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Legal notice & privacy policy

The sole proprietorship Karolyn Boyd, concerned about the rights of individuals, particularly with regard to automated processing, and with a view to transparency with its customers, has drawn up a policy setting out all such processing, the purposes for which it is carried out and the means of action available to individuals to enable them to exercise their rights as fully as possible.

For further information on the protection of personal data, please consult the following website: https://www.cnil.fr/

Continued browsing of this site implies unreserved acceptance of the following provisions and conditions of use. The version of these conditions of use currently online is the only version that can be invoked throughout the period of use of the site and until a new version replaces it.

Article 1 - Legal information

1.1 Site (hereinafter "the site"):  www.boydco.ca.

1.2 Publisher (hereinafter the "Publisher"):

The sole proprietorship: Karolyn Boyd

Located: Cantley, QC, Canada.

whose business number is : 1-819-230-7139

e-mail address: [email protected]

1.3 Host ("hereinafter the Host")

BOYDCO is hosted by GoDaddy, whose registered office is located at Tempe, Arizona, United States.

Article 2- Access to the site

Access to and use of the site are reserved for strictly personal use. You undertake not to use this site or the information or data it contains for commercial, political or advertising purposes or for any form of commercial solicitation, in particular the sending of unsolicited e-mails.

Article 3 - Site content

All trademarks, photographs, texts, comments, illustrations, images (animated or not), video sequences, sounds, as well as all computer applications that may be used to operate this site and, more generally, all elements reproduced or used on the site are protected by current intellectual property laws. They are the full and entire property of the publisher or its partners. Any reproduction, representation, use or adaptation, in any form whatsoever, of all or part of these elements, including computer applications, without the prior written consent of the publisher, is strictly prohibited. The fact that the publisher does not initiate proceedings upon becoming aware of such unauthorised use does not constitute acceptance of said use and waiver of any proceedings.

Article 4 - Site management

For the proper management of the site, the editor may at any time:

  • suspend, interrupt or limit access to all or part of the site, restrict access to the site, or to certain parts of the site, to a specific category of Internet users;
  • delete any information that may disrupt operation or contravene national or international laws;
  • suspend the site in order to update it.

Article 5 - Liability

The publisher may not be held liable in the event of failure, breakdown, difficulty or interruption in operation, preventing access to the site or any of its functions.

You are entirely responsible for the equipment you use to connect to the site. You must take all appropriate measures to protect your equipment and your own data, in particular from attacks by other parties who are solely responsible for the sites and data you consult.  The publisher may not be held liable in the event of legal action being taken against you:

  • as a result of using the site or any service accessible via the Internet;
  • as a result of your failure to comply with these general conditions.

If the publisher becomes the subject of amicable or legal proceedings as a result of your use of the site, it may take action against you to obtain compensation for all damages, sums, fines and costs that may arise from such proceedings.

Article 6 - Hypertext links

The publisher authorizes users to set up hypertext links to all or part of the site. Any link must be removed at the publisher's request.

Any information accessible via a link to other sites is not published by the publisher. The publisher has no rights whatsoever over the content of the said link.

Article 7 - Data collection and protection

Your data is collected by BOYDCO individual company.

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject): an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to a name, an identification number or one or more factors specific to his or her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

The personal information that may be collected on the site is mainly used by the publisher to manage relations with you and, where applicable, to process your orders.

Article 8 - Right of access, rectification and removal of your data

Pursuant to the regulations applicable to personal data, users have the following rights:

  • right of access: they may exercise their right of access to the personal data concerning them by writing to the e-mail address given below. In this case, before exercising this right, the Platform may request proof of the user's identity in order to verify its accuracy;
  • the right of rectification: if the personal data held by the Platform is inaccurate, they may request that the information be updated;
  • the right to deletion of data: users may request the deletion of their personal data, in accordance with applicable data protection laws;
  • the right to restrict processing: users may ask the Platform to restrict the processing of their personal data in accordance with the provisions of the RGPD;
  • the right to object to the processing of data: users may object to their data being processed in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR;
  • the right to portability: they may request that the Platform provide them with the personal data they have supplied in order to transfer it to a new Platform.

You can exercise this right by contacting us at the following address [email protected].

