Effective date: [12-04-2024].
Date of last update: [12-04-2024]
Purpose of this Policy. The protection of privacy is important to Fast Kitchen Hoods Inc. (the "Company", "We, "Us", "Our"). For this reason, We have implemented safeguards and practices for the sound management of Your Personal Information in accordance with applicable laws in Quebec and Canada.
Supplement to Terms and Conditions. This Privacy policy (the "Policy"), which should be read in conjunction with Our Terms and Conditions, describes Our practices with respect to the collection, use, processing, disclosure, retention and destruction of Personal Information of persons benefiting from Our Services, visitors to this Website and its users (hereinafter "You", "Your").
Consent. By using Our websites https://www.fastkitchenhood.com/ (the "Website") or any of Our Services, You agree that We may collect, use, disclose, communicate, disclose and retain (hereinafter "Process" or "Processing") Your Personal Information in accordance with the terms described herein. If You do not agree to abide by and be bound by this Policy, You may not visit, access or use Our Website or Services, or share Your Personal Information with Us.
Policy limitations. This Policy does not apply to Personal Information of the Company's employees, representatives and consultants, or any other person affiliated with the Company, or to any information that does not constitute Personal Information as defined by applicable laws in Quebec and Canada.
Contact information for the Data Protection Officer. All comments, questions and complaints regarding the Company's Privacy Policy and practices may be addressed to Our Data Protection Officer at the following coordinates:
Phone number : 1 866.439.7984
E-mail : info@fastkitchenhood.com
Address: 2340 Meadowvale Blvd, Unit 9
Mississauga, ON L5N 5P9
Definitions of Key terms and expressions. The following notions and expressions, when they appear with a capitalized first letter in the Policy, have the meaning attributed to them hereinafter, unless otherwise implied or explicit in the text:
"Company", "We", "Us", "Our": Fast Kitchen Hoods Inc.
"Service Provider" means any individual or entity that processes Personal Information on behalf of the Company. This includes third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Services, to provide the Services on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Services or to assist the Company in analyzing the use of the Services.
"Cookie Banner": pop-up window requesting Your consent to certain collection of Your Personal Information on the Website.
"Personal information" means any information that relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified, i.e., that directly or indirectly reveals something about the identity, characteristics (e.g., abilities, preferences, psychological tendencies, predispositions, mental abilities, character and behavior of the person concerned) or activities of that person, regardless of the nature of the medium or the form in which the information is accessible (written, graphic, sound, visual, computerized or other).
"Data Protection Officer": the person responsible for the application of this Policy, whose contact information is identified in section1 b) - Data Protection Officer of this Policy.
"Services": Services refer to the Website applications, Our pages on social networks and any programs and services rendered to You therein such as:
"Website: https://www.fastkitchenhood.com/
"Cookies" are text files that are installed on Your computer or mobile device. These cookies may contain information about Your search history, the web pages You visit and Your web browser.
"Process", "Treatment": This term covers all operations that may affect or concern personal information, including collection, use, storage, destruction, communication or transmission.
"You", "Your", "Vos": The people benefiting from Our Services, the visitors to the Website and all users having recourse to the Company's Services.
Various means. We collect Your Personal Information through Our Website or other technological means in a variety of ways:
Profiling, identification or location. Our Web Site has functions that enable us to profile Your activities on Our Web Site, to identify You and to locate You. These functions are used by third parties identified in the section 3.5 - Communication and transfer of Personal Information through cookies. We disable these functions by default. You can activate them via the Cookies Banner.
Categories of information collected. In the course of Our activities, We may collect and process various types of Personal Information, including the information listed below:
Limitation of processing to necessary and legitimate purposes. In each case, such Personal Information is processed in accordance with the legitimate and necessary purposes listed in the section 3.4 - Use of Personal Information below.
Third parties collecting Personal Information on Our behalf.
Withholding consent. Unless the Law or Your contractual obligations provide otherwise, You may refuse or withdraw Your consent to certain specific uses or disclosures of Your Personal Information:
Measures offered to refuse means of collecting Personal Information. You may also provide Us with Your Personal Information by means other than through technological means such as Our Website. You may provide Us with the following:
Purposes of Personal Information. We may use Your Personal Information for the purposes described below:
Access and Disclosure. We may transfer, disclose or otherwise make available Your Personal Information to Our employees and Service Providers who need to know that information to operate Our Website, provide Our Services, conduct Our business or serve You.
Limiting access to Personal Information. Your Personal Information is only accessible to Our directors, employees or representatives who require access to Your Personal Information to perform their duties. As such, Your Information may be accessible to :
Safeguards for disclosure to third parties. We will only disclose Your Personal Information to Our Service Providers if they have previously agreed in writing to maintain the confidentiality of Your Personal Information in accordance with applicable laws and Our Information Governance Program through the implementation of various safeguards and information governance measures. These measures are proportionate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information processed or communicated. Without limitation, Our Service Providers may only use Your Personal Information in a confidential manner in accordance with Our instructions and only for the purposes for which it was provided. Furthermore, We only provide Our Service Providers with the Personal Information that is necessary for the performance of their mandate or contract, and We require such Service Providers to destroy the Personal Information in an appropriate manner upon termination of the contract or as soon as its use is no longer necessary.
