Privacy policy

Who we are

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform the users of our website https://www.traverseedecharlevoix.qc.ca about the personal data we collect and how we use it.

https://www.traverseedecharlevoix.qc.ca complies strictly with Quebec’s Bill 25 regarding the protection of personal information.

This privacy policy also details our commitment and the measures taken to guarantee the security of your personal information.

Comments

Suggested text: When you leave a comment on our website, the data entered in the comments form, as well as your IP address and your browser’s user agent are collected to help us detect spam comments.

An anonymized string created from your e-mail address (also known as a “hash”) may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify your use of the service. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment has been validated, your profile photo will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, we advise that you avoid uploading images containing EXIF data containing GPS coordinates. Visitors on this website can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our website, you will be asked to save your name, e-mail address and website in cookies. This is only to make your life easier so that you don’t have to enter this information if you leave another comment later. These cookies expire after one year.

If you go to the login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set a number of cookies to record your login information and screen preferences. The lifetime of a connection cookie is two days, that of a screen option cookie is one year. If you check “Remember me”, your cookie will be stored for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the cookie will be deleted.

When editing or publishing an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data. It simply indicates the identifier of the article you have just modified. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor went to that other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, install third-party tracking tools or track your interactions with such embedded content if you have an account and are logged into their website.

With whom we share your data

Suggested text: If you ask to request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long is your data stored?

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata will be stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve subseauent comments instead of leaving them in the moderation queue

For users who register on our website (if that is possible), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile. All users can view, modify and delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their username). Site managers can also view and modify this information.

What are your rights on your data?

Suggested text: If you have an account or if you have made any comments on our website, you may ask to receive a folder containing all your personal data that we have on you, including that which you provided to us. You may also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data held for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments can be checked using an automated spam detection service.