Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions

The following policies and terms and conditions of use (the “Terms”) govern your use and access to the website of Serein Properties Corp. (the “Company” or “We”) and [sereinproperties.com] (the “Website”). We will only use your personal information in accordance with these Terms unless otherwise required by applicable law. We take steps to ensure that the personal information that we collect about you is adequate, relevant, not excessive, and used for limited purposes. Privacy laws in Canada generally define “personal information” as any information about an identifiable individual, which includes information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person. Personal information may also include business contact information, including your name, title, or business contact information, if such information is provided to us.

These Terms apply to information we collect, use, or disclose about you:

  • On this Website.
  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
  • When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

The Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, services or applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow the third party to collect or share data about you. If you follow a link to a third-party website or engage a third-party plugin, please note that these third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We do not control these third-party websites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

These Terms DO NOT apply to information that:

  • we collect offline or through any other means, including on any other Company or thirdparty website (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
  • are collected by any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read these Terms carefully to understand our policies and practices for collecting, processing, and storing your information. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you indicate that you understand, accept, and consent to these terms and the practices described in this policy. These Terms may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes indicates that you accept and consent to those changes, so please check this policy periodically for updates.

TRADEMARKS, LOGOS AND BRANDING

The trademarks, logos, signs, symbols, images and brands (the “Marks”) displayed on the Website are the property of the Company, and our other partners or service providers where named. You are prohibited from using any Marks for any purpose including, but not limited to, use as metatags on other pages or sites on the Internet without the written permission of the Company or such third party which may own the Marks, which permission may be withheld in the sole discretion of the owner of the relevant Marks. All content available on or through the Website is protected by intellectual property laws. You are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any content for commercial purposes.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

We collect and use several types of information from and about you, including:

  • Personal information, that we can reasonably use to directly or indirectly identify you, such as your name and e-mail address and any other identifier we may use to contact you (“personal information”).

    We provide an opportunity for any user to unsubscribe from our direct e-mail marketing or opt-out of contact for marketing purposes on an ongoing basis by using the unsubscribe mechanism at the bottom of our e-mails, or e-mailing to info@sereinproperties.com.

  • Non-personal information, that does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity or directly relate to an identifiable individual, such as demographic information, or statistical or aggregated information. Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but we may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data from personal information. For example, we may aggregate personal information to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature.
  • Technical information, including your browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, or information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
  • Non-personal details about your Website interactions, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), clickstream to, through and from our Website (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, or any phone number used to call our customer service number.

HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

We use different methods to collect your information, including through:

  • Direct interactions with you when you provide it to us, for example, by filling in forms or corresponding with us by phone, email, or otherwise.
  • Automated technologies or interactions, as you navigate through our Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
  • Third parties or publicly available sources, for example, our business partners.
Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect directly from you on or through our Website may include:

  • information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our service, posting material, and/or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with our Website;
  • records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us;
  • your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes; or
  • your search queries on the Website.
Information We Collect Through Cookies and Other Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use cookies or other automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website; and
  • information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

We may also use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).

The information we collect automatically is statistical information and may include personal information and we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways, that you provide to us, or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
  • store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests;
  • speed up your searches; or
  • recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings that are used for browser cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, and third party companies, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or who have opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • to present our Website and its contents to you;
  • to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us; • to fulfill the purposes for which you provided the information or that were described when it was collected, or any other purpose for which you provide it;
  • to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts with you, including for billing and collection or to comply with legal requirements;
  • to notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it;
  • to improve our Website, products or services, marketing, or customer relationships and experiences;
  • to measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you;
  • in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; or
  • for any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own goods and services that may be of interest to you, as permitted by law. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please use the unsubscribe mechanism at the bottom of our e-mails or e-mail us at [info@sereinproperties.com].

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
  • in accordance with applicable law, to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about our customers and users is among the assets transferred;
  • to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist us with Website improvement and optimization) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy;
  • to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; or
  • for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information. We may also disclose your personal information:
  • to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, in accordance with applicable law; or
  • if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others, including, without limitation, exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may transfer personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist us with Website improvement and optimization) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy.

