INTRODUCTION
We, our parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities respect your right to privacy. We recognize the importance of protecting your personal information provided during your visit to our website and are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of the personal information we collect. This Privacy Policy describes, among other things, the type of personal information we collect, how we use that information, the safeguards we have in place, the right of access to personal information and to whom that personal information may be disclosed. This Privacy Policy applies to any personal information we receive from and/or about individuals, such as you, who are not employed by us.
For purposes of this statement, " informations personnelles " means information about an identifiable individual, including, but not limited to, contact information such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, demographic or household information, and financial and credit information.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We only collect personal information that is directly related to our business activities. By entering personal information onto our website, you are thereby consenting to the processing of your personal information for our business purposes with respect to your prospective home purchase, market research, project/ development planning or for the reasons more particularly described in our purchase agreements. The amount and the type of the information collected will be limited to that which is needed to fulfil the identified purpose(s).
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for the following purposes:
- To respond to requests for information;
- For customer service;
- To carry out, process and conclude transactions with you;
- Make available, promote and offer services, products and/or special offers;
- Improve and customize the content and/or layout of our website for individual visitors; and
- To enable us to serve you better.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We have taken appropriate measures to protect the privacy and security of personal information collected and stored in our databases. Although appropriate security measures have been put in place to protect against unauthorized access, use, alteration or loss of personal information, you should be aware that any information transmitted over the Internet may be intercepted by third parties. We assume no responsibility for the interception, misuse or alteration of any information transmitted over the Internet.
Our website may from time to time contain links to other websites that collect personal information. Our Privacy Policy does not extend to these third party websites and, as such, we do not assume any responsibility for the third party links, the privacy practices or policies of such third parties, or the content of such third party websites. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of these third parties and make an informed decision whether you wish to visit their websites or provide personal information to these third parties.
Unless required by law, internal compliance guidelines or storage as part of routine computer back-up, we will endeavour to retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected.
WHO CAN SEE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Access to your personal information will be limited to only those who need the information to carry out our business activities. We will not disclose your personal information without your consent. Except if a specific reference is made when you provide such personal information, or if the disclosure of such personal information to third parties is directly related to our business activities or necessary to provide you with information, products or services. We may also disclose your personal information when we are required to do so by law.
In connection with our business activities, your personal information may be provided to the following third parties:
- Any company or legal entity associated, related or affiliated with our current or future projects/developments, including, but not limited to, our legal, accounting and/or auditing advisors;
- To the real estate agent and/or broker who presented you with a specific project/development and/or to us;
- To data processing companies that manage or process marketing campaigns on our behalf;
- A lender or collateral provider that provides us or you with services for a project/development;
- An insurance company that covers us or covers you;
- All trades, sub-trades, suppliers, contractors or other providers of cable television, telephone, internet, security and utility services working on any of the projects/developments;
- Any competent government authority or agency; or
- Any other parties disclosed in the agreements of purchase and sale that you have signed.
These third parties receive only the personal information they need to perform the services for which they have been contracted and may not use this personal information for other purposes.
HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
Wherever possible, personal information will be collected directly and with the consent of the person concerned; however, we may sometimes collect personal information from third parties.
For each visitor to our website, our server can recognize the visitor's domain name and e-mail address (if any). We collect visitors' domain names, aggregate information about the web pages that visitors access, information voluntarily provided by visitors such as personal information, survey information and/or site registrations.
We may also collect certain basic information regarding the use of our website. This type of non-identifiable information may be collected automatically, that is, without registration or without you having to fill out online surveys, forms or questionnaires. This information may include the volume of traffic on the website, the web pages visited and their duration, the type of Internet browser used, the type of operating system used and the domain name of the website from which a link is established to our website, if any. This information is only used in the aggregate to help us better understand market trends and to enable us to improve the quality of our website.
COOKIES
A "cookie" is a small amount of data that our website can send to your internet browser and which may then be stored on your computer's hard drive so that we can recognize you when you return to our website. We may use cookies to store visitor preferences, record session information, record user-specific information about the web pages that users access or visit, alert visitors to new areas that may be of interest to them when they return to our website, record past activity on a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, customize website content based on the visitor's browser type or other information that the visitor sends.
You can set your web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or not to accept certain cookies. You are not required to accept cookies to access or search our website. However, there may be minimal loss of functionality if you have disabled or deleted all cookies.
RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may request to see the personal information we hold about you. If you wish to review, verify or correct your personal information, you should contact our Privacy Officer using the contact information provided below. Please note that all requests must be made in writing. Although you have the right to access your personal information, this right is not absolute. We may refuse to give you access to your personal information where such refusal is permitted or required by applicable law. We will endeavour to inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal restrictions, access has been refused.
OPT-IN/OPT-OUT
You may change or withdraw your consent at any time. If you have received correspondence from us and do not wish to receive future correspondence from us, please let us know by contacting our Privacy Officer at the contact information below. We will ensure, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice, that your name is removed from our mailing list(s).
GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND GOOGLE ADWORDS
We use Google Analytics, which enables us to collect and analyse information about the places you visit on our website, which will be used to customise our website according to your interests and preferences. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google. Our website also uses the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to visitors to our website. This may mean that we advertise to previous visitors who have not performed a task on our site, for example by using the contract form to make an enquiry. This may be an advertisement on the Google search results page or on a site in the Google Display Network. Third party providers, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to our website.
You can find the Google Privacy Policy here (http://google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/). You can disable and prevent Google Analytics from using your data by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/). You can disable or set your preferences on the Google Ad preferences page. Your continued use of our website without unsubscribing means that you understand and agree to these terms.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or if you wish to access or update your personal information, please contact us by written email at info@elicondos.ca.
All complaints will be reviewed as soon as possible depending on the circumstances.
REVISION OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to update the Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in legal obligations or changes in the way we handle personal information, without notice, and we encourage you to refer to our Privacy Policy regularly.
Updated: October 2020