Privacy Policy

Tier8consulting.com and ppulus.com (the “Tier 8 sites”) are owned and operated by Tier 8 Consulting Inc. (“Tier 8” or “we”). Tier 8 is committed to maintaining the accuracy, security and privacy of Personal Information in accordance with applicable legislation. This Privacy Policy is a statement of principles and guidelines concerning the protection of the Personal Information of users of the Tier8 sites (“you”) submitted through the Tier 8 sites. It is possible to use the Tier8 sites without submitting any Personal Information; however, if you want to use certain functionality of the Tier 8 sites, such as contacting Tier 8 or submitting a service request, processing of Personal Information could become necessary. 

 

Consent 

BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO TIER 8 THROUGH THE TIER 8 SITES, YOU AGREE THAT WE MAY COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW. Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you may refuse or withdraw your consent to certain of the identified purposes at any time by contacting Tier 8’s office using the contact information provided below. If you refuse or withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you or continue to provide you with certain services or information which may be of value to you. If you provide Tier 8 with personal information of another individual, you represent that you have all necessary authority and/or have obtained all necessary consents from such person to enable us to collect, use and disclose such personal information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. 

You may withdraw the consent given above by replying to any communications from Tier 8 sent as a result of such previously-given consent. 

 

What Personal Information do we collect? 

Canadian private-sector privacy legislation (PIPEDA) uses the term “Personal Information” to refer to information about an identifiable individual or information that allows an individual to be identified.  

 The types of Personal Information that Tier 8 may collect about you include your name, telephone number, email address and other information you may choose to provide through the Tier 8 sites. 

Upon request to Tier 8, you may obtain confirmation as to whether or not your Personal Information are held or are being processed by Tier 8 and you may obtain a copy of your Personal Information held or being processed by Tier 8. 

 

Why do we collect your Personal Information? 

Tier 8 collects, uses and discloses Personal Information collected from the Tier 8 sites for the following purposes: 

  • to establish and maintain customer relationships with you or an entity you represent; 

  • to respond to questions, requests for product information, requests for product demonstrations or any enquiry submitted through the Tier 8 sites and provide follow-up notifications regarding any events, meetings or conferences scheduled by you; 

  • to understand and respond to customer, supplier and other third party needs and preferences, including to contact and communicate with such parties regarding any such needs and preferences communicated through the Tier 8 websites; 

  • to develop, enhance, market, sell or otherwise provide Tier 8 products and services; 

  • to engage in business transactions with you or an entity you represent, including the provision of products and services involving Tier 8; 

  • as permitted by, and to comply with, any legal or regulatory requirements or provisions; and 

  • for any other purpose to which you consent. 

 
 
To whom do we disclose your Personal Information? 

From time to time, Tier 8 may disclose Personal Information collected from the Tier 8 sites to: 

  • service providers, including an organization or individual retained by Tier 8 to perform functions on its behalf, such as marketing, data processing, document management and office services; 

  • a person who, in the reasonable judgment of Tier 8, is providing or seeking the information as your agent; 

  • any third party or parties, where you consent to such disclosure or where disclosure is required or permitted by law. 

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We won’t sell your Personal Information without your consent unless Tier 8 or a business unit of Tier 8 is acquired by or merged with another company and your Personal Information is included in the sale. In this event, we will transfer your Personal Information to that third party with the other business assets being transferred and will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on our website before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. 

 Where do we store your Personal Information? 

Your Personal Information is stored in secured locations and on servers located at the cloud facilities of our service providers. You may request a copy of and rectification of inaccuracies of your Personal Information in Tier 8’s records at any time while such Personal Information is retained by Tier 8. Tier 8 will endeavor to comply with such requests to the extent such compliance does not jeopardize Tier 8’s compliance with applicable laws as determined by Tier 8. 

 How long do we store Personal Information collected from the Tier 8 sites? 

Personal Information collected from the Tier 8 sites is retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected and to comply with applicable laws. You may request expungement of your Personal Information from Tier 8 records prior to such time by contacting the Tier 8 Office. Tier 8 will endeavor to comply with such requests to the extent such compliance does not jeopardize Tier 8’s compliance with applicable laws as determined by Tier 8. 

 How do we protect your Personal Information? 

 To help protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information, Tier 8 employs industry standard administrative and technological safeguards to protect your Personal Information. For instance, access to your Personal Information is restricted to selected employees or representatives of Tier 8 and Tier 8 employs generally accepted information security techniques, such as firewalls, access control procedures and cryptography, to protect Personal Information from loss and unauthorized access. Although Tier 8 has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of Personal Information processed through the Tier 8 sites, internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transfer Personal Information to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone. 

 Privacy and our Website 

Online Communications – In order to provide our website visitors with services or information, you may voluntarily submit Personal Information to us for purposes such as asking a question, obtaining information, requesting and scheduling a product demonstration, reviewing or downloading a publication and participating in a seminar, product demonstration or other event, and participating in contests and surveys. If you are known to Tier 8 as an existing user of the Tier 8, we may combine and store Personal Information about your use of our website and the online information you have provided with certain other online and offline information we may have collected in accordance with the applicable Terms of Service of the Tier 8 platform. 

E-Mail Communications

Occasionally, we may send marketing or promotional e-mail communications to you with information that may be useful, including information about the services of Tier 8. We will include instructions on how to unsubscribe and inform us of preferences if you decide you do not want to receive any future marketing or promotional e-mails from Tier 8. 

 Links – Our website may contain links to other websites which are provided as a convenience only. Visitors are advised that other third-party websites may have different privacy policies and practices than Tier 8, and Tier 8 has no responsibility for such third-party websites. 

 

Changes to the Privacy Policy 

Tier 8 reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make a change to this Privacy Policy, we will post such changes on our website and make such revised policy and changes available upon request to our office. However, Tier 8 will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if it seeks to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained unless otherwise required or permitted by law.