Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June, 2025

AVIC Solutions (“we”, “our”, or “us”) operates the website located at https://avicsolutions.ca/ (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Site.

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or our data practices, you may contact us at contact@avicsolutions.ca.

1. Who We Are

Our company, AVIC Solutions, provides digital solutions to improve business operations and user engagement. Our website is https://avicsolutions.ca/.

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible publicly in the context of your comment.

3. Media

If you upload images to the Site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Site may download and extract any location data from images.

4. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience. These cookies include:

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.

  • Login Page Cookie: A temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies, discarded upon closing the browser.

  • Login Session Cookies: These last for two days; if you select “Remember Me,” they persist for two weeks.

  • Display Preference Cookies: These last for one year.

  • Editor Cookies: When you edit or publish an article, a cookie with the article ID is saved for one day. It contains no personal data.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the originating website. These third-party websites may:

  • Collect data about you

  • Use cookies

  • Embed additional third-party tracking

  • Monitor your interaction with the embedded content (especially if you are logged in to that service)

6. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.

  • Registered Users: For users that register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.

8. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments on the Site, you may request:

  • An exported file of your personal data we hold

  • Erasure of your personal data (not including any data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes)

To exercise these rights, please contact contact@avicsolutions.ca.

9. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to prevent malicious activity.

10. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.