Privacy policy

Who we are

Kearns Technology Inc. (KTI, we, us) is a technology company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, delivering services in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. KTI is responsible for the personal information collected through this website. Address: 1655 Dupont St, Suite 101, Toronto, Ontario M6P 3T1, Canada.

Our Privacy Officer is accountable for this policy. Contact: Privacy Officer, hello@kearnstechnology.com, or 1-866-853-2767.

What this policy covers

This policy covers this website and the enquiries you send through it. It does not cover the data we handle for clients under a services agreement, where that agreement and any data processing terms apply. SafeIT and PM ITS have their own websites and their own policies.

What we collect

Information you give us

When you send an enquiry, we collect:

• your name and company
• your email address and, if you give it, your phone number
• what you need and anything you write in your message

Please do not include sensitive personal information, passwords or confidential system details in a form.

Information collected automatically

• Security data: your IP address is used to limit repeated form submissions and to check that a submission comes from a person.
• Usage data: privacy-friendly analytics record which pages are viewed and how quickly they load, in aggregate and without cookies. If your browser sends a Do Not Track signal, these analytics do not run.

How we use it and why

• To reply to your enquiry and send a confirmation that we received it. Basis: your consent, or steps you ask us to take before a contract.
• To keep this site secure and block abuse. Basis: our legitimate interest in protecting the site and its visitors.
• To understand how the site performs and improve it. Basis: our legitimate interest in running a useful site.
• To meet legal obligations. Basis: legal obligation.

We do not sell personal information, share it for targeted advertising, or make decisions with legal effect about you by automated means through this site. We will not add you to a marketing list because you sent an enquiry.

Cookies

This site uses one cookie, NEXT_LOCALE, which remembers your language. It is needed for the site to work as you asked, so it does not require consent. We use no advertising or analytics cookies.

Two services can place their own data on your device when used: the Cloudflare Turnstile spam check on our forms, and video players from YouTube or Vimeo on pages with an embedded video.

Who we share it with

We share personal information only with the service providers that run this site, under contract, and only as needed:

• Vercel: website hosting, analytics and performance measurement
• Resend: delivery of enquiry emails
• Cloudflare: spam protection on forms

Enquiries are not stored in our website content system. We may also disclose information where the law requires it, or to a successor if the business is sold or reorganized.

International transfers

KTI is based in Canada and our providers may process data in Canada, the United States and elsewhere, where laws can differ from those where you live and authorities there may be able to access it. If you are in the UK or the European Economic Area, we rely on adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses for these transfers.

How long we keep it

We keep enquiries only as long as needed to respond and to keep a record of the conversation, then delete them unless the enquiry leads to a client relationship or the law requires longer.

How we protect it

We use safeguards suited to the sensitivity of the information, described in our security statement. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. If a breach creates a real risk of significant harm, we will notify you and the relevant regulator as the law requires.

Your rights

To use any right below, contact our Privacy Officer. We may need to confirm your identity, and we will not treat you unfairly for asking.

Canada

Under PIPEDA and provincial laws, including Quebec’s Law 25, you can access and correct your personal information and withdraw consent, subject to legal limits. Quebec residents also have rights to data portability and to have information de-indexed or deleted in certain cases. You can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, or to your provincial regulator such as Quebec’s Commission d’accès à l’information.

United States

Depending on your state, including under California’s CCPA, you may have rights to know, access, correct and delete personal information, and to opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell or share it as those laws define those terms. You may use an authorized agent, and you can appeal a decision by replying to us.

United Kingdom and Germany

Under the UK GDPR and the EU GDPR, you have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict and port your data, to object to processing based on legitimate interests, and to withdraw consent at any time. You can complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or to a German data protection authority. We respond within one month, as those laws require.

Children

This site is for businesses and organizations. It is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Changes to this policy

We will post any change here and update the date at the top of this page.