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Confidentiality and privacy policy

1. General information

a) Introduction

Protecting your privacy is important to Mission Old Brewery and its related entities (collectively referred to hereinafter as "Entity", "We", "Us" or "Our"). For this reason, We have implemented safeguards and practices to manage your Personal Information in accordance with applicable laws in Quebec and Canada.

This privacy policy (the "Policy"), which should be read in conjunction with Our Legal Statement, describes our practices regarding the collection, use, processing, disclosure and retention of Personal Information of our members, visitors and users. It applies to the Entity as a whole.

By using our website missionoldbrewery.com(the "Website") or any of our Services, you agree that We may collect, use, process, disclose and retain 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.

This Policy does not apply to Personal Information of the Entity's employees, representatives and consultants, or any other person affiliated with the Entity, or to any information that does not constitute Personal Information as defined by applicable laws in Quebec and Canada.

b) Privacy officer

Questions, comments and complaints regarding the Entity's Privacy Policy and practices may be addressed to Our Privacy Officer at the following contact information:

Phone number: 514 866-6591, ext. 202
Email: rprp@missionoldbrewery.ca
Address: 902, boul. Montréal (Québec) H2Z 1J2

2. Definitions

The following words and expressions, when appearing with a capitalized first letter in the Policy, have the meanings attributed to them hereinafter, unless otherwise implied or explicit in the text:

"Service Provider" means any individual or entity that processes Personal Information on behalf of the Entity. This includes third-party companies or individuals employed by the Entity to facilitate the Services, to provide the Services on behalf of the Entity, to perform services related to the Services or to assist the Entity in analyzing the use of the Services.
"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 behaviour 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).

"Privacy Officer": the person who is responsible for the application of this Policy and whose contact information is identified in section 1 of this Policy.

"Services": Services refers to the website and our pages on social networks and the services and programs rendered or offered to you.

3. Processing of Personal Information

3.1 Collection of Personal Information

We may commission third parties to collect information on our behalf, particularly to update our donor or member database. Please refer to section 3.3 for further details on this subject.
We may process various types of Personal Information, including the information listed below:

  • contact information, such as your first and last name, address, e-mail address and telephone number;
  • information relating to programs or services, such as information concerning the Services we provide;
  • information you choose to provide or transmit to us, for example, when you fill out our forms, volunteer, apply for a job or contact one of our employees or representatives;
  • transaction and payment information, such as the payment method used, date and time, payment amount, billing zip code, your address and other related information;
  • information automatically collected through the use of the Website and our Services, including :
  1. connection information and other information about your activities on the Website, such as the pages you have visited, the time and date of your visits, the number of connections, the type of browser you use, the operating system of your device and other hardware and software information;
  2. geolocation data, such as your country location, your IP address, or an approximate location determined from your IP address or your mobile device's GPS (depending on your device's settings);
  3. financial information about your activities while using the Website and our Services, such as credit card numbers when you make commercial transactions with the Entity.

In each case, such Personal Information is processed in accordance with the legitimate and necessary purposes listed in article 3.2 below.

3.2 Use of Personal Information

We may use your Personal Information for the legitimate purposes described below:

  • operate, maintain, supervise, develop, improve and offer all the functionalities of Our Website;
  • introduce you to Services and programs;
  • allow you to apply for job offers;
  • allow you to get involved as a volunteer;
  • allow you to take part in a fundraising campaign or make a donation;
  • allow you to submit a complaint about the quality of our programs;
  • perform our contractual obligations to you;
  • develop, improve and offer new Services;
  • send you messages, updates and security alerts;
  • for marketing and business development purposes, if you have previously consented to the processing of your Personal Information for these purposes;
  • answer your questions and provide assistance when needed;
  • carry out research, analysis and statistics relating to Our organization and Our Services;
  • detect and prevent fraud, errors, spam, abuse, security incidents and other harmful activities;
  • for any other purpose permitted or required by the law.

3.3 Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose your Personal Information to our employees (including human resources and IT departments), contractors, consultants, agents, service providers, and other trusted third parties (collectively, the “Service Providers”) who require such information to help Us operate Our website, carry out Our business activities, or serve you. This includes, but is not limited to, service firms for contact management and updating, and IT services for database optimization and service improvement. These Service Providers must first agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information in accordance with applicable laws and our Information Governance Program.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise disclose your Personal Information to third parties.

