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Terms of use

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED HEREIN.

By accessing and browsing the website of Groupe Cloutier Inc. ("Groupe Cloutier" or "we"), you confirm your acceptance of the following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions"). If you do not accept to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, please leave immediately.

By accessing and browsing the website of Groupe Cloutier Inc. ("Groupe Cloutier" or "we"), you confirm your acceptance of the following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions"). If you do not accept to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, please leave immediately.

1. Property Notice

All content, information, data, photographs, images, videos, software, trademarks, logos, designs, publicity slogans and/or other Groupe Cloutier Inc. material protected by copyright appearing on this website ( the "Content") are the exclusive property of Groupe Cloutier Inc. or the property of third parties who granted permission to use such Content on this website, or both. All Content is protected by Canadian copyright and trademark laws.

All content, information, data, photographs, images, videos, software, trademarks, logos, designs, publicity slogans and/or other Groupe Cloutier Inc. material protected by copyright appearing on this website ( the "Content") are the exclusive property of Groupe Cloutier Inc. or the property of third parties who granted permission to use such Content on this website, or both. All Content is protected by Canadian copyright and trademark laws.

2. Limitation of Liability

Groupe Cloutier Inc. does not guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of any information on this website. Such information is provided in good faith, on an « as is » basis without any warranty or condition. The Content of this website may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Furthermore, Groupe Cloutier Inc. does not guarantee that the Content of this website will be uninterrupted or error-free, and will not be held responsible for any damage resulting from any virus, worm or other destructive or invasive computer program. At no time will Groupe Cloutier Inc. accept responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or other damage resulting from the use of this website, or in connection with its Content. You are solely responsible for the use and/or the interpretation of all the Content of this website.

3. Link to Third Party Websites

This website may include links to other websites owned by third parties. Please be aware that Groupe Cloutier Inc. has no control over the content of those websites. Therefore, Groupe Cloutier Inc. can not be held responsible for the information contained on such websites, and does not offer any guarantee or make any declaration in this regard.

4. Sale of Groupe Cloutier Inc. Products

Groupe Cloutier Inc. reserves the right to cease production of any products offered on this website or to modify any specification related to these products without notice and without incurring any liability.

5. Compensation

By accessing and browsing this website, you accept to compensate and exonerate Groupe Cloutier Inc., its subsidiaries, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, proxies and licensees for any losses, costs, damages, claims, penalties or other expenses (including reasonable legal fees) which may result from your use of this website or from any other alleged violation of the present Terms and Conditions.

6. Applicable Laws

The present Terms and Conditions, as well as Groupe Cloutier Inc. Privacy Policy, are governed and interpreted under the laws in force in the Province of Quebec and in Canada applicable therein.

Privacy policy

Groupe Cloutier Inc. believes the right to privacy is one of a particular importance. This is why we have implemented this privacy policy, allowing the protection of your integrity and of your right to disclose or not your personal information.

The following policy aims to govern the collection and use of information 1) when accessing our website (http://www.groupecloutier.com) and/or 2) you provide on a voluntary basis upon your participation to a service offered by Groupe Cloutier Inc., subject to any refusal that you could duly express to us with this regard.

1. Application to the present policy

We may change our privacy policy at any time and without notice. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. The date of the last update is written at the bottom of this page.

2. Your consent

The fact 1) of accessing this website and/or 2) providing us some personal information on a voluntary basis, implies that you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as outlined in this privacy policy.

3. Collection and processing of the information gathered by Groupe Cloutier Inc.

a) Collection

No personal information concerning you is gathered upon your simple access or browsing on this website. However, it must be noted that as soon as you access Groupe Cloutier Inc. website, some information is gathered automatically by our computer system. While none of this information allows Groupe Cloutier Inc. to identify you personally, it includes information regarding your domain name as well as the IP address through which you access this website. Such information may be used by Groupe Cloutier Inc. for statistical purposes, allowing it to namely evaluate and analyze the access frequency to its website and related customer base.

Your personal information is gathered only when and if you voluntarily provide them to Groupe Cloutier Inc., including namely in the course of your participation to any service offered by Groupe Cloutier Inc. which requires you to provide such information, subject to any objection expressed on your part. In all cases where you voluntarily provide personal information to Groupe Cloutier Inc., it undertakes to collect, use and/or communicate it in accordance with this policy and applicable legislation.

All your personal information, when gathered in electronic form by Groupe Cloutier Inc. in compliance with this policy, will be kept on Groupe Cloutier Inc. server.

All your personal information, when gathered in physical form by Groupe Cloutier Inc. in compliance with this policy, will be kept at Groupe Cloutier Inc. premises.

4. Purposes for which Groupe Cloutier Inc. may use the personal information it duly gathers

a) Groupe Cloutier Inc. survey, contest or promotion

Groupe Cloutier Inc. may use personal information which it is provided on a voluntary basis through a message or following a given participation to a survey, contest or promotion. Personal information gathered for any of such purpose, will be namely used to communicate with you in the event you win. Contests and/or promotions offered by Groupe Cloutier Inc. may be subject to additional specific regulations, which will be fully described in such conquest or promotion.

b) Other purposes

Groupe Cloutier Inc. undertakes not to use any personal information it gathers in compliance with this policy or with any applicable legislation, to any other purposes unless we obtain your consent for that purpose or in certain exceptional circumstances, where Groupe Cloutier Inc. believes in good faith that the law requires or allows it.

5. Disclosure to third parties

Groupe Cloutier Inc. commits not to disclosure any of the personal information it gathers to third parties in compliance with this policy or with any applicable legislation, unless we obtain your consent for that purpose or in certain exceptional circumstances, where Groupe Cloutier Inc. believes in good faith that the law requires or allows it.

6. Minor

The permission from a parent or a tutor is required for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years old (a "Minor") to participate in any activity organized by Groupe Cloutier Inc., namely any survey, contest or promotion. In the event that any such activity specifically targets a Minor, the permission of a parent or a tutor will be expressly required.

Groupe Cloutier Inc. will not collect nor use any personal information relating to Minors without the consent of a parent or tutor.

7. Usage of cookies

Usage of cookies is not linked to any personally identifiable information. You may at all time deactivate said cookies by modifying the configuration of your browser; however, doing so may restrict you from accessing some parts of our website.

8. Hyperlinks

Groupe Cloutier Inc. website may contain hyperlinks allowing users to visit other sites operated by other companies. Groupe Cloutier Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any of such websites to which we link.

9. Privacy Officer

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or how we handle confidential client information, please contact us at: [email protected].

Last updated November 24, 2022