PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: April 2024
elcome to Blackburn Athletics’ website. By browsing or conducting transactions on our websites www.blackburnathletics.ca, bbalaprairie.fliipapp.com, bbaboucherville.fliipapp.com, bbachambly.fliipapp.com, and bbabrossard.fliipapp.com (the “Websites”), you accept our Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time by Blackburn Athletics at its sole discretion.
Blackburn Athletics places great importance on the privacy of its website users and clients. This policy aims to inform you about our practices regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, and destruction of your personal information. As part of our activities, we collect, use, and process personal information for the purpose of providing our Services. By providing us with personal information (through our websites, email, in person, or by phone), you agree that it will be processed as indicated in this policy, and you authorize Blackburn Athletics and its service providers to process your personal information for the purposes stated below.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY OUR PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING OUR SITES AND/OR CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS ON THEM.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?
When you visit our websites and communicate with us otherwise, we may collect and process different types of personal information about you as part of our activities and services, including:
Identity information (first and last name, date of birth);
Contact information (postal address, email address, and phone number);
Technical or digital information (IP address, connection date and time, pages visited, actions taken on a website);
Health information (weight, age, physical condition);
Any other personal information voluntarily provided. If you are under 14 years of age, please do not provide us with personal information without the express consent of a parent or guardian.
HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED?
We collect your personal information in several ways:
- By talking in person or by phone;
- By email; When you complete the account creation form;
- When you subscribe to our newsletter through our websites
- Through information requests via our contact form on our websites;
- Through the use of “cookies.” These are only installed after obtaining your consent. A “cookie” is a small text file containing a unique identification number that identifies the browser whenever there is a visitor to the sites. Cookies collect various information (e.g., which pages were visited, by how many people, etc.). Blackburn Athletics uses functional and statistical cookies to facilitate website visits and optimize customer experience while browsing by personalizing information based on individual interests. Users don’t have to accept cookies to browse the sites, but if they refuse, they may not be able to use certain features, such as personalization functions.
HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION USED?
Your personal information will be used in accordance with applicable personal information protection legislation and in accordance with the consent given. We will use your personal information for the following purposes:
To provide our services and conduct our general business;
To respond to information requests from people visiting our websites;
To send our newsletter when you have chosen to receive such communications (you can unsubscribe at any time);
To send you our promotional offers and text messages;
To improve service and personalized reception on the websites;
To collect browsing statistics;
To satisfy and comply with legal and regulatory obligations (including accounting and tax).
WITH WHOM IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SHARED?
Your personal information will not be shared for purposes other than those for which it was collected, unless you consent or when required or permitted by law. Thus, Blackburn Athletics commits, unless obtaining your consent, for an unlimited duration and even after the end of services rendered:
Not to disclose personal information to third parties, except to third-party service providers and/or partners who help us establish, manage, and maintain our relationships with you and provide us with products and services, particularly with the “Flipp” platform. These third parties may have access to personal information or process it as part of the services they provide to us. We limit the information we provide to these service providers to only the information that is reasonably necessary to enable them to perform their functions;
To limit the disclosure of personal information only to its employees, collaborators, administrators, or shareholders who must directly know it for the purpose of providing services;
To take necessary measures to recover possession of personal information and prevent any other unauthorized action or breach of this document.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
To fulfill its services, Blackburn Athletics may use service providers located outside the province of Quebec. Thus, some personal information about you may be transferred to places other than your province, territory, state, or country of residence. In such cases, Blackburn Athletics ensures that personal information is transferred to countries that have received an adequacy decision from the competent authority, or that personal information is adequately protected through appropriate technical, organizational, contractual, or other legal means. For any additional questions on this subject, you can contact our personal information protection officer whose contact details appear below.
HOW LONG IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION RETAINED?
WHAT ARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION RIGHTS?
Right of Access, Rectification, and Deletion
To access your personal information, request rectification of your personal information, or withdraw your consent to the communication or use of your personal information, you must submit a written request to Blackburn Athletics’ personal information protection officer (contact details are at the end of this policy). The rectification request must be particularly precise and correctly identify you to allow Blackburn Athletics to properly correct or complete personal information deemed inaccurate or incomplete. The withdrawal of consent will result in the termination of services offered by Blackburn Athletics for the person concerned.
REQUEST PROCESSING
The personal information protection officer will respond to access, rectification, or consent withdrawal requests within thirty (30) days, in accordance with the deadlines prescribed by the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector. All necessary assistance will be reasonably provided to concerned individuals who want to access or rectify their personal information, including clarifying exactly what they are looking for. Depending on the amount of information requested in an access request, nominal fees may be reasonably charged to cover the costs incurred in responding to the request. Written notification is provided if the personal information protection officer must deny the person access to their personal information for legal, regulatory, or other reasons.
Access to Information Commission recourse
If you are not satisfied with how Blackburn Athletics handled your request for access, rectification, or deletion of your personal information, particularly in cases of no response or unsatisfactory response, you may file a request for examination of disagreement with the Commission d’accès à l’information.
What happens if I am redirected to other sites?
It’s important to understand that this policy does not apply to other third-party websites that may be accessed through links on our websites. We are not responsible for these third-party sites, their content, or their access. Therefore, any personal information you transmit through these sites is subject to their privacy policy. It is your responsibility to review it to ensure the protection of your personal information.
How are changes made to this privacy policy?
Blackburn Athletics reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time by posting a new privacy policy on the site without prior notice or notification. The collection, use, and disclosure of your information by the site will be subject to the version of the privacy policy that is then posted and in effect.
How to contact us?
For any questions regarding this policy or more generally about the processing of your personal information, please address your request to the personal information protection officer. Their contact details are as follows:
M. José Manuel
Operations Director
59 rue du Méandre Saint-Philippe (Québec) J0L 2K0
