Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Scope

Postech Screw Piles (“We” or “US”) is committed to the protection of privacy and information security.

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) addresses the protection of Personal Information (hereafter defined) we collect on the users of the website postechpiles.com (the “Website”) as well as on the persons who communicate with us using emails (“you”).

This Policy aims to comply with Canadian and Quebec laws relating to the protection of Personal Information and, where applicable, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

2. What do we collect, how and why

Personal Information means any information pertaining to a natural person which directly or indirectly allows the person to be identified. For the purposes of this Policy, Personal Information corresponds to “personal data” within the meaning of the GDPR.

We collect only the Personal Information that is necessary to establish, manage and maintain our business relationship with you.

For submission, contact form, advertising,email,data analysis, we collect, using Postech Screw Piles, the following information:

Last name, First name;
Email Address;
Phone Number;
Street Address;
Postal Code
Demographic Informations
Website Behavior

To facilitate the navigation on the Website we may collect information by using cookies. Kindly refer to section 8 for more details.

We only use your Personal Information for the purposes stated above except where we are permitted by law, in very limited circumstances, to do so without your consent.

3. Your Consent

BY VISITING, USING THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATING WITH US, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS POLICY AND CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, RETENTION, DISCLOSURE AND DESTRUCTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF OTHER TERMS APPLY, WE WILL DESCRIBE THEM AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION.

If you do not want your Personal Information to be collected, used or disclosed in this manner, then please: refrain from providing us with Personal Information or exercise your right to withdraw your consent.

[YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN FEATURES OF OUR WEBSITE MAY NO LONGER BE ACCESSIBLE OR MAY BE RESTRICTED FOLLOWING YOUR REFUSAL TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION OR THE WITHDRAWAL OF YOUR CONSENT].

4. Security and Governance

Information security is a priority for us. As such, we have adopted policies and practices to manage our governance with regards to the protection Personal Information that include:

A framework applicable to the use, communication, retention and destruction of such information;
The roles and responsibilities of our employees throughout its life cycle;
A process for handling complaints concerning its protection.

Each of employee who uses Personal Information is bound by confidentiality obligations and has received appropriate training. In addition, the employee may only access Personal Information that is necessary for the performance of his or her duties. In the event of a breach, our governance policies and practices provide for sanctions.

5. Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may disclose Personal Information to third parties with your consent or in specific circumstances permitted by law. The following table summarizes these circumstances and the steps we take to protect such information.

Recipient	Description and purpose	Steps
Service providers, agents, subcontractors (“Subcontractors”)	We may enter into contracts with Subcontractors to provide a service to our clients, such as a Website feature.	The contract requires Subcontractors to: •Use only Personal Information that is necessary for providing the service. •Refrain from disclosing or communicating Personal Information without our authorization. •Implement rigorous security measures. •Allow us to audit these measures. •Notify us immediately of a confidentiality incident. •Destroy Personal Information at the end of the contract.
Another party in a Business Transaction	We may enter into a contract with a third party to conclude a Business Transaction. Such a transaction is defined as the disposition or lease of all or part of our business or its assets, a change in our legal structure by merger or otherwise, the obtaining of a loan or other form of financing or a security interest taken to secure any of our obligations (“Business Transaction”).	The contract requires the other party to: •Use Personal Information only for the purposes of entering into the Business Transaction. •Implement rigorous security measures. •Refrain from disclosing or communicating Personal Information without our consent. •Notify us immediately of a confidentiality incident. •Destroy Personal Information if the Business Transaction is not entered into or the Personal Information is no longer necessary for entering into the Business Transaction.
Legitimate authorities	In order to comply with a court order or decision, including a valid search warrant, or an order or decision of a regulatory authority, we may be required to provide Personal Information.	These authorities are required by their governing laws to establish measures to respect and preserve the confidentiality of your Personal Information. We inform Customers of any requests from legitimate authorities to access Personal Information about their Authorized Users. We decline to provide access where the request is not legally binding.
Our legal counsel	In order to defend or enforce our rights, we may, in certain circumstances, disclose your Personal Information.	Both the law and the retainer agreements we sign require our lawyers to protect the confidentiality of all our communications with them.

6. Retention

We retain Personal Information about you only as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or to comply with legal retention requirements. For instance, if you are not selected to become a model, we destroy the pictures you have sent.

