At McDonald Brothers Construction, (“MBC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy is designed to explain how we collect, use, and disclose information in connection with our websites and email messages that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, including the websites and email messages, the “Services”). By using the Services, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
How We Collect or Create Information
We may collect or obtain User Information about you: directly from you (e.g., if you contact us); in the course of our interactions with you (e.g., if you interact with customer support, sales or another team); when you make your Personal Information public (e.g., if you make a public post about us on social media); We may also receive User Information about you from third parties (e.g., social network sites). We may also create User Information about you, such as records of your interactions with us. McDonald Brothers Construction is not responsible for Personal Information you volunteer about yourself in public areas.
This Policy does not cover the practices of third parties who may provide information about you to McDonald Brothers Construction.
Collection of User Information:
We may collect User Information about you from the following sources:
- Data you provide: We may obtain your Personal Information when you provide it to us (e.g., where you sign up for emails, newsletters, other communications; participate in surveys; contact us by any means; purchase professional services; or when you provide us with your business card at tradeshows, etc.).
- Relationship data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information in the ordinary course of our interaction with you (e.g., if you interact with our customer support team).
- Data you make public: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information that you make public, including via social media (e.g., from your social media profile(s) if you make a public post about us) or through our chats, forums or communities on the Services.
- Third party information: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information from third parties who provide it to us. This may include telephone or direct mail efforts; from customers, vendors, partners, suppliers, third parties, commercially available or publicly-available sources (e.g., data brokers, data aggregators, public databases, etc.); third party affiliate network operators; referral sources; social network sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.).
- Employment information: When applying for a job with McDonald Brothers Construction, information you provide is used to process, respond and assess your application for potential current or future career opportunities.
- Using cookies: Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using. Cookies allow us to collect information such as IP address, browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited, language preferences, and other traffic data. We and our service providers use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize your experience while using the Services, and to recognize your computer in order to assist your use of the Services. We also gather statistical information about use of the Services in order to improve their design and functionality, understand how they are used, and assist us with resolving questions regarding them. Cookies further allow us to select which of our advertisements or offers may appeal to you and display them while you are on the Services. We may also use cookies or other technologies to track responses to our online advertisements.
If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies or be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer to your computer of a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular site. You may also wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html. If, however, you do not accept cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Services. For example, we may not be able to recognize your computer, and you may need to log in every time you visit.
We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Accordingly, your personal data shall be maintained for up to seven years following the end of the services we provide to you / your last contact with us. This retention period may be extended if any applicable statutory or regulatory obligation requires us to hold information for a longer period.
Purposes for Which We May Process Your Information
Processing User Information may include but is not limited to: providing Services to you; communicating with you; analyzing user engagement and purchase activity; marketing our products and services; conducting surveys; and maintaining compliance with applicable laws.
The purposes for which we may Process User Information, subject to applicable law, include:
- Surveys: communicating with you for the purposes of obtaining feedback on your experience, products and Services.
- Communications: communicating with you via any means regarding news items and other information in which you may be interested, subject to ensuring that such communications are provided to you in compliance with applicable law; maintaining and updating your contact information; and obtaining and verifying opt-in consent where required.
- Advertising and Marketing: providing advertising and marketing of products and Services for prospects and customers. You may unsubscribe for free or opt out of these marketing communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in each email or by sending your name and address to info@mbc.com We may continue to contact you regarding the Services.
- Legal Compliance: Subject to applicable laws, we reserve the right to and may be required to release information to relevant court, legal and government authorities concerning any user of Services when there are grounds to believe that the user is in violation of our Terms of Use or applicable laws.
Data Retention:
We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Accordingly, your personal data shall be maintained for up to seven years following the end of the services we provide to you / your last contact with us. This retention period may be extended if any applicable statutory or regulatory obligation requires us to hold information for a longer period.
UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. These changes will be effective as of the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page. Therefore, you should check this Privacy Policy frequently for any updates. Your use of the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
CONTACT US
McDonald Brothers Construction is the entity responsible for the processing of your information under this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding how we process your information or about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@MBC.com or by mail at 262 Westbrook Road, Ottawa, ON, K0A 1L0
Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include credit card or other sensitive information in your emails to us.
