Privacy policy

Introduction

The Gauthier Family Foundation (the "Foundation", "we" or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of people who visit our website or interact with our online services.

This privacy policy describes what personal information we collect, how we use it, with whom we share it and what your rights are. It applies to the Foundation’s website and the services offered there.

The Foundation is responsible for protecting the personal information it holds, in accordance with Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector and, where applicable, Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Personal information collected

We collect only the personal information necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Depending on your use of the site, we may collect the following:

• IP address and associated technical data, collected temporarily for security and abuse prevention purposes.
• Navigation data strictly necessary for site operation, where applicable.

Purposes and legal basis

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• Ensure site security and prevent abusive or fraudulent use.
• Respond to your requests when you contact us.
• Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

Consent

For security and abuse prevention measures, we rely on our legitimate interest in protecting our systems and users.

When you contact us voluntarily, we process the information you provide in order to respond to your request.

Disclosure and subprocessors

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may however disclose it to service providers acting on our behalf and only to the extent necessary to perform their mandates, including:

• Sanity — website content management.
• Vercel — website hosting and delivery.

Retention period

We retain your personal information as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected.

Technical data used for security and abuse prevention is retained for a limited period, generally not exceeding twelve (12) months, unless otherwise required by law.

When your information is no longer required, we destroy or anonymize it securely.

Your rights

Subject to limitations provided by law, you have the following rights:

• Right of access to your personal information.
• Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Right to withdraw your consent when processing is based on it.
• Right to portability of your information, where applicable.
• Right to file a complaint with the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Cookies and similar technologies

Our site uses local storage technologies (localStorage) to remember your cookie preferences.

Essential cookies — These cookies are required for the site to function. They allow us to remember your consent choices. They cannot be disabled.

Analytics cookies — With your consent, we may use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used and improve the experience. These cookies are only placed if you accept them through our management panel. Retention is generally limited to thirteen (13) months, in line with Google Analytics practices.

Embedded media — Some pages may display videos hosted by YouTube or Vimeo. These services may place their own cookies when you interact with the video player. We do not require prior consent to display this content.

Managing your preferences — You can accept, reject or change your choices at any time using the button below. You may also withdraw your consent at any time by disabling the relevant categories in that panel.

Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical and physical security measures to protect your personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any change will be published on this page with a revised update date.

We encourage you to review this page regularly to stay informed about how we protect your personal information.

Contact

For any questions regarding this policy or to exercise your rights, you may contact us:

Email: contact@fondationfg.ca

Address: 7236 Rue Waverly MTL, Montreal, QC H2R 0C2

Phone: +1 (514) 777-1234