We reserve the right to establish Personal Information destruction policies from time to time. If you request the destruction of your Personal Information, we will use reasonable efforts to comply with your request unless we are allowed or required by the law to keep it.

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights:

The right to be informed of the types of operations carried out on your Personal Information, including its use and disclosure (Processing as defined in the GDPR).
The right to change or withdraw your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information.
The right to have access to your Personal Information.
The right to have your Personal Information corrected if it is inaccurate or misleading and to have it completed if it is incomplete.
The right to obtain your Personal Information in a commonly used digital form.
The right to be informed of a confidentiality incident involving your Personal Information that may cause you serious injury.

You may exercise these rights, at any time by sending written notice to the Privacy Officer whose contact information can be found at the end of this document.

We will respond to any request within 30 days of receipt, except where the law permits an extension of that period. If we refuse to provide or correct the information, we will provide you with the reasons for the refusal, the applicable sections of the law and information about your remedies, all subject to the limitations of the law.

If we refuse to rectify your Personal Information, we will allow you to place comments in your file in respect of the Personal Information for which rectification has been refused. We will also retain the Personal Information that has been the subject of an access request for as long as necessary to allow you to exhaust any recourse provided by law.

8. Cookies

· Definition

A cookie is a small text sent by a server to your browser, which it will send back the next time it connects to servers sharing the same domain name.

[When you visit the Website for the first time, a pop-up window will allow you to accept or reject certain categories of cookies]

If you wish, you can set your browser to notify you when you receive cookies or to refuse them. You do not need to accept [the non-essential] cookies to visit our Website. However, if you refuse them, you could be unable to use some of its features.

· Types of cookies

Technical cookies: Technical cookies are used throughout the browsing experience to facilitate the use of the Website. For example: a technical cookie may be used to remember your username to facilitate your login, to remember your preferences or options you have chosen.

Analytical cookies: These cookies are anonymous and are used to collect statistics on the use of the Applications.

Advertising cookies: These cookies may be added by the Website or by other sites serving advertisements. These cookies collect information anonymously and build up your visitor profile.

9. Privacy Officer

If you have any questions or requests regarding the Policy, you can send an e-mail to our Privacy Officer using the following address: [Insert the email address of the Privacy Officer]

10. Changes

We reserve the right to change the content of this Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on our Website and brought to your attention when you log in. We recommend that you print a copy of this Policy for your records and review this section of our Website periodically.

Term of use

Welcome to the website postechpiles.com (the “Website”), owned and operated by Postech Screw Piles ( “Postech Screw Piles”, “we”, “us”).

The purpose of these terms of use (the “Terms of Use”) is to establish the general conditions under which a user (“you”) may consult, access and view the content published on the Website.

Your use of the Website confirms your acceptance of the Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy; please read them carefully.

If you do not agree with all the terms and conditions set out in these Terms of Use or in the Privacy Policy, you are asked to immediately leave the Website.

If you wish to obtain our services, please contact us using the following information [email protected].

1. Modifications

Subject to applicable laws, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, modify, or replace any part of the Terms of Use by posting the updates and changes on the Website. It is your responsibility to visit the Terms of Use regularly to verify if updates and changes have been made.

2. Accuracy and exhaustiveness of the information

We use our best efforts to ensure that the information on the pages of the Website is up-to-date, complete and does not contain any inaccuracies or errors. Despite these efforts, errors may occur on certain pages. We are not responsible if the information available on this Website is not accurate, complete or up-to-date. The information contained on this Website is provided for informational purposes only. If you decide to rely on this content, you do so at your own risk.

3. Hyperlinks and third-party tools

Some hyperlinks on the Website provide access to one or more external websites that are owned by third parties. These hyperlinks are provided to you for informational reference only and for your convenience. Certain tools featured on the Website might also be provided by third parties. We do not evaluate the content or accuracy of these websites or tools, and we do not guarantee and assume no responsibility for any content, website, product, service, or other item available from these third-party sites or under these third-party tools.

The presence of third-party tools or hyperlinks to external websites in the content of the Website should not be interpreted as an endorsement by Postech Screw Piles or as indicating an association or a joint venture with the company operating or owning any such external website or third-party tool.