All requests must be accompanied by a signed photocopy of a valid identity document and state the address at which the publisher may contact the applicant. A reply will be sent within one month of receipt of the request. This one-month period may be extended by two months if the complexity of the request and/or the number of requests so requires.

In addition, and since law n 20161321 of 7 October 2016, people who so wish, have the possibility of organising the fate of their data after their death. For more information on this subject, you can consult the CNIL website: https://www.cnil.fr/.

We recommend that you contact us first before lodging a complaint with the CNIL, as we are entirely at your disposal to resolve your problem.

Article 9 - Use of data

The purpose of the personal data collected from users is to make the Platform's services available, to improve them and to maintain a mouse-like environment. The legal basis for processing is the performance of the contract between the user and the Platform. More specifically, the data is used for the following purposes:

  • access to and use of the Platform by the user;
  • management of the operation and optimisation of the Platform;
  • implementation of user assistance;
  • verification, identification and authentication of data transmitted by the user;
  • personalizing services by displaying advertisements based on the user's browsing history;
  • prevention and detection of fraud, malware (malicious software) and management of security incidents: management of any disputes with users;
  • sending commercial and advertising information according to the user's preferences.

Article 10 - Data retention policy

The Platform retains your data for as long as is necessary to provide you with its services or support. To the extent reasonably necessary or required to satisfy legal or regulatory obligations, settle disputes, prevent fraud and abuse or enforce our terms and conditions, we may also retain some of your information as necessary, even after you have closed your account or we no longer need it to provide our services to you.

Article 11 - Sharing personal data with third parties

Personal data may be shared with third-party companies exclusively in the Canada, in the following cases:

  • when the user publishes information accessible to the public in the free comment areas of the Platform;
  • when the user authorises a third party's website to access his/her data;
  • when the Platform uses the services of service providers to provide user support, advertising and payment services. These service providers have limited access to the user's data in order to provide these services, and are contractually obliged to use it in accordance with the provisions of the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data;
  • if required by law, the Platform may transmit data in order to pursue claims against the Platform and to comply with administrative and legal proceedings.

Article 12 - Commercial offers

You may receive commercial offers from the publisher. If you do not wish to receive such offers, please contact us at the following address: [email protected].  Your data may be used by the publisher's partners for commercial prospecting purposes. 

If, when consulting the site, you access personal data, you must refrain from any unauthorized use and from any act that may constitute an infringement of the privacy or reputation of individuals.

The publisher declines all responsibility in this respect. The data is kept and used for a period in accordance with the legislation in force.

Article 13 - Cookies

What is a cookie?

A cookie is an electronic file placed on a terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) and read, for example, when a website is consulted, an e-mail is read, software or a mobile application is installed or used, regardless of the type of terminal used (source: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-traceurs-que-dit-la-loi).

When browsing this site, cookies from the company responsible for the site concerned and/or third-party companies may be placed on your terminal.

The first time you browse this site, a banner explaining the use of cookies will appear. By continuing to browse the site, customers and prospects will be deemed to have been informed and to have accepted the use of cookies. The consent given will be valid for a period of thirteen (13) months. The user has the option of deactivating cookies using their browser settings.

All information collected will only be used to monitor the volume, type and pattern of traffic using this site, to develop the design and layout of the site and for other administrative and planning purposes and generally to improve the service we offer you.

The type of cookies used and their purpose

We use the following cookies:

Functional cookies: these enable us to improve the operation of the website and make it more user-friendly for visitors. For example, we store your login details.

Audience measurement cookies: these ensure that an anonymous cookie is generated each time you visit a website. These cookies enable us to know whether or not you have visited the site before. A cookie is only created on the first visit.

On subsequent visits, the existing cookie is used automatically. This cookie is only used for statistical purposes. In this way, the following data can be collected:the number of unique visitors the frequency with which users visit the site which pages visitors consult how long users consult a particular page the page from which visitors leave the site.

Tracking cookies: these are used to analyse your browsing, consultation or consumption habits on the network's sites in order to offer you targeted advertising or personalised services. The profile established on the basis of this data is not linked to your name, address, e-mail address, etc., but is used solely to match advertising to your profile, so that it is as relevant as possible to you. We obtain your consent for these cookies. They will not be installed without your consent.

