Cookie Policy (Canada & Quebec)

Effective Date: January 2025
Last Updated: January 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Decibel Peak (“we,” “us,” “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on https://decibelpeak.com.

It applies to visitors from Canada, including residents of Quebec, and is compliant with:

  • Quebec Law 25
  • PIPEDA (Canada)
  • Industry best practices for consent and tracking

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the website:

  • Function properly
  • Remember preferences
  • Analyze traffic
  • Support marketing and advertising features

Other technologies such as pixels, scripts, and local storage may also be used for similar purposes.


2. TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They include:

  • Security
  • Load balancing
  • Form submission
  • Consent preferences

2.2 Functional Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences such as:

  • Language
  • Region
  • Saved form inputs

They improve usability but are not required for core functionality.


2.3 Analytics & Statistics Cookies

Used to understand how visitors interact with the site so we can improve performance. These may include:

  • Google Analytics or similar tools
  • Page views, traffic sources, behavior tracking

All analytics data is aggregated and anonymized where possible.


2.4 Marketing & Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be used to:

  • Deliver relevant ads
  • Measure ad performance
  • Prevent showing the same ad repeatedly

These cookies may be placed by third-party platforms such as:

  • Google
  • Meta (Facebook / Instagram)
  • LinkedIn

2.5 Social Media Cookies

If social sharing buttons exist on the website, those platforms may place cookies when you interact with them.

These platforms act as independent data controllers and follow their own privacy policies.


3. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

Some cookies are placed by third-party services integrated into our website. These may include:

  • Payment processors (e.g., Stripe)
  • Analytics providers
  • Advertising platforms
  • Video hosting platforms

We do not control how these third parties handle your data. You should review their privacy policies directly.


4. CONSENT MANAGEMENT

When you visit our website for the first time, you are shown a cookie consent banner allowing you to:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Reject non-essential cookies
  • Customize your preferences

You may change or withdraw your consent at any time through your browser settings or by revisiting the consent banner (where available).

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled.


5. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CANADA & QUEBEC)

You have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Request correction or deletion
  • Withdraw consent at any time
  • Object to certain data processing
  • File a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below.


6. HOW TO MANAGE OR DELETE COOKIES

You can control cookies through your browser settings. You may:

  • Automatically block cookies
  • Delete existing cookies
  • Be notified before cookies are placed

Please note: disabling cookies may affect website functionality.

You may also manage advertising preferences here:
https://youradchoices.ca


7. DATA SECURITY

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect your personal data against:

  • Unauthorized access
  • Loss
  • Misuse
  • Disclosure

8. UPDATES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy at any time. Changes take effect once published on this page. Continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.


9. CONTACT INFORMATION

For privacy, cookie, or data protection inquiries:

Decibel Peak
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website: https://decibelpeak.com
Email: info@decibelpeak.com

(We intentionally do not publish residential addresses for security reasons.)