Canvas Construction Inc. Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 10, 2023

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how Canvas Construction Inc. (together with any corporate affiliates, “Canvas,” “we,” “us,” “our”) collects, uses, and discloses the data we collect from and about you. This Policy applies to our website at www.canvas.build and any other websites we operate (collectively, the “Site”). This Policy does not apply to any websites that we do not own, operate, or control. 

Please read this Policy carefully. By using the Site, you acknowledge the applicability of this Policy. If you do not want us to treat your data as described in this Policy, please do not use the Site. If you have any questions about this Policy or our practices, please contact us as described in the “Contact Us” section below.

1. Data We Collect

Depending on how you interact with the Site, we may collect the following categories of data from and about you: 

• Identifiers, such as first and last name, email address, phone number, physical address, zip/postal code, device ID, IP address, and www.linkedin.com/company/we-are-canvas/ if you interact with us on social media.
• Professional or employment related data, such as your company.
• Internet or network activity information, such as data about how you interact with the Site, that is automatically collected (covered in more detail below).
• Any other data you provide to us, such as in an email.

We may collect this data directly from you, such as when you communicate with us, fill out a webform, or interact with us on social media (e.g., if you “like” or “follow” us).

We may collect data from other parties, such as publicly and commercially available sources and social media websites (if you interact with our content or pages there, depending on how your social media account privacy settings are configured).

We also collect some kinds of data automatically when you interact with the Site (“internet and network activity data” referenced above). We and our vendors may use cookies and similar technologies to collect data about your use of the Site including, but not limited to: IP address, device identifier, online identifiers, date and time of your activity, pages and content viewed, browser type and language, operating system, time spent on each Site page, links you click on our Site, the page you visit before and after you come to our Site, and advertising identifiers. For more information about cookies and similar technologies, see the “Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising” section below.

We may combine the data we collect through the Site with information we collect automatically or receive from other sources and use such combined data in accordance with this Policy. We may also aggregate and/or de-identify the data we collect in such a way that it cannot reasonably be linked to you or your device. We may use such aggregated and/or de-identified data for any purpose, including for research and marketing purposes, and may disclose such data to any other parties without limitation.

You are not required to provide us with any data. However, if you do not provide us with certain data, the Site may not function as intended or you will be unable to access certain features. For example, if you do not provide us with your email address, you cannot contact us.

2. How We Use Your Data

We and our vendors may use the data described above for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain the Site.
• To analyze use of the Site.
• To improve the Site, conduct research, and develop new services.
• To communicate with you.
• To personalize the Site.
• For advertising and marketing purposes (subject to any preferences you have communicated to us).
• For security and fraud prevention purposes.
• To protect Canvas, our customers, the Site, and any third party.
• To enforce our legal terms and policies, including this Policy, and to exercise or defend our legal rights.
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other legal processes.
• For any other legally permitted purpose, with your consent.

3. How We Disclose Your Data

We may disclose your data for any of the purposes listed above in the following situations: 

• Personnel and Affiliates: We may disclose or provide access to your data to our corporate affiliates and our personnel for purposes described above.
• Vendors: We may disclose or provide access to your data to vendors that provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting, security, analytics, customer support, data storage, fraud prevention, and legal and accounting services.
• Other Parties: We may disclose your data to other parties for purposes such as advertising and marketing.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a sale of some or all of our assets, merger, divestiture, reorganization, or similar event, including during negotiations of such an event, your data may be part of the transferred assets. 
• Legal Requirements and Rights: We may disclose your data if required to do so by law or legal process, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal obligation; protect and defend the rights, property, or personal safety of Canvas, our personnel, our customers, or others; or defend ourselves legally or exercise our legal rights. 
• Your Consent: If you consent to the disclosure of your data, we may disclose your data consistent with your consent.

4. Your Choices

a. Marketing communications

You may opt out of email communications from us by following the instructions in such emails. If you are receiving SMS/text messages from us and wish to opt out of these messages, you may do so by replying “STOP.” Please note that if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you service-related communications such as a notice of changes to our legal terms, including this Policy.

b. Cookies and Online Analytics

As mentioned above, we and our vendors use cookies and similar technologies to collect certain data about you. A cookie is a small text file that web servers place on your device, designed to store basic information and to help websites and apps recognize your browser. For more information about our use of cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.

You may be able to set your internet browser or device to stop accepting new cookies, notice when you receive a new cookie, or disable existing cookies. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser for more information. The setting will apply only to the browser or device you are using, so you will need to reset the setting on a different browser or device. If you disable some or all cookies, our Site may not function as intended and some features may be unavailable. Some cookies are strictly necessary for the Site to function, meaning that you cannot opt out of them.

We and third-party web analytics services, including Google Analytics, may use cookies and similar technologies on the Site for analytics purposes. You can find more information about Google’s analytics practices here. To prevent Google Analytics from using your information for analytics, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on by clicking here. The setting will apply only to the browser or device you are using, so you will need to reset the setting on a different browser or device.

c. Online Advertising

We may allow third-party advertising technologies (e.g., ad networks and ad servers, or other advertising partners) to place cookies or other tracking technologies on your browser or device to collect data about you to assist in the delivery of relevant advertising on other websites you visit and other online services you use. These ads may be based on your current activity or your activity over time and across other websites and online services and may be tailored to your interests. For example, if you visit our Site, you may see ads for Canvas on other websites you visit.