Third-party cookies: these are used to track the pages you visit on the Internet in order to create your personal profile. This profile is not linked to your name, address, e-mail address, etc., as indicated above, but is used solely to identify you as a unique visitor and to adapt advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant as possible to you. We obtain your consent for these cookies. These cookies will not be installed without your consent.

Cookies linked to social networks: these enable social networks to record the articles and pages that you share via their share buttons. They may also contain tracking cookies that trace your web browsing behaviour.

Site improvement cookies: these are used to test different versions of a web page to see which page is used best.

Solvent cookies are present on this site :

Google cookies:

Google analytics: used to measure the website's audience:

Google tag manager: makes it easier to implement tags on pages and manage Google tags

Google Adsense: Google's advertising system that uses websites or YouTube videos as a medium for its ads.

Google Dynamic Remarketing offers dynamic advertising based on previous searches

Google Adwords conversion tool for tracking adwords advertising campaigns

DoubleClick: advertising cookies from GOOGLE to display banners

Facebook cookies:

Facebook connect: allows you to identify yourself using your Facebook account;

Facebook social plugins: allows you to like, share and comment on content with your account.

Facebook Custom Audience: allows you to interact with your Facebook audience.

These cookies have a lifespan of thirteen months.

For more information on the use, management and deletion of cookies, please consult the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser.

Your rights with regard to your personal data

You have the right to access, rectify, limit and delete your personal data. In addition, you have the right to object to the processing of personal data and the right to the transferability of your data. You can exercise these rights by sending us an e-mail to the following address [email protected].  In order to prevent misuse, we may ask you to identify yourself on our site. When it comes to accessing personal data linked to a cookie, we ask you to send us a copy of the cookie in question.

You can find them in your browser settings.

Blocking and deleting cookies

You can easily block and delete cookies yourself at any time using your Internet browser. You can also specify that certain cookies should not be installed. To do this, please consult your browser's help function. If you delete cookies from your browser, configure your browser so that you receive a message when a cookie is installed.

Some tracking cookies are set by third parties who display advertisements to you via our website. You can delete these cookies centrally via www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Please note that if you do not want cookies, we will no longer be able to guarantee that our website functions properly. Certain features of the site may be altered and in some cases you will no longer be able to access the site. Furthermore, refusing cookies does not mean that you will not see any advertising. Advertisements are no longer tailored to your centres of interest and may therefore appear more often.

The steps to follow to adjust your settings vary from one browser to another. If necessary, consult your browser's help function, or go to one of the links below to access your browser's manual directly.

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/effacer-les-cookies-pour-supprimer-les-information

Google Chrome : https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop&hl=fr

Internet Explorer :https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=fr_FR

New developments and unplanned cookies

Sur certaines de nos pages, nous pouvons utiliser du contenu qui est hébergé sur d'autres sites et qui est rendu accessible sur notre site internet au moyen de certains codes (contenu intégré). Ces codes utilisent souvent des cookies. Nous n'avons cependant aucun contrôle sur ce que ces tiers font de leurs cookies.

Il est également possible que, par l'intermédiaire de notre site internet, des cookies soient placés par d'autres personnes. Vous avez trouvé sur notre site internet des cookies que nous n'avons pas identifiés ? Veuillez nous le faire savoir par mail. Vous pouvez également contacter directement le tiers et lui demander quels cookies il place, quelle en est la raison, quelle est la durée de vie du cookie et quelles sont les mesures pour protéger votre vie privée.

Notes

We will need to update this cookie policy from time to time, for example when we change our website or the rules governing it. Please check this page for the latest version of our cookie policy.

If you have any questions and/or comments, please contact us at the following e-mail address [email protected].

Article 14 - Photographs and representation of products

The photographs of products, accompanying their description, are not contractual and are not binding on the publisher.

Article 15 - Applicable law

The present conditions of use of the site are governed by Canadian law and are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the registered office of the publisher, subject to a specific attribution of jurisdiction arising from a particular legal or regulatory text.

Article 16 - Contact us

For any questions or information about the products presented on the site, or about the site itself, you can leave a message at the following address [email protected].