Privacy Policy
1. Our commitment
Our Priority
At BERGEVIN & SIMARD AVOCATS ("we," "us," "our"), we recognize the crucial importance of protecting your privacy. That's why it's one of our fundamental priorities.
In the interest of transparency, we have developed this Privacy Policy ("Policy"), which outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, retention, and processing of personal information when you access our websites, products, or services. It also specifies the rights you have regarding the information we hold about you.
The Policy is structured into the following sections:
Information Collection
Sharing Your Data
Consent to Promotional Communications
Your Rights
Information Retention and Security
Changes and Updates
The term "Sites" refers to all websites operated by BERGEVIN & SIMARD AVOCATS, including their subdomains and content.
If you disagree with any of the provisions of this Policy, we encourage you not to access our Sites or use our Products or Services.
Our Services
The term "Services" is used to refer to the services we offer, such as: Legal Services
2. Collection of information
The information we collect about you depends entirely on your interactions with us. It may be helpful to know that you can choose not to provide the requested information at any time. However, if you do, you may not have access to certain Products, Services, or information you may desire.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites automatically place on users' devices when they access these sites. It is important to note that none of these cookies can directly identify a natural person or associate the data with a specific individual.
As part of our promotional campaigns, we use certain tools that allow us to measure, in aggregate, the number of people who have opened an email or clicked on a hyperlink. This information does not allow us to identify a user and is used solely for analytical purposes, to optimize our campaigns and the quality of our Products and Services.
Please note that most browsers offer the ability to disable or delete cookies through their privacy settings.
In addition, we use certain cookies to:
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Analyze user browsing behavior to improve the user experience and performance of our Sites.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics solution provided by Google. This tool places cookies on users' devices to collect data about traffic and browsing behavior on our Sites. This data is then stored and processed on Google's servers.
By accessing our Sites, you consent to the use of Google Analytics and, consequently, you accept Google's privacy and personal information protection policies. We accept no responsibility for the management, storage, processing, or security of data collected by Google Analytics. For more information, we invite you to consult Google's privacy policy.
3. Sharing your data
We will only share your data for the purposes listed below, and we assure you that we will not sell, provide, or trade your information for any commercial gain.
Third-Party Service Providers
We work with third-party providers for data hosting and payment processing. The information we collect is stored on cloud databases owned by our data hosting provider. They only access your information for storage and retrieval purposes. Whereas, for the payment processing provider, we undertake to share your information only when necessary for their services. We have contractually ensured that they have implemented adequate measures to protect your data.
Changes within the company
If BERGEVIN & SIMARD AVOCATS is involved in an asset transaction or merger, bankruptcy proceedings, reorganization, or other action resulting in a change in the disposition of control of the company, your information may be disclosed to the persons involved in this transaction. Obviously, in these situations, we will take measures, to the extent possible, to share as little personal information as possible while ensuring the utmost security and confidentiality.
3. Sharing your data
We will not send you any promotional emails unless we receive your consent to do so. This consent can be express or implied. Express consent is when you agree verbally or in writing to receive these emails. In a situation where both parties are in a business relationship or one has purchased products from the other, it is possible for the company that sold its product to assume tacit (implicit) consent and may, in this case, send promotional communications. At any time, you can unsubscribe from our promotional mailing list by clicking on the link at the bottom of each of our emails or by sending us an email to the address below achange@test.ca. We will then process your request within a reasonable time. However, please note that unsubscribing from our mailing list does not prevent us from contacting you for non-marketing purposes.
5. Your rights
By Law
You have certain rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. You can exercise these rights by contacting us by email. Please note that all requests will be processed within 30 days and free of charge.
Email address for requests: achange@test.ca
Right to Account Closure
You have the right, at any time, to close a non-administered account within one of our Products or Services, provided your account is in good standing. To close one of your user accounts, you must complete an account closure form with our customer service at the following link: achange@test.ca
Right to Restriction
If you believe we are exceeding the limits established regarding the purposes for which we collected your information, you have the right to request that we limit its use. You can also withdraw your consent to its use at any time. However, any request will not affect the use that has already been made before your request.
6. Storage and security of your information
Unless you ask us to erase or destroy your personal information, we only keep it for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. We may also retain some information for various legal reasons. This information will be treated in accordance with this policy and applicable laws.
Security and Confidentiality of Your Information
To ensure the effective protection of your personal information, we have established physical, technical, and IT security procedures to prevent any incidents related to the security of your personal information. We regularly review our security measures and limit access to both the information and to those employees who need it to perform the requested services. In addition, all our employees and contractors are subject to strict confidentiality obligations.
Some information that is no longer required to perform our duties, but is still useful for improving our products or services, may be anonymized so that it can no longer identify you.
7. Changes and Updates to the Policy
We are committed to periodically reviewing this policy, in which case we will amend the date at the bottom of this policy. We therefore advise you to consult our policy from time to time to see if any changes have been made. If you do not agree with any part of our policy, please do not use our Sites, Products, or Services.
We are committed to complying with the legislative provisions set out in:
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Province of Quebec Act
8. How to contact us
Using our contact form at the bottom of the page.
By email at 338 Rue St-Antoine Est, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1A3
Talk to our lawyers
Contact us to book a legal consultation