In this privacy policy (the “Policy”), the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Parbleux. This Policy applies to your use of the www.parbleux.com website. Please read it carefully to understand when you provide us with your data and how it is used. By using our website, you consent to the use of your personal information as described in this Policy.
What is personal information?
According to the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, “Personal information is information about a natural person that allows that person to be identified. It is confidential. With certain exceptions, it cannot be communicated without the consent of the person concerned”.
In this Policy, the terms “data”, “personal data” and “information” also refer to personal information as defined above.
As such and with this Policy, Parbleux is committed to:
Respect your privacy
Protect the personal information of users of its platforms and services
Be transparent about what data is collected, why it is collected, with whom it is shared, how you can access it and how to correct it, if necessary
Manage your data responsibly
Not sell your data to third parties
Personal information is that which relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified. When you visit our website, send an e‑mail or subscribe to our newsletter, we automatically collect the following information using cookies or similar technologies:
Type and version of browser used
IP address
Page leading to the website
Pages consulted on the website
Geographical location
Language selected
Amount of time spent on website
Identity of Internet service provider
Personal information is that which relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified. When you first contact us, either to communicate with us or to subscribe to our newsletter, we collect information such as your:
Name
First name
Pronoun
E‑mail address
Telephone number
Mailing address (number, street, additional address, postal code, city, province, country)
Organization represented, if applicable
Information voluntarily provided
Why do we collect it? The data collected allows us to analyze access to our website and the way it is used, enabling us to enhance its functionality and optimize it to better meet the needs of our users. This data also enables us to offer you a quality service and to communicate with you in order to help you easily find the information you are looking for.
Legal grounds: Necessary for our legitimate interests, in particular to improve and personalize our services. But also for yours: for example, to better respond to your queries and enable you to contact us.
Please note that the information collected by cookies does not allow us to identify you personally. Please also note that you may choose to decline the collection of cookies through your Internet browser.
However, if you refuse the use of cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts or functionalities of our website.
Personal information is that which relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified. When you apply for a call for projects (Inception residency, artistic support, punctual services) or make a booking request for a clinic on our website, we collect certain information such as your:
Last name
First name
Pronoun
E‑mail address
Telephone number
Mailing address (number, street, additional address, postal code, city, province, country)
Organization represented, if applicable
Artistic discipline practiced
Information voluntarily provided
Why do we collect it? We use this information to process your application or booking request, to contact you for further information about your project or to inform you of Parbleux’s final decision, and for statistical purposes.
Legal grounds: Necessary for our legitimate interests, in particular to enable us to assess whether your application or reservation request meets the eligibility criteria set out for each service on its respective page of our website. But also for yours: for example, to apply or request a reservation for one of our services offered to the community and obtain a response following your application or reservation request.
Please note, however, that if you refuse to provide us with the personal information requested, this may prevent us from following up your request and processing your application or reservation.
Personal information is that which relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified. When you make a reservation request for Parbleux studio on our website, we collect certain information such as your:
Last name
First name
Pronoun
E‑mail address
Telephone number
Mailing address (number, street, additional address, postal code, city, province, country)
Organization represented, if applicable
Artistic discipline practiced
Annual budget/income
Liability insurance policy, if applicable
Information provided voluntarily
Why do we collect it? We use this information to review your reservation request, to contact you for further information about your project, to notify you of Parbleux’s final decision, to prepare the necessary documents for billing and payment, and for statistical purposes.
Legal grounds: Necessary for our legitimate interests, in particular to enable us to assess whether your reservation request complies with the conditions of use of the Parbleux studio (available on the dedicated page of our website). But also for yours: for example, to request a reservation for the Parbleux studio and obtain a response to your request.
Please note, however, that if you refuse to provide us with the personal information requested, this may prevent us from following up your request and processing your reservation.
Personal information is that which relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified. When you make a donation to our organization on our website, we collect certain information such as your:
Last name
First name
E‑mail address
Telephone number
Postal address (number, street, additional address, postal code, city, province, country)
Payment information
Information voluntarily provided
Why do we collect it? We use this information to receive your donation, to contact you for further information, to issue tax receipts and for statistical purposes.
Legal grounds: Necessary for our legitimate interests, in particular to enable us to collect donations and to be able to prove their origin. But also for yours: for example, to obtain tax receipts.
How do we use your data?
The submission of your personal information through your use of our website is governed by this Policy. As a user of our website, you also agree to respect and protect the privacy of third parties.
Specifically, we use your data for the following purposes:
To develop new features and improve the website
To provide the best possible service to the community
To communicate for marketing, advertising or account management purposes
To compile statistics to guide business decisions
To track applications, reservations, donations and requests
Our use of cookies
When you visit our website, you may provide us with information via cookies or similar technologies.
Cookies are files containing a small amount of data about a particular user. This data may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are stored on the user’s computer or on the hard disk of another device. They enable us to tailor your user experience each time you visit our site.
With whom do we share your data and why?
We do not sell our users’ personal information. Your data is only shared in accordance with this Policy. When you consent to this Policy, however, we may share your personal information with the following parties.