We may process, store, and transfer your personal information in and to a foreign country, with different privacy laws that may or may not be as comprehensive as Canadian law. In these circumstances, the governments, courts, law enforcement, or regulatory agencies of that country may be able to obtain access to your personal information through the laws of the foreign country.

By submitting your personal information or engaging with the Website, you consent to this transfer, storage, or processing.

CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may not be accessible or may not function properly.
  • Promotional Offers from the Company. If you have opted in to receive certain emails from us but no longer wish to have your email address/contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to info@sereinproperties.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe link we have included in the email. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to the Company as part of a purchase or other transactions.

DATA SECURITY

The security of your personal information is very important to us. We use physical, electronic, and administrative measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

DATA RETENTION

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Under some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you. We reserve the right to use such anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent.

ACCESS BY CHILDREN

You must be at the age of the majority before you can use the Website. By using the Website, you warrant that you are at least the age of majority in the region where you are accessing the Website and you are legally capable of adhering to these Terms. The Company assumes no responsibility for liabilities related to age misrepresentation. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@sereinproperties.com.

ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes. By law you have the right to request access to and to correct the personal information that we hold about you.

If you want to review, verify, correct, or withdraw consent to the use of your personal information you may also send us an email at info@sereinproperties.com to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and your right to access, and to provide you with the personal information that we hold about you or make your requested changes. Applicable law may allow or require us to refuse to provide you with access to some or all of the personal information that we hold about you, or we may have destroyed, erased, or made your personal information anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices. If we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

We will provide access to your personal information, subject to exceptions set out in applicable privacy legislation. Examples of such exceptions include:

  • information protected by solicitor-client privilege;
  • information that is part of a formal dispute resolution process;
  • information that is about another individual that would reveal their personal information or confidential commercial information; or
  • information that is prohibitively expensive to provide.

WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT

Where you have provided your consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information, you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, contact us at info@sereinproperties.com. Please note that if you withdraw your consent we may not be able to provide you with a particular product or service. We will explain the impact to you at the time to help you with your decision.

CHANGES TO OUR POLICY

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our policy on this page with a notice that the policy has been updated on the Website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice via the e-mail address on file for you or through a notice on the Website home page. We include the date the privacy policy was last revised at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS AND TERMINATION

You understand and accept that the Company can, in its sole discretion and without prior notice to you, suspend or revoke your ability to access the Website, or any portions thereof for any reason including, without limitation:

  1. if you fail to comply with any of the terms in these Terms and/or agreements in place with the Company;
  2. as a security measure;
  3. in response to requests by law enforcement or any other government agencies;
  4. for operational reasons. i.e. including, but not limited to, the use of scripts, web crawlers or screen scrapers; or
  5. for administrative reasons.

In addition to the foregoing, the Company reserves the right to pursue all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these policies and terms. You acknowledge and agree that monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for any violation of these policies and terms by you and, without limiting any of the Company’s other remedies, you hereby consent to, and authorize the Company to obtain, an injunction or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction without the necessity of having to post any bond or other form of security.

These policies and terms, as amended from time to time by the Company, shall remain effective until terminated by you or the Company. Upon termination of these policies and terms for any reason, you must cease accessing the Website.

NO WARRANTIES

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, THE WEBSITE, SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE INCLUDING LINKED SITES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY, SUITABILITY OR ACCURACY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR CONTENT ARE SUITABLE FOR OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ARE FREE OF DEFECTS, THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SITE WILL BE FREE FROM INTERRUPTION OR ERROR-FREE, AND THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ERRORS OR DEFECTS IN THE SITE, SERVICES OR CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED. FURTHER, THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, PROVIDE ANY CONDITIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS, OR ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY ANY THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, OR ANY LINKED SITE, INCLUDING ANY THIRD-PARTY ACTIVITIES, AND THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE A PARTY TO ANY TRANSACTION THAT YOU MAY ENTER INTO WITH ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY LINKED SITE OR OTHERWISE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR USE OF THE SITE