For more information about tailored advertising and how you can generally control cookies from being put on your computer to deliver tailored marketing, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) Consumer Opt-Out Link and the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (“DAA”) Consumer Opt-Out Link to opt-out of receiving tailored advertising from companies that participate in those programs. To opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising or customize Google Display Network ads, you can visit the Google Ads Settings page. Please note that even if you opt out of tailored advertising, you may still receive advertising content that is not tailored to your interests. We do not control any of the above opt-out links and are not responsible for any choices you make using these mechanisms or the continued availability or accuracy of these mechanisms. If your browsers are configured to reject cookies when you visit these opt-out pages, or you subsequently erase your cookies, use a different computer or change web browsers, your opt-out may no longer be effective.

d. Do Not Track

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that is available in certain web browsers. You can learn more about DNT here. We do not currently recognize or respond to browser initiated DNT signals.

5. Security

We take reasonable physical, administrative, and technical steps to protect the integrity and security of our network and systems, to safeguard your data. However, no security measures are perfect, so we cannot guarantee that our security measures will work perfectly. We encourage you to take steps to protect your data, such as by choosing strong passwords and logging out of your accounts when you are done using them.

6. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which the data was collected and as necessary to comply with applicable law.

7. International Users

We are located and process data in the United States, where privacy protections may not be the same or as strong as the protections in your jurisdiction. By engaging with the Site, you acknowledge and consent to Canvas transferring and processing your data in the United States and anywhere else that Canvas or its personnel or vendors are located. 

8. Children

Our Site are not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect “personal information” (as defined in the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) from children under the age of 13, If we become aware that anyone under the age of 13 has submitted personal information to us, we will treat such information as required by applicable law.

9. Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third party websites. To the extent that such websites are not owned or controlled by us, we have no control over, and are not responsible for, their privacy practices or the content. Third parties treat any data you provide to them in accordance with their own privacy policies, so please review these policies before providing your data to third parties.

10. Changes to This Policy

This Policy was last updated on the date indicated above. We may change this Policy from time to time and will notify you of such changes in compliance with applicable laws. Please check this Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued access or use of our Site after an update or a notice of an update will signify acceptance of the terms of the updated Policy. 

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at privacy@canvas.build.

Canvas Construction Inc. Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Canvas Construction Inc. (together with any corporate affiliates, “Canvas,” “we,” “us,” “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website at www.canvas.build and any other websites we operate (collectively, the “Site”). This Cookie Policy does not apply to any website or other services that we do not own, operate, or control.

1. How Cookies Work

A cookie is a small text file that web servers place on your device, designed to store basic information and to help websites and apps recognize your browser. Cookies serve a variety of purposes, such as helping you navigate and interact with the Site, enhancing and personalizing your experience of the Site, helping us understand and analyze use of the Site, securing and optimizing the Site, and enabling certain kinds of advertising. We may use session cookies (which are deleted when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your browser or device for longer).

Cookies set by a website owner are called “first party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than a website owner are called “third party cookies” and include cookies set by our vendors. Third-party cookies enable certain features or functionalities, and advertising, to be provided on the Site (e.g., ads, interactive content, social media sharing). The parties that set third party cookies can recognize your device both when the device visits the website in question and also when the device visits other websites that have partnered with the third parties that set the cookies.

Session-based cookies last only while your browser is open on your device and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last until you or your browser delete them or until they expire.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

In accordance with our Privacy Policy, we may make use of first- or third-party cookies (whether session or persistent cookies) and other similar technologies. These cookies fall into several major categories depending on their functions. The cookies on our Site may include:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are required for technical reasons and are strictly necessary to provide you with the Site.

• Functional cookies: These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality but are not essential to their functioning. These cookies provide you with a more personal experience so that, for example, you don’t have to re-set your preferences each time you use our Site. Without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable, such as the Site storing your login information. Functional cookies may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our Site. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of the Site may not function properly.

• Analytics or performance cookies: These cookies are used to recognize and count visitors of the Site and their actions, to understand usage and improve the Site. 

• Advertising cookies: These cookies record visits and actions taken on the Site in order to advertise the Site to you and to make our advertising messages on other websites more relevant to you. These may be based on third-party cookies or other technologies, as described in our Privacy Policy.  If you opt out of targeting advertising cookies, you may still see our ads on third-party websites and applications, but they will not be targeted to you through the use of third-party cookies in our Site. 

3. Your Choices

You may be able to adjust your browser or device settings to limit the placement of cookies on your device. You may also be able to control how and when you see tailored advertising. For more information about your choices regarding cookies and tailored advertising, please see our Privacy Policy.

4. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may change this Cookie Policy from time to time and will notify you of such changes in compliance with applicable laws. Your continued access or use of our Site after an update or a notice of an update will signify acceptance of the terms of the updated Cookie Policy.

5. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at privacy@canvas.build.