Privacy Policy
Last Updated: April 12, 2023
Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy explains what personal information Tehama collects from You, why we collect it and how we use it. We also explain the choices You have, so that You can exercise the rights to Your personal information, as well as the impacts of choosing not to disclose certain information. For Your convenience, this privacy policy provides You with a summary of our commitments to Your privacy and “Learn More” sections that contain additional detailed information.
Contact Privacy Office
If You have any questions or concerns about the information we provide in this privacy policy related to Your personal information, or if You wish to report any suspected privacy breach, please contact the Tehama Privacy Office by:
- Sending an email at [email protected] or
- Sending a letter to
“Tehama Technologies Inc.
219-110 Didsbury Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2T 0C2″
Information Covered by This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies to the Tehama Service and its websites.
This privacy policy applies only to personal information (also called personal data). Personal information is any information relating to an identified individual or that can be used to identify an individual. Tehama collects personal information only as necessary to operate its business and provide You with the Service.
Learn more about Personal Information
Personal information protected by this privacy policy is information about a natural person (also called a “data subject”). If identifiers are removed from the personal information so that You can no longer be identified from that information, then the data is said to be anonymized and it is not considered personal information. As such, anonymized information falls out of the scope of this privacy policy. Examples of anonymized information include: demographic information without identifiers, blind information about how You use our services and about the transactions You perform using our websites or services, and other information obtained through Your access to or use of our websites that does not identify You personally.
Our websites may contain links to services or products of third parties. If You use those links and provide personal information to those third parties, this privacy policy will not apply.
How Personal Information is Collected
We may collect personal information either directly from You or indirectly through cookies or third parties.
Direct Collection
You give Tehama personal information directly when You interact with our websites, register an account with us or interact with us in person. Personal information we collect from You may include: Your first and last name, address, phone numbers, email addresses, credit card information (typically associated with the name of Your employer), and credentials (passwords, password hints and other authentication and account access data).
We collect this information directly from You, for example, when:
- You create an account on our website(s)
- You provide the personal information to us in connection with a services agreement that Your employer executes with us
- You register with us for a sales event/ conference
- You post comments, participate in forums, wikis or blogs
- You contact us by phone, email, text or chat sessions relating to customer support or other matters
Indirect Collection of Information
- Through Cookies and Similar Technologies
As many other websites do, Tehama websites use cookies that collect some information automatically and store it in log files. A cookie is a small text file that can be placed on Your device when You visit a website. This information may include device location, browser type, operating system and other information relating to the use of Tehama websites.
You may manage Your preferences with respect to our use of cookies and similar technologies.
Learn More about Cookies
Tehama uses some cookies that are essential to provide You with services, as for example:
- session cookies – to distinguish You from other users
- authentication cookies – to indicate if You are logged in or not
- Tehama specific cookies – to indicate where within the app demo the user is in
In addition to the cookies that Tehama needs to provide You with services, there may be other cookies that we enable and that, while not essential, help us to provide You with a better experience. For example, we currently use Google Analytics cookies to track Your browsing behaviours on our websites.
Learn More about Managing Cookies
You have many choices to manage cookies on Your computer. All major browsers allow You to block or delete cookies from Your system. It is important that You understand that if You choose to block cookies, You may not be able to use certain services or features of a service, including logging into Your account.
- From Third Parties
Tehama may obtain information about You from third parties, for example:
- Third parties who are authorized by You, at the time of registering at an event or otherwise, to share Your information with Tehama;
- Services providers we use in order to provide You with the Service, as for example, our invoicing and payment processing service provider;
- Publicly available sources.
Any personal information collected from third parties is treated by Tehama in accordance with this privacy policy, along with any additional restrictions imposed on us by the third party. However, the third party’s own use of Your personal information will be governed by Your own agreement(s) with the third party if the third party is not a Tehama service provider.
How Personal Information is Used
Tehama may process Your personal information to: (a) provide, improve or develop the requested services to fulfil our contractual obligations with You or Your employer to complete a transaction; (b) send communications to You, including commercial electronic messages and promotional communications; and (c) comply with legal requirements.
