Last Update : 2023 September, 15th

SURFING IN BAUHAUSHABITAT.COM

Bauhaushabitat.com contains links to external sites. Bauhaus Habitat is not responsible for the content of those sites, nor for their privacy-related practices.

COOKIES AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Google Analytics uses cookies to gather information on your surfing. It uses this information for statistical purposes in order to improve your experience. The information is stored in the United States. Google may communicate it to third parties, if required to do so by law, and for its own internal processing. The data will also be shared on the Bauhaus Habitat’s Google Ads account. The information includes, in particular,

• the anonymized IP address of your computer (your IP address is modified, which prevents anyone from connecting it to you),
• the operating system of your device,
• the pages consulted (the date, time and duration of your visits).

Google advertising cookies are used to gather demographic data and information on visitors’ centres of interest. The information is anonymized and cannot be associated with a specific person.

You can configure your browser to block cookies, but this may affect your experience and limit your access to certain functions.

INTERACTIONS WITH BAUHAUS HABITAT

You may communicate with Bauhaus Habitat through various secure tools, including telephone and online services.

Sending information by email is not entirely secure. For this reason, Bauhaus Habitat advises you against disclosing personal information, such as your social insurance number, in emails. Bauhaus Habitat does the same, by not answering your questions via email whenever this involves transmitting confidential data.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Personal information gathered by Bauhaushabitat.com is handled in compliance with the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information. This Act sets out the principles to be observed in collecting, using, communicating with or without consent, storing and destroying personal information, while setting up the appropriate security measures in accordance with the nature and quantity of the information.

REQUESTS FOR ACCESS

You may submit a request for access to learn what personal information is held by Bauhaus Habitat. You may also make a request to have this information corrected.

The Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information grants you the following rights:

• respect of the confidentiality of personal information;
• access to your personal information;
• the right to correct your personal information if it is incomplete, inaccurate or equivocal, or if the collection, release or keeping of the information is not authorized by law.

PREPARING A REQUEST FOR ACCESS

A request for access to an administrative document may be made verbally or in writing, and must contain:

• the title of the document that you wish to obtain or a brief description that may serve to identify the document;
• your last name, first name and contact information (email, telephone number and mailing address) so that the organization may communicate with you if clarifications are required.

A request for access to an item of personal information or a request for correction must be made in writing, and must contain:

• a description of the item of information that you wish to obtain or that must be corrected (a description sufficiently precise to identify the information concerned);
• the time period involved;
• your last name, first name and contact information (email, telephone number and mailing address) so that the organization may communicate with you if clarifications are required.

If you are making a request on behalf of another person, you must provide:

• an official consent form or proxy;
• or the mandate signed by that person, if you are a notary or an attorney.

If you wish to gain access to the personal information of a deceased person, your status must be one of the following:

• liquidator of the succession (estate): you must provide the will search and the will;
• beneficiary of life insurance or of a death benefit: you must present a document that proves this status (life insurance policy, mortgage loan, travel insurance, etc.);
• heir: you must submit a will search, a will or proof of your status (for example a birth certificate or marriage certificate) and demonstrate your interests or rights;
• person having parental authority: you must demonstrate your title by means of a birth certificate.

SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR ACCESS

You must send your request to the person responsible.

Catherine Vachon
Director, Business Development, Communications & Marketing
catherinevachon@vanlifemtl.com
+1 514-903-1995