You expressly agree that the Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries and any of its trustees, employees, contractors or agents will not be liable, whether under statute or in contract, tort, strict liability, equity or under any other legal theory, for any personal injury, personal property damage, breach of privacy, loss, accident or death, for any third-party claims, direct, indirect, punitive, consequential, incidental or special loss or damages (including, without limitation, any lost profits, damages that result from inconvenience, business interruption or delay or loss of use of any information or data of the Website; the replacement cost of personal property; the cost of procuring substitute service or lost opportunity; reputational loss; or data corruption or data loss) arising out of or in connection with the use of or access to, or any inconvenience, delay or loss of use of or access to, the Website, content or a linked website, howsoever arising including but not limited to negligence, even if the Company is made aware of the possibility of such injury, loss, accident, death or damages.

This limitation of liability includes, but is not limited to, a hacking, malware or ransomware event involving the Website, the transmission of any viruses, malware, or malicious app which may infect a user’s equipment or devices, failure of the Website to be compatible with a user’s hardware or application, failure of mechanical or electronic equipment or communication or interconnect lines or fibre, or other connectivity problems, unauthorized access or unauthorized disclosure of personal information or other data, theft, loss of data, operator errors, strikes or other labour problems or any force majeure event. The Company cannot and do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted, error free or secure access to the Website.

DISCLAIMERS

Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the Company disclaims all liability for any claim in relation to:

  1. any illegal or fraudulent use of the Website;
  2. the conduct of any user of the Website. By using the Website, you agree to accept such risks and agree that the Company is not responsible for the acts or omissions of other users of the Website; or
  3. the use of any personal information that a user discloses to other users on or as a result of using the Website.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify, defend and save harmless the Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries and its respective trustees, employees, contractors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, actions, and causes of action brought against, and all expenses and costs (including legal expenses on a full indemnity basis and any other fees and expenses incurred for investigating and defending any action or threatened action, as well as settlement costs), or damages of every nature and kind whatsoever, which any of the Indemnified Parties may suffer or incur arising from or in connection with: (a) your use or misuse of the Website, Content or Linked Websites; (b) your participation as a recipient of services facilitated through the Website; (c) any negligence or wilful misconduct by you; (d) your breach or alleged breach of these Terms; (e) your violation or alleged violation of any applicable laws; and (f) your infringement or violation of any intellectual property rights or other right of a third party.

Without derogating from or excusing your obligations under the indemnity provision above, we reserve the right (at your expense), but are not under any obligation, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter which is subject to indemnification by you even if you choose to defend or settle it. You agree not to settle any matter that is subject to indemnification by you without first obtaining our express prior approval.

FORCE MAJEURE

The Company will not be liable for, or be considered to be in breach of or default under these Terms on account of, any delay or failure to perform as required by these Terms as a result of events beyond the reasonable control of the Company, including without limiting the foregoing where the delay or failure is due to fires or fire related hazards, explosions, power outages or interruptions, brownouts, internet service provider failure or delay, cyberattacks, earthquakes, floods, spills, pandemics, epidemics, acts of God, war or acts of war, acts of terrorism, riots, strikes, lockouts or other labour or contractor actions, acts of public authorities, or delays or defaults caused by common carriers, or other similar events which cannot reasonably be foreseen or provided against.

GENERAL

  1. The failure of the Company to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
  2. If any provision of these Terms shall be held to be unenforceable or invalid, such holding shall not in any way affect the enforceability or validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms.
  3. These Terms enure to the benefit of and are binding on you, your heirs and your legal personal representatives and on the Company’s respective successors and assigns. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without the Company’s prior consent. The Company may assign or transfer these Terms or any of its rights or obligations under these Terms without your consent.

CONTACT INFORMATION AND CHALLENGING COMPLIANCE

We welcome your questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy and our privacy practices. Please contact us at:

info@sereinproperties.com

and/or via Contact page on our Website at: sereinproperties.com

We have procedures in place to receive and respond to complaints or inquiries about our handling of personal information, our compliance with this policy, and with applicable privacy laws. To discuss our compliance with this policy please contact us using the contact information listed above.