Privacy Policy
Your information
Semko Contracting Ltd. ("we") is a home and commercial builder at 2502 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2B3. This section explains what personal information semkocontracting.com collects, why, who sees it, how long we keep it and how to reach us about it. We handle personal information under British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act.
What we collect
When you use our contact form, we collect what you type in: your name, phone number, email address and message. With it we record the page you sent it from, your IP address and your browser type, so we can spot spam and abuse.
When you browse the site, we don't ask you for anything. Like any website, our servers receive your IP address and browser details to deliver the pages, and we use your IP address to work out your country and province so we can show you the right cookie choices. Analytics and advertising cookies are used only as described under Cookies and similar technologies below.
Why we use it
- To answer your enquiry and talk with you about your project.
- To keep a record of our conversations with clients and prospective clients.
- To protect the site and the form from spam and abuse.
We don't sell your personal information, and we don't add you to a mailing list.
Who sees it
Your form submission is emailed to our team and kept in our website's administration area, where only Semko Contracting and the agency that maintains our website can see it. We also rely on a few service providers to run the site:
- Cloudflare hosts the website, stores form submissions and runs Turnstile, the spam check on our form, which looks at your browser and IP address.
- Kinsta hosts the system we use to manage the site's content and keep form submissions.
- Adobe Fonts supplies the site's typefaces: your browser requests them from Adobe on each visit, which shares your IP address with Adobe. Adobe Fonts sets no cookies.
These providers may store or process information outside Canada, including in the United States, where it may be accessible to authorities under local law.
How long we keep it
We keep form submissions for as long as we need them to respond to you and to keep a record of our work, then delete them. You can ask us to delete yours at any time.
Your choices and how to reach us
You can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or withdraw your consent and ask us to delete it. Email pasemko@live.com, call (250) 308-1907, or write to us at the address above. If you're not satisfied with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia.
Cookies and similar technologies
1. Who we are
This website, semkocontracting.com, is operated by Semko Contracting ("we", "us"). 2502 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2B3. You can reach us at pasemko@live.com.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. We also use similar technologies such as local storage, pixels and SDKs; in this policy we call all of them "cookies". Some cookies are placed by us (first-party cookies) and some by third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies).
3. Your consent
When you first visit semkocontracting.com from the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or Quebec, we only set cookies that are strictly necessary for the site to work. All other cookies, including analytics and advertising cookies, are switched off by default and are set only after you give your consent through our cookie banner. You may accept all cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or choose category by category. Refusing is as easy as accepting, and your experience of the site is not degraded if you refuse.
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time by opening Cookie settings, which is also linked in the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal. Your choice is stored in a cookie named cookie_consent for 6 months, after which we will ask you again.
The legal basis for strictly necessary cookies is our legitimate interest in operating a secure, functioning website (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f); ePrivacy Directive Art. 5(3)). The legal basis for all other cookies is your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a); Quebec Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, s. 8.1 and 14).
4. The cookies we use
The table below lists every cookie currently in use, grouped by category. It is generated from a regular scan of our site and is kept up to date.
Strictly necessary
These cookies are essential for the website to function: security, load balancing, remembering your consent choice and keeping you signed in. They cannot be switched off.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Retention | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cookie_consent | This website | Stores your cookie choices so we do not ask again on every page and can honour them. Only set once you make a choice. | 6 months | First party |
cookie_consent_s | This website | A copy of your cookie choices set by our server, so they are kept for the full period in browsers that shorten cookies set by scripts. | 6 months | First party |
cookie_consent_gpc | This website | Remembers that your browser asked this site not to sell or share your personal information (Global Privacy Control), so advertising stays off until you turn it on yourself. Only set when your browser sends that signal. | 13 months | First party |
cookie_consent_geo (session-storage) | This website | Remembers for this browsing session which region’s privacy rules apply to you (country and province only), so it is not looked up on every page. | Session | First party |
cc_region | This website | Your region (country and province only) as detected by our hosting, used to decide which privacy rules apply. | 6 hours | First party |
Functional
These cookies remember choices you make (language, region, display preferences) and enable enhanced features such as live chat or embedded videos.
No cookies in this category.
