Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Gestion Cdf Inc., operating under the trade name CDF Manage (collectively referred to as CDF Manage, we, us, or our throughout this document), collects, uses, discloses, and protects the personal information of individuals who visit our website at www.cdfmanage.autos, use our services, or otherwise interact with us. This policy was developed by the CDF Manage team to provide transparency regarding our data handling practices.

We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information entrusted to us. This policy explains the types of information we may collect, the purposes for which we use that information, the circumstances under which we may share it, and the measures we take to safeguard it. We encourage you to read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.

Gestion Cdf Inc. is a company incorporated under the laws of Canada, with its registered office located at 6568 Rue Du Soleil-levant, Quebec, G3E 2C2, Canada. As a Canadian organization, we adhere to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and other applicable privacy legislation in the provinces and territories where we operate.

2. Information We Collect

In the course of providing our computer systems design and consulting services, we may collect several categories of personal information. The specific types of information we collect depend on the nature of your interaction with our website and services.

Information You Provide Directly: When you fill out a contact form on our website, request a consultation, subscribe to communications, or engage our services, we may collect your full name, email address, telephone number, company name, job title, project requirements, and any other information you choose to share with us through correspondence. This information is essential for us to respond to your inquiries and deliver the services you request.

Information Collected Automatically: When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically through standard web technologies. This includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent on pages, date and time stamps of visits, and other diagnostic data. This information helps us understand how visitors interact with our website and allows us to improve the user experience.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, and understand where our visitors originate. Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a web server. We use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect for a variety of legitimate business purposes. These purposes are aligned with the services we provide and the expectations of our clients and website visitors.

Service Delivery: We use your information to respond to your inquiries, provide consultations, prepare proposals, deliver our computer systems design and consulting services, manage project engagements, and communicate with you regarding your projects. Without this information, we would be unable to fulfill our contractual and service obligations.

Website Improvement and Analytics: Automatically collected information helps us analyze website performance, identify popular content, detect and resolve technical issues, and optimize the overall user experience. We use aggregated and anonymized data for these analytical purposes.

Communication: With your consent where required by law, we may use your contact information to send you relevant updates about our services, industry insights, event invitations, and promotional materials. You may opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in each message or by contacting us directly.

Legal Compliance and Security: We may use and retain your information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms of service, protect our rights and property, prevent fraud, and maintain the security and integrity of our systems and data.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. We may share your information only in the limited circumstances described below.

Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party vendors to assist with certain business operations, including website hosting, data storage and processing, email delivery, analytics, and customer relationship management. These service providers are contractually bound to use your information only as necessary to provide services to us and are required to maintain appropriate security measures to protect your data.

Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, personal information held by us may be among the assets transferred. We will notify you via email or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or use of your personal information.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, or governmental regulation, or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with legal process, protect our rights or property, protect the safety of our users or the public, or investigate potential violations of our terms of service.

5. Data Security

We implement and maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information in our possession against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Our security measures include, but are not limited to, encryption of data in transit and at rest, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, access controls, regular security assessments, and employee training on data protection practices.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is one hundred percent secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data, but we are committed to promptly notifying affected individuals and relevant authorities in the event of a data breach, in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

We restrict access to personal information to our employees, contractors, and service providers who have a legitimate business need to access such information. These individuals are subject to confidentiality obligations and may be subject to disciplinary action, including termination, if they fail to meet these obligations.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable laws and regulations. The specific retention period depends on the nature of the information and the purpose for which it was collected.

For client engagement records, we typically retain information for the duration of the business relationship plus seven years following the conclusion of services, to comply with tax, accounting, and legal obligations. For marketing and inquiry data, we retain information until you opt out or the data is no longer relevant to our communications with you.

When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to securely destroy or de-identify the information in accordance with our data disposal procedures and applicable legal requirements.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. These rights may include the following:

Right of Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to receive information about how we use and disclose that information.

Right of Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.

Right of Erasure: In certain circumstances, you may have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to legal and contractual retention requirements.

Right to Restrict Processing: You may have the right to request that we limit the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.

Right to Data Portability: Where applicable, you may have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section below. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience and collect information about how you use our site. We categorize the cookies we use as follows:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our website. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, secure access to certain areas, and form submissions. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use this data to improve website performance, content relevance, and user experience.

Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your language preference or the region you are in, and provide enhanced, more personalized features.

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or alert you when cookies are being sent. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality and features of our website.

9. Third-Party Services and Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications that are not operated or controlled by Gestion Cdf Inc. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you.

We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices or content. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every website you visit. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by CDF Manage through our website and services.

We may use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand website usage. These services may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our website, including your IP address. The information generated by these cookies is transmitted to and stored by the analytics provider on servers that may be located outside of Canada.

10. Privacy for Minors

Our website and services are not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from anyone under the age of eighteen.

If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from an individual under the age of eighteen without verifiable parental consent, we will take prompt steps to delete that information from our systems. If you believe that a minor has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately using the contact details provided in this policy.

We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor the online activities of minors under their care and to instruct them never to provide personal information through websites without parental permission.

11. International Data Transfers

Gestion Cdf Inc. is headquartered in Canada, and our primary data processing activities occur within Canada. However, we may engage service providers located in other countries, including the United States and member states of the European Union, to assist with data storage, processing, and other operational functions.

When we transfer personal information across international borders, we take appropriate measures to ensure that the data receives a level of protection consistent with Canadian privacy laws and the standards described in this Privacy Policy. These measures may include contractual clauses, data processing agreements, and reliance on adequacy decisions where applicable.

By using our website and services, you acknowledge that your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, which may have data protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.

12. Legal Basis for Processing

The legal basis on which we process your personal information depends on the nature of the data and the specific context in which we collect it. In general, we process personal information on the following legal grounds:

Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as delivering consulting services, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services, maintaining the security of our systems, and conducting analytics, provided those interests are not overridden by your privacy rights and interests.

Consent: Where required by applicable law, we obtain your consent before processing your personal information for specific purposes, such as sending marketing communications.

Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or governmental requests to which we are subject.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or operational needs. When we make changes, we will revise the Last Updated date at the top of this page and, for material changes, we will provide a more prominent notice on our website or notify you directly via email where appropriate.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal information. Your continued use of our website and services after any modifications to this policy constitutes your acknowledgment of the changes and your agreement to be bound by the updated terms.

If we make changes that materially alter the way we use or share personal information previously collected from you, we will seek your consent where required by applicable law before applying those changes to your data.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Canada and the Province of Quebec, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of the Province of Quebec, Canada.

If any provision of this Privacy Policy is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The failure of Gestion Cdf Inc. to enforce any right or provision of this policy shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

15. Language

This Privacy Policy has been drafted in the English language. In the event of any discrepancy between the English version and any translated version, the English version shall prevail. If you require a copy of this policy in French or another language, please contact us, and we will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.

16. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us using the following details:

Gestion Cdf Inc. (operating as CDF Manage)
6568 Rue Du Soleil-levant
Quebec, G3E 2C2
Canada

Email: office@cdfmanage.autos
Phone: +1 (775) 288-4783
Website: www.cdfmanage.autos

We take all privacy inquiries seriously and will endeavor to respond to your communication promptly and thoroughly. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction.

This Privacy Policy was last reviewed and updated on January 15, 2026. It is effective immediately for all users accessing our website and services on or after this date.