1. Scope
This Privacy Policy explains how Signography collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects personal information when you:
- visit or use our website or contact forms;
- request a quote or consultation;
- place an order for print, signage, installation, design, marketing, web, automation, or other digital services;
- submit artwork, files, specifications, comments, feedback, or project information;
- communicate with us by phone, email, text message, live chat, social media, or other electronic means; or
- otherwise interact with us in connection with our business operations.
This Privacy Policy applies to our print, signage, and digital services operations.
2. Who We Are
Signography is a Canadian business providing commercial printing, signage, branding, design, web, marketing, and related services.
For privacy questions, access requests, correction requests, or complaints, you may us at: contact@signography.ca
3. What We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information:
a) Contact and account information
Your name, business name, billing and shipping address, email address, phone number, account login details, and other identifiers you provide.
b) Order and transaction information
Information relating to quotes, estimates, invoices, payments, taxes, order history, proofs, approvals, shipping selections, installation scheduling, project scope, and communications about your order or project.
c) Artwork, files, and project materials
Artwork, logos, text, designs, images, PDFs, packaging layouts, signage specifications, brand assets, print files, installation instructions, marketing content, website content, and related metadata that you upload, send, or authorize us to use.
d) Technical and usage information
IP address, browser type, device identifiers, operating system, pages viewed, referring pages, session data, approximate location derived from IP, and cookie-related information.
e) Communications and support information
Records of calls, emails, chats, texts, support requests, consultation notes, revisions, approvals, and other correspondence.
f) Information needed for installation or on-site work
Site photos, measurements, access instructions, business hours, contact persons, permit-related information, and safety or logistical details relevant to signage production or installation.
g) Marketing preference information
Information about whether you have subscribed to newsletters, promotional communications, quote follow-ups, abandoned quote reminders, or other marketing messages, as well as your opt-in and opt-out status.
We do not intentionally collect more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
4. How We Collect Information
We collect information:
- directly from you when you contact us, request a quote, create an account, place an order, upload files, approve proofs, sign agreements, or otherwise deal with us;
- automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies when you use our website;
- from payment providers, shipping providers, installation partners, advertising platforms, or other service providers involved in fulfilling your request;
- from public sources or business directories where permitted by law; and
- from your representatives, employees, or agents where they act on your behalf.
5. Why We Use Personal Information
We may collect, use, and disclose personal information for the following purposes:
- to provide quotes, estimates, consultations, and recommendations;
- to create, process, fulfill, deliver, install, manage, and support orders and projects;
- to verify identity, confirm instructions, and communicate about proofs, approvals, revisions, and production issues;
- to process payments and prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized transactions, and other misuse;
- to coordinate shipping, pickup, installation, project scheduling, and after-sales support;
- to provide design, web, marketing, automation, SEO, advertising, and related digital services;
- to maintain business records, accounting records, tax records, and warranty or quality-control records;
- to improve our website, services, workflows, products, and customer experience;
- to protect our legal rights, investigate disputes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable law;
- to send service-related communications, including order confirmations, status updates, invoices, delivery notices, account notices, security notices, and project communications; and
- with your consent or where permitted by law, to send newsletters, special offers, promotions, product updates, and other marketing communications.
We may also use information in aggregated or de-identified form for analytics, operational planning, forecasting, training, and service improvement.
6. Consent
By providing personal information to us or using our services, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, subject to your legal rights and any additional consent requirements under applicable law.
Where required, we will ask for express consent. In other cases, consent may be implied from your request, transaction, inquiry, or continued interaction with us where permitted by law.
You may withdraw consent to certain uses of your personal information, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Withdrawing consent may affect our ability to provide some products, services, communications, or support.
7. Marketing Communications and CASL Compliance
If you opt in to receive promotional emails, texts, or other commercial electronic messages from us, we may send you marketing communications about our products, services, offers, content, and updates.
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the message or by contacting us. You can also request that we stop sending promotional texts or other electronic marketing messages.
Operational and transactional messages are different from marketing messages. We may continue to send you non-promotional communications that are necessary to complete a transaction, respond to your inquiry, manage your account, deliver a product or service, provide warranty or service information, or otherwise administer our business relationship with you.
8. Sharing Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may disclose personal information to trusted third parties where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:
- payment processors and fraud-prevention providers;
- shipping carriers, couriers, freight providers, and logistics partners;
- production vendors, fabricators, print providers, installers, electricians, permit consultants, and subcontractors involved in delivering your order or project;
- software, hosting, cloud storage, analytics, CRM, marketing, communication, customer support, and website providers;
- professional advisors such as lawyers, accountants, insurers, and auditors;
- financing, leasing, or payment-plan providers if you request or use such services;
- governmental, regulatory, law enforcement, or judicial authorities where required or permitted by law; and
- a purchaser, investor, lender, or successor in connection with a proposed or completed business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, asset sale, or transfer of all or part of our business.
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we expect them to use it only for authorized purposes and to protect it with appropriate safeguards.
9. Cross-Border Processing
Some of our service providers may store or process personal information outside your province or outside Canada. When this happens, the information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction where it is processed. We use reasonable contractual and organizational measures to require appropriate protection of personal information in those circumstances.
10. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies to:
- keep the website functioning properly;
- remember preferences and session settings;
- analyze traffic and user behaviour;
- improve performance, usability, and security; and
- measure advertising and marketing performance.
You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through cookie preference tools on our website. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
11. Third-Party Services and Links
Our website, communications, or services may include links to third-party websites, tools, plugins, payment gateways, scheduling tools, maps, social media platforms, or embedded content. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. You should review their privacy notices before providing personal information to them.
12. Security Safeguards
We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the information involved. These measures may include role-based access controls, passwords, encryption where appropriate, secure third-party platforms, file access restrictions, staff confidentiality practices, and secure disposal processes.
No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
13. Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as otherwise required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information, the product or service involved, tax and accounting obligations, dispute risk, warranty considerations, project history, and legal requirements. When personal information is no longer required, we will delete, anonymize, or securely destroy it, subject to backup, archival, legal, or technical constraints.
Artwork, order records, proofs, project files, and communications may be retained for business continuity, reorders, support, warranty, or record-keeping purposes unless deletion is required by law or specifically agreed otherwise.
14. Accuracy
We rely on you to provide accurate, complete, and up-to-date information. If your information changes, or if you discover any inaccuracy in the information we hold about you, please contact us so we can update our records.
15. Access and Correction Rights
Subject to applicable law and limited exceptions, you may request access to the personal information we hold about you and request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
To protect your privacy and security, we may request enough information to verify your identity before responding to your request. We may also decline, limit, or defer access where permitted or required by law.
16. Privacy Breaches
If we determine that a breach of our security safeguards involving personal information creates a real risk of significant harm where notification is required by law, we will take the steps required by applicable law, which may include notifying affected individuals and reporting the matter to the relevant authority.
17. Children
Our website and services are intended for business owners, organizations, and adults. They are not directed to children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 through our website or services. If we become aware that such information has been collected without valid authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
18. Business Contact Information
Where permitted by law, business contact information used strictly for communicating with an individual in relation to their business role may be treated differently from personal information. Even where that is the case, we still expect our team to handle such information responsibly.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect legal, operational, technological, or business changes. The updated version will be posted on our website with a revised effective date. Your continued use of our website or services after an update means you accept the revised Privacy Policy to the extent permitted by law.
20. Contacting Us or Filing a Complaint
If you have a privacy question, concern, request, or complaint, please contact our Privacy Officer first using the contact information set out above.