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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THIS POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE HANDLE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND WHAT CHOICES AND RIGHTS YOU HAVE IN THIS REGARD. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

GIRUX DRILLING is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of your personal information. We also believe in transparency. This policy explains how we handle your personal information. Please read this policy carefully to understand how we process your personal information and the rights you may have under applicable law.

IN WHAT CONTEXT DOES THIS POLICY APPLY?

This policy describes our practices regarding personal information for which we act as “data controllers” under applicable law. This includes information collected when you visit our website, https://www.foragegiroux.com/ (the “site”). However, this policy does not apply when we process personal information on behalf of a client. For more information on a client’s data practices, please contact that client directly. We are not responsible for the privacy and security practices of our clients.

HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We collect the following types of personal data for the purposes outlined below.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you contact us, inquire about our services using our contact form, we collect your name, company name, professional email address, and phone number.

We process contact information to provide you with our services, ensure customer support, maintain the confidentiality and security of our site, products, and services, manage our databases and backups, manage our relationships with you, communicate with you, and keep records of our communications with you. The legal bases for this processing are consent or, where applicable, our legitimate interests in the proper administration of our site and business, effective management of customer relationships, and performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

ACCOUNT REGISTRATION INFORMATION

We process account registration information to provide you with our products and services, ensure customer support, maintain the confidentiality of our services, manage our databases and backups, manage our relationships with you, communicate with you, and keep records of our communications with you. The legal bases for this processing are consent or, where applicable, our legitimate interests in the proper administration of our site and business, effective management of customer relationships, and performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

COMMUNICATIONS AND INQUIRIES

If you communicate with us, in addition to your contact information, we will receive the subject of your message and any comments, content, or other information you choose to provide.

We process communications and inquiries to provide you with our services, ensure customer support, maintain the confidentiality and security of our site and services, manage our databases and backups, manage our relationships with you, communicate with you, and keep records of our communications with you. The legal bases for this processing are consent or, where applicable, our legitimate interests in the proper administration of our site and business, effective management of customer relationships, and performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

We use cookies and similar technologies as described in the “cookies and similar technologies” section of this policy. If you choose to disable cookies and similar technologies, certain sections and features of the site may not function properly.

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

We process cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, provide you with requested content and functionality, ensure the confidentiality and security of our site, develop new services, enhance your experience by offering more personalized service, and for analytics purposes. Where required by law, we rely on your explicit consent for the use of marketing, performance, and analytics cookies and similar technologies. The legal basis for processing strictly necessary cookies serves our legitimate interests in the proper management of our site and business.

DEVICE INFORMATION AND USAGE

When you visit the site, we automatically collect information from your browser and device, including the date and time of your visit, your location, IP address or device unique identifier, domain server, browser type, access time, and data about the pages you view.

We process device information and usage to manage the site, provide you with requested content and functionality, ensure the confidentiality and security of our site, develop new services, enhance your experience by offering more personalized and interactive service, and for analytics purposes. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in monitoring and improving our site.

OTHER PROCESSING ACTIVITIES

We may also process personal information as necessary for the following:

Establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims, whether in court, administrative proceedings, or otherwise. (The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in protecting and asserting our legal rights, your legal rights, and the legal rights of others.);

Obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, risk management, or obtaining professional advice. (The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in adequately protecting our business.);

Purposes that are consistent with the purposes and uses described in this policy for which your personal information was provided to us, or which are related or ancillary thereto.

We may process your personal information for any of the purposes and uses described in this policy based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

  • Performance of a Contract: To perform the services you have requested or to fulfill your instructions or other contractual obligations between you and us.
  • Compliance with Legal Obligations: To comply with our legal obligations and maintain records of our compliance processes.
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party recipient of your personal information, provided that these interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
  • Publicly Available Information: You have chosen to publicly post or display your personal information in a public area of the site, such as a comment section.
  • Protection of Vital Interests: Processing is necessary to protect your vital interests.
  • Public Interest: Processing is necessary for reasons of public interest.
  • Consent: You have expressly consented to us processing your personal information in a specific manner.

