Privacy Policy

1. Your personal data controller is Almas Lighting Inc., with its registered office at 13854 Bathurst Street, King City.

2. If you have any doubts related to the processing of your data, contact us at e-mail: info@almaslighting.ca

3. When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device (details on the use of cookies at the end of this policy). Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.

4. Your personal data is processed to:

a. provide the functionality of the website and facilitate the use of our services;
b. implementation and contracts with customers or contractors,
c. payment processing, billing, accounting, and financial reporting,
d. implementation of obligations resulting from the law,
e. in our legitimate interests, namely the marketing of our products and services,
f. for the purposes indicated in the consent to the processing of personal data - if such consent were given.

We also process personal data in connection with the implementation of other legitimate interests of the controller:

a. for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims,
b. for statistical purposes related to the improvement of work efficiency, quality of provided services and adapting them to recipients.

5. In principle, we process the data provided by you. If you did not provide us with your data, their source is an entity that had your consent to disclose it to the controller, or another valid legal basis. In this case, the obtained personal data includes the data necessary to conduct a given type of marketing activities (typically, these are first name, surname, e-mail address, telephone number and/or mailing address).

6. For EU residents: Due to our business seat, in principle, your personal data will be processed outside the European Economic Area (hereinafter: EEA), however, we will make every effort to protect your data and process it in a manner consistent with the GDPR standard. Taking into account the services provided by the controller's subcontractors in the implementation of support for ICT services and IT infrastructure, we may commission specific IT activities or tasks to other entities operating outside the EEA, which may result in the transfer of your data outside the EEA.

7. The recipients of your personal data may be:

a. Suppliers, subcontractors.
b. Sales platforms and payment processing providers.
c. Companies carrying out marketing activities.
d. Companies that provide services or provide IT solutions.
e. Companies archiving and shredding documents (in the case of paper documents related to the implementation of processing purposes).
f. Companies providing courier and postal services (in the case of correspondence related to the implementation of processing purposes).

We also use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy 

8. Your personal data will be stored until you withdraw your consent or file an objection, i.e. show us in any way that you do not want to stay in touch with us and receive information about our activities. After the consent is withdrawn or an objection is raised, personal data may be stored for the purpose of demonstrating the correctness of compliance with the legal obligations incumbent on us or until the expiry of the limitation period for claims, depending on which period is longer. In the case of concluding an agreement with the controller, personal data will be processed by the duration of the contract and, after its completion, the expiry of limitation periods for filing legal claims.

9. You enjoy the right to access your data, the right to accuracy and completeness and the right to withdraw consent and submit complaints. If you are an EU resident, you enjoy the rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, to data portability, and to object to data processing.

10. If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates your laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

11. Providing personal data is voluntary, but necessary to achieve the purposes of processing indicated above.

12. Your data will not be subject to automated decision making producing legal effects or a similarly significant impact.

Cookie Files

The website automatically collects the information stored in cookie files. The website operator informs that “cookie files” or “cookies” are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored on the Website User's end device. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they come from, the storage time on the end device and a unique number. Cookies are used to:

• adjust the content of the Website pages to the user's preferences and optimize the use of websites; in particular, these files allow to recognize of the website user's device and properly display the website, tailored to his individual needs.
• creating statistics that help to understand how Website Users use websites, which allows for improving website structure and content.
• maintaining the website user's session.

The Website uses the following types of cookies:

• "Necessary" cookies enable the use of website services, e.g. authentication cookies used for services that require authentication on the website; cookie files used to ensure safety, e.g. used to detect fraud in the field of authentication through the Service.
• "Statistics" cookies, enabling the collection of information on the use of the Website pages and reporting information anonymously.
• "Functional" cookies, enabling "remembering" the settings selected by the User and personalization of the User's interface, e.g. in terms of the selected language or region of the User, font size, website appearance, etc.
• "Advertising" cookies, enabling the delivery of advertising content to Users more tailored to their interests.

We use the necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set up other cookies to help us improve it. We won't set optional cookies unless you enable them, using the tool provided to your attention when you first open the website. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences.

Before deciding to completely block any cookies, please be aware that necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. Instructions on how to change web browser settings for most common browsers are available at:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Opera
• Safari

Server logs

• Using the Website involves sending queries to the server on which the Website is stored.
• Each query directed to the server is saved in the server logs. Logs include the User's IP address, server date and time, and information about the web browser and operating system used by the User.
• Logs are saved and stored on the server.
• The data stored in the server logs are not associated with specific people using the Website and are not used by the Controller to identify the User.
• The server logs are only auxiliary material used to administer the Website, and their content is not disclosed to anyone except those authorized to administer the server.

Cookie dialogs (to provide when the user first opens your website)

We use the necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set up other cookies that help us make improvements by measuring how you use the site. These will be set only if you accept.

For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy.

Consent dialogs + a shortened informational clause to add below them

Please place the following right under any form where the user leaves an e-mail and/or subscribes to a newsletter or any other form of marketing:

[ ] I consent to the processing of my e-mail address for the purpose of sending the newsletter.

[ ] I consent to the processing of my telephone number for the purpose of receiving information about Almas Lighting Inc.’s offer.

Your personal data controller is Almas Lighting Inc. We process personal data for correspondence purposes, negotiation or performance of the contract, fulfillment of legal obligations and for the purposes indicated in your consent. You enjoy the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, to data portability, to object, to withdraw consent and to lodge complaint with supervisory authority. More in the Privacy policy.