Last Updated: April 17, 2025

Privacy Policy

This is the privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") that governs how 9476-5989 Québec inc. and our affiliated companies ("TheCards.shop", "we", "our" or "us"), use Personal Data (defined below) that we collect, receive and store about you in connection with your use of our website: https://www.thecards.shop/ and any other website or application that we operate (each, together with its sub-domains, content and services, a "Site").

You may choose whether or not to provide or disclose Personal Data in connection with your use of our Site. If you choose not to provide the Personal Data we request, you may still visit and use parts of our Site, but may be unable to access or use certain features, options, programs, and services. Our Site may contain links to third-party websites and services that are not owned or controlled by TheCards.shop. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third party websites, services and advertisements, and you visit them at your own risk.

1. Introduction

We are committed to respecting privacy and recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of any Personal Data that is shared with us as part of using our Site. As used in this Privacy Policy, "Personal Data" means any information that may be used, either alone or in combination with other information, to personally identify an individual.

2. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by reviewing the "Last Updated" legend on the top of this page. We may provide you with notice of material changes to the Privacy Policy as appropriate under the circumstances. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ANY CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY WILL APPLY IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING TO OUR SITE.

3. Personal Data Collected

3.1 Personal Data You Provide To Us On Our Site

a) Types of Personal Data

We and our service providers collect the Personal Data set forth below in order to provide our Site to you, or because we are legally required to do so. If you do not provide the Personal Data we request, we may not be able to provide you with our Site. The Personal Data we and our service providers collect includes but is not limited to:

  • Your name
  • Email Address
  • Address
  • Company name
  • Job title
  • Phone
  • Communications you send to us

b) When Personal Data is Collected

You may be required to provide us with certain information that may constitute Personal Data in the following ways:

CONTACT INFORMATION

In various areas of our Site and in printed materials, we provide you the opportunity to submit a form with basic contact information, such as your name, email, or mailing address. With your permission, TheCards.shop uses such information to inform you of new products, technical information and services, and upcoming events that may be of interest. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, the opt-out process is described in Section 7.2 of this Privacy Policy.

In addition, if you choose, you may participate in a TheCards.shop e-mail list server by subscribing within our Site or by contacting TheCards.shop staff directly. You may unsubscribe from these e-mail list servers by following the unsubscribe instructions found within the list email.

ACCOUNT CREATION

When you create an account on our Site we may collect your name and email address.

INFORMATION PROVIDED WHEN YOU PLACE AN ORDER

When you place an order with TheCards.shop we may collect your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.

PAYMENT INFORMATION

When you purchase services or products from us, third-party service providers acting on our behalf process payment information, including payment card details and billing and shipping addresses, to help us fulfill your orders. Any Personal Data collected by such third parties will be subject to the third parties' privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH VARIOUS FORMS

We and our service providers may collect Personal Data in a variety of ways, including: (i) through use of our Site, e.g., when you sign up for a newsletter or make a purchase; (ii) offline, such as when you attend one of our conventions or contact customer service.

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

Certain information on our Site is collected automatically by means of various software tools. We have a legitimate interest in using such information to assist in log-in, systems administration purposes, information security and abuse prevention, to track user trends, and to analyze the effectiveness of our Site. Alone or in combination with other information, such automatically collected information may constitute Personal Data. Some of our service providers (described in Section 5, below) may use cookies or other methods to gather information regarding your use of our Site. Such third parties may use these cookies or other tracking methods for their own purposes by relating information about your use of our Site with any Personal Data about you that they may have. The use of such information by a third party depends on the privacy policy of that third party.

a) Log Files On Our Site

The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ("IP") addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, clicked pages and any other information your browser may send to us.

b) Other Tracking Technologies

When you visit our Site, we may collect your IP address for certain purposes such as, for example, to monitor the regions from which you navigate our Site. We may also use web beacons alone to compile information about your usage of our Site and interaction with emails from us. Web beacons are clear electronic images that can recognize certain types of information on your computer, such as cookies, when you viewed a particular site tied to the web beacon. For example, we may place web beacons in marketing emails that notify us when you click on a link in the email that directs you to our Site. We may use web beacons to operate and improve our Site and email communications.

c) Analytics Software Tools

We use Google Analytics on our Site to help us analyze the traffic on our Site. For more information on Google Analytics' processing of Personal Data, please see http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. By using a browser plugin http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin/ provided by Google, you can opt out of Google Analytics.

4. The Purposes For Which We Use Personal Data

If you submit or we collect Personal Data through our Site, then such Personal Data may be used in the following ways: (i) to provide, analyze, administer, and improve our Site and services, (ii) to provide information regarding products that you would like to purchase and to facilitate order fulfillment for those products you have purchased, (iii) to contact you in connection with our Site and certain services, notifications, events, programs or offerings that you may have registered for, (iv) to send you updates and promotional materials that you have registered for, (v) to identify and authenticate your access to the parts of our Site and services that you are authorized to access; (vi) for recruiting and human resources administration purposes, and (vii) to protect our rights and/or our property and to ensure the technical functionality and security of our Site.

5. How We Disclose Personal Data

We do not sell, lease, rent or otherwise disclose the Personal Data collected from our Site to third parties unless otherwise stated below or with your consent.

5.1 Our Third Party Providers

We transfer Personal Data to our third party service providers to perform tasks on our behalf and to assist us in providing our Site, as more fully described in Section 3.2. We use commercially reasonable efforts to only engage or interact with third party service providers and partners that post a privacy policy governing their processing of Personal Data.

5.2 In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Change of Control

We may transfer or assign this Privacy Policy and any Personal Data to a third party entity that acquires or is merged with us as part of a merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control.

5.3 Other Disclosures

We may disclose Personal Data about you if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our terms of use, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud or security issues; or (iv) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of TheCards.shop, our users, or the public.

6. Retention of Personal Data

We reserve the right to retain any Personal Data as long as the Personal Data are needed to: (i) fulfill the purposes that are described in Section 4 (The Purposes For Which We Use Personal Data), and (ii) comply with applicable law.

7. Your Rights

7.1 Personal Data

If you have an account on our Site, to the extent we are legally required, we provide access to / and the ability to edit or delete certain categories of Personal Data through the account.

If you would like to access, amend, erase, export (i.e., data portability), or object to or restrict the processing of Personal Data collected via our Site, you may submit a request to admin@thecards.shop or write to us at:

TheCards.shop

PO Box 22

Sainte-Marthe-Sur-Le-Lac, QC

J0N 1P0

Canada

We will promptly review all such requests in accordance with applicable laws.

Depending on where you live, you may have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority or other regulatory agency if you believe that we have violated any of the rights concerning Personal Data about you. We encourage you to first reach out to us at admin@thecards.shop so we have an opportunity to address your concerns directly before you do so.

7.2 Opting-Out of Promotional Emails

You may choose not to receive future promotional or advertising emails from us by selecting an unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email that you receive from us, or by responding to the emails directly and requesting removal if such a link is not available. Additionally, you may send a request specifying your communications preferences to admin@thecards.shop.

Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account with us or our services. Please note that even if you opt out of receiving the foregoing emails, we may still send you a response to any "Contact Us" request as well as administrative, maintenance and operational emails (for example, in connection with a password reset request).

8. Data Security

The security of Personal Data is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Data submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Contacting Us

Any comments, concerns, complaints, or questions regarding our Privacy Policy may be addressed to admin@thecards.shop.

Appendix 1

Exhibit A. Third Party Service Providers