PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: June 22, 2026
Your Privacy, Our Commitment
In the course of its activities, COHÉSIO ARCHITECTURE INC. (hereinafter “COHÉSIO”) collects, uses and processes certain personal information for the purpose of providing its services.
In this regard, COHESIO undertakes to do everything possible to respect and protect your privacy, in accordance with the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (“Private Sector Act”) and any other applicable privacy legislation. We are also committed to acting transparently and responsibly in the management of any personal information you may provide to us.
The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you of our practices regarding the collection, use, processing, disclosure, retention and destruction of your personal information. It also informs you of your rights with respect to your personal information.
By providing us with personal information, you agree that your personal information will be processed in accordance with the terms of this policy, and you authorize COHESIO and its service providers to use your information in accordance with the purposes set out below.
It is therefore important that you read it carefully. If you disagree with any aspect of our policy, please refrain from providing us with your personal information.
Definition of Personal Information
Personal information means any information relating to a natural person that allows that person to be identified, directly or indirectly. This includes, in particular, a person’s name, home address, telephone number, age, sex, marital or family status, an identification number, financial information, level of education, etc.
1. Who are we?
COHÉSIO is a Montréal-based architecture firm bringing together expert, attentive professionals, with an approach grounded in rigour. The success of its projects rests on the development of proven production protocols and communication tools with partner experts, in order to optimize and foster transparency throughout the design process. COHÉSIO encourages listening and discussion carried out with honesty, respect and candour, in every sphere of corporate life.
It is this vision that allows COHÉSIO to develop expertise in managing complex architectural issues and in explaining them clearly to its clients, resulting in ongoing support that is clear and that reflects their needs, realities and objectives.
2. What personal information do we collect?
When you visit our website www.cohesio.ca, or otherwise interact with us, we may collect and process various types of personal information about you that are necessary to provide our services, namely:
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Identity information (first and last name);
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Contact information (email address and telephone number);
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Information about your academic background and professional experience, your LinkedIn profile, other information contained in your résumé, and any other relevant information when you submit a job application to COHÉSIO at emploi@cohesio.ca;
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Any other personal information voluntarily provided by email to info@cohesio.ca through the Contact section of our website www.cohesio.ca;
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Information that may identify you indirectly: geographic location, IP address, your interests and preferences (including banner language), subscription and unsubscription data, your saved searches, data relating to your device (including device identifiers and the operating system used), how you interact with our website, etc.
If you are a minor under the age of 14, you are asked to identify yourself as such and not to provide us with personal information without the express consent of a person holding parental authority or a guardian.
3. How do we collect your personal information?
We collect your personal information in several ways:
Directly from you:
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When you provide personal information directly by writing to us at info@cohesio.ca through the Contact section of our website www.cohesio.ca to request information about our services or for any other inquiry relating to our activities and expertise;
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When you provide personal information directly by writing to us at emploi@cohesio.ca through the Careers section available on our website www.cohesio.ca to submit an unsolicited application;
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Through cookies, in accordance with the terms set out in Section 11 below.
4. How do we use your personal information?
Your personal information will be used in accordance with applicable privacy legislation and in accordance with any consent you have given.
We may therefore use your personal information in the following circumstances and for the purposes indicated, in accordance with the framework set out above:
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To provide our services and to conduct our business generally, and to administer and carry out such services;
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To respond to information requests from visitors to our website www.cohesio.ca;
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To evaluate and contact candidates applying for any of our job postings published on our website www.cohesio.ca;
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Subject to your consent to the activation of the underlying technologies, to improve our services and provide a personalized welcome, to generate statistics, and to obtain a personalized consumption profile;
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To satisfy and comply with applicable legal, regulatory or risk-management obligations.
We will use personal information solely to achieve the purposes for which it was collected and for any other purposes authorized by law, and in accordance with the legal bases required under European regulations, where applicable.
5. With whom do we share personal information?
We may share, or provide access to, your personal information (in addition to our authorized employees in customer service and human resources) with certain third parties, including the following:
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Third-party service providers and/or partners who help us establish, manage and maintain our relationships with you, and who provide us with products and services.
Since these third parties may have access to, or process, personal information in connection with the services they provide to us, we limit the information we provide to such service providers to only the personal information that is reasonably necessary for them to carry out their functions.
To that end, we require these providers to commit, by way of a written contract or confidentiality agreement, to take all reasonable measures, consistent with the law, to ensure the confidentiality and protection of such information, all in accordance with this privacy policy;
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Government, regulatory or law-enforcement bodies, where we are required to disclose such information or where we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary in order to comply with applicable law.
