Privacy Policy
Draft. How we handle the details you give us.
DRAFT FOR LAWYER REVIEW. Not in force. Written from research/compliance.md (BC PIPA, CASL).
Who we are
Island Strong Contracting is a general contractor in British Columbia. Our Privacy Officer is [CONFIRM WITH DEZMOND: name or title], reachable at [CONFIRM WITH DEZMOND: email] or [CONFIRM WITH DEZMOND: mailing address].
What we collect
What you type into our forms: the type of work, area, project description, timing, your rough budget if you give one, photos if you upload them, your name, email, phone if you give it, and postal code or site address. Our site also logs the date, time and IP address of a form submission.
Why we collect it
- To quote, schedule and manage your project.
- To email you about your quote and your job.
- To send occasional updates, only if you ticked the separate, optional box. You can unsubscribe any time.
- To prevent spam and abuse of our forms.
Who sees it
Island Strong, and only what each trade partner working on your job needs to do their part (for example, the site address and the scope for the electrician). Service providers that run our website and email: [CONFIRM WITH DEZMOND: hosting and email providers and the countries where data is stored]. We do not sell your information.
Your consent
We ask for your consent on the form. The marketing box is separate, optional and unticked. You can withdraw consent at any time by contacting us.
How long we keep it
[CONFIRM WITH DEZMOND: retention period for quotes that do not go ahead, and for project records], then we delete it, unless the law needs us to keep it longer.
Your rights
Under BC’s Personal Information Protection Act you can ask what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, and ask who we shared it with. We answer within 30 days. You can also contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC.
