Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the Personal Information (defined below) that 4037201 Canada Inc. and its affiliates (“R&D Partners“, “us” or “we“) collects related to the rdpartners.com website (the “Site“) and related funding research and consulting services (the “Services“), how we use and protect this information and the circumstances under which we may disclose this information.

We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidential information of its users. As such, this Privacy Policy may be changed from time to time in order to better meet user needs. You should periodically check the Site for updates to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Site following any changes constitutes your acceptance of these changes.

Collection of Personal Information

Personal Information means information about an identifiable individual, as more particularly described under applicable privacy legislation (“Personal Information“).

R&D Partners collects the Personal Information that you provide to us when you use the Site and the Services. The Personal Information R&D Partners collects may include your name, mailing address, email address and phone number. R&D Partners may also collect Personal Information about you with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

Use of Personal Information

We generally use Personal Information we collect in relation to the Site and the Services for the following purposes:

• providing funding research and consulting services, either directly or through third parties;
• promoting the funding research and consulting services;
• replying to your comments, questions and inquiries;
• meeting certain legal requirements; and
• for other purposes, with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

We may also use the Personal Information we obtain to provide you with company information, such as email notifications, newsletter subscriptions or other information which may be of interest to you. You may opt out of this use of your Personal Information by contacting us by email at: jma@rdpartners.com.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose Personal Information in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers and Consultants. R&D Partners may transfer Personal Information to its service providers or consultants that perform services on our behalf. These service providers and third parties will be subject to their own data protection requirements providing the same or greater level of security provided by R&D Partners. Some of these service providers, consultants or affiliates may be located outside of Canada, including in the United States and in other foreign countries, and your personal information may be collected, used, disclosed, stored and processed in the United States or elsewhere outside of Canada for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and be subject to legal requirements in Canada, the United States and other foreign countries applicable to our agents, service providers and consultants, for example lawful requirements to disclose personal information to government authorities in those countries. You may obtain information on our policies with respect to the use of foreign service providers or consultants by writing to us at 1117 Sainte-Catherine O., Suite 610, Montreal, Quebec H3B 1H9.
• Business Transactions. Personal Information may be used by R&D Partners and disclosed to parties in relation to a proposed or actual financing, securitization, insuring, sale, assignment or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets, for the purposes of evaluating and/or performing the proposed transaction. Assignees or successors of R&D Partners or our business or assets may use and disclose your Personal Information for similar purposes as those described in this Privacy Policy.
• Legal and Regulatory Requirements. R&D Partners may disclose your Personal Information as required to meet certain legal requirements.

R&D Partners will not otherwise disclose your Personal Information to any other third party without your written consent.

Third Party Websites

The Site may contain links or references to third party websites. R&D Partners content related to the Site or the Services, including but not limited to the funding finder, may also be made directly available on third party websites. Please be aware that these third party websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy and that your Personal Information may not be protected on such third party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies applicable to every website you visit.

Security

We take proactive steps to ensure the protection of the personal and confidential information in our custody and control, including keeping our servers up-to-date and our internal data security high. However, you should be aware that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. You should therefore take care in deciding what information you send us via email.

Access and Correction

R&D Partners may maintain a file of your Personal Information subject to this Privacy Policy, accessible only to authorized employees and agents of R&D Partners and our service providers who require access to your Personal Information for the purposes of performing their duties. Such files will be kept at our offices or on our servers or those of our service providers. To the extent provided by applicable law, you may request access to Personal Information, and the correction of such information, by writing to us at 1117 Sainte-Catherine O., Suite 610, Montreal, Quebec H3B 1H9. Similarly, if you believe that Personal Information we maintain about you is inaccurate, to the extent provided by applicable law, you may have the right to request that we correct or amend the information by writing us at the aforementioned address. To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity and/or may ask you to provide other details before granting you access to the information. We will store your Personal Information until you withdraw your consent for us to do so. All other data as specified above will be retained for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it.

Google User Data

If you choose to use or connect to third-party integrations (e.g. Google Calendar through R&D Partners), such third parties may allow us to have access to and store additional information about your interaction with those services as it relates to your use of R&D Partners.

Access

By enabling these connections, you authorize us to connect and access the information provided through these connections, and you understand that the privacy policies of these third parties govern such connections.

Storage

R&D Partners will keep personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil their contractual obligations towards the user. Personal data will be deleted or anonymized as soon as possible after the termination of the users’s account, unless it must be stored in order for R&D Partners to fulfil obligations in statutory law.

Usage

R&D Partners uses the information to pre-fill timesheets for the users, as graphically shown here.

Sharing

The data collected through third-party integrations are never shared to any other third-party or entity.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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