Application of the privacy policy

The Policy defines the way SHAPE wlb Inc., uses and protects the information voluntarily provided by its website users and automatically transmitted by their Internet servers. This Policy applies to the entire site shapewlb.com as well as to the products and services offered by SHAPE wlb Inc..

The Policy also explains how to change or update your personal information and how to contact SHAPE wlb Inc. with any questions, suggestions or comments.

SHAPE wlb Inc. reserves the right, at any time, to change its Policy without prior notice. We recommend that you carefully read our Policy and consult it regularly.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Two types of information are collected on our website.

a) Personal Information

For the purposes of this Policy, the term “personal information” refers to any information enabling the identification of a person. Any action related to an online order, subscription, resumé submission, or contact form requires the voluntary transmission of your personal information. When this information is needed to process your request, you will be advised to this effect.

This information includes the following data collected by SHAPE wlb Inc.:

  • First and last name
  • Sex
  • Street address
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Credit card number

NB this list is not exhaustive and may be changed without prior notice.

b) Non-Personal Information

For the purposes of this policy, the term “non-personal information” refers to the anonymous information generally recorded by Internet servers, such as Internet Protocol address (IP address), date and time of access, as well as operating system and browser used.

Our visitors’ demographic statistics (age group, country, language of correspondence, etc.) and browsing habits (pages viewed, number of visits, length of consultation, etc.) are also considered non-personal information.

SHAPE wlb Inc. primarily collects this type of information using cookies, or small data files that browsers install on a user’s hard drive when they first visit a website.

The user data is collected to allow SHAPE wlb Inc. to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: advertising, analytics, contacting the user, interaction with external social networks and platforms, registration and authentication, handling payments, managing contacts and sending messages, remarketing and behavioural targeting.

a) Personal Information

Contact Information
The contact information voluntarily provided by the users of our website shapewlb.com may be used for the following reasons: to confirm the requested booking; to send information about our company’s products and services; to contact them if necessary; to understand their needs; and to determine their satisfaction level using a survey.

b) Non-Personal Information

Cookies
The use of cookies allows SHAPE wlb Inc. to compile statistics enabling it to analyze its website traffic and create online ads.

Analytic tool 
Our company uses Google Analytics web analysis to better understand the web behaviour of those who use our website shapewlb.com. We may use this data to improve our website’s structure. Google Analytics also allows us to determine our current or potential clients’ profiles with a view to improving our offer of products and services.

To collect anonymous information and produce statistical reports, Google Analytics may use cookies, but without identifying you personally.

Advertising and remarketing 
To promote its products and services on the Internet and increase traffic to its website, SHAPE wlb Inc. uses Google Ads and Facebook Ads programs. These tools use cookies and other technologies to track and analyze data, assess content popularity, better understand the online activities of users and post targeted advertisements (taking into account the user interests, visited websites or demographics). SHAPE wlb Inc. uses Google AdWords and Facebook Ads in order to better meet the needs of its customers and display ads that may interest them.

Product reviews 
To promote its products and services on the Internet, SHAPE wlb Inc. uses CusRev to request product reviews from its customers. This tool acts as a data processor solely on behalf of and at the direction of SHAPE wlb. Inc. Your email address and name may be used to help us personalize emails sent to you. CusRev will not use your name and email address for any purpose other than those described in this Policy. For more information, please see CusRev’s Privacy Policy.

How to deactivate cookies

Any user can activate or deactivate the use of cookies by Google. To do so, visit https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en.

You can also opt out of interest-based or demographically targeted ads on Google by consulting the Google Ads Preferences Manager. When you deactivate these settings, ads are not blocked. They continue to appear, but are generally no longer connected to your interests, your demographic data or the websites you have visited.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

All information provided by users of our website, whether personal or non-personal, will be kept private. All SHAPE wlb Inc. employees are required to comply with this Policy.

Use of this data is reserved for SHAPE wlb Inc. and for the partners and suppliers with whom it conducts business. Information will be provided to these parties only if SHAPE wlb Inc. considers that this disclosure is required for the provision of its products and services.

In no other case will the disclosure of your information to a third party be authorized. In the event that SHAPE wlb Inc. needs to provide personal information to a party whose services are not used by SHAPE wlb Inc., you will be given prior written notification to this effect. Only your express consent can authorize such disclosure.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We make every reasonable effort to safeguard the security of the personal information provided by our website users. An in-house technician oversees the operation of our server as well as the forms used for our website. Furthermore, SHAPE wlb Inc. has adopted appropriate security measures to protect its clients against the loss or unauthorized use of their personal information, including credit card data.

What third parties we receive data from

Some information, as defined in section 3b), may be collected by a third party. SHAPE wlb Inc. uses statistics from certain social media, such as Facebook, and certain tools, such as Google Analytics, to collect data on its users and their browsing patterns. When this information is used for the personal purposes of SHAPE wlb Inc., it is protected under this Policy. These tools can, however, also collect information for their own use. In this event, your information is gathered, used and protected under their respective privacy policies: Facebook Privacy Policy – Google Privacy Policy.

Withdrawal and Correction of Your Personal Information

To withdraw your name from SHAPE wlb Inc. email lists or to change personal information you have provided, please send us a request by email at [email protected].

Questions or comments

Our company encourages you to send us information requests, suggestions or comments related to this Privacy Policy. We can be contacted by email at [email protected] any time.