Website Privacy Policy Statement

Purpose

GreenBirch Capital recognizes the importance of protecting your privacy. This Website Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice (“Notice”) is intended to assist you in understanding GreenBirch Capital’s data collection and handling practices and in making informed decisions and exercising your data privacy rights under applicable law when you:

• Use GreenBirch Capital’s public website and other services to which this Notice is attached, or

• Interact professionally with GreenBirch Capital, including through GreenBirch Capital social media accounts, and are not otherwise provided with a different privacy notice at the point of interaction (collectively, “Professional Interactions” ).

Information on the Applicable Responsible Entity

Depending on the legal regulations in your country and the applicable laws to which you are subject, you may have the right to information on  GreenBirch Capital, which may differ depending on how and for what reason we collect your personal information through this Site or your professional interactions with GreenBirch Capital. GreenBirch Capital collects your personal information directly from you, directly through your use of the Site or through certain third-party sources as identified in this Notice. GreenBirch Capital may provide a level of data protection which is not equivalent to the level of data protection provided in your home country.

Your Acceptance Through Use

This Privacy Notice describes how GreenBirch Capital collects, uses and discloses certain personal information obtained through this Site, your interactions with us on social media, and other professional interactions with you. Please note that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, your use of this Site signifies your understanding and acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Notice

2. Personal Information We Collect and Sources

Depending on how you interact with GreenBirch Capital, you may be a data subject as a user of our Site or as a business contact of GreenBirch Capital, having a professional interaction with GreenBirch Capital, such as a supplier, client, client employee, consultant, or business partner.

a. Data Collection from You

Depending on your use of the Site and Professional Interactions with GreenBirch Capital, we may collect and process the following types of personal information from you:

 

    • Contact Information: such as your name, postal or e-mail address, and phone number

 

 

    • Registration Data: such as such as newsletter requests, event/seminar registrations, subscriptions, downloads, and username/passwords
    • Job Applicant Data: such as employment and educational history, relevant skills, professional certifications and affiliations, compensation history (where allowed by law) and any other information included in curriculum vitaes/resumés, online professional profiles, and job applications, opinions of references you provide, willingness to relocate, and, where allowed by law: test and assessment results, information about your outside activities or family relationships that may give rise to a conflict of interest and, information about criminal offense, conviction, pending investigations and administrative sanctions.

 

 

    • Employee Onboarding Information: such as information necessary to form an employment or contractual relationship with the applicant and for legal compliance (such as Social Insurance Number, residency permits, and visas demonstrating the Right to Work), to processing payroll and provide employee benefits (such as bank account information, tax withholding elections, and beneficiary information), and disability or other data (where allowed by law) needed to provide workplace accommodations.

 

 

    • Professional Relationship Information: such as business contact information, industry, job title or role, your primary GreenBirch Capital contacts and record of interactions with GreenBirch Capital, information you provide to us which assist us in serving the business relationship, such as the types of investments you are interested in, and information you provide about your personal life (excluding special categories of data)
    • Marketing Data: such as your interests and preferences in our products and services.
    • Social Media Information based on your interactions with GreenBirch Capital-operated social media sites: such as your social media username, profile, and content of your interactions with, statements or opinions about GreenBirch Capital or others in our industry, and aggregated usage reports.

 

 

    • Cookie, Device, and Web Analytics Data:  such as your Computer Internet Protocol (IP) address, geo-location data, browser settings and similar data about the use of the Site, mobile device advertising identifier, and cookies and other data linked to a device.

 

b. Data Collection through Third Party Sources

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may collect and process the following personal information about you from third party sources:

 

    • Contact Information: such as your name, postal or e-mail address, and phone number. (The third parties who collect and share your Contact Information with us may include your employer, operators of property listing and other websites accessible from links within the Site, and other business partners. These third parties are independently responsible (also referred to as an independent data controller in some jurisdictions) for the collection and processing of your Contact Information for their own, independent purposes. We refer you to their privacy notices to understand their privacy practices and how to exercise any rights you may have).

 

 

    • Job Applicant Data: such as employment and educational history, relevant skills, professional certifications and affiliations, compensation history (where allowed by law) and any other information included in curriculum vitaes/resumés, online professional profiles, and job applications and, where allowed by law: test and assessment results, and information about criminal offense, conviction, pending investigations and administrative sanctions.