These legal grounds ensure that we process your personal information lawfully and transparently, respecting your rights and freedoms.

PROCESSING LOCATION

We operate in Quebec, and personal information is transferred, stored, and processed within Quebec, where we are affiliated, have partners, service providers, or agents, and maintain facilities. By sending us personal information or using the site, you consent to the processing of this personal information in locations such as the United States, which may not offer the same level of protection as required in other countries.

We rely on recognized legal grounds to lawfully perform cross-border/international transfers of personal information, such as explicit consent when required, when the transfer is necessary for us to provide services under an agreement, or when the transfer is subject to safeguards ensuring the protection of personal information.

HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

When we act as “data controllers” or as permitted by applicable law, we may share your personal information in the following contexts:

MERGERS AND SIMILAR TRANSACTIONS

We may disclose your personal information in the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or any other sale or transfer of all or part of our company’s assets, whether as a going concern or in bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, where personal information we hold is part of the transferred assets.

LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND LEGAL RIGHTS

We disclose your personal information in response to subpoenas, warrants, court orders, or other legal processes, or to comply with applicable laws. We may also share your personal information to establish or exercise our legal rights, to defend against legal claims, and to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected illegal activities, potential fraud, the safety of individuals or property, or a breach of contract. We may also disclose personal information when necessary to protect vital interests.

PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS

We disclose personal information to our insurers and other professional advisors, including lawyers, accountants, consultants, and auditors, who need access to your information to provide operational services or other support services on our behalf.

FOR HOW LONG DO WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We will retain and use your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, to comply with our operational requirements and legal obligations, to resolve disputes, to protect our assets, to provide services, and to enforce our contracts.

We take reasonable steps to delete personal information we collect when (1) we have a legal obligation to do so, (2) we no longer need the information, or (3) if you request us to delete your information, unless we determine that retention is necessary to comply with our legal, regulatory, contractual, or legitimate operational obligations. We may also decide to delete your personal information if we believe it is incomplete, inaccurate, or if retaining it conflicts with our legal obligations or operational objectives.

To the extent permitted by law, we may retain and use anonymous, anonymized, and aggregated information for purposes such as performance reporting, comparative analysis, and other product and service improvements. When we delete data, it is removed from our active servers and databases; however, it may remain in our archives when it is not practical or possible to delete it.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We have implemented security measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access, and to detect fraudulent activities including identity verification when transmitting personal information in response to requests from concerned individuals. We periodically review our security procedures to incorporate new technologies and appropriate methods.

However, no security system is perfect, and no data transmission over the internet is guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee or ensure the security of any information transmitted to or from the website or services. Your use of the site is at your own risk. We cannot guarantee that your data will remain secure under all circumstances. If a breach compromises your personal data, we will notify you and any applicable regulatory authorities as required by law.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Please use the contact details provided in the “Contact Us” section at the bottom of this policy to exercise your rights and choices under this policy.

Email Preferences:

If you no longer wish to receive email communications from us, you can unsubscribe by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link at the end of our emails, or by contacting us using the contact details in the “Contact Us” section at the bottom of this policy. Please provide your name and email address so we can identify you for the unsubscribe process. Once we receive your instructions, we will promptly take corrective action. Please note that registered users cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account.

Accuracy and Updating Your Personal Information:

Our goal is to ensure that your personal information is accurate, up-to-date, and complete. If any personal information you have provided to us changes, please update your account/user profile or notify us using the contact details in the “Contact Us” section at the bottom of this website. We are not responsible for losses resulting from inaccurate, inauthentic, deficient, or incomplete personal information you provide to us.

Complaints:

If you believe that your rights regarding your personal information have been violated, you can file a complaint with us by contacting us using the contact details in the “Contact Us” section at the bottom of this policy.

