Privacy policy | Longspur Defence

01Who we are

Longspur Defence ("we", "us") is a Canadian company. We are responsible for the personal information we collect through this website and by email. We follow Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

We have appointed a Privacy Officer who is accountable for how we handle personal information. You can reach them at privacy@longspurdefence.ca.

02What we collect

Information you send us. When you use our contact form or email us, we receive your name, organization, email address, the topic you choose and your message.
Job applications. If you send us a CV or cover letter, we receive the information it contains.
Basic technical data. Our hosting provider records standard server logs, such as IP address, browser type, pages requested and the time of the request. We use these to keep the site secure and working.

We do not use cookies, tracking pixels or third-party analytics. Our web fonts are served by Google Fonts, which receives your IP address when your browser requests them.

03How we use it

To reply to your enquiry and keep a record of our conversation.
To assess partnership, procurement, investment and job enquiries.
To protect the website and our people from fraud, abuse and cyber attack.
To meet our legal obligations, including record-keeping required for defence work.

We won't use your information for any other purpose without asking you first. We don't send marketing emails unless you've agreed to receive them.

04Consent

By sending us your information, you consent to us using it as described here. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Privacy Officer. If you do, we may not be able to continue working with you on your enquiry.

05Who we share it with

We never sell or rent personal information. We share it only:

with service providers who help us run the website, email and forms (currently Netlify for hosting and form handling, and our business email provider), under contracts that require them to protect it;
when the law requires it, for example under a court order or a lawful request from a Canadian government authority;
as part of a merger, sale or financing of our business, under confidentiality terms.

Some of our service providers may store or process information outside Canada, including in the United States. When they do, it may be subject to the laws of that country.

06How long we keep it

We keep enquiries for 24 months after our last contact with you, and job applications for 12 months, unless we need to keep them longer for legal or contractual reasons. After that, we delete them securely.

07How we protect it

We use safeguards that match the sensitivity of the information. These include encrypted connections, multi-factor authentication on our accounts, access limited to the people who need it, and keeping this website separate from our internal systems.

08Please don't send sensitive information

Don't send classified, controlled or export-restricted information, or sensitive personal information, through this website or by ordinary email. If you need to share it, contact us first and we'll arrange an appropriate secure channel.

09Your rights

You can ask us to:

tell you what personal information we hold about you and how we have used it;
correct information that is wrong or incomplete;
delete your information, where we are not legally required to keep it.

Send your request to privacy@longspurdefence.ca. We'll respond within 30 days. If you're not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

10Changes to this policy

We'll update this policy when our practices change and show the new date at the top of this page.