Metalus is committed to protecting information from users of its website that is collected, used and disclosed where appropriate, in accordance with the requirements of applicable regulations.

Being responsible for the personal information it controls, whether obtained directly or indirectly from customers or third parties, Metalus undertakes by this policy to ensure the confidential and secure treatment of your personal information. This policy outlines, in general terms, the life cycle terms of the information we collect about you while you are browsing this website.

SCOPE
This policy only applies to the use of this site.

EXTERNAL LINKS
This site offers links to other websites. We advise you to read the privacy policy that applies to the websites you visit since information exchanged by intermediaries that we do not control is not subject to this policy.

INFORMATION TRANSMITTED AUTOMATICALLY FROM ACCESS TO OUR WEBSITE

Once you access our website, an exchange of information between your computer and our server takes place without the need for any intervention on your part. Without being identified personally, we bring to your attention that the information exchanged concerns:

  • The Internet domain name
  • Browser type or operating system
  • The date and time you access the site
  • The visited pages

This exchange of information is necessary for statistical purposes, in order to know the computer technology used by our users, the country of origin of our Internet users as well as to count the number of visitors. Please refer to the sections below to learn more about the data automatically transmitted between computers.

USE OF INDICATORS “COOKIES” AND FOLLOW-UP TECHNOLOGY
A cookie is an information file that is placed on your browser by a server when you visit a website. The latter can be retrieved by this server during subsequent visits. Cookies can only be read by the website that transmits them to your computer. These inform us of the computer devices that you use as well as your interactions in our Web world. They are used to facilitate browsing on the pages of this site, to measure our performance, as well as to compile statistical data.

At any time, the user can set his/her browser to block the cookies. However, the user should be aware that this action may deprive him/her of certain features available on the site.

The types of cookies used are generally classified into four classes:

  • Strictly necessary cookies:
    They are useful for the website to function normally and they cannot be disabled.
  • Performance indicators:
    These allow you to count visits and sources of traffic on our site. If they are disabled, we will not know when you visited our site.
  • Feature cookies:
    If disabled, features will not be optimal or will fail.

Targeting cookies:
These are used to gather information about your activities on our website and other sites in order to profile your interests. By disabling them, you are taking away our targeted advertising on other websites.

We also use log files to store, through a server, each of the requests that were sent to said server to measure the volume of transactions, all in order to improve our website and customize its content.

PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
When you subscribe to our services voluntarily, or subscribe to our newsletter, the personal information we collect about you includes:

  • Your first and last name
  • Your address and personal contact information
  • Your email address
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Any information provided on a voluntary basis

USE OF COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personnal information we collect is strictly used for job application purposes. In addition, if you choose to send us personal information by email, we will only use the information required to respond to your request.

COMMUNICATION

At no time will the information collected about you be made public or sold

DATA SECURITY

In order to avoid the risk of security incidents related to the various data collected on our website, we have implemented internal measures to ensure the security of information. We protect personal information in our records and records management system against loss, misuse, unauthorized access and tampering using secure facilities, password protection practices and standard security tools and well-defined internal policies and practices. In the event of a security breach, we will do our best to limit any potential harm.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Clients and users of this website who wish to consult their personal information contained in our files may apply to the following address for access: info@metalus.qc.ca and contact our Privacy Officer.