 

 

    • Marketing Data: such as your interest and preference in products and services similar to those offered by GreenBirch Capital. (The third parties who collect and share your Marketing Data with us may include companies in the business of compiling and selling marketing data and other business partners to whom you have provided your personal information. The third parties who collect and share your Marketing Data with us are independently responsible (also referred to as an independent data controller in some jurisdictions) for the collecting and processing of your Marketing Data for their own, independent purposes. We refer you to their privacy notices to understand their privacy practices and how to exercise any rights you may have).

 

 

    • Social Media Information based on your interactions with third-party social media sites (including GreenBirch Capital’s accounts on such third-party sites) such as:  your social media username, profile, and content of your interactions with, statements or opinions about GreenBirch Capital or others in our industry, and aggregated reports about your interactions with GreenBirch Capital ‘s social media accounts.

 

 

    • Third Party Advertisement Technical Data from advertisements we place on third party websites: such as your IP address, browser type and version, device identifiers, location and time zone setting

 

 

    • Contact Information we collect from third parties such as your employer or other professional referrals:  such as your name, postal or e-mail address, and phone number.

 

c. Consequences of Not Providing Personal Information to Us

There is no statutory or contractual obligation requiring you to provide your personal information to GreenBirch Capital. The provision of your personal data is voluntary for you. You may choose not to provide your personal information to us, however, in this case, you may not be able to use our Sites and receive our services and/or to enable interaction with us. Also, the provision of your personal information may be necessary to allow us to perform a contract with you and/or to provide services to you.

3. How We Use Your Information and Legal Bases

The purposes for which we use your personal information and the legal bases for such processing are as follows:

 

    • To Manage and Provide You Access to the Site

 

We process your Cookie, Device and Web Analytics Data to manage and provide you with access to the Site. We process this personal information where necessary based on the overriding legitimate business interest of GreenBirch Capital or other third parties to provide you or your employer with access to the Site which we maintain for marketing and other business purposes, or based on your consent (if required by law).

 

    • To Communicate With You About Your Job Application and Determine Your Qualifications and Suitability for Open Positions

 

We process your Cookie, Device and Web Analytics Data to manage and provide you with access to the Site. We process this personal information where necessary based on the overriding legitimate business interest of GreenBirch Capital or other third parties to provide you or your employer with access to the Site which we maintain for marketing and other business purposes, or based on your consent (if required by law).

 

    • To Carry Out and Manage the Employee On-Boarding Process

 

We process your Employee Onboarding Information to carry out and manage the employee on-boarding process if we offer and you accept employment with us. We use process this personal information where necessary to form an employment or contractual relationship with you and transfer this information to your personnel file for record-keeping purposes. We process your personal information where necessary to comply with GreenBirch Capital’s legal obligations, including maintaining records, for pre-contractual purposes (e.g., to take steps at your request prior to entering into a potential employment relationship), for other overriding legitimate business interests of GreenBirch Capital and/or based on your consent (if required by law).

 

    • To Transact Business and Maintain a Professional Relationship With You

 

We process your Contact Information and Professional Relationship Information to transact business and maintain a professional relationship with you or your employer. We process this personal information where necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract with you (at your request), for the overriding legitimate business interests of GreenBirch Capital or other third parties, such as to provide such requested services to you or your employer, or based on your consent (if required by law).

 

    • To Provide Relevant Marketing to You

 

We process your Contact Information, Registration Data, Marketing Data, and Third Party Advertisement Technical Data, and Cookie, Device, and Web Analytics Data to contact you about the services, offerings, events and newsletters in which you have expressed an interest or about similar offerings or services (including those of third parties such as business partners) and to better target our advertising and provide pertinent offers in which we think you would be interested. We process this personal information where necessary based on the overriding business interests of GreenBirch Capital or other third parties (such as your employer or business partners) to keep you and our clients informed about our latest news, products and services and to better target our advertising to you, or based on your consent (if required by law).

 

    • To Maintain and Manage GreenBirch Capital’s Brand Reputation – Social Media

 

We process your Social Media Information to maintain GreenBirch Capital’s brand reputation through our presence on GreenBirch Capital -operated and third party social media sites, including through Professional Interactions with you when you interact with our social-media channels. We process this personal information where necessary based on the overriding business interests of GreenBirch Capital in maintaining and managing our brand reputation and based on your consent (if required by law).

 

    • To Operate, Evaluate and Improve Our Business

 

We process your Marketing Data, Professional Relationship Information, and Cookie, Device and Web Analytics Data to operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products and services; managing our communications; determining the effectiveness of and optimizing our advertising; analyzing our products, services, websites, mobile applications and any other digital assets; facilitating the functionality of our websites, and mobile applications and any other digital assets). We process this personal information where necessary based on the overriding legitimate business interests of GreenBirch Capital to operate and improve our business and based on your consent (if required by law).

