1. General 

Leysons Products (“us,” “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.leysons.ca, https://autovalet.ca, https://autovaletdetailing.ca and https://harmonize.autovaletdetailing.ca websites (the “Sites”). The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We process personal data that is collected when you visit the Sites in accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). This data protection & privacy policy (the “Policy”) informs you about which personal data is collected, how it is used and what options you have in this regard. By accessing any of the Sites, you agree to be bound by this Policy, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.

2. Collection, processing, use and disclosure of personal data

2.1 Categories of Personal Data we Collect

We collect certain personally identifying information (“Personal Data”) when you register an account, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form, make a purchase, respond to a survey/marketing communication or use certain features on our Sites. When using our Sites, you may be asked to provide us with Personal Data” including, but not limited to, your:

• first and last name; 
• email address; 
• phone number;
• address, city, province, postal code; and
• internet protocol (IP) address.

2.2 Use of Personal Data

We collect, process and use your Personal Data (including IP addresses) only if there is a legal basis for this and you have implicitly or explicitly given your consent for us to do so. We will only use your Personal Data for the purpose(s) for which it was provided. If we need to use your Personal Data for any reason other than the reason for which it was provided, we will seek your consent before doing so. We use the collected Personal Data for various purposes, including:

• to provide you information about products, services, promotions and orders;
• to answer your inquiries; 
• to provide you training and instructions on how to use our products;
• to direct you to distributor locations and service centers;
• to allow you to participate in interactive features on our Sites; and
• to notify you about technical issues, malfunctions or security breaches.

2.3 Disclosure of Personal Data

We employ third-party Service Providers to assist us in analyzing how our Sites are used. We work with third-party Distributors who assist us in providing our products and services to you. We may disclose Personal Data to these third-party Service Providers and Distributors only for performing these tasks.  and are obligated not to disclose or use your Personal Data for any other purpose. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personal Data to outside parties, without your consent.
We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• to comply with a legal obligation;
• to protect and defend the rights or property of Leysons Products;
• to prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Sites;
• to protect the personal safety of users of the Sites or the public; or
• to protect against legal liability.

2.4 Storage, and Transfer of Personal Data

Your Personal Data may be transferred to — and stored on — computers located outside of your country or jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

2.5 Age Requirement

The Sites are aimed at adults and are not intended to address anyone deemed to be a “child” or minor in the jurisdiction where the site is accessed. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at the address below. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

3. Use of cookies and similar technologies

Cookies and similar tracking technologies are used to track usage and activity on our Sites and to hold certain information for the provision our Sites. Cookies are text files containing data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier, that are sent to your browser from a website and can be saved on your device when you visit the website. 

3.1 Cookie Categories

• Session cookies. We use session cookies to operate our Sites.
• Preference cookies. We use preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings on the Sites.
• Security cookies. We use security cookies for regulating and verifying access to registered accounts on the Sites.
• Analytical cookies. Analytical cookies help us to better understand your user behaviour. For example, we use analytical cookies to analyze user behaviour on the basis of anonymous and pseudonymous information. Direct conclusions about an individual are not possible. Anonymous or pseudonymous information that may be collected includes:
  • your device’s IP address; 
  • your browser type and version; 
  • the pages of our Sites that you visit; 
  • the time, date and duration of your visit; 
  • your approximate geographic location; and
  • other diagnostic data.

3.2 Management of cookies

When you visit our Sites, you will be asked in a cookie layer for which categories of cookies you give us your consent. The cookie settings you have chosen are saved for a month before you are automatically prompted to set your cookie preferences when you visit our Site again.
Cookie settings can also be managed individually in your browser. The settings you have made only relate to the browser used. If you want to turn off all cookies, please note that this can impair the functionality of the Sites. Details on the commonly used browsers can be found here:

Mozilla Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/third-party-cookies-firefox-tracking-protection
Microsoft Edge
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
Safari
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

3.3 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on the Sites. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), that uses cookies to track and report website traffic. The information collected by the cookies about your use of our Sites is anonymized and transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google uses the anonymized data collected to track and monitor the use of our Sites. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google privacy web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Sites available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. 

3.4 Google Maps

The Sites use the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our distributors and service locations and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the Sites. 

When you click on the integrated Google Maps map, personal data (in this case the queried location and your IP address) are forwarded to Google. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have no influence on this data transfer.

You can find more information on handling user data in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

4. External links

The Sites may contain links to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. After clicking the link, we no longer have any influence on the collection, processing and use of any personal data transferred to the third party when the link is clicked (such as the IP address or the URL of the page on which the link is located), since the behaviour of third parties is beyond our control. Third-party websites are not governed by this Policy and we assume no responsibility for the processing of such personal data by third parties. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any third-party websites.

5. Safeguarding and securing your Personal Data

Our employees and the Service Partners and Distributors commissioned by us are bound to confidentiality and compliance with applicable data protection laws. We take all commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to ensure an appropriate level of protection and to protect your Personal Data collected by us, in particular, from the risks of unintentional or unlawful destruction, manipulation, loss, alteration, theft or unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized access. Your Personal Data is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have access rights to such systems. 
All sensitive payment/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers. Our security measures are updated in line with technological developments.

6. User rights

6.1 Right to information and access

You have the right to receive information from us about the processing of your data. If the legal requirements are met, you can request that we restrict the processing of your data. 

6.2 Right to rectification and erasure

You can ask us to correct incorrect Personal Data. As long as the legal requirements are met, you can request the completion or deletion of your data. This does not apply to data that are required for billing and accounting purposes or are subject to statutory retention requirements. 

6.3 Revocation of consent

If you have given us your consent to collect or use your data, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future by contacting us at one of the addresses below. This does not affect the legality of processing your data until you withdraw your consent.

7. Contacting Us

You can contact us if you have questions regarding this Policy, if you want to know which of your Personal Data we have collected or if you wish to withdraw any consent you have provided. We can be reached at: 

Leysons Products
1366 Sandhill Drive
Ancaster, ON L9G 4V5
Canada

info@leysons.ca

+1 800 539 7667

8. Changes to this Policy

We reserve the right to update this Policy and/or change our security and data protection measures from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Policy on this page. Therefore, please note the Effective Date of our Policy, below. By using any one of the Sites you agree to be bound by the current version of this Policy. 

9. Governing law

This Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario, Canada and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in the Province of Ontario.

The Effective Date of this Policy is 02/08/2023