Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Introduction

With the development of new communication tools, it is necessary to pay particular attention to the protection of privacy. This is why we are committed to respecting the confidentiality of the personal information we collect.

Website - SeQCure

The SEQCURE website is operated by the organizers of SEQCURE (operator). The user who consults the website is bound by the present conditions.

Website : ​https://seqcure.org.

Intellectual Property

It should be noted that the website and its contents remain the property of the operator.

Collecte des renseignements personnels

We collect the following information:

  • Last Name
  • First Name
  • Email address

The personal information we collect is gathered through forms and the interactivity established between you and our website. We also use cookies and/or logs to gather information about you.

Please note that user information is never disclosed to third parties or used for commercial purposes.

Forms and interactivity

Your personal information is collected through the following forms

  • Website registration form

We collect information from users who subscribe to our mailing list (last name, first name, email address).

We use the information collected for the following purposes:

  • Information/Promotional offers
  • Statistics
  • Contact information

This data is never sold to third parties and subscribers can unsubscribe at any time.

Comments

When you leave a comment on our website, not only the data entered in the comment form, but also your IP address and browser user agent are collected to help us detect unwanted comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify your use of the service. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is validated, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Visitor comments can be checked with an automated spam detection service.

Media

If you are a registered user and you upload images to the website, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing EXIF data of GPS coordinates. Visitors to your website can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you will be asked to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is only for your convenience so that you do not have to enter this information if you leave another comment later. These cookies expire after one year.

If you have an account and log in to this site, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal information and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set a number of cookies to store your login information and screen preferences. A login cookie lasts for two days and a screen preference cookie lasts for one year. If you check “Remember Me”, your login cookie will be retained for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be deleted.

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

Embedded content from other sites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves in the same manner as if the visitor were on that other site.

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

Automated marketing and/or profiling operations using personal data

If you visit certain pages of this site, your browser may store a cookie for up to one year so that we can deliver relevant advertising via the Google AdWords network.

Statistics and audience measurement

This site collects anonymous audience data to measure the reach of the website.

How long your data is stored

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve subsequent comments instead of leaving them in the moderation queue.

For users who register on our site (only if possible), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Site managers can also view and modify this information.

Right of access, right of opposition and withdrawal

We commit ourselves to recognizing a right of access and rectification to the persons concerned and wishing to consult, modify, or even cancel the information concerning them.

Please note that subscribers to our mailing list can unsubscribe at any time.

We are committed to offering you the right to oppose and withdraw your personal information. The right to object is understood to be the possibility offered to Internet users to refuse that their personal information be used for certain purposes mentioned at the time of collection (see the “Collection of personal information” section).

The right to withdraw is the possibility offered to Internet users to request that their personal information no longer appears, for example, in a mailing list.

To exercise these rights, you may contact our team directly by e-mail at [email protected].

Legislation

We are committed to complying with the legislative provisions set out in Canadian provincial and federal legislation.

Changes without notice

Please note that the terms of use are dynamic and subject to change at any time without notice.

Language of translation

The French version prevails over any other translation of the Terms of Use, in order to avoid any disparate interpretation between the two versions.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].