CSI InvestigationsWith Three Offices To Serve You: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Moncton, New Brunswick, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. We are a Halifax, Moncton and Charlottetown based Process Serving and Investigation Company. We are Halifax, Moncton and CharlottetownProcess Servers and Investigators with a fast and efficient service department that will handle all of your Court Filing requirements in an expeditious manner. We will be pleased to answer any questions you may have for your Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward IslandProcess Serving and Investigation needs.
CSI Investigations is the number one choice for clients requiring the highest quality investigative services in Canada. We are the largest completely full-service investigations and research firm in Atlantic Canada, serving insurance companies, workers' compensation boards, law firms, both large corporations and small businesses, provincial and federal government agencies and human resources managers.
CSI is a member of the elite Council of International Investigators, giving our clients access to the most professional and trusted investigators in the world. We are also a partner in Investigations Canada, a business partnership of elite private investigators and security consultants who are leaders in the industry.
Services
- Criminal Investigations
- Civil Investigations
- Asset Investigations
- Surveillance
- Due Diligence
- Pre-Employment
- Pre Trial Support
- Locates
- Intellectual Property
- Research
- Labour Disputes
- Security Services
- C-TPAT/FAST
- PIP/FAST
- Insurance investigations
We Serve
Law Firms - Insurance Companies - Corporations - Small Business - HR Managers - WCB - Government
We Specialize in Pre-Employment Screening
A recent survey in a 2003 study, found that more than 50 percent of the people on whom it conducted employment and education checks had submitted false information compared with about 40 percent in 2002.
Did you know that 1 in 12 people have criminal records!
You MUST conduct pre-employment screening if you want to export to the USA
Locations: CSI has offices throughout the Maritimes We have professional associates around the world
We alspo specialize in Border Security
CSI assists companies with getting approved for C-TPAT, FAST and PIP.
Call us for information. Funding is available from the Government.
CSI Associations: Council of International Investigators.
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada
Council of Private Investigators Atlantic Canada.
Partner in Investigations Canada.
PIPEDA & Hiring a Private Investigator..
Not all private investigators have been granted “Investigative Body Status” under PIPEDA and it is important that your organization protect itself by ensuring your investigators are.
Effective March 31, 2004, Private investigators were designated in the Regulations of the Personal Information Protection Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) as “Investigative Bodies” for the purposes of Section 7 (3)(d) and 7(3)(h.2) of the Act – the provisions pertaining to non-consensual disclosure of an individual’s personal information to and from third party organizations.
The “Investigative Body” Designation does not Exempt Organizations From PIPEDA?
The “Investigative Body” status does not exempt private investigators from PIPEDA. In general, consent must be obtained from an individual if personal information is going to be collected, used, or disclosed as part of a “commercial transaction” between organizations.
The “Investigative Body” regulation is crucial to private investigation agencies for two reasons. PIPEDA states that an organization may only disclose the personal information of an individual without the person’s consent, to an investigative body. The Act’s definition of an organization includes any ‘person’.
Without “Investigative Body” status, it would potentially be unlawful for any person or organization to disclose an individual’s personal information to a private investigator.
The Act further states that in order to disclose personal information that has been collected without an individual’s consent must be to an investigative body. Now, with this regulation in place, persons may legally give personal information to private investigators and they may share this information with other investigative bodies.
Not all Private Investigators are Investigative Bodies?
For private investigators, Industry Canada has reported that all private investigation companies be incorporated or operated as a partnership in order to fulfill the definition of “Body”. Industry Canada further requires that all private investigation companies be licensed by province, be members in good standing with a professional association that has a privacy code compliant with the CSA model code, and have a corporate privacy code comparable to this standard as well.
The simple steps to making sure your investigators have the status are:
¨ Get a copy of the investigations firm’s Articles of Incorporation or Partnership Agreement;
¨ Obtain a copy of their PI license to operate as a PI agency;
¨ Obtain a copy of their privacy code and compare it to the CSA Model Code; and
¨ Confirm they are a member in good standing of a Professional organization that represents the interest of PI
Offices throughout the Maritimes and Associates around the world
