3) Consent Requirements ✅
Our cookie banner offers three options: Accept All, Reject Non-Essential, and Manage Preferences. Analytics and marketing cookies are not activated until you provide consent.
Choices are stored in localStorage for 12 months. Rejecting non-essential cookies keeps only essential cookies active. You can revisit your selection at any time.
Consent statement
By clicking "Accept All Cookies", you consent to the storing of cookies on your device for analytics and advertising purposes, including personalized advertising delivered by Google and Meta. You may withdraw consent at any time through the cookie preferences panel without affecting the lawfulness of processing that occurred before withdrawal.
EEA / UK users
Users in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom receive this consent notice in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR. Marketing and analytics cookies are activated solely after explicit, informed, freely given consent under GDPR Article 6(1)(a). Consent is recorded with a timestamp and may be audited upon request.
You may withdraw consent at any time by clicking "Manage cookie preferences" in the website footer, or by clearing cookies via your browser settings. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred while consent was valid.
4) Data Sharing with Advertising Partners 🤝
We share certain data with advertising partners for campaign delivery and measurement. Recipients and the data categories shared include:
- Google LLC: cookie identifiers, conversion events, anonymized behavioral data, remarketing lists. Governed by Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Meta Platforms, Inc.: pixel events, conversion data, custom audiences. Governed by Meta's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy
We do not sell personal data. All transfers to Google and Meta operate under Standard Contractual Clauses where applicable. Data is processed for ad targeting and campaign measurement only not resold to unaffiliated third parties.
Google and Meta may use this data across their own platforms in accordance with their respective policies. We encourage users to review those policies directly.
5) Lead Forms and Contact Requests 📝
When you submit a contact form, request a quote, or register interest in our services, we collect the information you provide. This typically includes: full name, email address, phone number, and your message.
Legal basis: consent (GDPR Art. 6.1.a) and, where a service relationship exists, performance of a contract (GDPR Art. 6.1.b).
Retention: form submission data is retained for up to 2 years from the date of submission, unless a longer period is required by applicable law.
You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at the email address in this policy.
A link to this Privacy Policy appears adjacent to every submission button on this site. Submitting a form constitutes acknowledgment of this policy.
6) Google Services and Advertising 🔎
This website uses the following Google services:
- Google Analytics 4: collects anonymized usage data, device info, and behavioral signals. IP anonymization is enabled. Data retention is set to 14 months. Users may opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- Google Ads Conversion Tracking: records when a user completes a defined action (form submission, call, purchase) after clicking one of our ads. This data is used solely for measuring ad campaign performance.
- Google Remarketing: allows us to show ads to previous visitors across Google's network. Remarketing lists are not created from sensitive data categories (health, finance, religion, sexual orientation).
- Google Tag Manager: deploys tracking tags on our behalf. No personal data is collected by GTM itself; it acts as a container for the tags listed above.
Google's advertising products are governed by: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
7) Meta Advertising Services 📱
This website uses the Meta Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The pixel may record:
- Page views and time on site
- Specific conversion events (form submissions, purchases)
- Custom audience membership for retargeting purposes
We do not use the Meta Pixel to collect sensitive personal data, nor to target users based on health status, financial situation, religion, political views, sexual orientation, or any other special-category attribute prohibited under Meta's advertising policies.
Meta acts as an independent data controller for data collected via its Pixel and processed within its own platform. Refer to Meta's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy
To manage your ad preferences on Meta platforms, visit: https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/
8) Prohibited Content and Landing Page Integrity 🛡️
This website does not promote, sell, or facilitate access to prohibited product or service categories including but not limited to: weapons, controlled substances, counterfeit goods, gambling services (unlicensed), adult content, or services that make misleading health or financial claims. All advertising conducted through Google Ads and Meta Ads complies with the respective platform policies in full.
The content of this website accurately represents the products and services advertised. No bait-and-switch practices are employed. The experience delivered to users arriving from paid advertisements is identical to the experience for all other visitors. Cloaking, automatic redirects, and content variation by traffic source are not used on this website.
9) Children’s Privacy 👶
This website is not directed at individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If we discover that data has been collected from a person under 16 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete it promptly. Contact us at the address in this policy if you believe we have received data from a minor.
10) International Data Transfers 🌍
Personal data collected through this website may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area, including the United States, where Google LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc. are based.
These transfers are conducted under Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, which provide appropriate safeguards for personal data. A copy of the applicable SCCs can be requested by contacting us directly.
For visitors in Canada, we also apply reasonable safeguards consistent with Canadian privacy expectations, including limiting access to authorized personnel and vendors, and using consent controls for non-essential tracking.
11) User Rights 📌
If you are located in the EEA or UK, you have the following rights:
- Access (Art. 15): request a copy of data we hold about you
- Rectification (Art. 16): correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure (Art. 17): request deletion (right to be forgotten)
- Restriction (Art. 18): limit how we process your data
- Portability (Art. 20): receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Objection (Art. 21): object to processing based on legitimate interest
- Withdraw consent (Art. 7.3): revoke consent at any time without penalty
To exercise any right, email us at the contact address provided in this policy. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority:
- EU users: https://edpb.europa.eu
- UK users: https://ico.org.uk
Canadian visitors
If you are in Canada, you can request access to, correction of, or deletion of information we hold about you by emailing [email protected]. We will respond within a reasonable time and may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
12) What Data We Collect 🧾
Depending on how you use the site (and your cookie choices), we may collect the following categories of information:
Identity and contact
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Form submission content
Device and usage
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Cookies and tracking identifiers
- Usage data (pages visited, time on site, click paths)
- Conversion events (form submits, calls, purchases)
13) Legal Basis for Processing ⚖️
Where GDPR applies, we process data under the following legal bases (GDPR Art. 6):
Contact form data
Consent (Art. 6.1.a) and contract performance (Art. 6.1.b)
Analytics data
Consent (Art. 6.1.a)
Marketing / remarketing data
Consent (Art. 6.1.a)
Security and fraud prevention
Legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.f)
In Canada, we generally rely on consent and reasonable business purposes for processing, and we provide clear ways to contact us and manage cookie preferences.
14) Retention Periods 🗂️
We retain data only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, and to meet legal, accounting, or security requirements.
Contact form submissions
2 years
Analytics data (GA4)
14 months
Marketing cookies (Google Ads)
Up to 540 days
Email communications
Duration of relationship plus 1 year
Server logs
90 days
Cookie consent records
3 years (audit requirement)
15) Contact Details 📬
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to request access, correction, or deletion of your information, contact:
Boreal Ink Studio Inc.
90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 401, Toronto, ON M4P 2Y3, Canada
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 416 849 2407
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