Privacy Policy

The privacy policy statement below describes how Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research uses and protects any information that you provide while using this website. By accessing the materials and products on the Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research web site, you will be deemed to agree to the terms and conditions stated in this document. This policy applies to all visitors, users and others who access or use our website.

Please read this policy statement before using our web site. If you do not agree with this policy, either whole, or in part, please do not use our web site. It is effective starting May 22, 2018.

Collection of Personal Information

Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research complies with Canadian federal and provincial privacy laws, including British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (2004), and remains committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Your use of this web site signifies your acknowledgement and consent of our privacy policy. By submitting your personal information, you agree that it will be governed by our security policy. As well, your continued use of this web site signifies your consent to any revisions or changes to this privacy policy at the time of use.

As a visitor to this site, you can remain confident that any identifying information provided will only be used in a manner consistent with this privacy policy statement.

Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research collects information that you provide voluntarily through responses to surveys, questionnaires, and feedback. We may collect the following information: name; profession, contact information, including email address; country of residence; zip code/postal code; company billing address; business telephone number; or any other information that is necessary for us to provide services to you (“Personal Information”). We may request this information to better understand your knowledge mobilization needs and to provide you with a quality service.

Additionally, we may require this information for internal record keeping purposes. Finally, we may occasionally contact you using the email address provided about new products, research or other information that we believe would interest you. Your Personal Information will be retained only as long as the provision of electronic services, such as newsletter subscriptions, are requested, unless you request us to remove it as outlined below.

We may collect, use or disclose your Personal Information without your consent in the following circumstances:

when permitted or required by law;
in an emergency that threatens an individual’s life, health, or personal security;
when the Personal Information is available from a public source;
when we require legal advice from a lawyer;
for the purposes of collecting a debt or protection from fraud; or
other legally established reasons.

Request for Information

To submit a question to Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research about the collection or use of your personal information, please email us at info@vancouverstrategicresearch.ca and insert “Privacy Information Question” in the subject header. If requested, we will provide you with a copy of your Personal Information in electronic form, which may include:

what Personal Information we are storing;
where it is being stored; and
for what purpose we are storing it.

You may update incorrect or missing Personal Information at any time by completing the following contact form or emailing us at info@vancouverstrategicresearch.ca

At any time, you may request that we remove your Personal Information from our records and we will delete your Personal Information within seven (7) days of such request.

Personal Information Safeguards

Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research is committed to protecting your information. To mitigate unauthorized access or disclosure, we have adopted appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures designed to safeguard and secure the information that we collect online. Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research applies security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, such as retaining information in secure facilities and making personal information accessible only to authorized employees on a need-to-know basis.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, you acknowledge and agree that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We make no guarantee as to the absolute security of your Personal Information. In the unlikely event that our system is breached, and your Personal Information has been compromised, we will notify such local authorities as may be required within seventy-two (72) hours of the breach, and will also use our best efforts to notify you, using the most current contact information that we have on file. We are not responsible for any failure to notify you based on incorrect or outdated contact information.

Use of Cookies

Our website uses ‘cookie’ technology that monitors traffic and website function. A cookie is data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie can’t read data off your hard disk nor read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system and are commonly used in website design. Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research uses this technology to identify which areas of our website you have visited, so the next time you visit, those pages are more readily accessible. We may use this information to better personalize the content that you see on our site and to measure traffic in certain parts of our site.

You can control whether to accept cookies on your browser. You have the option to refuse all cookies or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. However, choosing not to accept these cookies may limit your experience at our site and some features may not work as intended.

Link Policy

This website may contain links to third-party websites. You should note that the linked sites are only provided as a convenience for information purposes only and that third-party sites are not included as part of this privacy statement. Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research does not endorse these linked websites. If you use a link to leave our site, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting another site. Be sure to exercise caution when visiting other sites and to review the applicable privacy statements.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We regularly review our Privacy Policy to ensure compliance with all necessary laws and regulations, and may make changes to the Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and sending you a notification of such changes by email. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Requests for Links from Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research

To formally request a link be placed on the Vancouver Strategic and Integrated Research website, please contact at: info@vancouverstrategicresearch.ca. Please include “Website Link Request” in the subject header.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about our Privacy Policy or our data collection or processing practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer, Grant Duckworth, at info@vancouverstrategicresearch.ca