You may not create a hyperlink to the Website on third party websites without prior written permission of Postech Screw Piles.

4. Intellectual property rights

The entire content of the website, including, but not limited to, texts, slogans, graphics, images, photographs, drawings, audio or video files, software, artistic or graphic elements, algorithms, names, logos, trademarks, and other content, is the property of Postech Screw Piles.

You may print pages from the Website for your personal, private, and non-commercial use, provided that (a) copyright notices and elements protected by intellectual property rights remain unchanged and (b) these Terms of Use are complied with, including adherence to laws governing intellectual property rights. You are not authorized to reproduce, print, archive, republish, modify, upload, sell, or otherwise copy the content of the Website or any of its elements, in whole or in part, on any medium or in any format, whether invented or to be invented, for any other reason or for the purposes of publication, distribution or sale, without having obtained prior written permission of Postech Screw Piles.

No element, excerpt, quotation, passage, or text on the Website should be construed as creating or constituting a license or any right to use or reproduce any of its elements. Please be advised that Postech Screw Piles intends to enforce its intellectual property rights.

It is prohibited at all times to modify, in any way, the trademarks, logos, or slogans, as well as the texts, titles, graphics, tables, images, photographs, portraits, descriptions, symbols, drawings or other artistic works featured on the Website. The content of the Website is protected by copyright, trademark rights, and other applicable intellectual property rights. All rights are reserved.

5. Prohibited use

You are prohibited from using the Website or its content:

(a) for any unlawful purpose;

(b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful actions;

(d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others;

(e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate against anyone on the basis of a ground of discrimination protected by the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms;

(f) to submit false or misleading information;

(g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in a way that will affect the operation of the Website;

(h) to collect or track the personal information of others;

(i) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or

(j) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Website.

Any automated downloading and use of computer bots, including webbots, web spiders and crawlers, is prohibited for any purpose in connection with the Website. Moreover, you are prohibited to use images and any other content appearing on the Website to train artificial intelligence algorithms. You are also prohibited to use images and any other content appearing on the Website to generate new images or content via such algorithms.

We reserve the right to terminate or otherwise prohibit your use of the Website in the event of your non-compliance with these Terms of Use or any of our policies.

6. Liability limitation

We neither guarantee nor claim in any way that your use of the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free.

You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the Website is at your sole risk. The Website is provided to you “as is” and “as available”, without any representation, warranties, or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement.

Furthermore, you agree that we may remove the Website or any part of it for indefinite periods of time or cancel the Website at any time, without prior notice to you.

As a result of the foregoing, Postech Screw Piles and its directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, interns, suppliers, service providers or licensors shall not be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages of any kind, including, without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, lost savings, loss of data, replacement costs, or any similar damages, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, arising from your access to or use of the Website.

This limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

7. Indemnification

You agree that any breach or violation of these Terms of Use or any other policy of Postech Screw Piles will create an obligation on your part to indemnify Postech Screw Piles, as well as its directors, officers, employees, agents, mandataries, and other respective representatives, for any direct, indirect, or consequential damage, including any interruption of business, loss of profit, loss of software, data, or programs (including legal fees and attorney’s fees), caused as a result of this breach or violation, or resulting therefrom.

8. Interpretation

In the event that any provision of the Terms of Use is deemed to be unlawful or invalid, such provision may nevertheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Each provision of the Terms of Use is independent and separate, and if any provision is deemed unlawful or invalid in one jurisdiction, this does not affect the validity of that provision in other jurisdictions, nor does it affect the validity of the other provisions of the Terms of Use.

Any failure or delay on our part to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

In the event of a discrepancy between the different language versions of the Terms of Use, the French version shall prevail.

9. Applicable Law

The Terms of Use, their application, and their interpretation are governed exclusively by the laws in force in the province of Quebec. You hereby expressly and irrevocably waive any objection based on the lack of territorial jurisdiction or any demand based on the notion of forum non conveniens.

10. Company and legal notice

The Website and its content are the exclusive property of:

Postech Screw Piles

[email protected]

Any notice relating to these Terms of Use must be send at the above address.

11. Updates

These Terms of Use have been updated April 26, 2024

Postech Screw Piles USA is a company specializing in the manufacturing, distribution, and installation of galvanized steel screw piles for residential and light commercial projects.

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