Last Updated: March 22, 2024.
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand how Veilleux Law (“Veilleux Law,” “we,” “us,” “our firm”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information and to help you understand and exercise your privacy rights.
Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information processed by us on our website veilleuxlaw.co (the “Website”) and/or other Veilleux Law-branded websites (“Website”), mobile applications, and related services and offerings. By visiting our Website or accessing our Programs or Offerings, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into the Veilleux Law Terms of Use or other agreement governing the use of Veilleux Law Offerings.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy shall l have the meaning ascribed to them in the Veilleux Law Terms of Use.
A. Personal Information Collected
We, our contractors, and third party Program hosts/platforms, may collect and store any information you choose to put in an e-mail, contact form, or comment you send us (or them) or to set up an account (e.g., name, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address). Our Website does not collect or store full payment information (but may store partial, truncated credit card numbers), for which you will be directed to a payment contractor. We, and/or our contractors, also collect data on how our Website and Programs are used and its/their visitors/users: for example, number of page visits and duration, type of browser, visitors’ devices’ Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses (which include general location). Some “usage data” comes through “cookies” (basically small data files sent to your device when visiting our Website or Programs) and other technologies (we’ll refer to them collectively as “cookies” for convenience), as described below. Our Website, and Programs, are not meant to collect information that may be considered “sensitive” (as various jurisdictions may use the term), nor any personal information from anyone under age 18. If nonetheless you know of potentially sensitive information, or children’s information, collected through our Website or a Program, please contact us at info@veilleuxlaw.co.
B. Use of Personal Information
We use your personal information to reply to messages you send us via e-mail or otherwise, including comments, to process your transactions with us, to otherwise correspond with you, and other legitimate business purposes such as security and fraud prevention. Also, if you subscribe to our blog, or agree when signing up for any of our Programs, we’ll put your name and e-mail address and other contact information you provide on our notices list(s), so that you get e-mail notice of future blog posts and announcements, including marketing communications, from us. (You can unsubscribe by clicking “unsubscribe” when you receive a marketing e-mail, or at any time by contacting us at info@veilleuxlaw.co)
As do most websites, ours uses cookies. Some are necessary for the Website to operate, others we use to help improve and secure our Website, others help us learn about and market to our visitors. If you visit our Website from outside the United States, we expect our cookie management vendor (below) to block non-essential cookies by default (with your option to grant consent via the cookie banner). Please see also the cookie policies of our contractors and Programs’ third party hosts/platforms.
Regardless of your location, you may also manage certain (non-essential) cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Do Not Track (“DNT”) is an optional setting in a web browser that expresses a preference that websites not track your on-line behavior elsewhere. We expect our cookie management vendor to respect DNT and Global Privacy Control browser settings for visitors to our Website. (If you have cookie-blocking browser settings, our Website’s cookie banner may not show for you).
Particularly given the limited amount and type of information and data collected through our Website, and our Programs, we may or may not have identified all possible uses, or restricted contractors’ or third party Program hosts/platforms (see Section E, below) own use or disclosure of information or data. We are not responsible for the conduct or policies of our contractors (or their subcontractors) or of third party Program hosts/platforms, and we urge Website visitors and Program Participants to familiarize themselves with those policies.
C. Retention of Personal Information
We retain your personal information so long as it serves the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, including to send you blog post notices and other communications we hope will be of interest to you (unless you’ve unsubscribed), to manage your current and potential future Program access and address your questions, collect and monitor traffic and other usage statistics at our Website, monitor and improve our Offerings, and to comply with our accounting and legal obligations.
D. Transfer of Personal Information
We may store or process your data outside your city, province, state, or country, including through one of our contractors (described below). So your personal information may be stored in a jurisdiction that operates under privacy and data protection laws different from (and potentially less protective than) those of your home jurisdiction.
E. Contractor and Third Party Access to Personal Information, Cookies
We may disclose personal information to attorneys or law enforcement authorities to address contract violations or illegal behavior, or to enforce our rights. We disclose information demanded in a court order, subpoena, or otherwise required by law, or to prevent harm to persons or property. And we may share personal information in connection with a corporate transaction, like a merger or sale of our company, the sale of most of our assets, or a bankruptcy.
As described in this Policy, our contractors and third parties (and their subcontractors) help us with Website and Program hosting and storage, security and fraud prevention, monitoring Website and Program use, communicating with and marketing to Website users, prospective students, and Program Participants, payment processing, and distance learning Offerings. We change contractors and third parties, and their roles, from time to time.
Veilleux Law engages with third party hosts/platforms to host Veilleux Law’s Programs including recording (if offered) (for example, ShowMe), process payments (for example, Stripe and Helcim), and market and otherwise communicate with you regarding Veilleux Law’s Programs (for example, e-mails via WordPress). Information you provide (such as your name and e-mail address) or that is passively gathered on-line when you register, and pay, will be disclosed to (or may be gathered directly by) the applicable third party, and can be used (and disclosed) by them in accordance with their terms and policies (such as their terms of use and privacy policies). You are urged to familiarize yourself with those terms and policies (and Veilleux Law’s) before accessing Veilleux Law’s Offerings. You agree Veilleux Law is not responsible for such third parties, their procedures, or their policies, nor those of any other third party with which you may (if/where available) opt to register (such as a program not presented by or solely by Veilleux Law but at which a Veilleux Law representative speaks), sync a registration, “like” or “follow” Veilleux Law, or otherwise engage with or about Veilleux Law (for example, social media providers such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram). Unless specified when registering, syncing with and/or registering via social media providers is not required to access Veilleux Law’s Programs.
