This site is owned and operated by BBQ QUÉBEC. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors as they interact with the content, products and services on this site www.bbqquebec.com. This privacy policy applies to the Site only. It does not apply to other sites to which we link. Because we collect certain information about our users, we want to advise you of what information we collect about you, how we collect this information, how this information is used, and how you can control the disclosure of this information. You agree that your use of the Site signifies your acceptance of this privacy policy. If you do not agree with this privacy policy, please do not use the Site.
1) Information collected
We collect two types of information from you: (i) information that you voluntarily provide to us (for example, through a voluntary registration process, sign-up or email), and (ii) information that is derived through automated tracking mechanisms.
Voluntary Information for Services and Features [We collect personal information when you choose to use certain other features of the Site, including: (i) making purchases, (ii) consenting to receive emails or text messages about upcoming promotions or events, (iii) consenting to receive electronic mail, (iv) participating in our forum, (iv) commenting on articles, sharing or otherwise. When you choose to use these additional features, we ask you to provide your “Information,” in addition to any other personal information that may be necessary to complete a transaction, such as your phone number, billing and shipping addresses, and credit card information. Occasionally, we may also request information such as your demographic and shopping preferences that will help us learn more about our users.
Cookie file
Our site uses cookies and other tracking technologies. Cookies allow us to open secure pages for our users without requiring them to sign in each time. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how you can delete them. If a user's system is inactive for a set period of time, the cookie expires, requiring the user to sign in again to continue the session. This prevents unauthorized access to the user's information.
You can set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you can choose to block cookies through your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your user name and password to access certain parts of the site.
Third-Party Cookies: In the course of serving advertisements on this site, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.
2) Sponsorships
You may choose to invite friends to join www.bbqquebec.com by sending invitation emails through our invitation feature. www.bbqquebec.com stores the email addresses you provide so that respondents can be added to your social network, confirm orders/purchases and also to send invitation reminders. www.bbqquebec.com does not sell these email addresses or use them to send additional communications outside of invitations and invitation messages. Recipients of invitations may contact www.bbqquebec.com to request removal of their information from our database.
3) How we use your information
www.bbqquebec.com uses your personal information for the purposes for which it was intended. Your personal information will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without your approval at the time of collection.
www.bbqquebec.com undertakes not to disclose, use, give or sell information
personal information to third parties for purposes other than to our suppliers and other third parties who need to know that information in order to provide services on behalf of www.bbqquebec.com unless such information is required by law. In addition, www.bbqquebec.com reserves the right to contact you regarding matters relevant to the underlying service provided and/or to collect information.
Please note that personally identifiable information is only used to provide you with a more enjoyable, convenient online experience, and to help us identify and/or provide information, products or services that may be of interest to you. We use your personal information to support and improve your use of the Site and its features, including, but not limited to: fulfilling your order; providing customer service; tracking email invitations you send; and otherwise supporting your use of the Site.
www.bbqquebec.com may use your personal information for targeted advertising to you, based on certain elements such as region, gender, interests, goals, habits, etc.
We may allow certain trusted third parties to track usage, analyze data such as the source address that a page request comes from, your IP address or domain name, the date and time of the page request, the referring website (if any), and other URL parameters. This data is collected to better understand the use of our website, and improve the performance of the services to maintain and operate the site and certain features of the site. We may use third parties to host the site; operate various features available on the site; send emails, analyze data, provide search results and links, and help process your orders.
We may also share personal or other information with our parent company, subsidiaries, divisions and affiliates.
We may transfer personal information as an asset in connection with a proposed or actual merger or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings) involving all or a portion of our business or as part of a corporate reorganization, stock sale or other change in control.
www.bbqquebec.com may disclose contact information in special cases where we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms of Use or who may be causing injury to or interference with our rights, property, customers, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE for any personal information you choose to submit in forums such as a bulletin board, chat room or any other PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE area of the SITE.
You will receive notice when your personal information may be provided to a third party for a reason other than those set forth in this Privacy Policy, and you will have the opportunity to request that we not share that information.
We use data to better design our website and for business and administrative purposes. We may also use or share with third parties aggregated data that does not contain any personal information.
4) How we protect your information
We are committed to protecting the information we receive from you. We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information and data stored on our system. Although no computer system is completely secure, we believe the measures we have implemented reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved.
5) Accessing and updating your personal information and preferences
We provide mechanisms to update and correct your personal information for many of our services. You can change or delete your personal information at any time by logging into your account and accessing features such as verification and account.
6) Receive emails
BBQ QUÉBEC does not collect your personal information unless you choose to provide it. If at any time you prefer not to receive any further email communications from BBQ QUÉBEC (except for communications relating to information, products or services that you expressly request to receive), you will have the opportunity to unsubscribe from such communications using the link provided in each email sent by BBQ QUÉBEC. If at any time you prefer not to receive any other form of communication from BBQ QUÉBEC, you may unsubscribe from such communications by contacting: info@bbqquebec.com
7) Child protection and parental control
We do not solicit any personal information from minor children. If you are not 18 years of age or older, you are not authorized to use this site. Parents should be aware that there are parental control tools available online that can be used to prevent children from submitting information online without parental permission or from accessing material that is harmful to minors.
8) Safety Warning
By accepting the terms and conditions of the site and the privacy policy, you accept that no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of any information you provide to us, so you transmit such information to us at your own risk.
9) Notification of changes
www.bbqquebec.com reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its discretion. If at some point in the future there is a change to our Privacy Policy, unless we obtain your consent to do so, such change will only apply to information collected after the revised Privacy Policy has taken effect. Your continued use of the Site indicates your acceptance of the Privacy Policy as posted.
10) Other information:
Privacy Officer
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this Policy, please do not hesitate to contact the responsible person:
Frederick Hussler
BBQ Quebec
472 Jean-Neveu Street
Boucherville, QC, J4G 1N8
Phone: 450-693-1227
Email: info@bbqquebec.com
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors as they interact with the content, products and services on this site www.bbqquebec.com . This privacy policy applies to the Site only. It does not apply to other sites to which we link. Because we collect certain information about our users, we want to advise you of what information we collect about you, how we collect that information, how that information is used, and how you can control the disclosure of that information. You agree that your use of the Site signifies your acceptance of this privacy policy. If you do not agree with this privacy policy, please do not use the Site.