When you are answering the Privacy Policy questionnaire, you will be asked whether you want to provide Quebec's Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector rights to residents of Quebec only or to everyone that visits your website or application, regardless of location. Quebec's Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector provides the following privacy rights to residents of Quebec: 

  1. The right to access their personal information; 
  2. The right to request the amendment of any information that was collected about them; 
  3. The right to withdraw consent to the processing of their personal information; 
  4. The right to lodge a complaint regarding the collection, sharing and processing of their personal information with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction; 
  5. The right to opt out of the tracking of their location; 
  6. The right to opt out of the use of their personal information for profiling purposes;
  7. The right to opt out of the use of their personal information for automated decision making purposes. 

By law, these rights are provided to residents of Quebec only. However, some businesses may want to provide these rights to every website or application visitor as doing so can: 

  • Prevent the work inherent in confirming the individual's place of residence when they request to exercise their privacy rights; 
  • Reduce the confusion of individuals as to what privacy rights apply to them; 
  • Help reduce the length of your Privacy Policy, especially if you have to comply with multiple privacy laws. 

To answer this question, select whether you'd like to offer the above privacy rights to residents of Quebec only or to everyone that visits your website or application, regardless of their location.