Terms and expressions beginning with a capital letter and which are not otherwise defined have the meaning assigned to them and the Association des microbrasseries du Québec (AMBQ) wishes to process the data it collects in a lawful and transparent manner.
The Quebec Microbreweries Association (hereinafter "we," "our," or "the Site") has formulated this policy regarding cookies ("the Policy") to describe the use made by the Quebec Microbreweries Association of cookies and the information it collects and stores.
"PLP Law" refers to the Private Sector Privacy Act as amended by the Law modernizing legislative provisions concerning the protection of personal information ("Law 25").
"Concerned Person" refers to any identified or identifiable individual about whom the Quebec Microbreweries Association collects Personal Information, including, but not limited to, (i) Employees, past, present, and potential, (ii) members, past, present, and potential, (iii) visitors to the Quebec Microbreweries Association website, and (iv) subcontractors and suppliers, past, present, and potential.
"Personal Information" refers to any information concerning an identified or identifiable natural person but excludes information not considered as Personal Information under the PLP Law.
"Cookies" are text files deposited by the servers of visited websites or by third-party servers in a dedicated space on the hard drive of your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone, or any other Internet-optimized device) while browsing online content or advertising. It records information about your internet browsing. This Cookie file can only be read by its issuer, allowing them, during its validity period, to recognize the specific terminal each time it accesses digital content with Cookies from that issuer. The Cookie does not personally identify you, but rather the browser of your device.
This cookie usage policy and other trackers apply to all web assets of the Quebec Microbreweries Association. The web assets of the Quebec Microbreweries Association use cookies to better understand how you use our site and interact with its content. We may use cookies to remember your language preferences or not require you to log in every time you visit our website. These cookies may also track your geolocation to offer you location-specific and interesting information. Furthermore, we may use your usage data to provide targeted advertisements on third-party websites. A more comprehensive list of cookies and their uses is described below.
The Quebec Microbreweries Association uses first-party and third-party cookies. Below is a presentation of the four different types of cookies used on our websites:
Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the basic functionality of our website, such as accessing secure areas of the site and logging into your user account. They allow users to navigate our website. This category of cookies cannot be disabled.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies help tailor our website to enhance their content based on how you've used our site and to set up features and other customizations, such as language preferences, remembering usernames, and geolocation. Information tracked by these cookies is anonymous and cannot be used to disrupt your browsing activity on other sites.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website. The cookies tell us which pages you visit, how often, encountered errors, and how we can enhance your experience. These are generally collected for statistical purposes and do not contain personal information, such as names or email addresses. Disabling them prevents any collection of information regarding your navigation on our site and the offering of editorial content based on your browsing.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies provide information about user interaction with our content to help us, as well as third parties (including advertisers), deliver relevant ads and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. Information is collected and shared with third parties to offer audience targeting and optimization solutions for advertising and publishing. No personal data is collected, and an individual cannot be identified via the collected data.
To retain session state
To contain the unique account or website identity number it relates to
To distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier
To calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analysis reports
To store and update a unique value for each visited page and is used to count and track page views
To limit requests
Type : Performance, Targeting, and Advertising
To confirm that tracking has been enabled for the website
Type : Targeting and Advertising
To experiment with the effectiveness of advertising on the website using this cookie
Type : Performance, Targeting, and Advertising
Used by Cloudflare Content Delivery Network
Type : Functionality
To store the current language
Type : Functionality
Our website contains links to other websites. We have no information about the types of cookies used by these other sites. For more information, please refer to the information provided by these third-party sites on their own cookies.
Cookies remain on your device(s) for different durations, depending on whether it's a "persistent" or "session" cookie:
Persistent Cookies: Used to remember your preferences on our websites, analyze user behavior to establish usage patterns and preferences, and improve the functionality of our websites. They remain on your computer or device until they expire or you delete them. They persist even after closing the browser and restarting your computer.
Session Cookies: Used to remember your activity during the current visit to our websites. They are temporary and remain on your computer or device only until you end the current browsing session.
As a user, you have the right to refuse, delete, or limit the use of all types of cookies during your visit to the Quebec Microbreweries Association website. You can modify your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser settings. Note that most browsers automatically accept cookies, so if you do not want cookies to be used, you will need to delete or block them. However, refusing certain Cookies may cause the degradation of several necessary browsing functionalities on the website (difficulties in registration or display, etc.). In such cases, we cannot be held responsible for these malfunctions. Furthermore, disabling advertising cookies does not mean you will not receive ads but simply that they will no longer be tailored to your interests. For more information on cookies and how to manage preferences, please refer to the following site: https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/
The website WWW.AMBQ.CA is owned and operated by the Quebec Microbreweries Association.
Our headquarters is located in Quebec.
You can contact us:
By email: info@ambq.ca
The Policy takes effect on November 1, 2023, and replaces all previous versions.
Privacy legislation is constantly evolving, and therefore, this Policy may be subject to changes by the Quebec Microbreweries Association, at its sole discretion and without notice or liability to a Concerned Person or any other individual. The collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information of a Concerned Person by the Quebec Microbreweries Association will be governed by the version of the Policy then in force.