Certain contractors (and their subcontractors), and third party Program hosts/platforms, can access data we collect (or they collect as a result of our – or your independent — relationship with them), including personal information, some via cookies. With respect to cookies, you may be able to adjust your browser settings to notify you of cookies, or to refuse cookies. (It’s possible that if you don’t accept certain cookies, you may not be able to make as efficient or complete use of some websites. Do reach out if you are unable to access something you need from our Website, or seem unable to complete a transaction with us).
Contractors and third parties include, without limitation:
WordPress, Third-Party Plug-Ins
Our Website runs on WordPress software, provided by Automattic. Certain data collected through our Website may also be transmitted to WordPress’ computers. For information on WordPress’ privacy practices, please visit: Automattic Privacy Notice. Our Website also uses plugin software from various third party contractors who serve WordPress users. We may change plugins from time to time. These third parties may access data collected by or through WordPress at our Website.
Distance Learning & Payment Contractors & Third Parties
Our Website (including blog posts and pages), and e-mail communications, include links by which to register for certain distance learning Programs, for which contact and payment information is collected by a payment contractor, and contact and usage information is collected by or shared with the third party host/platform. Our distance learning offerings are hosted by one or more contractors, or third party hosts/platforms with which you have an independent account/relationship. Payments are processed by other contractors (for example, Stripe and Helcim). Links to further information about those contractors or third parties is available upon enrolling in a Program; we urge you to review those prior to enrolling.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service that gathers information about our Website’s traffic and makes it available to us. This information may be used, for example, to understand and monitor Website use, and to assist with advertising. We use Google Adwords to advertise, and this may include advertising to Website users. If you are interested in Google’s privacy practices, and methods that may be available to you to of opt out of certain uses such as analytics and personalized advertising, visit: Google Analytics; Google Cookies.
F. Protection of Personal Information
We store information you send us via e-mail and through contact and course registration forms (such as your contact information, for example name, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address). We keep that information on password-protected computers and share it with trusted contractors. We do not directly store the personal information that may be included in usage data collected by cookies and other mechanisms at our Website (with exceptions described below). Data we don’t store ourselves is collected and stored by our contractors and third party hosts/platforms, under their policies and procedures. See Section E above for information about contractors and third parties, and their policies. Unfortunately, neither we nor any website can guarantee the security of personal information or other data, including during transmission and storage. Our Website and Programs and other Offerings are offered “As Is.”
G. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information
You can access and change contact information Veilleux Law stores about you (i.e., e-mail address) by e-mailing us at info@veilleuxlaw.co.
H. Data Privacy Laws
We provide this Policy describing the processing of personal information in the interest of transparency to users of our Offerings, including Website users and Program Participants. Doing so is not intended to suggest, and does not mean that, legal responsibilities apply to Veilleux Law that would not otherwise. Standards for personal information are not the same in all jurisdictions, inside and outside and among the United States, and are rapidly evolving and complex. Simply put, not all laws, including collection notice requirements, apply to all entities, individuals, or information, in all locations, or in all circumstances. Individuals in certain jurisdictions, inside and outside the United States, have certain rights when entities governed by those laws process their “personal data” or “personal information” (for example, pursuant to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and other international and U.S. State and federal laws, where applicable). (Depending on the jurisdiction, and subject to various limitations, such rights may include, for example, to access/obtain a copy, update/correct, or delete it; to object to/opt-out of certain processing (or not allow certain processing without consent); to complain to a data protection authority; entities which the CCPA defines as a “business” have special obligations to Californians including more detailed notices than this, and if personal information is “sold,” or “shared” (meaning for certain behavioral advertising) the opportunity to opt-out).
Veilleux Law is a (currently) small entity with modest types and amounts of personal data processing, that does not “target” internationally, and that does not receive monetary compensation when disclosing personal data as described in this Policy. We believe therefore that Veilleux Law does not fall within most, if any, of such laws’ pre-requisites for coverage. This includes, without limitation, we do not currently satisfy the threshold to be regulated as a CCPA “business,” or as a “controller” pursuant to U.S. state privacy laws adopted to date. And terms used in this Policy (for example, contractor, third party) are intended as generally understood, not as specially defined in a particular law.
If however you believe you have legal rights you wish to exercise regarding your personal data, that are not addressed in this Policy, contact us at info@veilleuxlaw.co. We strive to evaluate such requests and comply to the extent required of us under then-applicable law, and may request that you identify the law you believe applies to you.
And, as noted above you can access and change contact information VEILLEUX LAW stores about you by e-mailing us, and can opt out of Veilleux Law marketing communications by emailing us or clicking “unsubscribe” on any e-mail.
I. Amendment
You recognize that visiting the Website, and enrolling in or attending a Program, or using any other Veilleux Law Offering, does not restrict Veilleux Law’s rights to revise its terms and policies. Veilleux Law may change its Terms of Use and/or 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 posted, which will be listed at the top of the page as the new Effective Date. Each time the Website or a Program is accessed, Website visitors/Participants are offered the opportunity to view the then-current Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and by agreeing to proceed have accepted and agreed to the then-current Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (including terms and policies incorporated therein). For the avoidance of doubt, Veilleux Law does not accept terms sought to be imposed by customer purchase orders, or otherwise by customers.
J. Contact Us
Have a question or concern about a Veilleux Law Offering, Materials, or policy? Contact us:
info@veilleuxlaw.co
415-278-0950 x4
Mailing address (not open to the public): 1400-340 Albert Street Ottawa ON K1R 0A5
For questions, or to unsubscribe from marketing e-mails, please contact us at info@veilleuxlaw.co. In communications with us, do not provide personal information about others (unless you have their permission), and never provide more personal information than necessary (including in comments). Do reach out if you are unable to access something you need from our Website, or are unable to complete a transaction with us. We strive to keep the Website and our other Offerings reasonably accessible to users with disabilities, but do contact us if you require a reasonable accommodation.
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