Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy for Personal Information

1. Purpose, scope, and users

EPS Energy (“EPS”, “we”, “us”, “our”, “the Company”) recognizes the importance of protecting your personal information. Our privacy policy (the “Policy”) aims to describe how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you use our website, and what your rights are in this regard. By using our website and services (“Service(s)”), you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Policy.

This Policy does not apply to third-party websites, including those that can be accessed by clicking on links that may be found on our website. If you visit a third-party website, that website will have its policies, which we encourage you to review before submitting your personal information, if applicable.

2. Collection and use of your data

2.1. What is “personal information”?

The term “personal information” refers to any information that relates to an individual and allows them to be identified, either directly or indirectly. This could include your name, email address, phone number, date of birth, and financial information (including banking and credit card information).

Your business contact information, such as your title, email address, business address, or work phone number, is considered public personal information.

2.2. What data do we collect?

Our Company collects the following data:

  • Professional identification information such as (last name, first name, professional email address, professional phone number, etc.).
  • Personal identification information such as (last name, first name, personal email address, personal phone number, etc.).
  • Recruitment-related information, such as your resume.


In all cases, we strive to limit the amount of personal information we collect to what is strictly necessary for the purposes described in the section “For what purposes do we use your personal information?” We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.

2.2.1. Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Company’s website.

Usage Data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access our website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or when you access the website by or through a mobile device.

2.2.2. Tracking Technologies and Cookies
The EPS website does not use cookie tracking.
2.3. How do we collect your data?

You provide most of the data we collect directly to our Company. We collect and process data when you:


Our Company collects your data so that we can:

  • Process your request.
  • Send you emails with special offers on other Services that we think you might like.
2.4. For what purposes do we use your personal information?

In general, our Company uses your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To provide you with our Services.
  • To create, maintain, and strengthen our business relationship with you.
  • To recruit staff.
  • To ensure compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations.
  • Any other purpose that is permitted by law or to which you consent.


If the reasons for which your personal information was collected change or if new purposes are envisaged, our Company undertakes to inform you in advance. You will then be asked for your consent to respect your rights and your choice regarding the use of your data.

3. How do we store your data and how long do we keep it?

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in the Policy and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. After this period, your personal information will be securely destroyed or anonymized.

4. Marketing

Our Company would like to send you information about our Services that we think you might like.

If you have agreed to receive marketing communications, you can always unsubscribe at a later date.

5. Transfer of your personal information

Your personal information is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other locations where parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to and stored on computers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this privacy notice followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy notice, and no transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

6. Disclosure of your personal information

6.1. Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy notice.
6.2. Law enforcement
In certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your personal information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
6.3. Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose your personal information in good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • Protection against legal liability

7. Security of your personal information

The security of your personal information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Legal basis for processing personal information

We may process personal information under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given your consent to the processing of your personal information for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: The provision of personal information is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Legal obligations: The processing of personal information is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
  • Vital interests: The processing of personal information is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person.
  • Public interest: The processing of personal information is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
  • Legitimate interests: The processing of personal information is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.


In all cases, the Company will be happy to help clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of personal information is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

8.1. Your rights

The Company is committed to respecting the confidentiality of your personal information and ensuring that you can exercise your rights.

Under this privacy notice, and under the law, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information. The right to access, update, or delete the information we have about you. Wherever possible, you can access, update, or request deletion of your personal information directly within your account settings. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us for assistance. This also allows you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Request correction of the personal information we hold about you. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  • Request the deletion of your personal information. You have the right to ask us to delete or remove personal information when there is no good reason for us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of your personal information. We will provide you, or a third party you have chosen, with your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information that you initially consented to us using or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
  • Withdraw your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with access to certain specific features of the Service.
8.2. Exercising your data protection rights

You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition by contacting us. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. If you make a request, we will do our best to respond as soon as possible. You have the right to file a complaint with a data protection authority regarding our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, if you are in Quebec, please visit the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec.

9. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites (LinkedIn) that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit. We have no control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services and assume no responsibility for them.

10. Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may update our privacy notice from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy notice on this page. We will notify you by email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this privacy notice. We advise you to review this privacy notice periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy notice are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Company’s privacy notice, the data we hold about you, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact Mr. Moustafa ELDANASOURI, our Privacy Officer, at the following address:

Address

1000 De la Gauchetière Street West, Suite 900,
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 5H4

Email
[email protected]