PRIVACY POLICY 

Introduction

BELLEFLEUR LEGAL is committed to protecting the privacy of its clients and website visitors, in accordance with Quebec's Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector and Law 25.

Bellefleur Legal will provide all its employees and subcontractors access to the information they need to do their job as efficiently as possible. Each user must respect the security measures in place at their workstation and on any equipment containing data to be protected and not modify their configuration or disable them.

Access to Bellefleur Legal Data in the Cloud

Bellefleur Legal data is hosted on Microsoft's servers, located in Canada.

All employees and subcontractors with remote access to Bellefleur Legal data must be authenticated by Microsoft's two-factor authentication mechanism.

Access will be granted based on the principle of least privilege, meaning that each program and each user will only obtain the privileges necessary for their work.

Information collected

We collect personal information in several ways, including through our website (cookies), our online forms, when you communicate with us by phone and email, or post content on our social media accounts, as well as following the mandates entrusted to us. This information includes your name, first name, mailing address email address, phone number,

Financial data is managed by our external providers, namely our financial institution and the secure payment service of QuickBooks. We will never ask your credit card data by phone or email and we do not keep such information in our servers, nor do we have direct access to it.

Use of information

Your personal information is used exclusively to:

-       Respond to your consultation requests and manage your file

-       Improve our services and website user experience

-       Meet our legal and ethical obligations as lawyers

Information sharing

We do not sell, rent or share your personal information with third parties, except when required by law or with your explicit consent. Attorney-client privilege applies to all communications.

Data Retention

The firm retains personal information as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. These personal data will be retained, to comply with legal obligations of the profession, for a minimum of 7 years after the completion of a mandate.

Enforcement

Each user must immediately report any incident regarding potential data breach.

User access logs may be used as evidence in the context of a security incident investigation.

Any user who violates this policy is subject to disciplinary sanctions, up to and including dismissal. Any third-party partner or subcontractor caught in violation may have their network connection suspended.

Your rights

Under Quebec law, you have the right to access, rectify, delete or withdraw consent for your personal information. To exercise these rights, contact us at the details below.

Contact Us

For any questions regarding this privacy policy or your personal information, please contact us:

Coline Bellefleur (founding lawyer)

2330 Notre-Dame West Street, office 302

Montreal (Quebec), H3J 1N4

info@bellefleurlegal.ca

514 543-5606