Effective Date: August 7, 2026
1. Introduction
CDF Foundation, a division operated under Yer Realty Investment Inc. located at 65 Belfry Dr, Bradford - L3Z 0G7, Canada, is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals who interact with our website, services, and platforms. This Privacy Policy explains in detail how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at www.cdffoundation.buzz or engage with our computer systems design and integrated technology consulting services.
The development and operation of this website and associated services are supported by Yer Realty, the developer responsible for the technical architecture of this platform. CDF Foundation and Yer Realty Investment Inc. take data protection seriously and have implemented comprehensive measures to ensure compliance with applicable privacy laws in Canada, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), and relevant international frameworks.
By accessing or using our website and services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, you should discontinue use of our website and services immediately.
2. Information We Collect
We collect several categories of information to provide and improve our technology consulting and systems design services. The types of information we gather depend on the nature of your interaction with us and are classified as follows:
Personal Identification Information: When you fill out a contact form, request a consultation, or subscribe to our communications, we may collect your full name, email address, telephone number, company name, job title, and physical mailing address. This information is necessary for us to respond to your inquiries and deliver our professional services.
Technical and Usage Data: Our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website. This data includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time and date of each visit, time spent on pages, and other diagnostic data. This technical information helps us optimize website performance and understand how visitors interact with our content.
Project and Business Information: When you engage us for consulting services, we collect detailed information about your technology infrastructure, business requirements, system architectures, and operational workflows. This data is essential for us to design and deliver effective integrated systems solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Communication Records: We retain copies of email correspondence, contact form submissions, and any other communications you send to us. These records help us maintain context for ongoing service relationships and improve our customer support processes.
3. How We Collect Information
CDF Foundation collects information through multiple lawful channels and methods, all designed to be transparent and with appropriate notice provided to you:
Direct Collection from You: The primary method of data collection occurs when you voluntarily provide information through our website contact forms, email communications, telephone conversations, consultation requests, and during the course of our professional service engagements. In every instance, you are informed of the purpose for which the information is being collected.
Automated Technologies: As you navigate our website, we use automated data collection technologies including cookies, web beacons, and server logs to gather technical information about your equipment, browsing actions, and usage patterns. These technologies help us deliver a better user experience and analyze website traffic trends.
Third-Party Sources: In certain circumstances, we may receive information about you from third-party analytics providers, business partners, or publicly available databases. Any information obtained from third parties is treated with the same level of protection as information collected directly from you.
4. How We Use Your Information
The information we collect serves specific and legitimate business purposes directly related to our computer systems design and technology consulting operations. We use your information for the following purposes:
Service Delivery and Client Engagement: Your personal and business information enables us to provide the consulting services you have requested, prepare proposals and project plans, conduct technical assessments, design system architectures, and deliver integrated technology solutions that meet your specifications.
Communication and Support: We use your contact information to respond to inquiries, provide updates on service requests, send administrative notifications about changes to our policies or services, and deliver technical support when you encounter issues.
Website and Service Improvement: Technical usage data helps us understand how visitors interact with our website, identify areas for improvement, optimize page layouts and content, and enhance the overall user experience for all visitors.
Marketing and Business Development: With your explicit consent, we may send periodic communications about our services, industry insights, upcoming events, and relevant technology trends. You have the right to opt out of marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in every email or by contacting us directly.
Legal Compliance and Security: We process information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes; enforce our terms of service; protect the rights, privacy, safety, and property of CDF Foundation, our clients, and the public; and detect, prevent, and address fraud, security breaches, or technical issues.
5. How We Share Your Information
CDF Foundation does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. We share information only in the limited circumstances described below and always with appropriate safeguards in place:
Service Providers and Partners: We may engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf, including website hosting, data analytics, email delivery, payment processing, and IT infrastructure management. These service providers have access to personal information only as necessary to perform their designated functions and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your data.
Legal and Regulatory Disclosure: We may disclose your information when required to do so by law, subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your explicit authorization obtained at the time of collection or through a separate agreement.
6. Data Security
CDF Foundation implements and maintains industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Our security measures include:
Technical Safeguards: We employ Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our servers, firewalls to protect our network infrastructure, intrusion detection and prevention systems, regular vulnerability scanning, and secure authentication mechanisms for accessing systems that contain personal data.
Administrative Safeguards: Access to personal information is restricted to authorized personnel who have a legitimate business need and are bound by confidentiality obligations. We conduct regular security awareness training for all employees and contractors who handle sensitive data.
Physical Safeguards: Our servers and data storage facilities are housed in secure, access-controlled environments with monitoring, backup power systems, and environmental controls. Physical access is limited to authorized data center personnel.
While we strive to protect your personal information using commercially reasonable means, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is absolutely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data, but we continuously evaluate and improve our security posture.
7. Data Retention
CDF Foundation retains personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law or contractual obligations. Our retention practices are based on the following principles:
Service-Related Data: Information collected for the purpose of delivering consulting services is retained for the duration of the client relationship plus a reasonable period thereafter to address any follow-up issues, comply with legal retention requirements, and maintain business records.
