Privacy policy

Effective date: [EFFECTIVE DATE]

LesChantiersPro (“we”) is a service of Veillea, PO Box 311, Hudson, QC J0P 1H0. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why, how long we keep it and what your rights are. It is meant to comply with Quebec's Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, as amended by Law 25, and applicable federal law (PIPEDA).

1. Person in charge of the protection of personal information

The person in charge of the protection of personal information is Joshua Almaleh. Contact: bonjour@leschantierspro.ca, or by mail: Veillea, PO Box 311, Hudson, QC J0P 1H0.

2. What we collect

Emails you send us. When you write to sign up or ask a question: your name, email, company name and whatever you choose to tell us (trades, areas, digest language, plan, message).

Subscribers. Once the paid service is live: your account and profile details (trades, areas, frequency, language), the history of alerts sent and your subscription status. Payments will be handled by a payment provider; we will not store your card number.

Website. The site uses no cookies, analytics or advertising. Your language choice may be saved in your browser's local storage. Fonts are served by the site itself. Our host (GitHub Pages (GitHub, Inc.)) may log visitors' IP addresses for technical and security purposes.

3. Why we use it

• to manage your waitlist request, then set up your trial and profile when your access opens and send the alerts you asked for;
• to answer your questions;
• to manage your subscription and billing;
• to keep the service secure and meet our legal obligations.

We do not sell or rent your information. We only email you about the service, with your consent, and every email includes an unsubscribe link.

4. Permit data published by cities

The service reuses building permit information published as open data by the City of Montréal and the City of Longueuil: work address, borough or sector, issue date, permit type, work description and, for Longueuil when published, the declared value and listed business name. An address paired with a work description may be personal information.

• We do not collect or show any owner's or occupant's name, phone number or email.
• We do not enrich this data or cross-match it with any other source.
• We use it only to notify subscribers of work related to their trade.
• We keep permits for at most 24 months after issuance.
• Through our terms of use, subscribers agree not to email or text homeowners and not to resell or publish the data.

If you own or occupy an address covered by a permit, you may write to us to exercise your rights (section 8).

5. Sharing with third parties and outside Quebec

We use providers to host the site (GitHub Pages (GitHub, Inc.)), receive and send emails and process payments. They only access the information needed for their task. Before any information is communicated outside Quebec, we first carry out a privacy impact assessment, as the law requires.

6. Retention

Email requests: up to 24 months after the last exchange, unless you become a subscriber. Subscriber accounts: for the length of the subscription, then as long as tax and accounting laws require. Permits: at most 24 months after issuance.

7. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information: limited access, encrypted connections and minimal collection. If a confidentiality incident presents a risk of serious injury, we will notify the people affected and the Commission d'accès à l'information, and we keep a register of incidents.

8. Your rights

You may ask to access, correct, delete or port your information, and withdraw your consent at any time. Write to the person in charge (bonjour@leschantierspro.ca). We reply within 30 days. You may also file a complaint with the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec.

9. Changes

We will post any change on this page, with its effective date.