PRIVACY POLICY
We are committed to the protection of your Personal Information (as this term is defined below). This policy is intended to provide you with information relating to the processing of Personal Information that you may provide or that may be otherwise collected in the course of your interaction with this Website (as this term is defined below) and its operator.
CONTEXT
Best Brands Ltd and its parent company Groupe St-Hubert Ltée (collectively referred to as “Best Brands”) are major distributors of Bonne maman® brand products in Canada. As such, Best Brands is responsible for the hosting and operating in Canada of this website promoting the Bonne maman® brand products (the “Website”).
Bonne maman® brand products are manufactured by Andros (a general partnership), with a place of business in the Zone Industrielle, 46130 Biars-sur-Cère, France (“Andros”). The Bonne maman® trademark is owned by Andros and used under licence by Best Brands.
ABOUT BEST BRANDS
The ultimate parent company of Best Brands is Recipe Limited Corporation (“RECIPE”). In fact, Best Brands is now one of the restaurant and grocery banners constituting affiliates, divisions, and franchisees of RECIPE (the “RECIPE Group”). Ultimately, therefore, it is RECIPE which is responsible for the hosting and operation of this Website and for the management of Personal Information that may be collected as part of your interactions with this Website or more generally with Best Brands. More specifically, the policies and procedures relating to the management of your Personal Information are generally established and implemented by RECIPE in accordance with the terms set out in this Privacy Policy.
RECIPE recognizes the right to privacy and is firmly committed to protecting the confidentiality of Personal Information. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to explain in detail the policies and procedures of RECIPE regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information that you choose to share with Best Brands or other member companies of the RECIPE Group as part of your interactions with the Bonne maman® banner.
YOUR CONSENT
By providing your Personal Information to Best Brands, you give your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information by the RECIPE Group in accordance with the terms set out in this policy. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of the type of data collected, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it. Any changes to this policy will take effect immediately upon posting of such changes on this Website or on any Platform (as this term is defined below) we make available to you. You agree to review our Privacy Policy from time to time. This Privacy Policy was last amended in March 2021. Also see the Terms of Use page of our Website for the terms and conditions that govern your use of the Website.
DEFINITIONS
“Cookies” are small files sent to your browser from a web server and saved on your computer.
“Non-Personal Information” is non-confidential, non-proprietary, or non-personal information derived from your use of this Website or any Platform that we make available to you, such as your web browser, domain name, and referrer link.
“Personal Information” is personally identifiable information including, but not limited to, your name, date of birth, mailing address, telephone number, personal email address, credit card information, and food preferences.
“Platform” means, in addition to the Website, any software program, software interface, or other technology made available to you by the RECIPE Group or a third party retained by the RECIPE Group.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
In general, with the exception of IP addresses, the RECIPE Group does not automatically collect Personal Information from users of its Website or any of its Platforms. The RECIPE Group may collect and analyze IP addresses and certain Non-Personal Information concerning the use of the Website and the Platforms. Such data is used in aggregate format to help the RECIPE Group determine general usage trends, administer or diagnose a problem with the Website or a Platform or improve the layout of the Website or a Platform. We may share Non-Personal Information, whether in the form of a summary or as aggregated customer data, with partners and third parties at our discretion.
COOKIES
The RECIPE Group may use Cookies to record and sometimes track information about your use of this Website or any other Platform. In addition to improving the layout of the Website and Platforms, Cookies allow the browsing experience to be personalized according to the individual preferences of each user. Although most web browsers automatically accept Cookies, you can usually change your browser settings to prevent it from receiving Cookies or to notify you when a Cookie is sent to you, to give you the chance to accept or to refuse the installation of Cookies. Even if you decline Cookies, you can still take advantage of all the features of our Website.
We may also work with third parties who use Cookies for marketing or advertising purposes. In this context, such third parties may use Cookies to: (i) collect some of your Personal Information; and (ii) guide, optimize, and perform advertising activities based on your web browsing history, including your previous visits to our Website or your use of our Platforms. To measure the effectiveness of our advertising, these third parties may also use tracer tags or web beacons to understand certain information about your web browsing history. If you wish, you can opt out of Google Analytics for the ads displayed. You can also personalize the ads you see on the Google Display Network. To set your preferences, go to: https://www.google.com/settings/ads.
COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
All Personal Information collected by the RECIPE Group (and third parties retained by Best Brands or RECIPE to perform commercial activities on their behalf) is information that you have knowingly and voluntarily provided in the course of your interactions with the Website or any Platform that you may access.
More specifically, with respect to such interactions with this Website or any Platform, you may be asked for your name, date of birth, email address, mailing address, telephone number, credit card data, food preferences, as well as certain other Personal Information that may be necessary for the RECIPE Group to be able to conduct its business activities from time to time.
The RECIPE Group (and third parties retained by Best Brands or RECIPE) may collect the types of Personal Information described above, in particular in the following circumstances:
- when you subscribe to mailing lists, newsletters, and email communications;
- when you answer surveys;
- when you participate in contests or promotions;
- when you communicate with the RECIPE Group to ask a question, submit a comment, or make a complaint (customer service).
A significant portion of the Personal Information collected in the course of your interactions with the Bonne maman® banner in Canada is, in fact, collected by third parties whose services are used by Best Brands or RECIPE to assist in conducting certain of their business activities. In particular, but without limitation, the RECIPE Group uses third parties who offer products and services that help it to carry out the following activities: customer relationship management (CRM), e-commerce, online surveys, Wi-Fi portal, donations, and point of sales equipment.
