Privacy Policy 

Effective Date/Last updated: July 14, 2023 

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you interact with The Bryan Consortium Inc. (TBCI) and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. 

We use your personal data to provide and improve our services to you (consulting engagements, accessing information, requesting support, visiting website pages). By engaging with TBCI, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.  

At The Bryan Consortium Inc., we value the privacy of our users and are committed to protecting their personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard the personal data of individuals who interact with our website and product offerings. By accessing or using our website, applications, products, or services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.  

Definitions 

Definitions 
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy: 

Account means a unique profile created for you to access our website and product offerings, in part or in total. 

Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority. 

Company (referred to as either “the company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Agreement) refers to The Bryan Consortium Inc. (TBCI). 

Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses. 

Country refers to: Canada. 

Device means any personal electronic assistant or technology that can access our website and product offerings such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet. 

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. 

Service refers to consulting engagements, accessing information, requesting support, visiting website pages, or any other interactions between TBCI and our client base. 

Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of TBCI. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by TBCI to facilitate consultation services and website content, to provide services on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the website or to assist the Company in analyzing how its service is used. 

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit). Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service, relating to how you access and use our services. Usage Data may include information such as your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), device information, browser type, browser version, and usage patterns, such as the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other analytic or diagnostic data. 

Website refers to The Bryan Consortium Inc., accessible from www.bryanconsortium.com. 

You means the individual accessing or using the service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the service, as applicable. 

Collecting and using your Personal Data 

Types of Data Collected 

Personal Data 
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: 

  • Email address 
  • First name and last name 
  • Phone number 
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City 
  • Order Information 
  • Payment Information 
  • Requests 
  • Reviews 
  • Opinions 
  • Usage Data 

Usage Data 
When you access the service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. 

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service by or through a mobile device. 

We also conduct profiling on your characteristics and preferences based on your interactions with the website, your search and purchase history, your profile information and preferences, and any other content that you submit to the website. We do this in order to send promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and any other information that may be of interest to customers.  

Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service. The technologies we use may include: 

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies. 
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity). 

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.  

We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes set out below: 

Necessary / Essential Cookies 
Type: Session Cookies 
Administered by: Us 
Purpose: These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services. 

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies 
Type: Persistent Cookies 
Administered by: Us 
Purpose: These cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website. 

Functionality Cookies 
Type: Persistent Cookies 
Administered by: Us 
Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website. 

Use of your Personal Data 
We use the information we collect to recognize you when you return to our website, to store information about your preferences, as well as to personalize your experience with us. This information will also be used to provide, maintain, and improve our services tailored to a specific clientele. We also conduct profiling on your characteristics and preferences based on your interactions with the website, your search and purchase history, your profile information and preferences, and any other content that you submit to the website. We do this in order to send promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and any other information that may be of interest to customers.   

TBCI may use personal data for the following purposes: 

To provide and maintain our service, including monitoring the usage of our service. 

To manage your account: The personal data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the service that are available to you as a registered user. 

For the performance of a contract: TBCI will leverage this information for the development, compliance and undertaking of the contract for the products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us. 

To contact you: TBCI may use email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation. 

To communicate with you: With this information, we can respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and send you important updates, promotions, and newsletters. 

To leverage analytics and aggregated data: This data is used to generate statistical and analytical insights for business purposes, such as monitoring trends, conducting research, and improving our services. This aggregated data would not personally identify you. 

To provide you with news, special offers and general information: Messages would describe goods, services, product offerings and events which are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information. 

To manage your requests: Information will be used to effectively respond to inquiries. 

For business transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by us about our Service users is among the assets transferred. 

For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as analyzing data, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and evaluating and improving our service, products, marketing and your experience. 

We may share your personal information in the following situations: 

  • With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service or to contact you. We may also engage trusted third-party service providers to perform various business functions on our behalf, such as data storage, hosting, analytics, customer support, and marketing. These providers have access to your information only to the extent necessary to fulfill their duties and are obligated to maintain its confidentiality.  
  • With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us. 
  • With business partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions. 
  • With other users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in public spaces with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed. 
  • With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent. 

Retention of your Personal Data 
The Company will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. 

TBCI will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods. 

Transfer of Your Personal Data 
Your information, including personal data, is processed at the company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. 

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information. 

Managing Your Personal Data 
You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the personal data that we have collected about you. Our service may allow you to delete certain information about yourself from within the service. 

You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing into your account if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage your personal information. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. 

Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so. 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data 

Business Transactions 
If the company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy. 

Law enforcement 
Under certain circumstances, the company may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law, order, regulation, or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). 

Other legal requirements 

The company may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: 

  • Comply with a legal obligation 
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the company 
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service 
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public 
  • Protect against legal liability 

Security of your Personal Data 

The security of your personal data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, implementing reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your information. However, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.  

Children’s Privacy 

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13, and our services are not catered to that demographic. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers. 

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information. 

Links to Other Websites 

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated, owned, or controlled by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit, before providing any personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party platforms. 

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy 

We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the updated policy on our website. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. 

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. 

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes, to stay informed about how we collect, use, and protect your information. 

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us: 

Contact us 

The Bryan Consortium website is registered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, without a physical registered address. By using our services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy.