This policy explains what cookies are used on escaliersmessier.ca, what they are used for, how long they are kept, and how you can keep a close eye on your preferences at all times. Privacy Policy.
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your device by a website you visit, allowing the site to recognize your device on subsequent visits.
Under the same umbrella, we find other technologies that pursue comparable objectives:
In this policy, the word “cookie” covers all of these technologies.
Escaliers Messier is a Quebec company. Our use of cookies is subject to the Privacy Act in the Private Sector, as amended by Act 25.
Section 8.1 of this law is the one that concerns us most directly: when a company uses technology to identify, locate or profile a person, this function must be disabled by defaultThe Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, which oversees the application of the law, has a clear interpretation of it: no non-essential witness can be placed on your device before you have expressly consented to it.
In addition, at the federal level, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) for our activities outside Quebec.
Our approach is based on four commitments:
We do not sell, rent or transfer to anyone the information collected through cookies, but use it only to understand site usage and measure our own communications.
Our consent banner categorizes cookies according to four distinct purposes.
Strictly necessary for the functioning of the site: maintaining your session, forms security, remembering your choice regarding cookies. Without them, the site cannot function properly.They are not used for any analysis or targeting.
Remember display or comfort choices that make your visit more enjoyable.The site remains fully usable if you refuse them.
They allow us to understand, in an aggregate way, how the site is used: pages viewed, duration of visits, traffic origin. This data is used to improve the content and navigation, but it is never used to identify you personally.
They allow us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising communications and to avoid showing you the same message multiple times.These cookies are placed by third-party platforms and are only activated with your explicit consent.
Here is the list of cookies that may be placed during your visit, with their purpose and duration of storage.
| Witness | Submitted by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cmplz_consent_status | Escaliers Messier | Remembers that you have responded to the consent banner. | 365 days |
| cmplz_statistics cmplz_marketing cmplz_preferences cmplz_functional | Escaliers Messier | Save the detail of your choice for each category, so that it is respected on every page. | 365 days |
| cmplz_policy_id | Escaliers Messier | Identifies the version of the policy to which you have consented, so that you can be re-solicited if it changes materially. | 365 days |
| PHPSESSID | Escaliers Messier | Maintains the technical continuity of your navigation from one page to another. | Session |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Escaliers Messier | Checks that your browser accepts cookies. | Session |
These witnesses are essential — and paradoxically, refusing others requires keeping one to remember your refusal.
| Witness | Submitted by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors from each other by means of a random identifier, without any link to your identity. | Up to 24 months |
| _ga_<ID> | Google Analytics | Preserves the session state for our measure property. | Up to 24 months |
Our audience measurement is entrusted to Google Analytics 4, deployed through Google Tag ManagerThe tag manager itself does not place any cookies: it is only used to trigger the other tools, in accordance with your choices.
| Witness | Submitted by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | No marketing cookies are placed on this site to date. | — |
The "Marketing" category is in our banner because we plan to roll out ad measurement tools in the near future, including the Meta Pixel and Google Ads Conversion Tracking, which are not active today. When they are deployed, they will be added to the table above with their purpose and duration, and will only trigger for people who have opted in to the Marketing category.
Our site applies the Google Consent Mode (Consent Mode v2) The principle is worth explaining, because it is often misunderstood.
Until you have accepted the statistics, no Google cookies are placed on your device and no identifiers that can be used to track you are transmitted. Google may, however, receive a technical signal without an identifier — indicating that a page has been loaded and that consent has not been given — which does not allow you to be recognized or tracked from one site to another or to reconstruct your journey.
If you agree, the measurement is then carried out as normal, according to the procedures described in section 05.
The measurement tools we use are owned by foreign companies and the information collected through them may be processed or hosted outside of Quebec, mainly in the United States and Europe.
In accordance with section 17 of Act 25, we have assessed the privacy factors of these communications and ensure that these providers provide adequate protection, including through appropriate contractual commitments, as detailed in section 08 of our Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy.
The link « Manage consent », located at the bottom of each page, re-opens the preferences panel, where you can change your choices category by category at any time, and your new decision will apply immediately. Withdrawing consent does not affect your access to the site or any requests you may have already made to us.
You can also block or delete cookies directly from your browser settings. The steps to do this vary depending on the software you are using — look for the “Privacy & Security” or “Cookies & Site Data” section in your browser settings.Most browsers also offer a private browsing mode that clears cookies when you close the browser window.
Please note: deleting the cookies from your browser also deletes the cookie that retains your refusal, so the banner will be presented again on your next visit.
The site remains fully functional: you can consult all our pages, browse our achievements and send us a quote request exactly as if you had accepted everything.
What we lose is measurement: we won't know which pages are attracting attention or how you came to us. This information helps us improve the site, but it does not condition any service.Your refusal does not result in any restrictions, no additional solicitation and no degradation of the quality of our responses.
This policy is revised whenever we add, replace or remove a cookie-depositing tool, and the date of last update is shown at the top of the page.
When a change substantially changes the purposes pursued or the categories of tools used, your consent is requested again rather than presumed.
For any questions regarding this policy, the exercise of your rights or the processing of your personal information, please contact the Privacy Officer:
Recourse to the CAI. If you believe that your rights are not being respected, you can file a complaint with the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec: cai.gouv.qc.ca.