Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 2024. This policy governs data processing for Home Chalk in compliance with the laws of Quebec and Canada.
Data Controller & Jurisdiction
Home Chalk, operating from Montreal, Quebec, acts as the Data Controller for the personal information collected through this platform. Our practices are strictly aligned with the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (LPRPSP) of Quebec and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) of Canada.
Contact Information
Entity: Home Chalk
Address: 1250 Guy St, Montreal
Email:
Phone: +1 (359) 558-1190
Information We Collect
In our mission to help you optimize fitness expenses and healthy lifestyle costs, we collect data that helps personalize your experience. This includes:
- Identifiable Information: Name, email address, and telephone number provided via contact forms or subscription to our budget-optimization newsletters.
- Technical Data: IP addresses, browser type, device identifiers, and operating system details collected automatically via cookies.
- Usage Data: Information on how you interact with our content regarding nutrition budget control and gear life-cycle management.
- Financial Preferences: Non-sensitive data regarding your fitness spending habits, used solely for generating optimization reports.
Legal Grounds for Processing
Under Quebec’s Bill 64 (Law 25) and PIPEDA, we must have a valid legal basis to process your data. Home Chalk relies on:
Consent
Explicitly given when you sign up for our fitness cost-saving guides or use our calculators.
Contractual Necessity
Processing required to provide the specific services or training program sourcing you requested.
Legitimate Interest
Improving our website performance and ensuring the security of our fitness community.
Retention & International Transfer
We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Typically, data related to fitness optimization queries is kept for 24 months after the last interaction.
Cross-Border Transfers: As Home Chalk operates globally, your data may be stored on servers located outside of Quebec or Canada (e.g., in the United States). We ensure that all service providers adhere to data protection standards equivalent to Canadian law through Standard Contractual Clauses.
Your Rights & Control
As a resident of Montreal or the broader Canadian territory, you possess specific rights regarding your data:
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about your fitness cost profiles.
- Right to Rectification: You may correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Deletion: Also known as the "Right to be Forgotten," you can request the erasure of your data under certain conditions.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: You can opt-out of marketing communications regarding nutrition budget control at any time.
- Right to Data Portability: Request the transfer of your data to another service provider in a structured format.
Cookie Technology
Home Chalk uses cookies to analyze traffic and optimize your journey through our fitness expense guides. We use three types of cookies:
You can manage these preferences at any time by visiting our Cookie Policy or clicking the button below.
Third-Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties except for trusted partners who assist us in operating our website, such as:
- Email service providers for newsletter delivery.
- Cloud hosting providers (AWS/Google Cloud).
- Analytics partners to track fitness cost optimization trends.
All third parties are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your information.