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Thank you for visiting our website and reading its user agreement and confidentiality policy (hereinafter the Policy). Our website address is: https://convergenceinstruments.com
Your privacy is important to CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS. We collect information to provide and deliver better products and customized content. This Privacy Policy and User agreement is meant to help you understand how we collect and use your information. This Privacy Policy and User agreement applies to https://www.convergenceinstruments/ (the “Site”) and all products and services offered by CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS. By using the Site, you acknowledge having read and understood this policy and consent to your data and personal information being processed by it, where applicable.
This privacy policy and user agreement consists of the following elements:
All information contained on the Site is protected under copyright laws. Users of this Site are not authorized to copy the content for any use whatsoever, whether of a personal or professional nature. It is strictly prohibited to redistribute, reproduce, publish, save on any medium, retransmit or modify information it contains without the written permission of CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS.
All trademarks and logos (including names, words, slogans, titles, designs, illustrations and icons) appearing on this Site are trademarks of CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS. Any use of these is strictly prohibited without the prior written authorization of CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS. The unauthorized downloading, retransmission, copying or modification of any of the trademarks, service marks or content, in whole or in part, of this Site constitutes a violation of applicable laws of copyrights and trademarks, and the author of these infringements may be subject to legal action.
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS formally prohibits the use of its logos as external links to any other website without its prior written authorization. No mention appearing on the Site or elsewhere should be interpreted in such a way as to grant, by implication or otherwise, a license or right of use over the intellectual property to CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS.
Respect for privacy and the protection of personal information are essential to us, which is why, through this Policy, we intend to protect them in accordance with the laws in force. To ensure this protection, CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS undertakes to only collect, process and share information allowing the identification of an individual when the latter has consented, unless this is permitted or required by law, in which case your consent will not be necessary. The purpose of the Policy is to inform users of the reasons and how CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS, or any person acting on its behalf, collects and uses their personal information. It is intended to be in clear language to ensure informed consent from users.
For this Policy, “personal information” means any information about an identifiable person or allowing a person to be identified. Where possible, we will anonymize, pseudonymize and/or aggregate these so that they no longer identify an individual.
This Policy applies from September 22, 2023, and replaces any previous Privacy Policy.
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS undertakes to obtain consent before collecting an individual’s personal information. Consent may be express or implied and may be provided directly by the individual or their authorized representative.
We prioritize obtaining explicit consent, whether verbally, electronically or in writing. However, implied consent can be reasonably inferred from a person’s action or inaction. For example, signing up to the mailing list, providing a name and address to receive a product or a name and telephone number to obtain a response to a question is considered implied consent to the collection of information containing personal information.
The information collected is in accordance with the purposes and objectives set out in this confidentiality policy.
Here are some reasons why we collect your personal information:
To provide and maintain our services: we will collect and process the data and information necessary to fulfill our mission and contractual obligations.
To ensure and improve these services: the data collected during your interactions with our services may be used to analyze and improve the functioning of our services.
To offer personalized services: the collection and analysis of data generated by your interactions with our services allows us to develop and create products and services that are relevant and that meet expectations, notably to predict adaptation measures for user that require some.
To protect the privacy of our users. The data collected allows us to verify the identity and protect the privacy of people who communicate with us by telephone, electronically or otherwise.
To satisfy legal obligations. The data is collected to meet obligations arising from laws, regulations or international treaties.
“The Site” uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session”: a persistent cookie is stored by the browser and remains valid until its expiration date unless deleted by the user before that expiration date; As for a session cookie, it expires at the end of the user session, when the browser is closed.
Cookies generally do not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained by cookies. We use session cookies and persistent cookies on our website.
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS may collect personal information in various forms but will only do so by lawful means and only for the necessary purposes disclosed to you, as described in this Policy, or when permitted or required by law.
The personal information collected, as well as its sensitivity, may vary depending on the context in which the interactions between you and CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS take place. This is why we must first inform you of the nature of the personal information we use.
We protect all personal information collected. Among the personal information that may be collected and used, we pay particular attention to information you give us:
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS takes reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. All personal information you provide to us are data encrypted and stored on secure servers (password and firewall-protected).
You hereby acknowledge that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data we cannot guarantee the security of your data sent over the Internet.
In practice, by visiting “The Site” you expressly express in advance your agreement for us to use your personal information for marketing purposes or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
If you would like your information deleted or modified in any way, please contact the person responsible for protecting privacy:
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS
Bruno Paillard, Ph.D., Director
[email protected]
4160 Monseigneur-Moisan Street
Sherbrooke, Québec
J1L 2C1
CANADA
Use and navigation of the Site is at your own risk. If you are dissatisfied with any information contained in the Site or with these terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Site.
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS, its employees, legal heirs or other third parties, cannot be held liable to any person or company for any harm, loss or direct, indirect, special or punitive damage that could result directly or indirectly from access, use or the consequences of use of the Site or the information it contains, the inability to use this Site or this information or the malfunction of this site, including any damage direct, indirect, individual or to a third party.
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS cannot be held responsible for the acts, omissions or behaviour perpetrated by any user or third party.
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS cannot guarantee that this Site will be available, nor that access to it will not be interrupted, that there will be no delays, failures, errors, omissions or loss of transmitted information, nor that no virus or other contaminating element will be transmitted, nor that any damage will be caused to your computer system, despite all usual precautions being taken for its maintenance.
CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS declines all liability for any damage resulting from the use of the Site. This express disclaimer includes damages caused by viruses or any other computer software or malfunction that may infect, harm, or damage your computer’s hardware, software, memory, or other property belonging to you or others, even, after accessing, using or browsing this Site.
It is strictly prohibited to send, publish or otherwise transmit any content or material that contains viruses or that may cause interruption, damage or limit the functionality of the Site or servers connected to the Site. You also agree not to conduct yourself in a derogatory manner or use the CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS site for any unlawful, illegal, obscene, defamatory, discriminatory or otherwise harmful or objectionable purpose.
The Site and the information, as well as any communication relating thereto, are provided without any representation or guarantee, express or implied, of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, any guarantee as to their quality merchantability or their suitability for a particular use.
The information provided on the Site may be suitable for different uses in all circumstances or applications and therefore cannot be interpreted as applying to your situation. By using this Site, you agree that you are solely responsible for the use of any such advice, information, statements or information provided and that you do so at your own risk.
Links to other websites or references to products, services, and publications other than those of CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS are provided for the convenience of users only and do not imply that CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS approves these websites, their contents or their confidentiality policies, nor that it guarantees them. These sites were developed independently of CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS, and we cannot be responsible for the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the content and functionality thereof. Establishing a link to any other site is at your own risk and CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS is not liable for any damage relating to such links.
The provisions set forth under the heading “Limitation of Liability” and “Disclaimer” of this agreement apply, with necessary modifications, to your access to other sites, their use, products, services and content.
The Site is governed by the laws in force in the province of Québec, Canada, and subject to the application there of without giving effect to any principle relating to the conflict of laws. Any user who chooses to access the Site from other countries does so on their own initiative and is responsible for compliance with local laws. Consequently, the courts of the province of Québec, Canada, have exclusive jurisdiction over any suit, action or procedure resulting from the use of this site or relating to it. You hereby irrevocably acknowledge the original and exclusive jurisdiction of these courts concerning any dispute. If any provision hereof shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severed from these Terms and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.
This notice may be updated and modified without notice, at the sole discretion of CONVERGENCE INSTRUMENTS. Therefore, it is the user’s responsibility to read its terms when accessing the Site. No user or visitor to the Site may modify this agreement and/or add new provisions in any way.
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