We may also work with third parties who aggregate Personal Information or Non-Personal Information in the following ways:
- to take advantage of certain features of Google Analytics, including but not limited to, creating reports based on impressions of the Google Display Network or providing demographic data about Internet users and their interests; and
- to collect, analyze, or aggregate your Personal Information (for example, users’ IP addresses, gender, age, and interests) in order to help us understand how users interact with our Website or our Platforms, thus allowing us to improve our products and services.
The RECIPE Group only authorizes its service providers and business partners who collect your Personal Information to process it to carry out specific business activities on its behalf. It is important to note, however, that your use of certain features managed by third parties and integrated into the Website or the Platforms may be subject to privacy statements, notices or terms that are separate and independent from this Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to review these documents that are available to you on the Platforms in their entirety to ensure that you understand the practices and procedures used by these third parties with respect to the management of your Personal Information. The RECIPE Group has no control over these third parties and, therefore, assumes no responsibility for the manner in which these third parties may collect, use, disclose, obtain, or otherwise process your Personal Information.
The RECIPE Group will use all commercially reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Information. If you do not want us to access this Personal Information, do not provide it to us. When you provide us with your Personal Information, you authorize us to use it in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and any other applicable terms, including your rights to limit our use of Personal Information (read the “Who to Contact” section below).
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The RECIPE Group may process your Personal Information to create a user account, communicate with you by email or otherwise, process an online or telephone order, manage your use of the Website or other Platform, respond to a communication you send, better understand you and determine how we can improve your experience with us and our products and services, including through survey results, or for any other reason that may be disclosed to you from time to time. We may also match the Personal Information you provide to us with other information in the RECIPE Group’s databases. The RECIPE Group may also use your Personal Information to contact you regarding other products and services that may be of interest to you (including those that we may offer jointly with other companies).
It is possible that, at Andros’ request, we disclose your Personal Information to Andros. In this case, your Personal Information will be treated in accordance with Andros’ Privacy Policy made available on its website: www.androsna.com. The RECIPE Group does not assume any responsibility for the processing of your Personal Information by Andros.
Otherwise, we do not give, sell, rent, lease, loan, or grant your Personal Information collected to any third party outside the RECIPE Group (except to third parties working on our behalf who are required to protect the confidentiality of such Personal Information or a third party who purchases our business) unless you have authorized us to do so.
The RECIPE Group reserves the right to process Personal Information when required by the government or to comply with the requirements of applicable laws, or if the RECIPE Group deems it reasonable to do so in order to operate its Website or any Platform adequately and securely or to protect the RECIPE Group or the users of this Website or any Platform.
Your Personal Information may be stored on servers hosted in the United States or elsewhere outside of Canada, for example by a third-party service provider, and such Personal Information may be subject to disclosure in accordance with applicable laws in those jurisdictions. The RECIPE Group takes all reasonable steps to ensure that any Personal Information transferred outside of Canada is treated securely and in accordance with the data protection laws applicable in the jurisdiction where the information is processed. It should be noted, however, that these laws may not provide the same protection as applicable privacy laws in Canada.
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The RECIPE Group has implemented and maintains reasonable administrative, physical, and technical measures to protect the Personal Information in its custody and control from unauthorized access, use, modification, and disclosure.
The RECIPE Group has implemented Personal Information retention processes to retain Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes set out below or as otherwise required by law.
The RECIPE Group also takes special measures to assess the potential risks associated with the disclosure of your Personal Information. In the event of a security breach, i.e., where your Personal Information is lost, disclosed without your authorization, or becomes accessible by an unauthorized person, we will notify you of such a breach if there is a real risk of significant harm, such as, for example, personal injury, humiliation, loss of business opportunity, financial loss, or identity theft. If the breach creates a real risk of material harm, we will notify you directly as soon as possible. If we cannot notify you directly, we will notify you through a public communication. We will provide you with the information you need to understand the significance of the security breach and reduce the risk of harm that may result. We will also report any security breach to government authorities and other organizations that we believe could mitigate the risk of harm that may result from the breach. We keep a record all security breaches. Following a security breach, the RECIPE Group will investigate the cause of the breach and review the safeguards in place to prevent further breaches.
NOTE TO PARENTS
The RECIPE Group is concerned about privacy issues surrounding Personal Information and is committed to protecting the online privacy of children and ensuring safe browsing for all users of its Website. Therefore, no Personal Information should be provided to or posted on this Website by a child under the age of 18 without the permission of a parent or guardian. If a user under the age 18 wishes to send Personal Information, he or she must first provide a parent or guardian’s email address so that we can obtain permission from the parent or guardian or obtain consent from a parent or guardian on behalf of the child. No Personal Information from a child under the age of 18 will be knowingly accepted without this written permission. Please be assured that RECIPE Group will not make a child’s participation in any web activity conditional upon the child disclosing more Personal Information than is reasonably necessary to participate in such an activity.
If your child has already provided Personal Information, you may request access to that information in order to modify it or require us to delete it entirely from existing records (see the “Who to Contact” section below).
WHO TO CONTACT
Your comments are welcome. We invite you to contact us at St-Hubert’s Customer Service Department by reaching out to the Supervisor – Legal Policies at the consommateur@st-hubert.com email if you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, or would like to engage in any of the following activities:
- review the Personal Information you have already provided to us in order to modify, update, or delete it from our records;
- access Personal Information that your child under the age of 18 has already provided to us to change, update, or delete it from our records;
- delete Personal Information that your child under the age of 18 has already provided to us;
- request that we not send you any mailings or contact you in any way;
- report any violations of this Privacy Policy.