Our Service Providers. Although We try to avoid sharing Your Personal Information with third parties, We may use Service Providers to perform various services on Our behalf, such as IT management and security, marketing, and data analysis, hosting and storage. We have defined below certain cases in which such sharing may take place:
Please note that this Cookie may collect Personal Information that can locate You and profile Your web activities (targeted advertising);
This Cookie communicates Personal Information to Google for the purposes identified in Our Cookie Policy ;
Please note that this Cookie may identify You and profile Your web activities in order to provide You with advertising tailored to Your interests (targeted advertising);
This Cookie communicates Personal Information to Google for the purposes identified in Our Cookie Policy ;
Please note that this Cookie may identify You and profile Your web activities in order to provide You with advertising tailored to Your interests (targeted advertising) or to sell advertising products such as real-time auctions from third-party advertisers;
This Cookie communicates Personal Information to Meta for the purposes identified in Our Cookie Policy ;
All the categories of Personal Information identified in the section 3.1 - Collection of Personal Information may be communicated or retained through this service.
All the categories of Personal Information identified in the section 3.1 - Collection of Personal Information may be communicated or retained through this service.
Metatracer collects, as Personal Information, only identifying information.
Disclosure of Personal Information Outside Quebec. We may communicate Your Personal Information outside of Quebec and mandate an entity located outside of Quebec to collect, use or retain Your Personal Information on Our behalf.
Safeguards when communicating outside Quebec. Before disclosing Your Personal Information to third parties outside Quebec, We conduct a privacy impact assessment to evaluate the risks that may affect the security of Your Personal Information. This assessment also identifies appropriate security measures to reduce or eliminate these risks. The communication will then be subject to a written agreement binding these third parties to respect such measures.
Specific disclosures of Your Personal Information. We may disclose Your Personal Information when We believe such disclosure is authorized, necessary or appropriate, including:
Possibility of commercial transactions. We may share, transfer or communicate, in strict compliance with this Policy and the provisions of the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, RLRQ c P-39.1 (the "Private Sector Act") and the Act to modernize legislative provisions respecting the protection of personal information, LQ 2021, c 25 (the "Act 25", assented to on September 22, 2021), Your Personal Information in the event of a sale, transfer or assignment, in whole or in part, of the Business or Our assets (for example, as a result of a merger, consolidation, change of control, reorganization, bankruptcy, liquidation or any other business transaction, including in connection with the negotiation of such transactions). In such a case, We will inform You before Your Personal Information is transferred and is governed by another privacy policy.
Consent for the Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal Information. Unless otherwise required by law, the Company obtains Your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of its Personal Information. However, if You provide Us with Personal Information about other persons, You must ensure that You have duly notified them that You are providing Us with their information in addition to obtaining their consent to such disclosure.
Consent requirements. We will seek Your explicit, free, informed and purposeful consent before using or disclosing Your Personal Information for purposes other than those set out herein. We will also seek Your express consent whenever sensitive Personal Information is involved in any of the Company's processing activities. We will ask for Your consent for each specific purpose in clear and simple terms, separate from any other information provided to You.
BY USING OUR WEB SITES, TRANSMITTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BY E-MAIL OR USING AN ONLINE FORM, YOU CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND TO THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY.
Refusal to use the Website. If You do not consent, please stop using the Websites. Except where otherwise provided by law, You may withdraw Your consent at any time upon reasonable notice. Please note that if You choose to withdraw Your consent to the collection, use or disclosure of Your Personal Information, certain features of Our Website may no longer be available to You or We may no longer be able to offer You some of Our services.
Retention of Personal Information. Subject to applicable law, We retain Your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless You consent to Your Personal Information being used or processed for another purpose.
Further information. To obtain more information about the periods during which Your Personal Information is kept, please contact Our Data Protection Officer using the contact details provided in section1 b) - Data Protection Officer of this Policy.
List of rights. As a data subject, You may exercise the rights set out below by contacting Our Data Protection Officer in writing at the contact information provided in section1 b) - Data Protection Officer of the Policy. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to any of these requests.
Complaint Process. You may address any complaints regarding Our practices and policies for the protection of Your Personal Information by contacting Our Data Protection Officer using the contact information identified in section 1 b) - Data Protection Officer.
Questions. You may also contact Our Data Protection Officer with any questions regarding this Privacy Policy using the contact information identified in 1 b) - Data Protection Officer.
Necessity to identify You. In order to process Your request, You may be asked to provide an appropriate identification document or to identify Yourself in some other way.
Use of cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on Your device or browser. They make it possible to collect certain information when You visit the Website, including Your preferred language, the type and version of Your browser, the type of device You are using and Your device's unique identifier. While some cookies are deleted after Your browser session ends, other cookies are retained on Your device or browser to enable Your browser to be recognized the next time You visit the Website. We use cookies and other similar collection technologies such as Pixels (collectively "Cookies") to help Us operate, protect and optimize the Website and the Services We offer. Cookies do not harm Your device and cannot be used to retrieve Your Personal Information.
