Privacy Policy
How CIFST Quebec collects, uses, and protects your personal information.
Effective date: February 8, 2026
1. Data We Collect
We only collect data that you voluntarily provide:
- Contact form: first name, last name, email, subject, and message.
- Supplier Show contest: first name, last name, email, phone number, company, contest answers, and separate newsletter consent when provided.
- Member space: email address (to verify your membership and grant access to member space).
- Analytics: anonymized browsing data collected by Umami (cloud-hosted, cookie-free).
2. Purposes
- Respond to your inquiries (contact form).
- Administer Supplier Show contest entries, communicate with entrants about the contest, and confirm the winner.
- Verify your membership status for member-space access.
- Improve the website using aggregated, anonymized statistics.
3. Processors
| Service | Role | Data Processed |
|---|---|---|
| Resend | Email delivery | Contact form content |
| Google Sheets / Apps Script | Contest entry intake | Fields submitted through the contest form |
| Umami | Web analytics | Pages visited, device, country (anonymized) |
| Cloudflare | CDN and security | Traffic logs (temporary IP addresses) |
4. Cookies
Our site uses a single functional cookie:
icsta_membres_access — a signed cookie stored for
7 days to keep convenient access to member space on this device.
No advertising cookies are used.
5. Retention
Contact form messages are kept as long as needed to process your request. Contest entries are kept as long as needed to administer the contest and complete required follow-up. Operational logs are retained for a maximum of 90 days.
6. Your Rights
Under Quebec's Law 25, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by writing to:
We will respond within 30 days.
7. Changes
We may update this policy. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated accordingly.
