ALUS.ca Privacy Policy

Last update: December 1, 2021

The respect of your private life is of the utmost importance for ALUS Canada, who is responsible for this website.

This Privacy Policy aims to lay out :

• the way your personal information is collected and processed. “Personal information” means any information that could identify you, such as your name, your mailing address, your email address, your location and your IP address;
• your rights regarding your personal information;
• who is responsible for the processing of the collected and processed information;
• to whom the information is transmitted;
• if applicable, the website’s policy regarding cookies.

This Privacy Policy complement the Terms and Conditions that you may find at the following address:

alus.ca/terms-and-conditions

1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect the following personal information:

• Last Name
• First name
• Postal code
• Email address
• Other:
  – City
  – Province

The personal information we collect is collected through the collection methods described in the following section.

2. FORMS AND METHODS OF COLLECTION

Your personal information is collected through the following methods:

• Contact Form
• Newsletter Subscription

We use the collected data for the following purposes:

• Contact
• Tracking local interest for the ALUS program expressed through the contact form

3. COOKIES AND LOG FILES

We collect information through log files and cookies. These allow us to process statistics and information on traffic on the Website, to ease navigation and improve your experience for your comfort.

a) Cookies used by the Website

The cookie files used on the Website are the following:

• IP address
• Operating system
• Pages visited and queries
• Day and time of connection
• Provenance of users and visitors of the website

The use of such files allows us to achieve the following purposes:

• Statistical surveys

By using the Website, cookies from the following third parties may be saved on your hard disk:

• Google

The website also embeds sharing and social media networks buttons that allow you to share your activity on the Website. Cookies and log files from the social media networks may be saved on your computer when you use these features.

These websites have their own privacy policy and terms and condition that may be different than ours. We invite to look at the privacy policies and terms and conditions from these websites.

b) Objection to the use of cookies and log files by the Website

You have the right to object to the recording of these cookies and log files by configuring your web browser.

Once you have deactivated cookies and log files, you may continue your use of the Website. However, any malfunction resulting from this deactivation may not be considered of our making.

4. SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION

We are committed to not selling to third parties or otherwise commercialize the personal information we collect. However, we may share this information with third parties for the following reasons:

• Requests for information are shared with communities.

If you do wish that we not share your personal information with third parties, you may object at the time of collection or at any time thereafter, as described in the “Right of objection and of withdrawal” section.

5. STORAGE PERIOD OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The controller will keep in its computer systems, in reasonable security conditions, the entirety of the personal information collected for the following duration: Undetermined.

6. HOSTING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Our website is hosted by: WPEngine Inc., located at the following address:

504 Lavaca Street, Suite 1000 Austin, Texas 78701.

The host may be contacted at the following phone number: +1-512-273-3906.

Personal information we collect and process is transferred to the following countries: USA.

7. RIGHT OF OBJECTION AND OF WITHDRAWAL

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information by the Website (“right to object”). You also have the right to request that your personal information does not appear, for example, on a mailing list (“right to withdraw”).

If you wish to exercise the right to object or the right to withdraw, you must follow the procedure described hereinafter:

Please unsubscribe from the newlsetter using the Unsuscribe link at the bottom or write to [email protected]

8. RIGHT OF ACCESS, OF RECTIFICATION AND OF REMOVAL

You have the right to consult, update, modify or request the removal of information about you by following the procedure described hereinafter:

Please write to [email protected]

9. SECURITY

Personal information we collect is stored in a secured environment. People working for us are obligated to respect the confidentiality of your personal information.

To ensure the security of your personal information, we use the following methods:

• SSL (Security Sockets Layer) Protocol
• SET (Secure Electronic Transaction) Protocol
• Access management – person authorized
• Access management – person concerned
• Network surveillance software
• Automatic backup
• Digital certificate
• Username/password
• Firewalls

We are committed to maintaining a high degree of confidentiality by integrating the latest technological innovations that allow us to ensure the confidentiality of your transactions. Nevertheless, no mechanism can ensure a complete security and transmitting personal information on the Internet always entail a part of risk.

10. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Our Privacy Policy may be viewed at all times at the following address:

Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy in order to guarantee its compliance with the applicable law.

You are therefore invited to regularly consult our Privacy Policy to be informed of the latest changes.

11. ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY

By using our Website, you certify that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and accept its conditions, more specifically conditions relating to the collection and processing of personal information, and the use of cookies.

12. APPLICABLE LAW

We are committed to respect the legislative provisions as specified in:

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, SC 2000, c 5; and/or

Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector, CQLR cP-39.1.