3.3.1 Service providers and other third parties

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 the cases in which such sharing may take place:

  • We use Fathom to analyze website traffic and compile statistics. See their privacy policy;
  • We use the services of MailChimp. See their privacy policy;
  • We use Fundky services to conduct business transactions for personal fundraising. See their privacy policy;
  • We use the services of Blackbaud to make payments and pre-payments on our Website. See their privacy policy;
  • We use Google Analytics to analyze the audience for Our Services, compile statistics and converse with customers and prospects. See their privacy policy;
  • We use Facebook Pixel services to help understand and serve ads, compile statistics and converse with customers and prospects. See their privacy policy;
  • We use Indeed to recruit our employees. Read their privacy policy;
  • We use the services of the LinkedIn social network to communicate about our activities and to present our Services and programs. See their privacy policy;
  • We use Facebook services to communicate about our activities and to present our Services and programs. Read Meta's privacy policy;
  • We use Instagram services to communicate about our activities and to present our Services and programs. Read Meta's privacy policy;
  • We use the services of the social network YouTube to communicate about our activities and to present our Services and programs. See their privacy policy;
  • We use the services of social network X (formerly Twitter) to communicate about our activities and to present our Services and programs. See their privacy policy;
  • We use Microsoft 365 (including Outlook and OneDrive) to store our documents and emails. See their privacy policy;
  • We use the services of DigitalOcean to host Our Website. See their privacy policy;
  • We use the services of Cloudflare for the cybersecurity of Our Website. See their privacy policy;
  • We use Metatracer to ensure Our compliance with the privacy laws that apply to Us. See their privacy policy.

Prior to disclosing your Personal Information to Service Providers outside the province of Quebec, or depending on the nature of the Personal Information disclosed, We conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment. When We disclose your Personal Information to Service Providers, We enter into written contracts with them before disclosing your Personal Information to them, and We provide them with only the Personal Information they need to perform their mandate. As part of these contracts with our Service Providers, We undertake to ensure that the principles set out in this Policy are respected, and these Service Providers are required to use Personal Information confidentially, in accordance with Our instructions and solely for the purposes for which it was provided. We provide sufficient assurances that adequate safeguards are in place that are proportionate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information being processed or disclosed. When our Service Providers no longer need your Personal Information, We ask them to destroy this data in an appropriate manner.

3.3.2 Complying with legislation, responding to legal requests, preventing harm and protecting our rights

We may disclose your Personal Information when We believe such disclosure is authorized, necessary or appropriate, including:

  • to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence ;
  • to protect our business ;
  • to comply with legal proceedings ;
  • to protect Our rights, Our privacy, Our security, Our property, yours or that of third parties ;
  • to enable Us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages We may suffer; and
  • in accordance with applicable laws, including laws outside your country of residence.

3.3.3 Commercial transaction

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 An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, SQ 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 Entity 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.

3.4 Personal Information Consent

Wherever possible, the Entity obtains consent directly from the individual concerned for Us to collect, use and disclose his or her 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.

We will seek your explicit, manifest, 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 Entity'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 WEBSITES, BY TRANSMITTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BY E-MAIL, YOU CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND TO THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY.

If You do not consent, please discontinue use of 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.

3.5 Retention of Personal Information

Subject to applicable laws, 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. As an indication, the duration of certain information may extend up to 7 years following the end of the Services rendered by the Entity to you. In addition, our retention periods may be modified from time to time in response to legitimate interests (for example, to ensure the security of Personal Information, to prevent abuse and breaches or to prosecute criminals).
For more information on the periods during which your Personal Information is kept, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact details provided in article 1b) of this Policy.

4. Your rights

As a data subject, you may exercise the rights set out below by communicating in writing with Our Privacy Officer at the contact information provided in section 1b) of the Policy. Please note that We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to any of these requests.

