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1. Covered services

The platform presents and administers La Brigade des Lauriers, profiles, businesses, categories, and applications. A submission must be accurate, relevant, and authorized. Submission does not guarantee selection, publication, or recognition. The Brigade may correct, reject, remove, or request completion of content that does not meet applicable criteria.

2. Acceptable use

You must not disrupt the services, attempt unauthorized access, bypass a security measure, transmit unlawful or malicious content, impersonate another person, or use the platform in a way that could harm its users or providers.

3. Accounts and permissions

You are responsible for keeping credentials confidential and for activity through your account. Provide accurate information, promptly report suspicious access, and use only the functions and data required for your role. Access may be suspended to protect systems or meet an obligation.

4. Content and intellectual property

You retain rights in content you provide and grant the permissions needed to process it for the requested service. You must hold the required rights. Platform interfaces, trademarks, and content remain protected and may not be exploited without authorization.

5. Availability, automation, and third parties

Services, alerts, integrations, and automated results may be delayed, interrupted, or incomplete. Important decisions must be reviewed by a person. Third-party services remain subject to their own terms and practices.

6. Liability

We seek to provide reliable services without guaranteeing absolute availability or accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, Les Lauriers de la Gastronomie Québécoise is not responsible for damage caused by use contrary to these terms, incorrect data provided by a user, or an external service outside its control.

7. Privacy and changes

Personal information processing is described in the privacy policy. These terms may be updated as services or requirements evolve. The version shown above is the version in effect.

8. Governing law

These terms are governed by the applicable laws of Quebec and Canada. An invalid provision is severed only to the extent necessary without invalidating the remaining provisions.

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1. Information collected

We limit collection to information that is needed: contact details and messages you submit, account and usage data, files you provide, and technical data such as IP address, browser, device, date, and time.

2. Use

Information is used to respond to requests, provide and improve services, manage accounts and permissions, maintain security, diagnose issues, keep necessary records, and meet applicable obligations.

3. Applications and profiles

The platform may process contact details, profiles, biographies, photographs, links, categories, organizations, and files submitted for an application or Brigade administration. Anyone submitting another person’s information must be authorized to do so. Administrative access is restricted to people whose role requires the information.

4. Cookies and external services

The website may use essential cookies and hosting, email, security, analytics, or integration providers. We do not sell or rent personal information and limit disclosure to what is needed for a provider’s mandate or required by law.

5. Retention and security

We apply reasonable safeguards based on the sensitivity of the information. It is kept only as long as needed for the stated purposes and applicable obligations, then securely destroyed or anonymized where permitted. No system can guarantee absolute security.

6. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may request access to or correction of your information, withdraw consent, or ask how it is processed. Use the contact details below to submit a request or complaint.

7. Changes

This policy may change as practices, systems, or applicable requirements evolve. The date and version shown above identify the policy currently in effect.

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