Privacy Policy for Shoreline Structures
At Shoreline Structures, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect the information you provide to us through our website and during the course of our construction services, including custom cottage design, waterfront property development, renovation, restoration, foundation work, permitting, and project management.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you:
- Personal Data You Provide: This includes information such as your name, address (288 Seaview Drive, Unit 105, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3H6, Canada), email address, phone number ((902) 425-6789), and project-specific details when you contact us, request a quote, or engage in our services. This may also include information related to property ownership, blueprints, and specific design preferences.
- Technical and Usage Data: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral sources, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits. This data helps us understand how our site is used and how we can improve it.
- Information from Third Parties: In some cases, we may receive information about you from public databases, joint marketing partners, or other third parties, consistent with applicable laws.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Manage Our Services: This includes designing, building, renovating, and restoring properties, managing projects, handling permitting processes, and communicating with you about your projects.
- To Respond to Inquiries and Provide Support: Addressing your questions, requests, and providing customer service related to our construction and design offerings.
- For Marketing and Promotional Purposes: With your consent, we may use your contact information to send you updates about our services, promotions, and relevant news. You can opt out of these communications at any time.
- For Internal Business Operations: Including data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and operating and expanding our business activities.
- To Comply with Legal Obligations: Fulfilling our legal and regulatory requirements, such as obtaining necessary permits and complying with construction standards.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose your personal information only in the following circumstances:
- To Service Providers: We may share information with trusted third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf, such as payment processing, website hosting, data analysis, and marketing assistance. These parties are bound by confidentiality obligations.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, in response to a subpoena or court order, or if we believe such action is necessary to comply with legal processes, protect our rights or property, or ensure the safety of our users or the public.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
4. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Your Rights Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and Other Applicable Laws
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided below.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Shoreline Structures
288 Seaview Drive, Unit 105
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3H6
Canada