Masitek Instruments Inc. (“we”) respects your right to privacy and will not sell or share any personal or proprietary information you provide MASITEK Instruments Inc. without prior consent and except as set forth in this policy. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors while they interact with the content, products and services on this Website (collectively, the “Website”) This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to the Website and any other content, products, applications, features, functionality, information and services offered by us through the Website
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This policy applies to personal information we collect through the Website (Client Portal, company interactions, and our website(s) at www.masitek.com, mmaazz.org, aaggrrii.com)
A. Personal Data We Collect
We collect data on how our Website is used: number of page visits, duration, type of browser and others. This “usage data” may include personal data, like your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address.
B. Our Use of Personal Data
We use your personal data to reply to messages you send us through our contact forms. Also, if you send us a contact form or subscribe to our blog, we’ll put your name and e-mail address on our notices list, so that you get e-mail notice of future blog posts and announcements. We use cookies, including the personal data they collect, so that our Website can remember you and give you the information you’re most likely to need. We also use information gained through cookies to compile statistical information about use of our Website, such as the pages users visit most often.
Use of cookies
The Masitek website(s) uses “cookies” to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if register with the Masitek Website or services, a cookie helps Masitek to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Masitek services or websites you visit.
C. Retention of Personal Data
We retain your personal data so long as it serves the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, including to send you blog post notices and other general messages (unless you’ve unsubscribed), to collect and monitor traffic and other usage statistics at our Website and to comply with our legal obligations.
D. Transfer of Personal Data
We may store or process your data outside your city, province, state, or country or in the cloud, including by using contractors facilities (described below). Therefor your personal data may be stored in a country that operates under privacy and data protection laws different from those of your home jurisdiction.
E. Contractor and Other Third-Party Access to Personal Data
We give certain independent contractors access to data we collect, including personal data. Those contractors help with hosting and storage of this Website, tracking Website use, and marketing to and communications with Website users. All those contractors are required to promise to keep personal data confidential and to use it only as we instruct. We partner with other third parties to provide specific services. When a user requests these services, we will share your contact information to enable such third parties to respond to your requests. Such third parties are not allowed to use your contact information for any other purpose. We disclose information required by law or to prevent harm to persons or property.
F. Protection of Personal Data
We have implemented safeguards appropriate for the sensitivity of the personal data we collect to protect such data against theft or loss as well as unauthorized access, use, copying, disclosure or modification. These protections include policies, standards, confidentiality agreements and by storing it on password-protected computers maintained in a secure environment. Personal data that may be included in usage data collected by cookies and other mechanisms may be stored by our contractors on our behalf and not at our Website. We cannot guarantee the security of personal data. By using our Website, you acknowledge and agree that we make no such guarantee and that you use our Website at your own risk.
G. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Data
You can access, delete or change any personal data we store by contacting us via email at privacy@masitek.com
You have the choice of whether or not to give us your personal information. If you share your personal information, we will tell you why we are collecting it. By providing us your personal information, you agree to our using it for the purposes stated. In certain places or certain pages on our website, we will ask you specifically if you wish to receive further information or to be contacted by us or a Masitek representative in the future. At that time, we will note and abide by your preference.
At any time, subject to legal restrictions, you may withdraw or change your consent to our use of your information, request us to delete it from our files, or notify us if you do not wish us to use your information for any purpose other than for the purposes specifically identified when you provided it to us at privacy@masitek.com. Information collected through cookies and pixels may not be optional. We will inform you of the implications of withdrawing your consent.
H. Special Terms related to the European Economic Area
If you are in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), this Section applies to you.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process (use) the personal data you give us in contact forms (name, e-mail address, other information you choose to provide) because, by filling out those forms, you’ve sent us that data and authorized us to use it. We process usage data, like number of page visits and personal data like IP addresses, because our contractors use that data to tell us about usage of our Website. We believe the lawful basis for processing that data is that it’s in our legitimate business interests to do so. We will also process personal data wherever we have a legal obligation to do so.
Your Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)
If you wish to know what personal data we hold about you, to have us remove it, or otherwise to exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@behrtechnologies.com. You also have the following rights related to your personal data, under European Union law:
The right to access: the right to be informed of and request access to the personal data we process about you.
The right of rectification: the right to request that we amend or update your personal data where it is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to erasure: the right to request that we delete your personal data.
The right to restrict: the right to request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your personal data.
The right to data portability: the right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic format and the right to transmit that personal data for use in another party’s service offering.
The right to object: the right at any time, to object to us processing your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation or for direct marketing purposes.
The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated decision making where the decision would have a legal effect on you or produce a similarly significant effect.
The right to complain to your local Data Protection Authority about our management of your personal data.
Governing Law
To the extent permitted by the laws of your jurisdiction, this Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of New Brunswick and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. You hereby irrevocably submit and attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of New Brunswick, and the proper courts of appeal there from, over any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Privacy Policy and you irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such courts.
J. Amendment of This Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a new version on this page or on a successor page. The new version will become effective on the date it’s posted, which will be listed at the top of the page as the new Effective Date.
K. Contacting Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@masitek.com.