Effective and Last Updated: September 7, 2026
1. Introduction
DumitruChis.ca (the “Website”) is a personal and professional website operated by Dumitru Chis (“we,” “us,” or “our”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with the Website, why it may be collected, how it may be used or disclosed, how it is protected and retained, and the choices and rights that may be available to you.
The Website is primarily informational and contains professional information about Dumitru Chis, including his education, professional experience, and articles relating to topics such as maintenance, leadership, professional development, and related subjects.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through or in connection with DumitruChis.ca. It does not govern websites or services operated independently by third parties that may be linked from the Website.
2. Information We Collect
The amount of personal information collected through the Website is limited because the Website is primarily informational and does not currently provide customer accounts, ecommerce transactions, newsletter subscriptions, or public commenting functionality.
Information may nevertheless be collected when you communicate with us, use the Website, or interact with technologies necessary to operate, secure, and understand the use of the Website.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you communicate with us, including by sending an email or otherwise contacting us using contact information made available through the Website.
Depending on the nature of your communication, this may include your name, email address, the contents of your message, and any other information you choose to provide.
We use information provided through direct communications primarily to respond to your inquiry, communicate with you, maintain appropriate records, and address any related request or issue.
Please do not send sensitive or confidential personal information unless it is reasonably necessary for your communication.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, certain technical information may be processed automatically by the Website, hosting infrastructure, security systems, analytics technologies, or other services used to operate and protect it.
Depending on the technology involved, this information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring website or page, pages requested or viewed, date and time of access, approximate geographic information, technical identifiers, and information concerning errors, suspicious requests, attempted unauthorized access, or other Website activity.
Some of this information may constitute personal information under applicable privacy laws even where it does not directly identify you by name.
3. How & Why We Use Information
We collect and use information only where reasonably necessary for legitimate purposes associated with the Website or where otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.
Information may be used to operate, maintain, and deliver the Website; respond to inquiries and communications; understand how visitors use the Website; improve Website content, organization, performance, and user experience; diagnose errors and technical problems; protect the Website, systems, and infrastructure against malicious activity, spam, malware, fraud, unauthorized access, and other security threats; maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and security records; comply with applicable legal obligations; and establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
We do not sell personal information.
We do not use information collected through the Website to create profiles for behavioural advertising, and the Website does not currently display third-party behavioural advertising.
4. Legal Bases & Consent
The basis on which information is processed depends on the nature of the information, the purpose for which it is used, and the privacy laws applicable in the circumstances.
Where consent is required, we seek consent before collecting or using personal information for the applicable purpose. For example, optional analytics technologies are managed according to the consent choices available through the Website’s cookie banner where consent is required.
Certain information may also be processed where reasonably necessary to operate and secure the Website, respond to a request you have made, comply with a legal obligation, or pursue a legitimate purpose permitted under applicable law.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent, subject to applicable legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before consent was withdrawn.
5. Cookies & Similar Technologies
Cookies are small data files or similar technologies that may be stored on or accessed through your browser or device when you visit a website.
DumitruChis.ca may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for the operation, security, functionality, and administration of the Website. These technologies may operate without optional consent where permitted by applicable law.
The Website may also use optional analytics cookies or similar technologies to help us understand Website usage. Where consent is required, these technologies are used according to the choices you make through the Website’s cookie banner.
You can accept or decline available optional categories and may change your available consent preferences through the Website’s cookie settings.
You may also configure your browser to block or delete cookies. Blocking technologies that are necessary for Website operation may affect certain functionality.
For more detailed information about the cookies and related technologies used on DumitruChis.ca, please see our Cookie Policy.
6. Analytics & Website Measurement
DumitruChis.ca uses Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the Website and how its content and performance may be improved.
Depending on applicable settings and your consent choices, analytics information may include pages viewed, interactions with Website content, approximate geographic information, browser and device characteristics, referral information, session information, and other technical or usage information.
