Privacy Policy
Lorval Development Ltd.’s (“Lorval”) privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) has been developed in alignment with British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”). Lorval’s commitment includes ensuring the confidentiality of personal information and allowing the submitting party access to, and correction of, their personal information upon request. This Privacy Policy applies to the use of this website (the “Site) and any associated electronic communications thereto, including but not limited to web form, electronically submitted applications, information forms, invoicing and payments, email, company databases, and social media. For more detail regarding Lorval’s use of this Site or any Lorval social media accounts or activity, please read its social media policy, included below.
Scope
This Privacy Policy describes the information Lorval collects via this Site and any Lorval social media accounts, where applicable, and how it collects and uses that information.
Personal Information
Personal information is recorded information about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes things such as an individual’s name, address, birth date, email address and phone number. In some cases, this may also include financial information as it relates to a vendor or client in the course of business where such information is required by Lorval.
Collection
Lorval may collect personal information for business purposes related to customers, vendors or other third parties for specific uses such as, but not limited to, information forms, bids for work, research and marketing, or job applications.
When you send Lorval electronic mail, we receive your email address and your message and may retain it for our records. We recommend that sensitive personal information not be sent unencrypted over the internet or by e-mail.
When you visit the Site, the web server collects a small amount of information to facilitate its operation. For example, the Site’s advanced search function collects information to remember the information you submitted for the search. IP addresses are collected to identify unauthorized attempts to change information or damage our systems. We do not capture or store personal information such as your name or home address while you visit and use our website.
When you complete a form on our website or contact us via email, we may ask you for your name and e-mail address. We may also request additional contact information. Your personal information will be stored in company or third-party databases accordingly and used only for relevant business purposes.
Lorval may utilize public, third-party social media providers for promotional purposes such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Personal information that you might provide to these third-party platforms is not hosted on our server. We recommend that social media users familiarize themselves with the social media provider’s terms of service and privacy policies accordingly.
Web Analytics
Lorval reserves the right to use third party services to analyze non-identifiable web traffic data with the purpose of collecting data and or improving the vendor, client or general public experience. Lorval may collect the following information to assist us with improving the website and our other electronic means of communication or promotion:
- The pages accessed on the Site and links you clicked on
- The date and time you visited the Site
- If you use our search tool, the search terms you used
- The referring website (if any) through which you arrived at this Site
- Your operating system (e.g. Windows XP, Mac OS X)
- The type of web browser you use (e.g. Internet Explore, Mozilla Firefox)
IP addresses are anonymized so that they cannot be used to identify individuals. Our web analytics will also respect any “do not track” setting you might have set on your browser. Our website may use session cookies which are stored in temporary memory and are not retained after you sign out or close the browser session.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file containing certain pieces of information that a website creates when you visit the site. It can track how and when you use a site, which site you visited immediately before, and it can store that information about you. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. There are two types of cookies, session cookies and persistent cookies. Our website may use session cookies which are stored in temporary memory and are not retained after you sign out or close the browser session.
Use
Lorval only uses the personal information collected from the Site, email and other electronic platforms for the same purpose that it was collected, or for research and marketing purposes. Lorval will not use your personal information for another purpose without your consent.
Sharing
Lorval may only disclose your personal information if it is done for the same purpose that it was collected, or for research and marketing purposes. Lorval will not share your personal information for another purpose unless it has your consent to do so.
Links
The Site contains links to other sites. When clicking on a link, we encourage you to examine the website’s privacy policy and make your own decision regarding the information provided.
Complaints, Concerns or Inquiries
If you have questions about this social media policy, or have an inquiry or concern related to personal information you have submitted to Lorval through the Site or other means, you may contact the Lorval Privacy Officer by email at privacy@lorval.ca or by mail as below:
Attn: Privacy Officer
Lorval Developments Ltd.
9785 201 Street
Langley, BC V1M 3E7
For all questions or concerns not related to privacy, please reach out to us at development@lorval.ca.