PRIVACY POLICY


This Privacy Policy applies to: www.whelmspace.com and whelmspace.thinkific.com.

Last update: Feb 5, 2023.


The respect of your private life is of utmost importance for WhelmSpace, who is responsible for this website.


This Privacy Policy aims to lay out:



This Privacy Policy complement the Terms and Conditions that you may find at the following addresses: https://www.whelmspace.com/privacy-policy and https://www.whelmspace.com/terms-and-conditions.



  1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


We collect the following personal information:



The personal information we collect is collected through the collection methods described in the following section.



  1. FORMS AND METHODS OF COLLECTION


Your personal information is collected through the following methods:



We use the collected data for the following purposes:




  1. INTEGRITY


Your personal information is also collected through the interactivity between you and the website. This personal information is collected through the following methods:



We use the personal information thus collected for the following purposes:




  1. COOKIES AND LOG FILES


We collect information through log files and cookies. These allow us to process statistics and information on the Website, to ease navigation and improve your experience for your comfort. 


Under the General Data Protection Regulation (European Regulation 2016/679), the use of cookies and log files that involves personal information saving and analysis requires your consent.


Your consent is considered to be valid for a maximum period of thirteen (13) months. At the end of that period, we will ask again for your consent to save cookies and log files on your hard disk.


  1. Cookies used by the Website


The cookie files used by the Website are the following:



The use of such files allow us to achieve the following purposes:



By using the Website, cookies from the following third parties may be saved on your hard disk:



The website also emeds sharing and social media networks buttons that allow you to share your activity on the Website. Cookies and log files from the social media networks may be saved on your computer when you use these features.


These websites have their own privacy policy and terms and conditions that may be different than ours. We invite you to look at the privacy policies and terms and conditions from these websites.


  1. Objection to the use of cookies and log files by the Website


You have the right to object to the recording of these cookies and log files by configuring your web browser.


Once you have deactivated cookies and log files, you may continue your use of the Website. However, any malfunction resulting from this deactivation may not be considered of our making.



  1. SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


We are committed to not selling to third parties or otherwise commercialize the personal information we collect. However, we may share this information with third parties for the following reasons:




  1. STORAGE PERIOD OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


The controller will keep in its computer systems, in reasonable security conditions, the entirety of the personal information collected for the following duration: up to 5 years.



  1. HOSTING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


Our website is hosted by: Wix.com, located all over the world and especially in Europe and the United States.


The host may be contacted at the following phone number: 1-415-639-9034.


Personal information we collect and process may be transferred to the following countries: Brazil, Canada, Germany, Lithuania, Ireland, Israel, Ukraine and the United States of America.


The transfer of personal information outside of the European Union is justified by the following reasons: 

    The personal information is hosted in the countries mentioned above because those are where the headquarters and offices of the hosting company are located.



  1. CONTROLLER


The Controller may be contacted by email at [email protected].


The Controller is in charge of determining the purpose for which personal information is processed and the means at the service of such processing.



  1. RIGHT TO OBJECT AND OF WITHDRAW


If you wish to exercise the right to object or the right to withdraw, you must follow the procedure described hereinafter:


    The user must submit a request to the Controller at the email address indicated above.



  1. RIGHT OF ACCESS, OF RECTIFICATION AND OF REMOVAL


You have the right to consult, update, modify or request the removal of information about you by following the procedure described hereinafter:


    The user must submit a request to the Controller at the email address indicated above.


If you have a personal account, you may request its removal by following the procedure described hereinafter:


The user must send an email to the data collector. This email must contain the information on the account (associated email address as well as account number, if applicable). The email must be sent to the data collector at the email address indicated above.



  1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES RELATING TO THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA UNDER EUROPEAN REGULATION 2016/679


In accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of European Regulation 2016/679, the collection and processing of your personal data comply with the following principles: 



In order to be lawful and to comply with Article 6 or European Regulation 2016/679, collection and processing will only occur if one of the following applies:




  1. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS PURSUANT TO EUROPEAN REGULATION 2016/679


In accordance with European regulation relating to the processing of personal data, you also have the rights listed below.


In order for the Controller to grant your request, you must provide your first and last name, your email address, and if relevant, your personal account or membership number.


The Controller will try his or her best to answer your request within a period of thirty (30) days.



a) Right to portability of personal data


You have the right to request the portability of your personal data held by the Website to another site by following the procedure described below:

The user must send an email to the Controller to the email address provided above and include all information on the account (email address as well as account number, where applicable).



b) Right of not being the object of a decision based only on automated processing


In accordance with the provisions of the European Regulation 2016/679, you have the right of not being the subject of a decision based solely on automated processing if the decision produces legal effect concerning you or significantly affects you.



c) Right to submit a complaint to the competent authority


In the event that the Controller does not answer your request, where you wish to challenge Controller’s decision or you believe one of your rights have been infringed upon, you have the right to submit a complaint to the competent authority.



  1. PERSONAL DATA OF MINORS UNDER EUROPEAN REGULATION 2016/679


In accordance with the provisions of Article 8 or Regulation 2016/679, only minors of 15 years of age may consent to the processing of their personal data.


If you are a minor under the age of 15, the consent of a legal representative is required in order for your personal data to be collected and processed.


We reserve the right to verify by any means that you are over 15 years of age or that you have obtained the consent of a legal representative before using our Website.



  1. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY


Our Privacy Policy may be viewed at all times at the following address:

    https://www.whelmspace.com/privacy-policy 


We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy in order to guarantee its compliance with the applicable law.


You are therefore invited to regularly consult our Privacy Policy to be informed of the latest changes.




  1. ACCEPTANCE OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY


By using our Website, you certify that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and accept its conditions, more specifically conditions relating to the collection and processing of personal information, and the use of cookies.




  1. APPLICABLE LAW


We are committed to respecting the legislative provisions as speficied in:

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, SC 2000, c 5: and/or

Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector, CQLR cP-39.1 ; and

General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.