Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are a boutique cyber security firm based out of Montreal, providing services to international  companies and SMEs.
Our focus is on bringing services to SMEs to protect their businesses; such services are usually available to Fortune 500 clients.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Service Inquiries

We collect information about visitors locations to optimize marketing efforts and better understand customer needs. When you fill a form, an email is sent to our company to capture our attention. From then on, we keep emails that are relevant to projects that pursue together.
Please note that some information can not be deleted after a GDPR related request if information must be kept for legal reasons.

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.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

Information provided via forms might be shared with our partners, vendors, and/or consultants following a “need to know” basis. For example, if you mandate us to find the best firewall vendor/solution for your infrastructure, we must contact vendors and provide them some information to get project traction.

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.

Contact information

Mohamad El Hout
Please use contact form on our contact page to reach out to us.

How we protect your data

We keep information collected to minimal levels. After each mandate, we will wipe sensitive information about our project (except if we need to keep it for legal or administrative reasons) so you rest assured that your sensitive information is contained.

What data breach procedures we have in place

In case of a breach, we will contact our affected clients and respective authorities to size and respond to the breach.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We currently do not implement any automated decision making and/or profiling.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

If required by law, we will provide required information to respective authorities given that they submit documentation to proof authenticity of such demands.