Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 9, 2024
Last Updated: March 28, 2025

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This Privacy Policy is intended to bind i-GES workers to their clients, thereby ensuring full respect for the personal information provided to Consultants in the course of their duties.

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Technological Means Used to Collect Personal Information

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i-GES uses the following technological means to collect personal information:

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• Received emails;

• An online appointment request form;

• An application offered to our clients;

• Certain cookies from our website.

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The service providers who may collect personal information are:

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• Wix, our website host;

• Pierre-Émile Leblanc Comtois, Consultant;

• Brigitte Blais, Consultant.

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Personal Information Collected

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The following personal information may be collected from i-GES clients, as needed:

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• Identification Information: Company name, representative's name, address, email, phone number.

• Information on certain human resources: Names and contact information of individuals who will collaborate on the organization's GHG inventory.

• Information on the consumption of certain goods and energy sources: Quantities of fossil fuels consumed, quantity or weight of goods, origin of inputs, type of output management, types of vehicles, etc., in order to determine their carbon footprint.

• Financial Information: Database of inputs and outputs and their values.

• Information on company employees: Employees’ postal codes, transportation methods used, number of workdays per year, etc.

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Purposes for Collecting This Information

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• To confirm the client’s identity and business address;

• To confirm the involvement of certain employees in the inventory process;

• To create the most comprehensive portrait possible of the company’s carbon footprint.

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If the client refuses to share this information through technological means, they may:

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• Do so over the phone, directly with the Consultants;

• Request that the Consultants visit the company in person to collect the data.

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Who Has Access to the Personal Information?

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The following categories of individuals will have access to personal information:

• i-GES Consultants

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No other entity will have access to the personal information provided to i-GES.

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Our Security Measures

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To ensure the security of our clients’ personal information, i-GES only grants cloud access to its Consultants and the Representative. Each of them has signed a Partnership Agreement requiring strict confidentiality regarding their colleagues' and i-GES clients’ information.

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In addition, each Consultant and the Representative has installed a firewall on their computer, thereby limiting the risk of phishing or hacking.

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Rights of Individuals Whose Personal Information Is Held

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Individuals whose personal information we hold may:

• Access the personal information we hold about them;

• Request corrections or updates to their personal information;

• File a complaint about our personal data governance practices with the Data Protection Officer (DPO).

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Contact Information

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For any complaint or request to rectify personal information, please contact:

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Pierre-Émile Leblanc Comtois, Eng., MBA, M. Env.
Founding Consultant

pe.leblanc-comtois@i-ges.ca
(819) 290-2908