Possible browser settings. You can set Your browser to notify You when Cookies are set on Your visit to the Website, so that You can decide in each case whether to accept or reject the use of some or all Cookies. Please note that disabling Cookies on Your browser may adversely affect Your browsing experience on the Website and prevent You from using some of its features.
Control File Types.
First- and third-party Cookies: Whether a Cookie is "first-" or "third-party" refers to the domain that places the Cookie.
Persistent cookies: these remain on a user's device for the period specified in the cookie. They are activated each time the user visits the website that created that Cookie.
Session cookies: these cookies enable website operators to link a user's actions during a browser session. A browser session begins when a user opens the browser window and ends when the user closes the browser window. Session Cookies are created temporarily. Once You close the browser, all session Cookies are deleted.
Categories of Cookies. In general, the Website uses Cookies to distinguish You from other users of the Website. This helps Us to provide You with a good experience when You browse the Website and allows Us to improve it. The Cookies We may use on the Website can be categorized as follows:
Some Cookies may fulfil more than one of these purposes.
Strictly necessary Cookies allow You to move around the website and use essential functions such as secure areas. Without these Cookies, we cannot provide the services requested.
We use these Cookies strictly necessary for :
If You prevent the use of these Cookies, We cannot guarantee the performance of the website or the security of the website during Your visit.
Performance Cookies collect information about how You use the website, for example which pages You visit, and whether You encounter any errors. These Cookies do not collect any information that could identify You and are only used to help Us improve the operation of the website, to understand the interests of Our users and to measure the effectiveness of Our advertising.
We use performance cookies to :
Some of Our performance cookies are managed for Us by third parties.
Functionality Cookies are used to provide services or to memorize parameters to improve Your visit.
We use 'functionality' Cookies for purposes such as :
Some of these Cookies are managed for Us by third parties.
Targeting Cookies are used to track Your visit to the Website, as well as other websites, applications and online services, including the pages You have visited and the links You have followed, enabling Us to display targeted advertisements to You on the Website.
We may use targeting Cookies to :
Consent to Cookies. All Cookies require Your consent. We ask for Your consent before placing them on Your device. You can give Your consent by clicking on the appropriate button on the banner displayed to You. If You do not wish to give Your consent or if You wish to withdraw Your consent to any Cookies at any time, You will need to delete, and block or disable Cookies via the cookie banner or available settings options, or via Your browser settings. Please note that disabling Cookies may adversely affect Your browsing experience on the Website and prevent You from using some of its features.
List of Cookies
Name |
Description |
Type |
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Google Analytics - Third Party |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and sessions. More information |
Persistent - 2 |
Performance |
Objectives of Our Security Measures. We have implemented physical, technological and organizational security measures to adequately protect the confidentiality and security of Your Personal Information against loss, theft or any unauthorized access, infringement, disclosure, reproduction, communication, use or modification. These measures include :
Incomplete list of measures. Given the public nature of this Policy, we have not provided an exhaustive list of the measures we are implementing.
Impossibility of guaranteeing a complete absence of risk. Despite the measures described above, We cannot guarantee the absolute security of Your Personal Information. If You have reason to believe that Your Personal Information is no longer secure, please contact Our Data Protection Officer immediately using the contact details set out in section 1b) - Data Protection Officer above.
Right to change this Policy. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time in accordance with applicable law. In the event of a change, We will post the revised version of the Privacy Policy and update the update date in the footer of the Privacy Policy. We will notify You reasonably, prior to the effective date of the new version of Our Policy. If You do not agree to the new terms of the Privacy Policy, please do not continue to use Our Website and Services. If You continue to use Our Website or Services after the new version of Our Policy becomes effective, Your use of Our Website and Services will be governed by the new version of the Policy.
Responsibility for Third Party Websites. From time to time, We may include on Our Website references or links to websites, products or services provided by third parties ("Third Party Services"). These Third-Party Services, which are not operated or controlled by the Company, are governed by privacy policies that are entirely separate from and independent of ours. We therefore assume no responsibility for the content and activities of these sites. This Policy applies only to the Website and the Services we offer.
What reCAPTCHA does. Invisible reCAPTCHA analyzes activity on a web page function (e.g. mouse movements and typing patterns) to determine whether a user is a bot. The invisible reCAPTCHA service can collect information from Your device. Information collected by reCAPTCHA is stored in accordance with its privacy policy.
Consent of minors under the age of 14. We do not knowingly collect or use Personal Information from people under the age of 14. If You are under the age of 14, You must not provide Us with Your Personal Information without the consent of Your parent or guardian. If You are a parent or guardian and You become aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Information without consent, please contact Us using the contact details set out in section 1b) above to request that We delete that child's Personal Information from Our systems.
Laws of Quebec and Canada. The laws of Canada and Quebec, excluding its conflict of law rules, will govern this agreement and Your use of the Website. Your use of the Website may also be subject to other local, provincial, national or international laws.