Learn More about How We Use Your Personal Information
Providing, Improving and Developing the Tehama Service
We use data to provide and improve the services we offer, as well as to develop new products or services or to provide customer support. For example, we use Your personal information to:
- Activate Your account, send You invoices, and provide You with technical support;
- Understand and meet preferences;
- Add new features to our existing services or products;
- Send You notices on upgrades and updates;
- Deactivate Your account when Your relationship with Tehama ends;
- Use Your personal data to detect and prevent fraud;
- Authenticate Your identity when You log in to Your account or when You request information that should only be provided to You; and
- Protect the security of our systems, services and clients, as well as to protect our rights, safety and property, and those of our affiliates, You or others, so that we can pursue available remedies or limit damages that we may sustain
Sending Communications to You
We use Your personal information to communicate with You; for example:
- To fulfill or enforce applicable notices;
- To respond to Your inquiries;
- To send You communications relating to services, promotions or events
Complying with Legal Requirements
We may need to use Your personal information to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and legal processes, including, for example, responding to lawful requests from public and government authorities and court orders.
Sharing and Disclosure to Third Parties
We share Your information with third parties with Your consent or as necessary to complete a transaction or provide You with a service that You have requested, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.
When we have asked for Your consent to share Your personal information with third parties, we will only use it and share it in accordance with the consent You gave us. In most instances, the grounds for us to share Your personal data is the necessity we have to complete a transaction or provide You with a service You requested or otherwise fulfill the purpose of our business relationship. For example, we may share Your personal information within Tehama or with service providers we use to manage our business operations (such as cloud service providers). These third parties do not use Your personal information or have access to it for any purpose other than for cloud storage and retrieval or to provide the services Tehama has contracted from them in connection with Tehama’s business operations.
Tehama may also share information in a manner consistent with this privacy policy with third parties involved in providing Tehama services to You, as for example payment processors and subcontractors. When we share Your personal information with third parties, we make sure that those third parties have effective controls to protect the privacy of Your personal information.
We also may share Your information with third parties for other purposes:
- The detection or prevention of fraud;
- Protecting Tehama property and enforcing Tehama rights under our services agreements;
- The provision of professional advice Tehama may need from financial, insurance, legal, accounting and other advisors, always under confidentiality terms; and
- Responding to lawful requests, such as to respond to subpoenas, warrants, court orders, or other related legal requests or proceedings
Tehama will only retain Your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purposes, or for a period specifically required by applicable laws. When no longer required, Tehama will take steps to have the information deleted, destroyed, erased, aggregated or made anonymous.
Your Rights, Choices and Consent
Your Rights and How to Exercise Them
This privacy policy is intended to give You information about the personal information we collect from You and how we use it. When You provide personal information, the law recognizes certain rights that You may exercise with respect to that information.
- The detection or prevention of fraud;
- Protecting Tehama property and enforcing Tehama rights under our services agreements;
- The provision of professional advice Tehama may need from financial, insurance, legal, accounting and other advisors, always under confidentiality terms; and
- Responding to lawful requests, such as to respond to subpoenas, warrants, court orders, or other related legal requests or proceedings
Learn More about Your Rights and How to Exercise Them
In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) is the law that governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we collect. PIPEDA requires that we only collect personal information with Your consent, and only collect the amount of information that is essential to the business transaction. If Tehama asks You for personal information, You have the right to know why we need it and how we are going to use it. You have the right to access the personal information Tehama holds about You, and You also have the right to expect that we keep Your personal information accurate, complete and up-to-date. This means You have the right to see it and ask for corrections if we don’t have it right. You have the right to expect that Your personal information will be protected by Tehama using appropriate security safeguards. This privacy policy should be understandable to You, and if You require any clarifications, You have the right to ask for them and obtain a satisfactory response. Finally, if You have a complaint, You have the right to present it to Tehama. If You think Tehama is not in compliance with PIPEDA You may opt to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner Office.
It is important that You know that PIPEDA does not apply to an employee’s name, title, business address, telephone number and email address, which Tehama collects, uses and discloses solely for the purposes of communicating with You in the course of our business relationship with You. For more information about Your rights and responsibilities with respect to Your privacy, visit https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/publications/guide_ind/.
Other jurisdictions, such as the European Union, grant to EU residents, in addition to the rights mentioned above, additional rights with respect to personal information. These other rights include the right to get Your personal information erased (right to be forgotten); the right to restrict the processing of Your personal information; the right to obtain and reuse Your personal information for Your own purposes across different services; the right to object to our processing of Your personal information based on certain legal basis, or for direct marketing or for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics; and the right not to be the subject of a decision that is based solely on automated means. The law does not make these rights absolute and the law also determines the exceptions that apply or the circumstances where the exercise of Your rights has limitations.
Tehama will respond to any questions, requests or concerns You may have within the timeframe provided by applicable law following receipt of Your written request at [email protected] or at our mailing address. If there are any exceptions that apply, we will inform You about them.
