Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

Unless otherwise indicated, key terms have the meanings ascribed to them in our Privacy Policy.
The website of Lacus Innovations Inc. (“www.lacus.ca” ) uses cookies to enhance the user experience by facilitating navigation, personalizing content, collecting data on site usage, and providing targeted advertisements while respecting user privacy preferences. The types of cookies collected include necessary, functional, analytical, performance, and advertising cookies. To the extent that these cookies are not strictly necessary for the operation of our website, we ask for your consent to their use when you first visit our website. To ensure that you know exactly what you are consenting to, we have prepared the following notice to define cookies, explain how we use them, how our service providers may use them, and how you can manage them to feel comfortable while using our site.

Lacus Innovations Inc. owns and operates our website, and you can reach us at the following contact information:

964 Chemin Bethany
Lachute, QC
J8H 2C5
(514) 973-1249
[email protected]

2. What Is a Cookie?

A cookie is a file that contains an identifier (a sequence of letters and numbers) sent by a web server to a web browser, where it is stored. The identifier is then sent back to the server whenever the browser requests access to a page. There are two types of cookies: 1. persistent cookies, which are stored by a web browser and remain valid until an established expiration date or until the user deletes them; 2. temporary cookies, which expire at the end of the user’s session when the web browser is closed. While cookies may not contain personally identifiable information, they may contain information that can be linked to other personal information about you that we process.

3. What Cookies Do We Use and Why?

We use cookies for the following reasons:

a) Functional – Functional cookies allow the site to remember your preferences and choices to enhance your browsing experience. They may include information such as your preferred language or geographical location. These cookies facilitate your interaction with the site by making navigation more personalized and relevant to you. The cookies we use for this purpose include:

b) Analysis and Performance – Analytical and performance cookies are used to collect information on how visitors use the site. These cookies allow us to analyze data in an aggregated manner to improve site performance and understand how users interact with its content. The cookies we use for this purpose include:

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c) Advertising – Advertising cookies are used to deliver targeted and relevant advertisements based on your interests. They collect data on your browsing habits and are typically placed by third parties such as advertising or social networks. These cookies help personalize the ads you see and limit the number of times you see the same ad. The cookies we use for this purpose include:

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We invite you to visit our website and open the cookie management banner to manage your cookie preferences.

4. What Cookies Do Our Service Providers Use?

In addition to the cookies we use, our service providers may also use cookies that could be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of third parties that may collect your personal information when you visit our website:

5. How Do You Manage Cookies?

While most browsers allow you to refuse, accept, or delete cookies, the methods used for this purpose vary depending on the browser and version. Information about deleting and blocking cookies can be found for some of the most common browsers at:

a) Google Chrome
b) Mozilla Firefox
c) Opera
d) Internet Explorer
e) Safari
f) Microsoft Edge (French Version)

Please note: Blocking all cookies may have a negative impact the functionality of many websites. If you disable or delete cookies in your web browser settings, you may not be able to access important features or characteristics of our website, you may need to re-enter your login information, and your use of the platform may be limited.

Please note that if you delete all cookies from your browser or use a different browser or computer, you will need to repeat the opt-out process.

To opt out of flash cookies, please click here.

6. Effective Date and Changes

This notice is effective as of September 22, 2023, and supersedes all previous versions.

Lacus Innovations Inc. reserves the right to interpret this notice at its sole discretion and make changes it deems appropriate from time to time without prior notice.

Privacy legislation continues to evolve, and as a result, we may modify this notice on occasion, at our sole discretion, without prior notice to you nor incur any liability to you or any other person. The processing of your personal information by us will be governed by the version of this notice in effect at that time.