Privacy Policy
Introduction
Welcome to the privacy policy of MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week. This event is produced by the following legal entity:
- Montreal Digital Spring; 425 Boulevard de Maisonneuve W #1100, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 3G5
Montreal Digital Spring is a non-profit organization that aims to connect individuals, organizations and ideas to advance and spread digital intelligence. Acting on behalf of industries, communities and players on the local and international scene, Montreal Digital Spring is the vanguard actor that fosters connections by opening the horizons of digital progress.
Montreal Digital Spring is committed to protecting your personal information. We invite you to read our Privacy Policy, which explains the types of information we collect, how and why we use that information, with whom we share it, and your legal rights.
Unless otherwise stated, this Privacy Policy covers our use of any personal information we collect or use in connection with the MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week event.
As part of the digital activities and distribution of MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week on the Internet, Montreal Digital Spring uses the services of the company Swapcard to provide a digital platform and experience. The platform Swapcard for the MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week event is represented by the following legal entity:
- Swapcard; 6 rue de Paradis, Paris, 75010, France
All information, data generated and uses within the framework of MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week on the Swapcard event platform, are subject to the Swapcard terms of use and privacy. For more details on the treatment of those informations, please refer to the page.
Ticketing
1.1 Participant registration information.
When you register to attend MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week, you must provide us with basic information such as your name, address, email address, phone number, age group. We also give you the opportunity to provide additional information that is useful for making connections between participants for networking purposes.
1.2 Payment and Credit Card Information.
When you purchase tickets to attend MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week, you must provide our ticketing provider, Weezevent, who performs the tasks necessary to complete the purchase transaction, with your name, address, phone number, email address, credit card, debit card, or banking information.
For more information on the information collected and its use by Weezevent, please consult the following page.
Call for participation
If you choose to apply to join us as a speaker or wish to become a partner of MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week, you will need to fill out an application including your name and contact information as well as any other information needed for review.
If your application is successful, you will be asked to share more personal data in order to participate in MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week.
Conference Survey Responses
We may ask you to participate in optional surveys about your MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week experience to help us improve the event.
Your requested information will be Last Name, First Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Company and Position held. We also give you the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve the event in future editions.
How we use your information
We use your information to provide, operate, improve, understand, customize, support and market our Services, including:
5.1 Providing and improving the services requested.
We use your personal information as necessary to organize the event and produce relevant and impactful networking events for participants. For example, to register attendees, issue tickets, facilitate information sharing with partners with whom you have consented for us to share information.
5.2 Communicating with you
We use your personal information to contact you regarding your registration for the event, your volunteer participation or your involvement with MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week, as well as to inform you of any changes to our policies and practices, for marketing purposes and to respond to any requests or inquiries you may have. If you subscribe to marketing services, such as our newsletters, we will use your information. To unsubscribe from our newsletters, please click on the unsubscribe button located at the bottom of the marketing emails we send or send us an email to the following contact information with the subject line “Unsubscribe”: [email protected]
5.3 Cookies and Web Beacons
We may use information from tags and cookies collected during your use of our website to target your online activity, browser or applications with certain advertisements. We may also use these tools to determine the popularity of certain content on our website.
5.5 Third Party Tracking
We may use third-party tools such as Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Remarketing, LinkedIn Insight Tag and Google remarketing technology. These tools allow us to understand and serve ads and make them more relevant to you. The data collected remains anonymous and we cannot see any personal data of an individual user.
In-Person Sharing and Networking
We share information with participants and partners when necessary to perform and provide a service required in the context of the MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week.
6.1 Sharing with other participants and partners
By participating in the face-to-face component of MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week, you consent to the sharing of your contact information such as Last Name, First Name, Company, Position, Email Address, in the context of optimizing networking and event business development activities.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. We strive to use appropriate technical and organizational skills to protect your personal information. Despite these measures, the Internet is not a completely secure environment and we cannot guarantee that your personal information will not be intercepted or inappropriately accessed.
Underage Participants
Participants under the age of 18 may attend MTL connect: Montreal Digital Week content if accompanied by an adult or guardian, depending on the age of the participant.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices generally, or if you wish to exercise your statutory rights, you may contact us at [email protected]
