Personal information protection policy

Recreashop (“Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop)” or “we”) cares about respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information. The Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) is committed to protecting your personal information collected during your use of the Recreashop.ca website (the “website”) and when you communicate with us and to using it only for the purposes to which they were collected.

    1. SCOPE AND APPLICATION
    2. WHY WE COLLECT INFORMATION
    3. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
    4. HOW INFORMATION IS STORED AND DISCLOSED
    5. HYPERLINKS AND THIRD PARTIES
    6. SAFETY AND CONSERVATION
    7. YOUR RIGHTS
    8. CONTACT US

This personal information protection policy (the “Privacy Policy”) governs the collection, use and retention of information obtained by the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) regarding users when they access or use the website or when they communicate with us, whether by email, telephone, social media or otherwise.

BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE AND RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS DESCRIBED IN THIS POLICY.

1. SCOPE AND APPLICATION

The term “personal information” means information which, when taken alone or in combination with other information, allows an individual to be identified, for example their name, date of birth, email address, and any other information that must be treated as “personal information” in accordance with applicable laws.

The Independent Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions (Recreashop) reserves the right to change this policy at any time without notice. The updated version of the policy is available on the website and its effective date is indicated there. If changes are made to the policy that would materially alter the privacy risk, we will notify you by means of a notice posted on the home page of the website or we will contact you on your behalf inform, when required by law. If you continue to use the Website after such changes become effective, you will be deemed to have accepted such changes. We recommend that you regularly consult our privacy policy.

This policy is an integral part of the Terms of use of the site website which govern your use of the website.

2. WHY WE COLLECT INFORMATION

The personal information that is collected and used is notably for the following purposes:

    • to process user requests, including requests for information;
    • to allow users to apply for an unsolicited application or a posted position;
    • to deal with problems reported to us by users, including to provide troubleshooting, support, optimization and review of website security breaches or to restore lost data;
    • to evaluate, optimize and improve the content and functionality of the website;
    • to communicate with you regarding a request you have made or your experience with our services or website;
    • in order to offer you advertising content, in particular through retargeting, and to improve the content of our advertisements and our website so that they are better suited or of interest to the public.
    • in order to track your use of the website’s features.

We only use personal information for the purposes for which it was collected.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you access and use the website, the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) may collect certain data concerning your use of the website, such as the features used or the sections visited or any other data allowing identification the operating system of the device you are using. This data cannot be used to identify you personally. We may use performance tools provided by third parties, such as Google Analytics, to collect information that is not of a personal nature, such as the Internet browser and the type of operating system you are using and the name domain from which you were directed to the websites. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect statistical data in aggregate form to analyze how visitors use a website. These cookies are used to store non-personally identifiable data. If you do not wish to transmit information to Google Analytics, you can choose to opt out of the use of your data by changing your preferences in the cookie consent banner.

Additionally, when you visit the Websites, we may place a data file on your device, such as a cookie, pixel tags (very small graphics) or a similar file. These files allow us to retain certain information about your use of the website, including the date of your most recent visit, pages viewed and files downloaded. They allow us to adapt the website so that it better meets the interests and preferences of our users. These files may also be used by the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) for targeted marketing purposes in order to present you with content or advertisements that we consider may be of interest to you based on your browsing behavior on the website . You have the option to deactivate these cookies for the future if you wish by managing the configuration options of your browser.

The Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) may also collect certain personal information about you, which may include, depending on the case, your full name, your postal address, your email address, your telephone number that you voluntarily provide using the functionalities websites, particularly when you complete an online quote request.

4. HOW INFORMATION IS STORED AND DISCLOSED

The Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) retains personal information for a reasonable period either to give you proper access to the websites, or to fully respond to your requests, or to achieve the stated purposes, or in accordance with the provisions of the law, whichever of these deadlines is the longest. After this period, we destroy them in order to protect them against unauthorized access or communication.

Only certain resources may access data, when necessary to carry out their mandates related to projects and services, in accordance with the purposes set out in this privacy policy, subject to the following paragraph.

We never disclose your personal information to anyone outside the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) without your consent, with the exception of the following third parties and only if they have put in place appropriate security guarantees to to ensure at least the same level of security as ours:

    • our partners or collaborators whose services have been retained to carry out certain functions on our behalf. In this case, we take the necessary steps to ensure that these third parties only have access to the information that is necessary to carry out the agreed services, that they process your information only for the purposes that we have determined and that they have in place measures to protect personal information that comply with applicable laws and allow them to respect the same conditions and the same level of protection as set out in this privacy policy;
    • any entity in the event of a merger, corporate reorganization or change of control of the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop), in whole or in part, only if the parties have signed an agreement stipulating that the collection, use and disclosure information is limited to the purposes of the commercial transaction;
    • any public authority if required by law, or to defend our rights, or otherwise as required by law. If the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) is required to disclose information or provide a copy of that information to a government agency under any law or pursuant to a court order, the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) will attempt to notify you in advance to the extent permitted by law.

5. HYPERLINKS AND THIRD PARTIES

The Website may contain sharing or publishing options or links to third party websites or platforms. By using or activating these links or functionalities, you leave the website and your browsing then becomes subject to the conditions of use and the personal information protection policy of these third parties. We have no control over these third party platforms and the fact that these platforms are listed on the website does not in any way engage our responsibility.

6. SAFETY AND CONSERVATION

All data is stored on servers with high security guarantees, protected against improper use and access by unauthorized persons. We strive to maintain the necessary physical, administrative and technical security measures in place at our offices and information retention centers. The information is only made available to employees who need access to this information to carry out their responsibilities.

The Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) uses reasonable means to protect your personal information transmitted during your use of the website. More specifically, we use technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against loss or theft as well as unauthorized access and disclosure, both internally and externally to our organization. However, no security mechanism is perfect and you should be aware that there is always some risk of security breaches. The Independent Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions (Recreashop) declines all responsibility with regard to the fact that such information concerning you could be disclosed, except in the event of negligence on our part.

All data collected during your use of the website is generally stored on servers located in Canada. However, the data may be processed by third party service providers of the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) located outside of Canada to enable them to carry out mandates on behalf of the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions ( Recreashop). In the latter case, the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) takes reasonable steps to ensure that these third parties are bound by the appropriate guarantees.

7. YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to know the purpose of the collection and processing by the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop) of personal information concerning you, as well as the right to access this information, to update it and to to correct. You can at any time withdraw your consent to the use and retention of your personal information by the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop). In such a case, however, you may no longer be able to use certain features of the website.

8. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, access to your personal information or about the collection, use and communication of personal information by the Independent Federation of Autonomous Unions (Recreashop ) or how you can exercise your rights set out above, file a complaint or update your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer, Frederic Lamothe, at Info@recreashop.ca

We are committed to processing your requests quickly and diligently.

Updated: November 15, 2023