CEMATRIX/HOWARD GROUP INC. PRIVACY POLICY

1.0 CORE BELIEFS REGARDING USER PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

User privacy and data protection are human rights Data is a liability, it should only be collected and processed when absolutely necessary We loathe spam as much as you do! We will never sell, rent or otherwise distribute or make public your personal information

2.0 PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

This website collects and uses personal information for the following reasons:

2.1 Site Visitation Tracking

Like most websites, this site uses Google Analytics (GA) to track user interaction. We use this data to determine the number of people using our site, to better understand how they find and use our web pages and to see their journey through the website.

Although GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. GA also records your computer’s IP address which could be used to personally identify you but Google do not grant us access to this. We consider Google to be a third party data processor (see section 3.0 below).

GA makes use of cookies, details of which can be found on Google’s developer guides.

FYI our website uses the analytics.js implementation of GA.

Disabling cookies on your internet browser will stop GA from tracking any part of your visit to pages within this website.

2.2 Email Newsletter

If you choose to join our email newsletter, the email address that you submit to us will be forwarded to MailChimp who provide us with email marketing services. We consider MailChimp to be a third party data processor (see section 3.0 below). The email address that you submit will not be stored within this website’s own database or in any of our internal computer systems.

Your email address will remain within MailChimp’s database for as long as we continue to use MailChimp’s services for email marketing or until you specifically request removal from the list. You can do this by unsubscribing using the unsubscribe links contained in any email newsletters that we send you or by requesting removal via email. When requesting removal via email, please send your email to us using the email account that is subscribed to the mailing list.

If you are under 16 years of age you MUST obtain parental consent before joining our email newsletter.

While your email address remains within the MailChimp database, you will receive periodic newsletter and news release emails from us.

3.0 OUR THIRD PARTY DATA PROCESSORS

We use a number of third parties to process personal data on our behalf. These third parties have been carefully chosen and all of them comply with the legislation set out in section 2.0. All of these third parties are based in the USA and are EU-U.S Privacy Shield compliant.

Google (Privacy Policy) | Mailchimp (Privacy Policy) | Zoho (Privacy Policy) | Facebook (Privacy Policy)

4.0 DATA BREACHES

We will report any unlawful data breach of this website’s database or the database(s) of any of our third party data processors to any and all relevant persons and authorities within 72 hours of the breach if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen.

5.0 DATA CONTROLLER

The data controller of this website is: The Howard Group Inc. | 350, 318 – 11 Avenue SE | Calgary, AB T2G 0Y2

6.0 CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy may change from time to time inline with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or website users of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you check this page occasionally for any policy changes.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at info@howardgroupinc.com.