Privacy and legal terms Conditions of Use and Protection of Personal Information Policy

Privacy and Legal Terms

Welcome to the Website of development studio Appcom (www.appcom.ca). Your use of our Website indicates your agreement to respect and be bound by the Terms and Conditions written below:

Unsolicited e-mails and other mass mailings

Please do not use the information on this Website, including the e-mail addresses shown here, to send, distribute, or facilitate the transmission of unsolicited e-mails or other mass mailings to Appcom, its partners, or its employees.

Intellectual Property

This Website and its contents are protected under the Copyright Act. Our trademarks as well as our logo are protected under the Trademarks Act and any unauthorized use thereof is strictly prohibited. You have no right to modify, copy (in part or in whole), adapt, transform or make any appropriation of the content present on this Website without the explicit written agreement of Appcom.

Hyperlinks

No link to this Website is authorized without the consent of Appcom. Appcom is not responsible or liable for links to third-party Websites. Such links are provided for your convenience only. These third-party Websites are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies and your use of such Websites shall be at your own risk.

Applicable Law

This Website is governed by the laws applicable in the Province of Québec, Canada, and any dispute related thereto must be submitted to a court of competent jurisdiction in the judicial district of Montreal, Québec.

Exclusion of Liability

Appcom does not warrant the accuracy, relevance or reliability of this Website's contents, nor does it guarantee that the contents will be available without errors or omissions. Appcom assumes no liability for viruses, worms or invasive or destructive computer programs or for personal information that may be intercepted by third parties on this Website. You are solely responsible for the use and interpretation of the information contained in this Website.

Disclaimer

Appcom shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or punitive damage that may result from the use of this Website, its contents or the impossibility to use it, even where Appcom has been advised thereof.

Privacy Statement

Appcom is committed to upholding your right to privacy in accordance with the laws of Québec and Canada respecting the protection of personal information. Appcom may collect personal information about you, for instance, when you subscribe to one of our publications. Personal data collection is for the exclusive use of the Firm, to allow us to communicate with you, provide you with the services or information you request, inform you of special events or provide you with information that may be of interest to you. Unless otherwise authorized by you, Appcom will use personal information for these purposes only. If you do not wish to receive additional information, you may advise us accordingly by sending us an e-mail at privacy@appcom.ca.

Appcom does not sell, disseminate, exchange or disclose personal information to third-parties unless we are required to do so by law, have your written authorization to do so or in the event of a merger between a business entity or a software development studio and Appcom.

Data types collected

We collect two types of data when you visit our site:

  • Personal data that you explicitly submit to us (by sending a form you filled out on our site or by communicating with us, especially in the context of a job interview);
  • Anonymous data that is automatically collected by third-party tools.
Personal data

Personal data is information that can directly or indirectly identify a natural person, particularly by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, or an online identifier, or through one or more factors specific to their physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.

We may collect personal data when you directly communicate it to APPCOM, via our website or through APPCOM pages on social networks. Here are some examples of this data: your name, email address, submitted documents, phone number, as well as your company's contact information and your comments.

This occurs when you fill out our contact form or apply for a job offer. APPCOM collects data intended for its customer relationship management or human resources services and will only be used for these purposes.

How is the data used?

We use the collected data to respond to requests and communicate with applicants, to review applications, and to conduct statistical analysis. We do not disclose your personal data to other third parties unless required by our legal obligations or at the request of public authorities (e.g., judicial authorities).

We do not share any of your data with our partners without your consent.

Data collected by third-party tools and cookie usage

We use third-party analytics tools and other technologies (such as Google Analytics) to automatically collect anonymous usage data that does not personally identify you, such as:

  • Your type of Internet browser,
  • Your operating system type,
  • The domain name of the website and/or Internet service providers that allow you to access our site.

Information of this kind is collected using a standard information feature called a cookie and trackers. These are small data files downloaded to your computer when you visit a website.

Data collected by Google Analytics

To understand how visitors use our website, we use Google Analytics, which uses cookies. Anonymous information generated by the Google Analytics cookie about the use of our website is transmitted to Google.

This information is then used only to create statistical reports on our website's activities. These reports are intended to:

  • Evaluate aggregated usage data to optimize our content and analyze site performance,
  • Better meet your needs and interests.

Would you like to disable the sending of your anonymous activity data to Google Analytics? If yes, download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Why do we collect your data?

Cookies are used for several purposes, including providing you with an optimal experience, enabling you to navigate efficiently from one page to another, and saving your preferences.

The data collected is strictly anonymous and is only used for these purposes of performance analysis and navigation.

Data retention

The lifespan of cookies on this website varies between 2 hours and 13 months depending on the type of cookie.

At any time, you can disable cookies on your device by configuring your browser to alert you when you receive a cookie so that you can accept or reject it. However, to function properly, certain features of our site may require the use of cookies.

We retain the information sent through contact and job application forms for a period of 12 months. After this period, this information is deleted from our system.

Transmission of your information

We commit not to disclose, sell, or rent to a third party, without your authorization or unless required by law, the personal information you may provide on our site.

However, anonymous data collected by Google Analytics may be transmitted to other Google services.

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the privacy of your data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer at info@appcom.ca.

You can also write to us at:
APPCOM
239 St-Charles St. W.
Longueuil, QC, J4H 1E1

Changes to this Agreement

Appcom reserves the right to change these Terms of Use without any prior notice and without any liability. For any additional information regarding this Website, please contact us at info@appcom.ca.