installs a small amount of information  on a user's computer, to permit our Sites to recognize future visits using  that computer and to avoid having to register your contact information upon  each visit. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of our Sites. For  example, the information provided through cookies is used to recognize you as  a previous user of our Sites, to track your activity on our Sites, to respond  to your needs, and to otherwise facilitate your experience on our Sites. You  may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may  affect your use of our Sites and your ability to access certain features of  our Sites or engage in transactions through our Sites.

The Sites also  use web cookies and pixel tags to track user behaviour on our Sites and to  compile reports regarding user demographics, website traffic patterns, and  website purchases. We may then provide these reports to advertisers and  others. 

Within our Sites,  we may also use analytic tools and automated tracking technology or methods.  We use these tools to analyze and enhance the user experience. The Sites may  use third-party advertising networks to display advertising on our Sites or  other websites. These advertising networks use cookies or similar  technologies to track your navigation habits on our Sites and third-party  websites in order to serve you advertising that is customized to your  inferred interests and preferences. For example, a cookie may be placed  on your computer when you visit a Site, which is recognized and used by  third-party advertising networks to serve you with an ad when you visit other  websites within their advertising network. As described above, you may be  able to set your browser to decline cookies. If you decline cookies, you may  still receive online advertising; however, it may be less personalized. Some  advertising networks participate in industry programs that include web pages  to visit to opt-out. For example: http://youradchoices.ca/choices.

Our websites  may also use a technology called “tracer tags” or Web Beacons”.  A web beacon is a small transparent graphic  image that allows us to record simple user actions related to our Sites and  to email communications received from us, to help us determine the usage and  effectiveness of our Site and communications. These “images” are  automatically loaded to your browser/device when you visit the website or  open an html format email message from us, thereby letting us know if a  certain page was visited or an email message was opened.  This technology allows us to understand  which pages you visit on our Sites. These tracer tags are used to help us  optimize and tailor our Sites for you and future visitors.

We may use a  third party such as Google Analytics to help us gather and analyze  information about the areas visited on the websites (such as the pages most  read, time spent, search terms and other engagement data) in order to  evaluate and improve the user experience and the convenience of the Sites.  For more information or to opt-out, see “How Google uses  data when you use our partners’ sites or apps” and “Google  Analytics and Privacy”.

 

VII - Automated Processing

Requests for information

From time to time, we may render a decision based exclusively on an  automated processing of the Personal Information collected. We recognize that  you have the right to know if your Personal Information is being processed by  a solely automated decision-making process and to be informed before such  processing. We will, at your request, inform you of the Personal Information  that was used to render such a decision, of the reasons and the principal  factors and parameters that led to the decision and of your right to have the  Personal Information used to render the decision in question corrected. We  will give you the opportunity to present your observations regarding the  decision to a representative of Mogo who can revise said decision.

 

VIII - Third-Party Websites 

Other  websites 

We may provide links to other websites that are not operated or  controlled by Mogo. These websites are not governed by this Policy. We  recommend reviewing the privacy statement or privacy policy associated with  any linked website prior to visiting the site  or providing any Personal Information.

Risks

No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic  storage, is 100% secure. We take reasonable measures to protect Personal  Information in our care. You are responsible for the security of any device  you use to access your Account. Your account will be protected with  appropriate security measures, which may include passwords, tokens, biometric  information, and other measures. On an ongoing basis, we assess the risks  associated with the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information  and we update our privacy and security practices as necessary. Should an  unforeseen event occur, such as a data breach or harm caused by bad actors,  we have procedures in place to identify, assess and minimize any further  risks and determine if there is a real risk of significant harm to  individuals.

 

IX - Your Choices 

Consent 

Mogo collects, uses and discloses your Personal Information with your  consent, or as permitted or required by law. Generally, by providing us with  your Personal Information, we will assume that you consent to our collection,  use and disclosure of such Personal Information for the purposes identified  or described in this Policy, if applicable, or otherwise at the time of  collection. 

We may be required or permitted under statute or regulation to  collect, use or disclose Personal Information without your consent, for  example, to comply with a court order, to comply with local or federal  regulations or a legally permitted inquiry by a government agency, or to  collect a debt owed to us.

You may withdraw your consent to our collection, use and disclosure of  your Personal Information at any time, subject to contractual and legal  restrictions and reasonable notice. We will let you know the consequences of  refusing or withdrawing consent. 

Note that if you withdraw your consent to certain uses of your  Personal Information, we may no longer be able to provide certain of our  products or services.

Access

Upon request, you may examine the Personal Information that Moka holds  about you, except as provided by law. Where we are unable or unauthorized to  provide access to all the Personal Information we hold about you, we will  provide the reasons why and any recourse available to you,

Where we receive a written request from to examine Personal  Information collected and retained, we will respond to the request within 30  business days. We will provide assistance upon receipt of an individual data  access request. If such a request is not sufficiently precise or unclear, we  will assist the individual in identifying the information sought. In the  event of a refusal, the reasons for such refusal will be provided in addition  to remedies available to the requesting applicant.

You may request access to your Personal Information by making a  request, in writing, to Mogo’s Privacy Officer, at the addresses provided  under ‘Contacting Us’. Note that, in an effort to prevent fraudulent or  unauthorized requests for access, we may request identification for  authentication purposes.

Correction

You may also make a request to the Mogo Privacy Officer to correct any  Personal Information that you feel is inaccurate or incomplete.

Deletion

You may also request the deletion of your Personal Information,  subject to legal and contractual restrictions; however, please note that  deletion of some information may impact our ability to provide you with  certain services.

 

X - Contacting Us

Contacting Us

If you would like to opt-out of any uses of  your Personal Information, obtain access, request correction or deletion,  make a complaint, or generally have any questions or concerns about our  Privacy Policy, you may contact the Mogo Privacy Officer at the address  provided below.

516-409 Granville St,

Vancouver, BC,

V6C 1T2

Email: privacy@mogo.com

 

XI - Policy Update

We may revise this Policy from time to time, in response to legal developments, as new technologies become available, or as we introduce new features, products or services.

When we make changes to this Policy we will revise the “last update "date at the bottom of the page. You should check back here periodically to find out if any changes have been made. If we make substantial changes we will, as appropriate, prominently post these changes to our Sites or notify you directly.

If you disagree with any change to the Privacy Policy, you may close your account and refrain from using our services, or in some cases, opt out. Continuing to use our services, including our Sites, after we post or communicate a change signifies that you consent to the revised terms of the Policy.

On occasion, we may also identify new purposes for the collection or use of Personal Information, such as in connection with a new promotion or service. We will describe such uses in separate notices or other communications.

Last Update: Aug 2024