PRIVACY POLICY

For our following test information websites:

www.afcholland.com et www.competencesgeneriques.com

AFC Psychometric Tests inc.

Introduction

We are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy and acting in compliance with Canadian and European data protection laws. We are committed to respecting the confidentiality of your personal data and we will never sell it.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you of the data we will collect, the use of this collected data, who has access to it, your rights and the cookies policy.

This privacy policy operates alongside the terms and conditions of use of our site.

Our information websites are aimed at an audience residing in Canada or in a country of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as “EU”).

This privacy policy applies to all pages of our testing information websites. However, it does not apply to third-party applications and sites that link to your site. We recommend that you read the privacy notice of the sites you visit as we are not responsible for them.

Additionally, it does not apply to our secure testing, reporting and access management sites. https://www.afctests.ca et https://www.afctests.fr, car ceux-ci ont une politique de confidentialité qui leur est propre. Nous vous recommandons de lire l’avis de confidentialité de ces sites si vous les visitez.

 

Applicable laws

If you are a resident of one of the EU countries, the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”) governs all data protection policies and For residents of EU countries, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) governs all data protection policies, regardless of where the site is located. This privacy policy aims to comply with the GDPR. If there are inconsistencies between this policy and the GDPR, the GDPR will apply.

For residents of the province of Quebec, this privacy policy is intended to comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (LPRPDE) et la Act modernizing legislative provisions regarding the protection of personal information in the private sector.

For residents of other Canadian provinces, the legislation applicable to your province applies.

If there are inconsistencies between the statements in this policy and the law applicable to your Canadian province or EU country, the law applicable to your state applies. If we find any inconsistencies, we will change our policy to comply with the relevant law.

Consent

By using our site, you consent to the terms set out in this Privacy Policy and the collection, use and retention of data listed in this Policy.

Information collected

Nous collectons deux types de données :

1. Personal data that you voluntarily transmit to us by completing one of our forms, by telephone, by sending us an email or by writing to us at our postal address.
2. General data we collect when you browse our site. We use cookies (a computer code that is embedded for a certain period of time on your computer, tablet or smartphone.) and other similar technologies to collect this data. This data is collected automatically.

Personal data we collect

The personal data we may collect from you from our forms is as follows:

Your full name, your email, your phone number, your country, your profession, the name of the company you work for.

The forms used are provided by recognized applications and usable on WordPress sites. At the time of the last privacy policy update, this application was:

WPForms

The information that you can send to us by email, telephone or by post is that which we send to you voluntarily.

Please note that we only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this privacy policy. We will not collect additional personal data without first informing you.

How we use personal data

Personal data collected on our site will only be used for the purposes specified in this policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose.

The data we collect when you submit a form to us may be used for the following purposes:

1. Determine if you qualify to use one of our psychometric tests
2. Send you a psychometric test essay
3. Register for training on the use of one of our psychometric tests
4. Produce advertising (for example, a periodic newsletter, an announcement of the dates of our training, etc.)

How long we store personal data

We do not retain user data beyond what is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is collected.

Who we share personal data with

Employees

We may disclose user data to any member of our company as reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes set out in this policy.

Suppliers

It is possible that trusted external suppliers whose professional services we retain may have access to certain personal data given the nature of the services they must perform (for example, a technical intervention on the server which hosts our sites or a call follow-up following the testing of one of our tests). Where applicable, we ensure that their confidentiality policy implies that the professional or technical services carried out for the purposes of the mandates we entrust to them respect the spirit of our own confidentiality policy or we have written confirmations from them that They will only use this data for the purposes of the mandates entrusted to them. Additionally,  we will not sell your personal data to them.

Other disclosures

Apart from what is stated above, we undertake not to share your personal data obtained via our test information websites with other third parties, except in the following cases:

1. if required by law
2. if it is required for any legal proceedings
3. to prove or protect our legal rights

Cookie Policies

View our cookie policy

Hyperlinks to other sites

If you follow hyperlinks from our site to another site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices. We therefore invite you to inform yourself about their own policies.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is protected, there always remains an element of risk when transmitting personal information over the Internet.

Minors

For EU residents, the GDPR specifies that people under the age of 15 are considered minors for the purposes of data collection. Minors must have the consent of a legal representative for their data to be collected, processed and used.

In addition, please note that our forms allowing the transmission of personal data are intended exclusively for adult professionals who offer services in career guidance, human resources, management coaching, etc.

Your rights as a user

As a user, you have the right to access all your personal data that we have collected. In addition, you have the right to update or correct any personal data in our possession provided that it is acceptable under the law.

You may choose to withdraw or change your consent to data collection and use at any time, provided that it is legally acceptable to do so, you have provided us with reasonable notice and it is possible to authenticate yourself.

How to modify, delete or contest the data collected

If you would like your information deleted or modified in any way, please contact our Privacy Officer:

Karl Descheneaux
2260, rue Demers, bureau 240, Drummondville, Québec, Canada, J2B 0L1
[email protected]

Changes

This privacy policy may be amended from time to time to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. We recommend that our users check our policy from time to time to ensure that they are informed of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this policy.

Seak to a testing expert

If you have any questions for us, please do not hesitate to contact us:
[email protected]
2260, rue Demers, bureau 240, Drummondville (Québec) Canada J2B 0L1

Effective date: March 4, 2023. Last updated: May 5, 2023.