We use this information to understand general Website traffic and visitor behaviour, identify useful or popular content, diagnose performance issues, and improve the Website.
The Website uses Google Tag Manager to manage certain Website tags and scripts. Google Tag Manager is a tag-management system. Analytics collection through Google Analytics is controlled according to the Website’s applicable consent configuration.
Where consent is required, optional Google Analytics functionality is activated according to the consent choice made through the Website’s cookie banner.
Information processed by Google is also subject to Google’s applicable privacy, data-processing, retention, and security practices.
7. Website Security & Technical Logs
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the nature of the Website and information processed to help protect against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction.
The Website uses security technologies and services designed to identify and respond to malicious requests, unauthorized access attempts, malware, spam, suspicious traffic, and other potential security threats.
For these purposes, security systems may process technical information such as IP addresses, request information, browser or device information, timestamps, attempted login or access activity, and information associated with suspected security events.
Security and server logs may be retained for a reasonable period where necessary to investigate incidents, prevent repeated attacks, diagnose technical problems, maintain Website integrity, or protect legal rights.
No method of Internet transmission, electronic storage, network operation, or Website security can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Although we use reasonable safeguards, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Service Providers
We may use third-party service providers where reasonably necessary to host, operate, maintain, secure, optimize, analyze, or otherwise support the Website.
These may include providers of website hosting and infrastructure, security and malware protection, technical performance and optimization, analytics, tag management, cookie and consent management, backup or technical administration, email infrastructure, and other services reasonably necessary for Website operation.
Service providers may process limited personal or technical information in connection with providing their services. Their processing may also be subject to their own contractual obligations, privacy policies, security practices, and legal requirements.
We do not authorize service providers to use information received from us for unrelated independent advertising merely because they provide a technical service to the Website.
9. International Processing & Data Transfers
Some service providers used in connection with the Website may operate, store information, or process information outside Ontario or Canada.
As a result, personal information may in some circumstances be processed or stored in another province, country, or jurisdiction and may be subject to the laws and lawful access requirements of that jurisdiction.
Where required by applicable law, reasonable measures are used to address the protection of personal information processed by service providers outside the jurisdiction in which it was originally collected.
The location and processing practices of individual service providers may change over time and are also governed by their applicable terms and privacy practices.
10. When We May Share or Disclose Information
We do not sell personal information and do not disclose personal information to unrelated third parties for their independent behavioural advertising purposes.
Information may be disclosed where reasonably necessary to service providers that operate, host, maintain, secure, analyze, or support the Website; professional advisers where their assistance is reasonably required; governmental, regulatory, judicial, or law-enforcement authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by applicable law; or other parties where reasonably necessary to investigate security incidents, prevent fraud or misuse, protect rights or property, enforce applicable terms, or prevent harm.
Information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary in connection with a legitimate business, organizational, or asset transfer, reorganization, or similar transaction, subject to applicable law.
Where possible and appropriate, we seek to limit disclosures to information reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose.
11. External Links & LinkedIn
The Website may contain links to websites, social-media profiles, resources, publications, or online services operated independently by third parties, including LinkedIn.
When you follow an external link, you leave DumitruChis.ca and become subject to the privacy practices, cookies, terms, security practices, and other policies of the third-party website or service.
DumitruChis.ca does not control and is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, availability, or operation of independent third-party websites or services.
A standard external link to a social-media profile or third-party website does not by itself mean that DumitruChis.ca receives information concerning your subsequent activity on that third-party service.
12. Email Communications
If you contact Dumitru Chis by email, your email address, message, attachments, and other information included in your communication may be processed and retained as reasonably necessary to respond to you, maintain appropriate records, address the subject of your communication, protect against malicious or fraudulent communications, or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Email communications may pass through third-party email, hosting, spam-filtering, security, or network providers as part of normal electronic communication.