 

    • To Comply With Legal Obligations And Establish, Exercise or Defend Legal Claims

 

To establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, to comply with lawful government requests for disclosure of personal information or otherwise to comply with legal obligations, we use any of the personal information we collect about you where legally permissible to do so. We process this personal information where necessary to comply with GreenBirch Capital’s legal obligations or based on the overriding legitimate business interests of GreenBirch Capital to exercise and defend legal claims or based on your consent (if required by law). If you object to us using information for these other uses you can email info@greenbirch.ca

4. Sharing of Your Personal Information

Where we can do so lawfully under applicable law, the personal information we collect may be shared and processed with the following categories of recipients, some of whom may be located in a country that does not provide an adequate level of data privacy and protection rights as your home country, as necessary for the purposes identified above in How We Use Your Information And Legal Bases, above. GreenBirch Capital has in place appropriate safeguards regarding internal personal information sharing.

 

    • With Third Parties

 

The potentially relevant third parties include:

 

    1. Service Providers who assist us with IT, cyber security, and data hosting providers, marketing, advertising and communications agencies, cookie analytics providers, online advertisers, and providers of website testing / analytics services.

 

 

    • Third Party Cookie Providers who may track your browsing activity on our Site using cookies to show you ads based on your interests when you browse the Web or use social media and for analytical purposes.

 

 

    • Consultants and advisors who assist us with legal, regulatory, and business operations activities, such as legal counsel, compliance consultants and business auditors.

 

 

    • Business partners in case of a merger or sale, such as if GreenBirch Capital is merged with another organization, or in the event of a transfer of our assets or operations.
    • Legally Compelled Disclosure

 

It may be necessary disclose your personal information to third parties, such as courts, litigants, governmental agencies, and/or regulatory authorities when required to do so by law or necessary in connection with legal proceedings or similar processes, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena  or other legal obligation, in response to legally-binding disclosure requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement agency requirements, or in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing your personal information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (whether intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property or to defend ourselves.
GreenBirch Capital is committed not to disclose your personal information in response to a court order or a subpoena or other legal obligation originating outside your home country unless it is legally compelled to do so.

5. How We Secure Your Personal Information

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to safeguard the personal information we collect and process about you against loss and unauthorized alteration or disclosure. The information you provide is encrypted in transit and at rest. We utilize role-based access controls to limit access to your personal information on a strict need-to-know basis consistent with the purposes for which we have collected such information. We utilize anti-malware and intrusion detection systems to guard against unauthorized access to our network, and we have an incident response plan in place to quickly respond to any suspected leak or breach of personal information.

Where we share your personal information with our service providers, we have assessed that their technical and organizational measures provide an appropriate level of security.

6. How Long We Keep Your Personal Information:

We will only retain the personal information we collect about you for as long as necessary for the purpose for which that information was collected, and to the extent permitted by applicable laws. We take steps to ensure that when we no longer need to use your personal information, we remove it from our systems and records and/or take steps to anonymize it so that you can no longer be identified from it (unless we need to keep your information to comply with legal or regulatory obligations to which we are subject).

7. Your Privacy Rights

a. Marketing Communications – Rights to Opt-out and to Object

When you register on our Site, we may ask you to select whether you would like to receive electronic communications from GreenBirch Capital, such as offers, news, reports and other promotional communications. In compliance with Canadian Anti-Spam Laws (CASL) you may withdraw your consent or opt-out of receiving such communications at any time by contacting GreenBirch Capital as described below or following the Opt-Out or unsubscribe instruction contained in the body of any marketing electronic communication from us.

Additionally, where we process your personal information for marketing purposes relying on our legitimate interests you will have the right to object to such processing at any time. Please be aware that where you object to this sort of processing it may affect our ability to carry out tasks as listed in this Notice.

b. Contact Details – Marketing Communications

Irrespective of the GreenBirch Capital entity that is responsible for the processing of your personal data and the marketing communication, you may contact us centrally as stated below and we will ensure that the responsible GreenBirch Capital entity receives your request relating to marketing communication and implements it promptly:

(i) by sending an e-mail at info@greenbirch.ca, including a copy of the e-mail you have received and by typing “Remove” in the subject line of your e-mail

(ii) by telephone, at +1-833-326-0833 or,

(iii) by mail, at GreenBirch Capital., #301, 3332 20th Street SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T9, Attention: Privacy Officer, Data Privacy 


Your election not to receive newsletters or promotional and marketing correspondence may not affect other processing activities that would still be permitted under applicable law, such as providing you with transactional communication. 

c. Requesting Access to Your Personal Information and Other Rights

Depending on the legal regulations in your country and the applicable laws to which you are subject, you may have all or some of the following rights set out below. GreenBirch Capital will respond to your request comprehensively.

