Privacy Policy
This groupeforum.ca / forumproperties.com website (the "Website") is owned and operated jointly by 3903371 Canada Inc., Brentwood Ventures Inc. and Jennum Properties Inc. and their affiliated and related entities ("Forum").
Who are we? Forum is a leading owner, operator and developer of commercial, residential, and mixed-use real estate properties located across Canada. As a full-service provider we manage every aspect of the development process including due diligence, acquisition, land-use planning, construction, leasing, and day-to-day property management. In addition to its strong experience in commercial development and its wide choice of commercial space for lease, Forum offers a range of carefully selected residential properties in prime locations. Forum is not just filling spaces; it builds greater communities. For Forum, your neighbors are as important as your location, because working with the right people is the foundation of a successful community.
Your use of this Website is subject to this Privacy Policy (the "Policy"), to the Terms of Use and to all applicable laws, which you accept unconditionally by browsing this Website.
Purpose. This Policy describes how Forum collects, uses, discloses and stores your personal information.
If you provide personal information to Forum or authorize Forum to obtain personal information that concerns you from other sources, you agree to be bound by this Policy and consent, among other things, to the collection, use, disclosure and management of your personal information in accordance with this Policy.
Consent. Forum must obtain your consent (in particular by means of the present Policy) to collect, use, or disclose your personal information, except where Forum is permitted or required to do so by law without your consent.
Definition of personal information. By "personal information", we mean any information that relates to a natural person and allows that person to be identified. This Policy does not apply to information other than personal information, such as commercial information or anonymized information.
What personal information does Forum collect?
Forum collects personal information that you, as an individual, provide to us or allow us to obtain from third parties:
When you rent premises
When you guarantees a tenant’s obligations
When you provide services to us
When you visit the Website or other social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, other)
When you subscribe to our newsletter
When you interact with us (by telephone, e-mail, internet or by other means)
When you visit Forum's offices
When you apply for a job
When you become an employee
When you invest in one of our projects
When you pay by pre-authorized debit
When you authorize a credit/background check.
Cookies. Forum may obtain general information related to your use of the Website through cookies or similar techniques. Forum does not collect personal information that can identify you when you browse the Website. However, certain non-identifying information, such as an IP address, device identifier, internet tags and navigational data may be collected. You can modify your search engine settings at any time by accepting, refusing or deleting cookies.
Commercial electronic messages / Newsletter. You can withdraw your consent to receive commercial electronic messages from Forum at any time. To opt out, simply click on the link "unsubscribe" at the bottom of a message.
Use and disclosure of personal information
Personal information collected by Forum are used or disclosed only for purposes described in this Policy and for the purposes of which you were informed at the time of collecting such personal information, for example, for purposes set out in a lease or in a pre-authorized debit agreement or for purposes to which you have otherwise given your consent.
Forum may use or disclose your personal information without your consent when permitted or required by law.
Forum may disclose your personal information to its group members and affiliates, service providers, advisors, agents or representatives, as required, for the purposes of its business relationship with you, to administer the services provided to you, to carry out its business activities or to enable its group members and affiliates to carry out their business activities, to communicate with you and to comply with regulatory and legal obligations to which Forum and its affiliates are subject. Forum may disclose your personal information to third parties in connection with the sale or prospective sale of a property or all or part of its business or in connection with transactions such as, without limitation, financing or restructuring.
If Forum communicates personal information to third parties, Forum prohibits such third parties from using the personal information for any purpose other than the specific purpose for which Forum supplies such personal information.
Retaining and safeguarding your personal information
Forum retains personal information for as long as necessary to satisfy the purposes for which such personal information was collected or as otherwise permitted or required by law. While Forum may destroy personal information that is no longer necessary, there may be no deadline for its destruction, in which case you may request that it be destroyed.
Personal information under Forum's control is protected by physical, organizational, and technological safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of such personal information.
Forum takes all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is protected from misuse, harm, loss and unauthorized access, modifications or disclosure. Forum requires third parties (such as service providers) to whom it discloses your personal information to maintain appropriate safeguards.
Access to personal information is limited to people who need such personal information in order to allow Forum to provide you with its services.
However, there is always a risk when sending personal information to a third party.
Your caution is advised. You should exercise caution before disclosing any personal information to Forum, or using any means of communication that may not be secure. In addition, if you click on a link on the Website that leads to another site, this Policy does not apply, and you should refer to the privacy policy of the site in question.
Requests to the privacy officer
You may contact Forum's privacy officer in writing for the following inquiries:
Question relating to this Policy
Request for access
Request for verification of accuracy
Withdrawal of consent
Request for rectification
Request for destruction
Jeremy Argo
Privacy Officer, Forum Québec
4120 Saint-Catherine Street West, Westmount, Québec H3Z 1P4
jeremy@groupeforum.ca
Your identity may need to be confirmed prior to processing your request.