Email and other Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore avoid sending sensitive personal information by ordinary email unless reasonably necessary and appropriate.
DumitruChis.ca does not currently operate a promotional newsletter or email-marketing subscription through the Website.
13. Data Retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for legitimate related purposes.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and why it is being processed.
Communications may be retained as reasonably necessary to respond to an inquiry or maintain appropriate records. Security and technical logs may be retained for periods reasonably necessary to protect the Website, investigate incidents, and diagnose problems. Analytics information may be retained according to the applicable analytics configuration and provider settings. Information may also be retained where reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations or establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
Backups or archived systems may temporarily retain information after it has been removed from active systems until the applicable backup or retention cycle expires.
When personal information is no longer reasonably required, it may be deleted, anonymized, or otherwise securely disposed of, subject to applicable legal and legitimate record-keeping requirements.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, the nature of the information, and the privacy laws applicable to the circumstances, you may have rights concerning personal information held about you.
These may include the right to request access to personal information, request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information, withdraw consent where processing depends on consent, and make a complaint or inquiry concerning the handling of personal information.
Other rights, including deletion, restriction, objection, or portability, may apply in particular jurisdictions and circumstances.
These rights are subject to applicable legal requirements, exceptions, and limitations. For example, certain information may need to be retained where required by law or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity before responding to a privacy request.
Privacy requests may be sent to info@dumitruchis.ca.
15. European & United Kingdom Privacy Rights
Where the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, United Kingdom GDPR, or related European data-protection laws apply to the processing of your personal information, you may have additional rights subject to the conditions and exceptions established by applicable law.
Depending on the circumstances, these may include rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to certain processing, data portability, and withdrawal of consent.
Where processing is based on consent, withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
Where applicable, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data-protection authority responsible for your jurisdiction.
16. Consent Choices & Withdrawal
Where optional processing depends on your consent, you may decline that processing or withdraw your consent.
For Website cookies and analytics technologies, available choices can be managed through the Website’s cookie banner or cookie settings.
Changing or withdrawing consent for optional analytics does not prevent you from accessing the informational content of the Website, although disabling certain necessary technologies through your browser may affect Website functionality.
Withdrawal of consent applies prospectively and does not invalidate processing that occurred lawfully before consent was withdrawn.
17. Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control
Some browsers, devices, and extensions provide privacy signals such as Do Not Track (DNT) or Global Privacy Control (GPC).
Where applicable and technically supported, the Website and its consent-management technologies may recognize browser-based privacy preferences. The effect of a particular signal may depend on applicable law, browser implementation, and the technologies used by the Website.
Visitors may also use the Website’s cookie settings to manage available consent choices directly.
18. Children’s Privacy
DumitruChis.ca is intended for a general professional audience and is not directed specifically to children.
We do not knowingly use the Website to solicit personal information from children for marketing, behavioural profiling, or commercial purposes.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information through the Website in circumstances requiring deletion or other action under applicable law, please contact us at info@dumitruchis.ca.
19. Privacy Questions & Complaints
If you have a question, concern, or complaint about how personal information has been handled through or in connection with DumitruChis.ca, please contact us using the information below.
We will review privacy inquiries and complaints and respond as reasonably appropriate in accordance with applicable privacy law.
Depending on your location and the law applicable to your personal information, you may also have the right to contact or make a complaint to the privacy or data-protection authority responsible for your jurisdiction.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, technologies, service providers, privacy practices, security practices, or applicable legal requirements.
The current version will be published on this page and identified by the Last Updated date above.
Where appropriate or required by applicable law, additional notice may be provided concerning material changes.
Continued use of the Website after a Privacy Policy update does not constitute consent to a new use of personal information where applicable law requires separate consent.
21. Contact
Questions, requests, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or personal information associated with DumitruChis.ca may be directed to:
Dumitru Chis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Email: info@dumitruchis.ca
Website: dumitruchis.ca
Effective and Last Updated: September 7, 2026