Your Choices
You have choices about the information that is collected about them. You can refuse to provide Tehama with Your personal data; however, there is a minimum amount of personal information needed so that You can complete any specific transaction, access any particular area of the site, register a user account and/or access certain features of our services. If You choose not to provide the minimum personal information required, You may not be able to register an account or use the applicable service. In some cases, other optional information is requested, which You may elect to provide for a more personalized experience.
Learn More about Your Choices
You can view, edit or delete Your personal data online for some of Tehama products. You can also make choices about the information we collect from You. You can always choose whether You wish to receive marketing or promotional messages from Tehama (commercial electronic messages) by using the unsubscribe mechanism made available to You in the message or by otherwise contacting the Privacy Office.
Your Consent
Where the law requires that we obtain explicit consent from You to collect and use Your personal information (as for example when we want to send You marketing emails), we will not collect Your personal data unless You give us Your consent. In most cases, however, the reason for us to collect and use Your personal information is our need to fulfil our contractual obligations with You or Your employer or to complete a transaction or provide You with information or services You have requested.
To withdraw Your consent from receiving marketing emails or other commercial electronic messages from Tehama, You may use the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the relevant email or contact us using the contact information provided above.
Security of Your Personal Information
Tehama has implemented and maintains administrative, technical, and physical security measures for the safeguard of Your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, loss, theft or disclosure. These measures include computer safeguards, as well as secured files and buildings.
Learn More about How We Keep Your Information Secure
We store Your personal information on computer systems that have limited access and are located in secure facilities. In the event we share information with third party service providers, we restrict the ability of such parties to use or disclose the information we furnish. We also require such parties to apply appropriate security measures to protect information.
We use reasonable measures to strive to safeguard and secure the personal information we collect. Transfers of personal information over the internet are done using encryption technologies. Any transmission of personal information by You to Tehama is at Your own risk. Technology such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Shell (SSH) is used to enhance security and reduce risk of loss. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to Your personal information to those personnel who need to know that information to provide services to You. In addition, we train our personnel about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of Your information.
You also have an obligation to safeguard Your personal information. Our security practices, processes and technology do not guarantee absolute security of Your information and You can reduce the risk of unauthorized access to Your personal information by using common sense security practices.
Learn More about Best Practices for Security of Your Information
Some security best practices include, but are not limited to:
- control access to Your computer systems;
- create a strong password;
- use different passwords for different services;
- use up-to-date antivirus software;
- keep passwords confidential (no sharing);
- close browsers;
- avoid using public networks (e.g., internet cafes, etc.)
Just as Tehama does with its personnel, employees of the Organizations are advised to treat any personal Information with care.
We use reasonable measures to strive to safeguard and secure the personal information we collect. Transfers of personal information over the internet are done using encryption technologies. Any transmission of personal information by You to Tehama is at Your own risk. Technology such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Shell (SSH) is used to enhance security and reduce risk of loss. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to Your personal information to those personnel who need to know that information to provide services to You. In addition, we train our personnel about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of Your information.
International Operations and Onward Transfers
Tehama is a Canadian company with international operations. All of Tehama operations and onward transfers are subject to this privacy policy. Tehama complies with PIPEDA, which has been recognized by the European Commission as legislation that offers adequate protection to personal information. You can learn more about the adequacy decisions by the European Commission by visiting https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/adequacy-protection-personal-data-non-eu-countries_en.
To be able to provide and support the functioning of our services, Your personal information may be collected, used, processed, transferred or stored by or on behalf of Tehama in multiple jurisdictions, including countries that may be outside of the region where You are located.
When we process Your personal information we take steps to make sure that the processing complies with this privacy policy. If You are a resident of the European Economic Area and You provide us Your personal information, we many need to transfer it for storage or other necessary processing activity outside of Your country of residence. When we do so, we use different mechanisms permitted by law, including contracts with third party service providers, to make sure Your personal information is protected in accordance with this privacy policy and the EU data protection legislation.
Parents and Children
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. We will cancel the registration of any user account initiated by a child upon becoming aware of any such registration. Parents have the right to terminate the registration of a child under 16. Please contact Tehama at [email protected] to instruct such termination.
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NOTICE: This document contains information and other content that is confidential and proprietary to Tehama Technologies Inc. or its affiliates or licensors and may be protected under the law of copyright, patent, or trade secret in Canada, the United States, and other jurisdictions. This document is provided for the internal business use only. No part of this document may be modified, reproduced, distributed or disclosed in any form to any third party without written permission of Tehama Technologies Inc.
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