Marketing Data: Contact information used for marketing communications is retained until you withdraw your consent or request deletion. Upon receiving an unsubscribe request, we remove your information from active marketing lists within ten business days.
Website Usage Data: Technical logs and analytics data are retained for a period of up to twenty-six months, after which they are either deleted or anonymized so that they can no longer be associated with an identifiable individual.
When personal information is no longer needed, we securely dispose of it using methods such as secure deletion of electronic records and shredding of physical documents.
8. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. CDF Foundation respects these rights and provides mechanisms for you to exercise them. These rights generally include:
Access and Portability: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. We will provide this information within the timeframe required by applicable law.
Correction and Rectification: If you believe that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request correction. We will promptly update or correct any information found to be in error.
Deletion and Erasure: You may request the deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances, such as when the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or when you withdraw your consent and no other legal basis for processing exists.
Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we limit the processing of your personal information in specific situations, such as when you contest the accuracy of the data or object to our processing activities.
Objection to Processing: You may object to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes at any time. You may also object to processing based on legitimate interests in certain circumstances.
Withdrawal of Consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing conducted prior to the withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section at the end of this policy. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law and may request verification of your identity before processing your request.
9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, and understand where our visitors come from. This section explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control them.
What Are Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the site owners. Cookies may be session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a set period.
Types of Cookies We Use: We use essential cookies that are necessary for the website to function properly, such as maintaining session state and security features. We also use analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site, including which pages are most frequently visited and how users navigate through the content. This data helps us improve our website design and content strategy.
Managing Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, to accept only certain types of cookies, or to alert you when a website attempts to place a cookie on your device. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality and performance of our website.
Third-Party Analytics: We may use third-party analytics services that employ cookies and tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with our website. These third parties may collect information about your use of our website over time, but this information is aggregated and does not identify you personally.
10. Privacy for Minors
CDF Foundation does not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from individuals under the age of sixteen. Our website and services are directed at business professionals and organizations, and are not intended for use by children or minors.
If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under the age of sixteen without verifiable parental consent, we will take immediate steps to delete that information from our records. If you believe that a child under sixteen has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately using the contact details set forth in this policy so that we can take appropriate action.
We encourage parents and guardians to monitor the online activities of their children and to instruct them never to provide personal information through websites without permission.
11. Third-Party Links and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications that are not owned or controlled by CDF Foundation. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices or content.
When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit. The inclusion of any link to a third-party site does not imply endorsement by CDF Foundation of that site or its privacy practices. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of any third-party services before providing them with your personal information.
Our website may also include embedded content or features from social media platforms and other third-party service providers. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the feature.
12. International Data Transfers
CDF Foundation is headquartered in Canada, and your information may be processed in Canada and in any other country where we, our affiliates, or our service providers maintain facilities. The data protection laws in these countries may differ from those in your jurisdiction of residence.
When we transfer personal information across international borders, we take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data receives an adequate level of protection in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. These safeguards may include:
Data Processing Agreements: We enter into legally binding contracts with our service providers and affiliates that require them to protect personal information to standards at least equivalent to those set forth in this policy.
Adequacy Assessments: We evaluate the data protection frameworks of the countries where personal information may be transferred and processed, and implement additional measures where necessary to ensure compliance with Canadian privacy law and international standards.
By using our website and services, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence, including Canada, as described in this Privacy Policy.
13. Data Breach Notification
In the event of a data breach involving your personal information, CDF Foundation has established procedures to promptly identify, contain, assess, and remediate the breach. If we determine that a breach poses a real risk of significant harm to you, we will notify you and the relevant regulatory authorities as required by applicable law.
Our breach notification will include a description of the nature of the breach, the categories and approximate number of affected records, the likely consequences of the breach, and the measures we have taken or propose to take to address the breach and mitigate its potential adverse effects. We maintain an incident response plan and conduct regular testing to ensure our team is prepared to respond effectively to security incidents.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
CDF Foundation reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other operational factors. When we make material changes, we will:
Update the effective date at the top of this page to reflect the date of the latest revision.
Post a prominent notice on our website for at least thirty days following any material update, alerting visitors to the change.
Send an email notification to individuals who have provided their email address and have not opted out of receiving communications, where the changes are significant.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of our website and services after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.
15. Governing Law
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Ontario, Canada.
For individuals located in jurisdictions outside Canada, additional privacy protections may apply under local law. CDF Foundation will comply with applicable local data protection requirements to the extent they are more protective than the standards set forth in this policy.
16. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using the information below. We take all privacy inquiries seriously and will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.
CDF Foundation
c/o Yer Realty Investment Inc.
65 Belfry Dr, Bradford - L3Z 0G7
Canada
Email: connect@cdffoundation.buzz
Phone: +1 (563) 291-8469
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, including the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, if you believe that your privacy rights have been violated. We encourage you to contact us first so that we can address your concerns directly before involving any regulatory body.