Privacy

Privacy Notice

For over 40 years, clients have trusted FMCS' advice to improve management, information technology and privacy practices.

This Privacy Statement notifies visitors to the FMCS web site of the type of information that we are collecting, the intention for which the information is collected, and the mechanisms by which the information will be protected. Web Privacy Statements are generally regarded as best practice, and there may be legal requirements to include a web Privacy Statement.

Purpose

FMCS has developed this Privacy Statement out of respect for the privacy of visitors to our web site. Through this web site, FMCS will collect information that can identify you and / or your activity. We will use your information to respond to requests you may make of us, and, from time to time, we may refer to this information for other purposes. For more details about FMCS' stance on privacy, please refer to our full Privacy Policy.

Information that we collect

Whenever you visit our web site, we will collect some information from you automatically, and some voluntarily.

We will collect the following information automatically:

  • IP Address
  • The date and time of your visit

We will collect the following information voluntarily:

  • Your name
  • Your contact information

Uses of the information that we collect

We collect information about our web site visitors for a number of reasons, including:

  • To improve the web site experience for all visitors
  • To understand the demographics of our Website visitors
  • To facilitate the processing of orders placed via the web site

How we protect the information that we collect

The protection of the information that we collect from our site visitors is of the utmost importance to us, and we take every reasonable measure to ensure that protection, including:

  • We keep automatically collected data and voluntarily collected data separate at all times
  • We use internal encryption on all data stores that house voluntarily captured data
  • We store voluntarily captured data for no longer than 30 days except as required by law

Use of cookies and other tracking technologies

Cookies are small files that a web site may transfer to a user's computer that reside there for either the duration of the browsing session (session cookies) or on a permanent (until deleted) basis (persistent cookies) that may be used to identify a user, a user's machine, or a user's behaviour. We make use of cookies under the following circumstances and for the following reasons:

  • Compile data about site traffic to offer a better web site experience
  • Understand and save visitor preferences for future visits
  • Keep track of items in user shopping carts

Third-party disclosure of the information that we collect

We do not sell or otherwise trade the Private Information that we collect from our site visitors at any point or under any circumstance. We do, on occasion, share that information with business partners in order to ensure the ability to consistently provide service or with government and other agencies where required by law. When we share such information, we ensure that the third parties with whom we share have policies and controls in place that are at least as stringent as our own.

Terms and Conditions (including Consent)

This on-line policy applies only to information collected via this on-line presence and, specifically, only to information collected from web pages that include a hyperlink to this Privacy Statement.

By using this web site, you consent to all Terms and Conditions expressed in this Privacy Statement and in the underlying Privacy Policy. Should you choose to rescind that consent, please close your web browser and contact our Chief Privacy Officer by one of the means presented, below.

Changes

From time to time, we may modify and / or update this Privacy Statement and, so, encourage you to check back on a regular basis in order to determine if any changes have been made.

Address:

581 Evangeline St
Ottawa, Ontario
K4A 4G4

Phone:

+1 (613) 864-9548

Web site contact:

For privacy inquiries, use our email address or the contact form, below.