PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

ECHELLE CANADA is committed to protecting personal data. It undertakes to ensure the highest level of protection for your personal data in accordance with applicable regulations. ECHELLE CANADA has implemented a secure and effective IT systems management policy to protect the company’s data and the personal data it processes.

1. What data do we collect?

SCALE CANADA may collect personal data directly from you or indirectly through third parties. In accordance with the principle of minimization, we only collect data that is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed and for which you have given your consent.
The different categories of data collected when you subscribe and when you use our services are as follows:
Identification data (including last name, first name);
Contact details (including postal address and email address);
Usage data (including web pages and products viewed, searches and requests made);
Connection and browsing data (including your computer’s IP address, connection and usage logs);
Commercial data (order history, referring store, complaints);
Location data.

2. Why do we collect data?

LADDER CANADA uses your personal data primarily for the following purposes:
In connection with the performance of a contract: Order and customer relationship management, customer account management and customer authentication, order payment, communications with the customer (technical and commercial support), management of pre-litigation, litigation, and unpaid debts, management of rights and requests to exercise individual rights, provision and operation of services, hosting of customer data;
For commercial and prospecting purposes: Customer knowledge and statistics and performance of our site, targeting of advertising messages, enrichment and enhancement of the customer/prospect database;
Combating fraud and ensuring the security of our site.

3. How long do you keep your data?

We only retain your data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes mentioned above or to enable us to meet our legal obligations.
Personal data used for commercial prospecting purposes may be retained for a maximum period of three (3) years from the end of the commercial relationship.

4. Who are the recipients?

Your personal data may be processed by authorized personnel at ECHELLE CANADA and ECHELLE EUROPEENNE, stores in the ECHELLE EUROPEENNE network, and partners or service providers of ECHELLE CANADA and ECHELLE EUROPEENNE.
If these recipients are required to process your data outside of Canada, transfers will be carried out in accordance with the Regulations.

5. How secure is your data?

We have defined technical and organizational measures to protect your data appropriately according to its nature, the extent of its processing, and its accessibility. These measures may include, for example, access rights management or secure data flows.
All of our employees, service providers, and partners are required to comply with data security and protection requirements.

6. What are your rights?

In accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) dated April 13, 2000, you may request access to your personal data at any time and, if necessary, file a dispute under the conditions set out in the Regulations.
You have the right to modify or withdraw, at any time, the consent you have given us to process your personal data.
You also have the right to request the correction of your personal data in the event of an error or inaccuracy, or to update it.
Your personal data may be retained or deleted after your death in accordance with the Regulations. You have the right to instruct ECHELLE CANADA to disclose this data to a third party that you have designated in advance.
In addition, in the event of a breach of your personal data, you have the right to file a complaint either directly with our Department, whose contact details are provided in the following paragraph, or with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
How to exercise your rights:
You may exercise your rights at any time by writing to: ECHELLE CANADA Inc., 1179 Autoroute 440 Ouest, Laval (QUEBEC) QC H7L3W3 Canada or by email to the following address: donneespersonnelles@echelle-europeenne.com

7. Update to this PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this PRIVACY POLICY at any time by updating it on the ECHELLE CANADA website. Our use of your personal information will always be governed by the most recent version of this PRIVACY POLICY.