  • You have the right to be informed of the Personal Information We hold about you, its use, disclosure, retention and destruction, subject to exceptions provided by applicable law;
  • You have the right to access your Personal Information, to request a copy, including paper copies, of the documents containing your Personal Information, subject to the exceptions provided by applicable law, and to obtain, where applicable, further details on how we use, communicate, store and destroy it;
  • You have the right to rectify, amend and update the Personal Information We hold about you if it is incomplete, ambiguous, out of date or inaccurate;
  • You have the right to withdraw or change your consent to the Entity's collection, use, disclosure or retention of your Personal Information at any time, subject to applicable legal and contractual restrictions;
  • You have the right to ask Us to stop disseminating your Personal Information and to de-index any link attached to your name that gives access to this information if such dissemination contravenes the law or a court order;
  • You have the right to request that your Personal Information be communicated to you or transferred to another organization in a structured and commonly used technological format;
  • The right to be informed of any privacy incident involving your Personal Information that may cause you serious harm. To this end, we maintain a register of all privacy incidents and assess the harm they may cause;
  • You have the right to file a complaint with the Commission d'accès à l'information, subject to the conditions set out in the applicable law.

In order to process your request, you may be asked to provide appropriate identification or to identify yourself in some other way.

5. Cookies and other tracking technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies (collectively, "Cookies") to help us operate, protect and optimize the Website and the Services we offer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device or browser. They enable us to collect certain information when you visit the Website, including your preferred language, browser type and version, the type of device you are using and your device's unique identifier. While some of the Cookies We use are deleted after your browser session ends, other Cookies are retained on your device or browser to enable Us to recognize your browser the next time you visit the Website. The Personal Information collected through these Cookies is not intended to identify you. In particular, they are used to guarantee the operation of the Website, to improve the user's browsing experience and to provide certain data that enables us to better understand the traffic and interactions that take place on Our Website, as well as to detect certain types of fraud. Cookies do not harm your device and cannot be used to extract Personal Information. We collect your IP address, information about your device and operating system or browser, your path and browsing history on Our Website as well as your queries, browsing preferences (languages used), etc. We do not collect any personal information about you.

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 or not to accept 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.

To find out more about how we use Cookies, please see Our "Cookie Policy".

6. Safety measures

The Entity has 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, disclosure, reproduction, communication, use or modification. These measures include:

On the administrative front, the adoption of a series of policies and procedures as part of the implementation of our information governance program, including:

  • govern the access, disclosure, retention, de-identification, anonymization and/or, where applicable, destruction of Personal Information;
  • determine the roles and responsibilities of our employees throughout the life cycle of Personal Information and documents;
  • establish procedures for intervention and response in the event of a confidentiality incident;
  • govern the process for requests and complaints relating to the protection and handling of Personal Information.

On a technical level, the use of several means such as:

  • the use of a secure server. All sensitive information provided is transmitted via "Secure Socket Layer (SSL)" technology, then encrypted in Our payment gateway providers' database only to be accessible by authorized persons with special access rights to these systems, and are required to keep the information confidential;
  • use of backup systems, network monitoring software, etc.;
  • encryption, segregation of duties, access controls and internal audits.

Given the public nature of this Policy, we have not provided an exhaustive list of the measures we are implementing.

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 Privacy Officer immediately using the contact details set out in section 1b) above.

7. Invisible ReCAPTCHA

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 may collect information from your device. Information collected by reCAPTCHA is stored in accordance with its privacy policy.

8. Payment details

With regard to credit card details or other payment information that you have provided to Us, We undertake to ensure that such confidential information is stored in the most secure manner possible.

9. Changes to this Privacy 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 also notify you reasonably in advance of 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 Web Site or Services after the new version of our Policy becomes effective, your use of Our Web Site and Services will be governed by the new version of the Policy.

10. Links to third-party websites

From time to time, We may include on Our Website references or links to Our Facebook page, websites, products or services provided by third parties ("Third Party Services"). These Third Party Services, which are not operated or controlled by the Entity, are governed by privacy policies entirely separate and independent from 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. The Policy does not extend to third-party Services such as Our Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages.

11. Individuals under 14 years of age

We do not knowingly collect or use Personal Information from persons under the age of 14. If you are under 14 years of age, 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 become aware that your child has provided Personal Information to Us without consent, please contact Us using the contact information set forth in Section 1(b) above to request that We delete that child's Personal Information from our systems.

12. Applicable laws

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.



Last updated: 2024-04-26

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