 

    1. Right of access: You may have the right to obtain from GreenBirch Capital confirmation as to whether your personal information is being processed, and, where that is the case, to request access to your personal information. You may have the right to obtain a copy of your personal information undergoing processing. For additional copies requested by you, GreenBirch Capital may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs.

 

 

    • Right to rectification: You may have the right to obtain from GreenBirch Capital the rectification of inaccurate personal information concerning you.

 

 

    • Right to erasure (right to be forgotten): You may have the right to ask us to erase your personal information, in which case GreenBirch Capital has to comply.

 

 

    • Right to restriction of processing: You may have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal information.

 

 

    • Right to data portability: You may have the right to receive your personal information which you have provided to GreenBirch Capital in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and you may have the right to transmit those personal information to another entity without hindrance.

 

 

    • Right to withdraw consent: If you have declared your consent for any personal information processing activities, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time with future effect. Such a withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing prior to the consent withdrawal. This right to withdraw consent applies in particular to consents given for marketing and profiling purposes, if any.

 

 

    • Right to object: Under certain circumstances, you may have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of your personal information by GreenBirch Capital, and GreenBirch Capital can be required to no longer process your personal information unless GreenBirch Capital demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.  The right to object may, in particular, not exist if the processing of your personal information is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract or to perform a contract already concluded.

 

 

    • Right to information on the possibility to withhold consent and information on the consequences of doing so.

 

 

    1. Right to information on third parties with whom we have shared your data.

 

 

    • Right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority in your home country or in the country Canada.

 

8. Changes to this Notice

We are a rapidly evolving business. We will continue to assess this Notice against new technologies and services, business practices as well as our clients’ needs, and make changes to this Notice from time to time as required. If we make any material changes to this Notice, we will make changes here and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Notice changes). Where required, we will obtain your consent.

9. Data Protection Officers

We have appointed, in accordance with local law, data protection officer (“DPO”), you may contact the DPO Alyssa@greenbirch.ca

10. Cookie Notice – Automatic Data Collection

When you visit a Green Birch Capital website, we or our third-party service provider may collect information through the use of a “cookie” or other device recognition technology. These tools send a small file to your browser that is unique to you and can only be read by our or our third-party service providers’ web servers. While these files do not relate to your personal data, they do provide information that helps us customize your experience on our websites and provide relevant advertising to you.

Types of Cookies We Use

We or our third-party service providers may use Performance Cookies – these cookies collect information about your and other visitor’s browsing behavior such as IP address, type of browser used, domain name and pages visited. This information is anonymously aggregated from many users to learn about the usage and effectiveness of our web properties in order to improve how our website works. These cookies are session and persistent cookies.

Specifically, we use the following cookies and tools:

 

Purpose Provider/Type
Capture web metrics such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what site referred a user to this site. Google Analytics, see Google Privacy Policy
Hotjar – see Hotjar Privacy Policy
Google Tag Manager, see Google Privacy Policy
GoDaddy see Go Daddy Privacy Policy
Measure effectiveness of marketing campaigns. Salesforce, see Salesforce Privacy Policy
Bond Yield Interest Rate Market Update The Financials, see The Financials Privacy Policy
Google Fonts – This is a font and icon toolkit service. Google Fonts, See Google Fonts Privacy Policy

Disabling and Preventing Further Use of Cookies

In addition to restricting cookies in our cookie preference center, you may restrict, block or delete the cookies from this Site at any time by changing the configuration of your browser. You can find out how to do this, and find more information on cookies, at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/. In addition, while each browser has different settings and configurations, cookies settings can typically be adjusted in the “Preferences” or “Tools” menu of your browser. Your browser’s “Help” menu may provide additional information. Note, however, that deleting or blocking Required Cookies will cause the Site to not function properly.

Contact Us

You are always free to contact us if you have questions or concerns regarding this Notice, have a question or problem related to your use of the Site, or wish to exclude your personal information from our direct marketing purposes. Our standard business practice is to retain any communications from our Site visitors to help us to serve each of you better.


You may contact us by emailing info@greenbirch.ca or by writing to us at #310 – 999 8th Street SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1J5, Attention: Privacy Officer, Data Privacy.


We may contact you by email in relation to any questions and concerns you raise. If you prefer us to contact you in an alternative manner, please let us know and we will accommodate your request if possible and appropriate.