Altavista Power Corp. is committed to safeguarding personal data and processing personal information in line with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
This Privacy Notice describes how we process the personal information that we collect on our website, where you visit our premises; where you are a contact at one of our suppliers or other business partners; and through other data collection points or notices that reference this Privacy Notice.
We provide information on the types of Personal Information we collect, how we use the information, with whom we may share it and the choices available to you regarding our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices. “Personal Information” has the meaning given to it under data protection laws that apply to our processing of your information and includes any information that relates to, describes, identifies or can be used, directly or indirectly, to identify an individual, such as name and address.
Information we collect
The types of information we collect concerning individuals includes:
- Business and personal contact information (such as name, postal and e-mail addresses, and telephone number);
- CCTV footage on our premises for the purposes of safeguarding our customers and employees and our facilities and property;
- Professional details and employment data in connection with job inquiries or applications on our careers pages, such as resume/CV, current or past employment history, performance-related information (e.g., performance evaluations), talent management information (e.g., education history, professional designations, qualifications and other information about your background) and work authorization status; voluntary information provided in connection with job inquiries or applications.
- Information from organizations that you represent and with which we have a business relationship, such as your business contact details or details of your role at the organization; and
- Other information you provide to us (such as information provided by registering for e-mail alerts, filling in forms, and online registration details).
Information obtained by automated means
When you visit our Sites or open our e-mails, we may collect certain information by automated means (such as by cookies, web server logs, web beacons and JavaScript). The information we collect in this manner includes your IP address, network location, browser characteristics, device characteristics, operating system, referring URLs, information on actions taken on our Sites, and dates and times of website visits. Cookies are files that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings on your device. We also may use these and similar technology in e-mails we send you to collect certain information, such as whether you opened or clicked on links in our e-mail and what content was interesting to you.
How we use the information we obtain
We may use, disclose or otherwise handle the information described in this Privacy Notice for the following purposes to:
- Operate, evaluate, develop, promote, and improve our business (including developing new products and services; enhancing, improving and analyzing our products and services; managing our communications; managing our premises; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions);
- Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies;
- Protect against, identify and prevent fraud, money-laundering, breach of confidence, cyber attack, theft of proprietary materials, financial or business crimes, and other unlawful activity;
- provide our products and services to you, such as market commentary and e-mail alerts;
- send you (or produce) promotional materials, newsletters and other communications, including in visual and audio form (such as videos, podcasts and seminars);
- communicate with you about, and administer your participation in, special events, programs, promotions, offers, surveys and market research;
- respond to your inquiries;
- manage your employment application, assess your qualifications and manage your employment with us;
- verify your information;
- record audio and video content (for example, of our in-person or online events, training, and meetings where permitted by, and collected in accordance with, applicable data protection law);
CCTV may operate in any of our facilities for security and safety purposes, in accordance with applicable data protection law. Where CCTV is not operated by us, the CCTV will be under the control of the relevant building landlord, manager or operator.
We may also use the information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.
We will only process your Personal Information as necessary so that we can pursue the purposes described above. Where we process your Personal Information for our legitimate interests as a business or those of a third party, we do so only where we have concluded that our processing does not prejudice you or your privacy in a way that would override our legitimate interest in pursuing those purposes.
When we collect Personal Information from you, unless indicated otherwise, if we ask you for information, we need it for our business or compliance purposes. In limited circumstances, we are required to collect Personal Information to comply with a legal obligation and/or might ask you to provide information which is purely voluntary; in either case, this will be indicated to you.
Online Tracking and Interest-Based Advertising
We and third parties acting on our behalf (such as Twitter and LinkedIn) may collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites to provide you with advertising about products and services tailored to your interests. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent for the processing of your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes. If you do receive direct marketing communications from us (for example, by post, e-mail, fax or telephone), you may opt-out by clicking the link in the relevant communication, completing the forms provided to you (where relevant), or by e-mailing us.
Information we disclose to others
We do not disclose Personal Information we obtain about you through the Sites or other channels covered by this Privacy Notice, except as described in this Privacy Notice. We may share your Personal Data with our affiliates and subsidiaries. Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we also share Personal Data with service providers who perform services on our behalf (including cloud services), our financial and transaction counterparties, philanthropic, charitable and advocacy partners, our professional advisors, and your agents and representatives. We do not authorize these persons to use or disclose the information except as necessary for the purposes for which it is provided or to comply with legal requirements.
We also may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities, regulators and/or other government entities and/or other competent authorities based on a lawful disclosure request, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity. We reserve the right to transfer Personal Data we have about you or otherwise process in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, spin-off, dissolution or liquidation).
In addition, we may share anonymous / aggregated information with third parties, such as service providers, in order to facilitate our business operations.
Information collected through third-party plug-ins and widgets on the Sites (such as information relating to your use of a social media sharing tool) is collected directly by the providers of the plug-ins and widgets. This information is subject to the privacy policies of the providers of the plug-ins and widgets, and Altavista Power is not responsible for those providers’ information practices.
Data Transfer
We may transfer the Personal Data we collect about you to recipients in countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected. Where you are based in the UK, the EU, or another country which imposes data transfer restrictions outside of its territory, this includes transfers outside of the UK and the European Economic Area (“EEA“) or that geographical area, including to those countries in which our affiliates, group members, service providers and business partners operate, such as the U.S. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. Where we transfer Personal Data outside of the UK, the EEA, or other territories subject to data transfer restrictions to other affiliates, group members or our service providers, we will ensure that our arrangements with them are governed by data transfer agreements or safeguards, designed to ensure that your Personal Data is protected as required under applicable data protection law (including, where appropriate, under an agreement on terms approved for this purpose by the European Commission or by obtaining your consent).
Retention and Deletion of your Information
We intend to keep your Personal Information accurate and up-to-date. We will delete the information that we hold about you when we no longer need it. We retain your Personal Information for as long as it is required by us for our legitimate purposes, to perform our contractual obligations, or where longer, such longer period as is required or permitted by law or regulatory obligations which apply to us.
We will retain your information in line with our retention policies and, in any event, for no longer than is necessary given the purpose for which it was collected, after which it will be deleted or anonymized.
Note that we may retain some limited information about you (even when we know that you have left the organization that you represent) so that we can maintain a continuous relationship with you if and when we are in contact with you again.
Your Rights and Choices
To update your preferences or submit a request, please contact us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section of this Privacy Notice. To the extent provided by the law of your jurisdiction or otherwise applicable to our processing of your information, you may request access to the Personal Data we maintain about you or request that we correct, amend, delete or block the information by contacting us as indicated below. Where provided by law, you may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us or object at any time on legitimate grounds to the processing of your Personal Data, and we will apply your preferences going forward.
How we Protect personal Data
We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect Personal Data we obtain through the Sites against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.
Updates to our Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our Personal Information practices.
How to Contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please e-mail us at info@altavistapower.ca.