Individual Rights:

You may have certain rights regarding your personal data under local data protection laws, and we discuss the rights provided in different jurisdictions below. We honor individuals’ rights as required by applicable law, and these rights may include the following, depending on the applicable laws:

  • Access your personal information;
  • Learn more about how we process your personal information;
  • Correct inaccurate personal information and, considering the purpose of processing personal information, ensure completeness;
  • Erase or delete your personal information;
  • Limit our processing of your personal information;
  • Transfer your personal information to another data controller, to the extent possible;
  • Object to certain processing of your personal information;
  • Refuse disclosure of certain of your personal information to third parties;
  • If you are under the age of 16, or any other applicable age of consent, authorize certain disclosures of your personal information to third parties;
  • Not be discriminated against for exercising your rights described above;
  • Not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects;
  • Withdraw your consent at any time (to the extent we rely on consent for processing), without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

All requests should be sent to the contact details provided in the “Contact Us” section of this policy. Your personal information may be processed in response to these rights. If you exercise a right that falls under the responsibility of a third party, including one of our clients, we will direct you to contact the appropriate data controller who is responsible for responding to your request.

The disclosures below outline our data practices.

We have collected the following categories of personal information:

  • Identifiers;
  • Business information;
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information;
  • Geolocation data;
  • Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information.

Professional or employment-related information:

We have collected the personal information identified in this policy from you.

We have collected the categories of personal information listed above for the following purposes:

  • Providing services to you;
  • Offering customer service to you;
  • Ensuring the confidentiality and security of our website, products, and services;
  • Managing our databases and backups;
  • Managing our relationships with you;
  • Communicating with you;
  • Keeping a record of our communications with you;
  • Operating our business;
  • Detecting fraud, illegal activities, or security breaches;
  • Operating the website;
  • Providing you with requested content and functionality;
  • Developing new services;
  • Enhancing your experience by offering a more personalized and interactive service.
  • We have not sold categories of personal information.

We have disclosed for business purposes the categories of personal information listed below:

We have disclosed each category of personal information to the following categories of third parties:

  • Parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies;
  • Advisors (accountants, lawyers);
  • Service providers (data analytics, data storage, mailing, marketing, website and platform administration, technical support);
  • Operating systems and platforms.

Categories of personal information disclosed:

  • Identifiers;
  • Commercial information;
  • Information related to Internet or other electronic network activity;
  • Geolocation data;
  • Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information;
  • Professional or employment-related information.

We do not offer financial incentives, price differences, or services in exchange for the retention or sale of your personal information.

THIRD-PARTY SITES AND SERVICES

This policy does not apply to any applications or websites owned by third parties. The site may contain links to third parties, as well as media or other content from third parties. These links lead to external and third-party resources that have their own privacy policies. Due to the dynamic nature of media capabilities on the site, links to external third-party resources may not always be clear. Clicking on a third-party link will redirect you away from the site. You can check the URL to confirm that you have left the site.

We cannot:

Guarantee the adequacy of privacy protection practices or security employed by content and media provided by third parties or their websites;
Control the collection or independent use by third parties of your information;
Endorse information, products, services, or websites of third parties accessible through links embedded on the site.

Any information you provide or that is automatically collected from you by a third party will be governed by the privacy policy and terms of use of that party.

UPDATES AND CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may add, change, update, or modify this policy from time to time. We will post all changes to this policy on this page. The updated policy will become effective upon publication. If we make significant changes, we will also notify you through a notice on the homepage of our site for a reasonable period. Additionally, at our discretion, we may inform you via email about changes to this policy.

You must, and you acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to carefully review this policy periodically before using the site, to understand its current terms. Your continued use of the site after the “last updated” date will constitute your acceptance of any changes and our collection and sharing of your information in accordance with the then-current policy. If you disagree with this policy and our practices, you should not use this site.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns, if you wish to exercise your rights, or file a complaint with us, you can contact us using the information below, and we will do our best to assist you.

Email: info@foragegiroux.com.