COGNITO COACH™
Confidentiality and privacy policy
1. PROTECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
This Privacy and Confidentiality Policy (the "Policy") explains the types of
personal information that are collected in the course of providing the
service (as defined in the Terms of Use and Non-Exclusive License for the
service, which can be consulted by clicking on the following hyperlink
https://www.cognitocoach.com/legal/utilisation.pdf (the "Terms of Use"))
by Dipôle Solutions inc. ("Cognito Coach", "Cognito", "Cognito-
app") in favor of the client, the use of these and the contexts of
disclosure. Cognito Coach™ understands the importance of protecting
the personal information of its clients and is committed to respecting
their right to privacy. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the term
"customer" refers to you, as an individual, or to the legal entity receiving
the service, its subsidiaries and other affiliates. If you do not have the
authority to do so, or if you do not agree with the provisions of this policy,
please do not use the service.
Please note that Cognito Coach™ may change this policy at its sole
discretion and without notice. It is your responsibility to review the terms
of the Policy for changes from time to time. The collection, use and
disclosure of your personal information will be subject to the version of
the Policy then in effect, which is the version posted on the Cognito
Coach™ customer interface and available through the use of the Service
on any given date.
This Policy is an integral part of the Terms of Use.
2. DEFINITION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information is any factual or subjective information about an
identifiable individual. However, Personal Information does not include
business contact information, if such contact information is used to
communicate with an individual in connection with his or her
employment, occupation or profession.
3. CONSENT
Subject to certain exceptions, Cognito Coach™ shall obtain the consent
of the client for the collection, use and disclosure of Personal
Information. Consent may be express or implied. Consent must also be
meaningful, that is, the client must understand the nature, purpose and
impact of the collection, use or disclosure of personal information to
which they are consenting. Consent may be provided orally, in writing,
electronically, or by a person acting on behalf of the customer, such as
an agent or attorney duly authorized for that purpose. Express consent
is generally given when the client completes and signs an application or
enrollment form and submits it to Cognito Coach™. Implied consent
occurs when Cognito Coach™ can reasonably infer that the client has
consented, as a result of action or inaction on the part of the client, or
because of the circumstances.
Please be advised that your use of the Service confirms that you are at
least the age of majority in your place of residence.
4. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Cognito Coach™ limits the collection of personal information to that
which is necessary for the stated purposes. Any collection of personal
information of the customer made in the context of the payment of the
subscription fee to the service through the online payment platform
used by Cognito Coach™ will be subject to the terms of confidentiality
and protection of personal information applicable to the use of this
payment platform. It is not safe to transmit your payment data, including
your credit card number, by email, SMS or through social media. In order
to protect this data, please only transmit it through the online payment
platform used by Cognito Coach™.
5. USE OF INFORMATION
5.1 Essentially, the personal information collected allows Cognito
Coach™ to identify the client, to communicate with him and to
personalize its service. Cognito Coach™ reserves the right to use the
personal information obtained to conduct market research in order to
adequately meet the needs of its customers and thus improve its service.
5.2 If you have consented to have your email address added to Cognito
Coach™ mailing list, you may, at any time, choose to no longer receive
marketing communications or the newsletter sent by email by
unsubscribing using the hyperlink included in these communications.
5.3 Cognito Coach™ does not sell personal information about its clients
to third parties and does not use or disclose such personal information
for purposes other than those for which it is collected.
5.4 Applicable laws and regulations provide for certain exceptions to this
Policy and the use of your personal information. These exceptions may
affect privacy practices. For example, Cognito Coach™ may collect, use
or disclose the personal information of its clients in the following
situations:
(a) if the collection of information is clearly for your benefit and your
consent cannot be obtained in a timely manner;
(b) if the information is deemed by law to be in the public domain
(c) if the information is disclosed to government authorities under anti-
money laundering and anti-terrorist financing laws; or
(d) in connection with tax returns to the appropriate authorities or other
disclosures required by law.
6. THIRD PARTY SERVICES
6.1 When used herein, the term "Third Party Services" means computer
programs, websites, of a third party to which you voluntarily grant access
in connection with the use of Cognito Coach™. Your use of the Third
Party Service is subject to the policies of the Third Party Service. We
advise you to read the terms and conditions of the policies of the third
party sites you use.
6.2 Cognito Coach™ use of information received through APIs from third
party services (Google, Microsoft, Apple, Stripe, PayPal, Zapier...) will
comply with the user data policy of the API services, including the limited
use requirements determined by them.
6.3 Google: When you click on "Authorize Google", you will be
automatically redirected to the Google OAuth API page, via an SSL
(Secured Socket Layer) connection. Cognito Coach™ will ask you for
specific access permissions to allow us to connect to your Google
calendar. Once these permissions are obtained, we must save the
authorization token in order to continue accessing your calendar, in
order to continuously synchronize with our users' COGNITO subscription.
This server is encrypted and secure. Our goal is to allow you to view all
your calendars in a centralized view.
We then use this information in the following two ways:
a) the agendas selected to be displayed in the Cognito Coach™ calendar
will allow you to consult, without the possibility of modification, the
summary of these events;
b) the destination calendar for Cognito Coach™ activities will allow
Cognito Coach™ activities to be synchronized with events in this
calendar. These events can be added/modified/deleted, depending on
the actions taken on the associated Cognito Coach™ activities in
Cognito Coach™. You can log out of your Google account at any time.
7. PROTECTION OF INFORMATION
Cognito Coach™ employs physical, organizational and technological
security measures to protect customer personal information from
unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, as well as
from loss or theft. Cognito Coach™ uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
protocol on all pages where personal data is collected. This protocol
encrypts information before it is sent to Cognito Coach™. Cognito
Coach™ computer systems, including those of its subcontractors and
hosting partners from whom Cognito Coach™ obtains hardware,
software, networks, storage space and related technology to operate
and maintain the Service, are password-protected and are configured so
that only those individuals who need access to your personal information
for the purposes of their position with Cognito Coach™ are authorized to
access the secure systems and databases.
8. COOKIES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLOGGING
8.1 In order to ensure proper management of the service, Cognito
Coach™ collects the usual data from Internet log files, including your IP
address, browser type and language, access frequency and website
referral addresses, including through the use of various types of cookies
and conversion tags. Cognito Coach™ does not profile your computer or
extract any information from your hard drive. Most browsers are
configured by default to accept cookies, but you can change your
browser settings to refuse or limit their use.
8.2 In addition, the Service includes certain social media features. These
features may, among other things, collect your IP address and leave a
cookie to enable the feature. The social media features and widgets are
hosted by a third party. Your interactions with these features are
governed by the privacy and confidentiality policy of the company that
provides them.
8.4 Cognito Coach™ does not endorse the opinions expressed in the
comments posted by users of its blog and does not verify the accuracy
of such comments. Cognito Coach™ reserves the right to modify or
delete any disrespectful, offensive, abusive or discriminatory message,
question, or comment at its discretion.
9. ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS
In accordance with the provisions of the law, you have the right to access,
rectify, modify, or delete personal information held by Cognito Coach™.
To do so, or if you have any questions or concerns about the protection
of your personal information, please contact Cognito Coach™' customer
service department by e-mail at the following address:
support@cognitocoach.com.
10. VERSIONS
In the event of a discrepancy between the English and French versions
of this Policy, the French version shall prevail.
Translated from the original language, French.