Privacy Policy

Online forms

We collect information you provide directly to us when you fill out a form, submit an inquiry, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of personal information we may collect include your name, display name, username, bio, email address, business information, your content, and any other information you choose to provide.

Cookies

We use tracking technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, to collect information. These small data files stored on your hard drive simply help us improve our services and your website experience. We also work with third party analytics who use cookies and other technologies to collect information about your website use including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in mobile apps, and links clicked. This information may be used by Malbaie to analyze and track data, determine the importance of certain content, revise our content based on use interests, and better understand your online activity. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see Your Rights below.

Your Online Interaction

In some instances, we automatically collect certain information, including:

• Activity Information: We collect information about your activity on our web pages, such as your reading history and clicked links to navigate our available content.
• Device and Usage Information: We collect information about how you access our website, including data about the device used to access, hardware model, operating system version, mobile network, IP address, unique device identifiers, browser type, and app version. We also collect information about your activity on our site such as access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to our site.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Malbaie does not sell your personal information. We may share your data in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this policy:

• With service providers that require access to personal information in order to perform services for us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting, storage, analytics, fraud prevention and security, communications, and marketing.
• If we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. If we are going to disclose your personal information in response to legal process, we will give you notice so you can challenge it (for example by seeking court intervention), unless we are prohibited by law or believe doing so may endanger others or cause illegal conduct. We will object to legal requests for information about users of our Services that we believe are improper.
• If we believe that your actions are inconsistent with our user policies, if we believe that you have violated the law, or if we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of Malbaie, our users, or the public.
• With legal counsel where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests.
• In connection with, or during negotiations concerning, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
• Between and among Malbaie and our current and future parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries and other companies under common control and ownership.
• We may also share personal information with your consent or at your direction and aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

If you submit a form, the data therein is retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up required. We store other personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations.

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually adjust your browser settings to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

Malbaie does not sell your personal information.

Subject to certain limitations, you have the right to (1) request to know more about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, and disclose about you, (2) request deletion of your personal information, (3) opt out of any sales of your personal information, if we engage in that activity in the future, and (4) not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.