Last updated: [October 19, 2023]

1. Presentation

McInnis Import-Export Inc is an individual company governed by Code civil du Québec, the Civil Code of Quebec, RLRQ c CCQ-1991 which offers in particular export and distribution services for seafood products and customs certification consulting services at the international level. This policy aims to inform you of the manner in which McInnis Import-Export Inc. collects, uses, communicates and retains your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations (the “ Law ”).

2. Collection of Personal Information

As part of its activities, and through the website www.mcinnisinternational.com (the “ Website ”) McInnis Import-Export Inc may collect personal information and anonymous data about you.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “ Personal Information ” means information and data collected by McInnis Import-Export Inc that identifies an individual. “ Anonymous data rather means information that does not allow the identification of the individuals it concerns and which is collected passively by connection cookies (cookies) used on the Website. For more details, you can consult our cookies policy.

The Personal Information that McInnis Import-Export Inc may collect about you includes your name, your title/function, your email address, your telephone number, billing information and any information that may be found on your website or that of your company.

No Personal Information is collected by McInnis Import-Export Inc unless such Information has expressly been communicated to us by telephone, by email or through a form completed on our Website. McInnis Import-Export Inc does not intentionally collect Personal Information from minors under 14 years of age. The holder of parental authority or the guardian of such a minor may communicate with the person responsible for the policy so that the personal information concerning him or her is destroyed.

3. Purposes of collecting Personal Information

McInnis Import-Export Inc uses the Personal Information collected only for the purposes determined at the time of its collection or for the purposes required or permitted by law.

Thus, McInnis Import-Export Inc may notably use Personal Information to:

• Carry out services;
• Evaluate and understand the needs of its customers;
• Manage the administration of its affairs, including invoicing and payment of its suppliers;
• Develop relationships with clients;
• Apply its internal risk management policies;
• Improve the browsing experience on the Website; And
• Respond to requests sent via the Website.

4. Communication of Personal Information

Unless required or permitted by law, McInnis Import-Export Inc undertakes to communicate your Personal Information only in accordance with this policy. Thus, McInnis Import-Export Inc may communicate your Personal Information to its employees, subcontractors, consultants, agents, as well as to service providers, its financial institution, government authorities and its insurer.

The Website may contain links to third party sites, such as partners, advertisers or other third-party websites. McInnis Import-Export Inc is not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. When you click on a link to a third party site from the Website, we encourage you to exercise caution and review the privacy policy of that third party site.

5. Retention and destruction of Personal Information

McInnis Import-Export Inc will only retain Personal Information for a period necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected or for the period provided for by law (the “Retention Period”). Durée de conservation ”).

For the entire Retention Period, Personal Information will be stored in secure locations and on servers controlled by McInnis Import-Export Inc, which are located in Quebec in the offices of our service providers.

Once the Retention Period has expired, Personal Information will be permanently anonymized or destroyed using secure processes.

6. Consent

By providing Personal Information to McInnis Import-Export Inc or its service providers and agents, you consent to such Personal Information being collected, used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as permitted or authorized by law.

Subject to applicable legal and contractual requirements, you may refuse or withdraw your consent with respect to certain of the purposes provided for in this privacy policy, at any time, by contacting the McInnis Personal Information Protection Officer Import-Export Inc. If you refuse to give your consent to the collection of Personal Information or if you withdraw it, it is possible that McInnis Import-Export Inc will be unable to provide you with certain services or information that could be useful to you.

If you provide McInnis Import-Export Inc or its service providers and agents with Personal Information about another individual, you represent that you have the necessary authority to do so and/or that you have obtained all required consents from the individual. of this individual in order to allow McInnis Import-Export Inc to collect, use and communicate this Personal Information for the purposes determined in this confidentiality policy.

7. User Rights

Within the limits provided by the Law, you can contact the person responsible for the protection of personal information of McInnis Import-Export Inc in order to obtain:

• confirmation of the existence of Personal Information concerning you;
• a copy of your Personal Information in a format accessible to you;
• details regarding the method of collecting your Personal Information about you;
• an update or rectification of Personal Information concerning you, if it is inaccurate, incomplete or equivocal, or if its collection, communication or retention is not authorized by law;
• the destruction of all or part of the Personal Information concerning you.

You can also contact the person responsible for the protection of personal information at McInnis Import-Export Inc to withdraw your consent or to file a complaint regarding the processing of your Personal Information.

If you are not satisfied with our response following a request regarding your Personal Information, you can contact the Commission d'access à l'information du Québec at 900-2045, rue Stanley, Montréal (Québec) H3A 2V4 or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at 30, rue Victoria, Gatineau (Québec), K1A 1H3.

8. Security

McInnis Import-Export Inc undertakes to implement reasonable security measures to ensure the protection of Personal Information, in particular by using an SSL security certificate, as well as the WordFence extension.

McInnis Import-Export Inc is not responsible for the loss or deletion of data by users of the Website. Likewise, McInnis Import-Export Inc assumes no responsibility for damages caused to users by viruses or computer attacks.

9. Contact the person responsible for the protection of personal information

For any requests or questions relating to this privacy policy, you can contact Dominic McInnis responsible for the protection of personal information of McInnis Import-Export Inc by email at info@mcinnisinternational.com  or by mail at the following address: 75 rue Kent, Granby, (Quebec), Canada, J2G 6R3.

10. Policy Update

This version of the privacy policy was published on October 19, 2023. McInnis Import-Export Inc reserves the right to update or modify this privacy policy and the cookie settings of the Website at any time and without notice by publishing a new version on the Website. To this end, you are recommended to regularly consult our policy.