The Association des propriétaires d'autobus du Québec (the
"APAQ" [Quebec Bus Owners' Association]) endeavours to protect the
private nature of your personal information. Since you provide us
with personal information through our www.espacebus.ca Website, we
believe that it is important to inform you of our policy in this
regard.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
The Portal is published from the Province of Quebec, Canada. Quebec
and Canadian laws protect the users' personal information. The
latter may enquire as to his rights by consulting the "Commission
d'accès à l'information du Québec" (Province of Quebec Access to
Information) Website.
PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION POLICY
Personal information is information that concerns an individual and
allows such person to be identified.
Except in the case where the law is enforced, the Portal maintains
the confidential nature of all personal information received
concerning you.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use the personal information that you voluntarily provide us in
order to allow us to send you electronic documentation, to answer
your information requests, to forward a request for information
with an agency registered with the Portal, to subscribe to the
Portal's info-letter or to register you on mailing or survey
response lists. The personal information gathered also helps us to
know your habits and your interests with the intent of better
serving you in the future.
TRANSMISSION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
A request by you may require the transmission of personal
information to a service provider or to a subcontractor who must
take action in order to respond to such a request.
If a subcontractor or a service provider must use your personal
information, he must sign an agreement to respect the
confidentiality of said information and to only use the information
for the purposes for which you have given your consent.
We do not forward any of your personal information, unless it
serves to respond to one of your request or is destined for a
specific use for which you have given your consent. Furthermore,
the confidentiality of the information transmitted electronically
is ensured through high security measures.
USE OF COOKIES
The cookie is a small text file addressed to your navigation
software through a Website. It is a means to remind us of your
preferences and to render your next visit on the Portal more
efficient. Use of cookies is standard practice and most of the
major sites use them to better serve their clients. Most net
browsers are designed to accept cookies, but you may modify
settings to refuse them.
The Portal uses cookies, but these are harmless. You may refuse the
cookies, but then you will be unable to enjoy all the advantages of
the Portal. For example, a subscription to the info-letter will not
function if the user refuses the cookies.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
We can suggest links to other Internet sites that are held and
operated by third parties. As these concern third parties and that
we have no affiliation with them other than the fact that we post,
for information purposes only, the data that these third party
forward to us, we have no control over these sites, for which
practices in matters of personal information gathering and privacy
protection are distinct and independent from ours. Accordingly, we
cannot be held liable and we offer no guarantee as to the practices
of these external sites with regard to protection of personal
information.
SECURITY MEASURES
By way of protecting your personal information during transmission
of data, we have set strict security measures in order to protect
you against the loss or non authorized use of your information.
Our server uses the latest security protocols which renders secure
the electronic transmission of information.
However, we have but one obligation of means concerning security
and we turn down any breach in the confidentiality and the
integrity of the system, unless it results from our gross
negligence.
VERIFICATION, COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS
You may at any time request to know, rectify or cancel the personal
information concerning you that we have in our files. For any
verification, comment or complaint in this regard, you must contact
info@espacebus.ca and provide the information that identifies
you.