6. For how long do we retain personal information?
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was provided to us, and for any compatible or related purposes authorized by law.
We will stop using your personal information and will ensure that it is destroyed as soon as those purposes have been fulfilled, subject to any applicable legal or regulatory retention periods.
7. Where do we store personal information, and what about international transfers?
Your personal information is stored on our servers and/or on those of our IT service provider, located in Québec.
That said, your personal information may be disclosed to service providers whose facilities are located outside Québec. You therefore consent to the transfer of your personal information to countries or provinces (other than the province of Québec) where personal information protection rules may differ.
However, we ensure that such providers offer adequate protection with respect to generally recognized personal information protection principles, by first conducting a privacy impact assessment (an analysis of security issues and applicable law) and by having such providers sign a written agreement to that effect.
8. How do we protect personal information?
We recognize that information security is an integral part of the confidentiality of personal information.
We implement industry best practices to ensure the protection of personal information, in accordance with applicable legislation in this regard.
All COHÉSIO personnel, as well as any third-party providers we may retain who process personal information on our behalf, are also contractually bound to respect the security and confidentiality of personal information.
9. Links to other websites
COHÉSIO’s website may contain hyperlinks to other websites. Information exchanged on those websites is not governed by this privacy policy, but rather by the privacy policy of the external website in question, if one exists. Where applicable, we invite you to review it before providing your personal information to third parties.
COHÉSIO cannot be held responsible for the policies, procedures and practices of its partners with respect to the protection of personal information.
10. What rights does an individual have with respect to their personal information?
10.1 Right of access, rectification and withdrawal of consent
To access your personal information, to request a correction of your personal information, or to withdraw your consent to the disclosure or use of your personal information, you must send a written request to COHÉSIO’s Personal Information Protection Officer (contact information is provided at the end of this Policy).
A request for correction must be sufficiently precise and must properly identify you, so as to allow COHÉSIO to adequately correct or complete any personal information found to be inaccurate or incomplete.
A request to withdraw consent may, where applicable, end the individual’s ability to benefit from the services offered by COHÉSIO.
10.2 Processing of requests
COHÉSIO will normally respond to requests for access, rectification or withdrawal of consent within 30 days, in accordance with the time limits prescribed by the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector.
Reasonable assistance will be provided to individuals wishing to access or correct their personal information, including help in clarifying exactly what they are looking for.
Depending on the volume of information requested as part of an access request, a nominal fee may reasonably be charged to cover the costs of responding to the request.
Written notice will be provided if COHÉSIO must refuse an individual access to their personal information for legal, regulatory or other reasons.
10.3 Your recourse before the Commission d’accès à l’information
If you are not satisfied with the way COHÉSIO has handled your request for access to, or rectification of, your personal information — including in the case of no response or an unsatisfactory response — you may refer the matter to the Commission d’accès à l’information by filing a request for review of a dispute. For more information, please consult the following link:
11. How do we use cookies?
When you use our website www.cohesio.ca, we may install a “cookie” on your computer. Cookies are small data files created by your web browser and stored on your computer. These cookies may serve several functions, including improving the operation of our website.
We automatically install the cookies necessary for the proper functioning of our websites, but we install other cookies (analytical, functional, performance and unclassified) only with your consent. These cookies are disabled by default.
You can obtain more information about the cookies we use:
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the first time you visit our website, a cookie banner informs you that cookies are being used and invites you to accept all, refuse all, or save your preferences regarding the use of cookies that are not essential to your browsing of our website;
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you can configure your preferences and change your choices at any time during subsequent visits to our website.
Our website includes links to our social media pages (Facebook, LinkedIn). These links allow you to follow us on our social media platforms and stay informed of our activities. These platforms install their own cookies on your devices. For more information on this topic, please refer to the cookie policies of the relevant social media websites.
12. How can you contact us?
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or the manner in which we process your personal information, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact our Personal Information Protection Officer by email or by mail, at the following address:
COHESIO ARCHITECTURE INC.
Attention: Personal Information Protection Officer
6833 Avenue De L’Épée, Suite 400
Montréal, Québec H3N 2C7
Email: protectionRP@cohesio.ca
13. How do we update this privacy policy?
We may change the content of our website and the way in which we use cookies.
Such changes could result in changes to our privacy practices, to this privacy policy, and to the cookie banner on our website.
In the event of any such change, appropriate notice will be posted on our website.