Analytics
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the site, which pages are popular and where problems occur, so we can improve it. Data is aggregated and, where possible, anonymised.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Retention | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how you use the website. | 2 years | |
_ga_* | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics 4 to keep track of your session state and which pages you visit. | 2 years |
Marketing
These cookies are set by advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites, and to measure advertising campaigns.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Retention | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_au | Google Ads | Used by Google Ads to store and track conversions from ad clicks. | 90 days |
5. Third parties and international transfers
The third-party tools we use on this site are: Google Ads, Google Analytics.
Some of the providers listed above are established outside your country, including in the United States. Where personal information leaves the EEA, the UK, Switzerland or Quebec we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, adequacy decisions, and, for Quebec residents, a privacy impact assessment as required by Law 25. Each provider's own policy, linked in the table, describes how they process your information.
6. Google Consent Mode
We use Google Tag Manager with Consent Mode. Until you consent, Google tags operate in a restricted, cookieless mode and do not store identifiers on your device. After you consent, they behave as described in the table above.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent. Quebec residents also have the right to be informed of, and to request, the de-indexing of personal information and to know when a decision is based exclusively on automated processing. To exercise these rights, contact us at pasemko@live.com. You may also lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority (for example the CNIL in France, the ICO in the UK, the FDPIC in Switzerland or the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec).
8. Managing cookies in your browser
You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the site from working. Instructions: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge.
9. Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when the cookies we use change. When a change is material we will ask for your consent again.
1. Who we are
This website, semkocontracting.com, is operated by Semko Contracting ("we", "us"). 2502 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2B3. You can reach us at pasemko@live.com.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. We also use similar technologies such as local storage, pixels and SDKs; in this policy we call all of them "cookies". Some are placed by us (first-party) and some by third parties whose services we use (third-party).
3. How we use cookies and how to opt out
By continuing to browse semkocontracting.com you agree to our use of the cookies described below for the purposes described below. We do not show a consent banner on first visit in your region; instead you can opt out at any time by opening Cookie settings, linked in the footer of every page. There you can switch off any category other than strictly necessary cookies, and we will delete the cookies in that category and stop setting them. Your choice is remembered for 6 months in a cookie named cookie_consent.
If you visit from the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or Quebec we instead ask for your consent before setting any non-essential cookie.
We honour the Global Privacy Control signal where the law requires it. We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. Some of the advertising cookies listed below may be considered "sharing" or "targeted advertising" under certain US state laws; opting out of the Marketing category stops that sharing.
4. The cookies we use
Strictly necessary
These cookies are essential for the website to function: security, load balancing, remembering your consent choice and keeping you signed in. They cannot be switched off.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Retention | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cookie_consent | This website | Stores your cookie choices so we do not ask again on every page and can honour them. Only set once you make a choice. | 6 months | First party |
cookie_consent_s | This website | A copy of your cookie choices set by our server, so they are kept for the full period in browsers that shorten cookies set by scripts. | 6 months | First party |
cookie_consent_gpc | This website | Remembers that your browser asked this site not to sell or share your personal information (Global Privacy Control), so advertising stays off until you turn it on yourself. Only set when your browser sends that signal. | 13 months | First party |
cookie_consent_geo (session-storage) | This website | Remembers for this browsing session which region’s privacy rules apply to you (country and province only), so it is not looked up on every page. | Session | First party |
cc_region | This website | Your region (country and province only) as detected by our hosting, used to decide which privacy rules apply. | 6 hours | First party |
Functional
These cookies remember choices you make (language, region, display preferences) and enable enhanced features such as live chat or embedded videos.
No cookies in this category.
Analytics
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the site, which pages are popular and where problems occur, so we can improve it. Data is aggregated and, where possible, anonymised.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Retention | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how you use the website. | 2 years | |
_ga_* | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics 4 to keep track of your session state and which pages you visit. | 2 years |
Marketing
These cookies are set by advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites, and to measure advertising campaigns.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Retention | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_au | Google Ads | Used by Google Ads to store and track conversions from ad clicks. | 90 days |
5. Third parties
The third-party tools we use on this site are: Google Ads, Google Analytics.
The providers listed above process the information collected by their cookies under their own privacy policies, linked in the table. Some are located outside your country.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live you may have the right to know what personal information we collect, to access or delete it, to correct it, to opt out of targeted advertising or the sale or sharing of personal information, and not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights. To exercise them, contact pasemko@live.com.
7. Managing cookies in your browser
You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the site from working.
8. Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when the cookies we use change.