Third-party suppliers: In the course of our activities, we may need to share some of your data with certain third parties. For example, we may share some of your data with our IT suppliers, for the purposes of carrying out their mandate or performing a service contract.
In general, the suppliers we use will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to perform the services they provide to us, such as hosting our website via Digital Ocean.
However, some third-party service providers have their own privacy policies regarding the information we are required to provide to them when we use their services. With respect to these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies carefully so that you can understand how they will treat your personal information collected.
Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Policy.
List of our IT suppliers
Meta (advertising analysis — United States): https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ and https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388?cms_id=155833707900388
Google (data analysis — United States): https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
To prevent your data being collected by Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
To personalize the ads appearing on the various Google platforms: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=en
Mailchimp (e‑mail marketing — United States): https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/
Vimeo (advertising analytics — United States): https://vimeo.com/privacy
Linkedin (advertising analytics — United States): https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?
Calendly (data analysis — United States): https://calendly.com/legal/privacy-notice
Skedda (data analysis — United States): https://support.skedda.com/en/articles/663173-privacy-policy-for-venue-users
CanaDon (data analysis — Canada): https://www.canadahelps.org/en/privacy-policy/
Stripe (data analysis — United States): https://stripe.com/en-ca/privacy
Parties with whom information sharing may be legally required: we may disclose your information if required to do so by law or if such disclosure is necessary in order to:
Comply with the law or any legal process
Protect the rights or property of Parbleux
Protect the security of our website, our users and their data
Parties likely to be involved in a financial transaction: we may transfer your data following a change of control, merger, liquidation or other transaction involving Parbleux. The information required for this process will only be used to complete the transaction, and we will only disclose this information without your consent if we are permitted to do so by law. We will take the necessary measures to protect the confidentiality of such information and will destroy it if the transaction is not concluded or if its use is no longer necessary for the purposes of concluding the transaction.
Please note that you may leave our website by clicking on certain links. We assume no responsibility for the privacy practices of these other sites and recommend that you read their privacy policies carefully.
Your rights
Data protection laws give you certain rights in relation to your information. In particular, you may:
Request access to your data in order to verify it. Please note, however, that we reserve the right to ask you for additional information in order to prove your identity
Ask us to modify or rectify your data
Ask us to delete personal data in our possession, unless we are required to retain it in order to comply with legal obligations, for example
Object to the processing of your data, unless we have legitimate grounds which would override your rights or interests, or if we need to continue to process such data for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal claim
Ask us to restrict the processing of your data if it is incorrect, if you believe that our processing of it is unlawful, or if we no longer need to process your data but need to retain it for legal purposes
Request your personal data and information in an accessible format
Withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data
Lodge a complaint with the competent authority if you believe that we are processing your data in breach of applicable data protection laws
Access to and control of your data
You can check, modify or delete your personal information by sending us an e‑mail to communications@parbleux.com or via the “Contact” section on our website, or to the contact details available at the end of this Policy. We will respond to your request as quickly as possible. Please provide us with sufficient details so that we can identify you and respond to your request.
Where your data is stored?
Your personal information is hosted in the following country: Canada (Quebec). It is hosted on Digital Ocean servers.
How long we keep your data?
We will retain all information collected for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or for other essential purposes such as complying with legal obligations. We will destroy this data at the end of this period, or if you decide to withdraw your consent. If you so request, once your data has been deleted, you will receive confirmation that your request has been processed.
Security
To protect your personal data, we take reasonable precautions to ensure that it is not lost, misappropriated, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed inappropriately.
If you have any questions about the security of your personal data, please send us an e‑mail via the “Contact” section of our website or directly to communications@parbleux.com.
Age of consent
We do not solicit or collect personal information from minors under the age of 14. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that a minor under the age of 14 has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a minor under the age of 14 without parental consent, we will delete any information that may have been collected.
Changes to the Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time; please check back frequently. Unless otherwise stated, changes to this Policy are effective immediately upon posting on our website. If changes are made to this Policy, we will notify you here of the update so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Competent authorities
If you are not satisfied with our response to a request concerning your personal information, you may contact the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, the public agency responsible for overseeing personal data management and processing practices in Quebec, or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for Canada.
Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec
Office 900
2045 Stanley Street
Montreal (Quebec) H3A 2V4
Telephone: 514 873‑4196
Fax: 514 844‑6170
Toll-free: 1 888 528‑7741
E‑mail: cai.communications@cai.gouv.qc.ca
Website: www.cai.gouv.qc.ca
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau (Quebec) K1A 1H3
Toll-free: 1 800 282‑1376
Telephone: 819 994‑5444
Fax: 819 994‑5424
Website: www.priv.gc.ca/fr
Questions and contact details
If you wish to access, correct, modify or delete any personal information we have about you, file a complaint, or if you simply require more information, you may contact us at the following coordinates:
To the attention of the person responsible for the protection of personal information
Parbleux
5425 avenue Casgrain, office 200
Montreal (Quebec) H2T 1X6
communications@parbleux.com