Privacy Policy
Last updated: 26 July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Value Consultants Associates, including Value Consultants Associates LTD and VCA Consultancy LLC, collectively referred to as “VCA,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” may collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal information when you use our website, contact us, submit a project inquiry, send us documents, or communicate with us.
By using this website or submitting information to VCA, you acknowledge that your personal information may be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Value Consultants Associates provides development, project, commercial, procurement, technical, business transformation, and strategic advisory services.
Our contact details are:
Value Consultants Associates LTD
380 Wellington Street, Tower B, 6th Floor, Suite 617
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B5
VCA Consultancy LLC
Office 302-206, Westburry Tower
Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Email: info@vcaconsultants.ca
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact: [privacy@vcaconsultants.ca or info@vcaconsultants.ca]
2. Information We May Collect
We may collect personal information that you provide directly to us, including:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Company or organization name
Job title or role
Country, city, project location, or business location
Subject and content of your inquiry
Project details submitted through the Discuss a Project form
Attachments, documents, presentations, CVs, résumés, portfolios, or other files you choose to submit
Recruitment-related information sent to careers@vcaconsultants.ca
Any other information you choose to provide to us
We may also collect limited technical information when you use our website, such as:
IP address
Browser type
Device information
Pages visited
Date and time of visit
Referring website or source
Website interaction data
Cookie or analytics information, where applicable
3. How We Collect Information
We may collect personal information when you:
Visit or interact with our website
Submit a Contact Us form
Submit a Discuss a Project form
Email us directly
Send documents or attachments
Submit a CV or recruitment inquiry
Communicate with VCA by phone, email, messaging platform, meeting, or other channel
Engage with VCA through business development, advisory, proposal, or project-related discussions
Some technical information may be collected automatically through website hosting, cookies, analytics tools, or third-party service providers used to operate and improve the website.
4. How We Use Personal Information
VCA may use personal information for the following purposes:
Responding to inquiries
Reviewing project, advisory, or business opportunities
Assessing whether VCA is able to support a requested mandate
Preparing proposals, scopes of work, engagement letters, or commercial discussions
Communicating with clients, prospects, suppliers, advisers, consultants, and business contacts
Managing business relationships
Processing recruitment inquiries and CV submissions
Evaluating candidates for current or future opportunities
Improving our website, services, communications, and user experience
Maintaining business records
Complying with applicable legal, regulatory, accounting, tax, audit, or compliance obligations
Protecting VCA’s rights, interests, systems, website, and business operations
5. Project Inquiries and Confidential Information
If you submit a project inquiry, you are responsible for ensuring that the information you provide is accurate, lawful, and appropriate to share.
Please do not submit confidential, commercially sensitive, proprietary, or legally privileged information through this website unless a confidentiality arrangement has first been agreed in writing.
Submission of a project inquiry does not create a client relationship, advisory mandate, fiduciary duty, professional duty of care, or obligation on VCA to provide services.
6. Recruitment Information
If you send a CV, résumé, portfolio, or recruitment inquiry to careers@vcaconsultants.ca, VCA may use that information to assess your suitability for current or future opportunities.
Recruitment information may include your name, contact details, employment history, education, qualifications, skills, references, portfolio materials, and any other information you choose to provide.
Submission of recruitment information does not create an employment relationship or obligation on VCA to respond, interview, or offer employment.
Only shortlisted candidates may be contacted.
7. Legal Basis and Consent
Where required by applicable law, VCA will collect, use, disclose, or process personal information on an appropriate legal basis, which may include:
Your consent
The need to respond to your request or inquiry
The need to take steps before entering into an engagement or agreement
VCA’s legitimate business interests
Compliance with legal or regulatory obligations
Protection of VCA’s rights, interests, systems, or business operations
Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw your consent where permitted by applicable law. Withdrawal of consent may affect our ability to respond to your inquiry, consider your application, or provide certain services.
8. Sharing of Personal Information
VCA does not sell personal information.
We may share personal information where reasonably necessary with:
VCA entities, directors, employees, consultants, or representatives
Professional advisers, including legal, tax, accounting, financial, insurance, or compliance advisers
External consultants, specialists, or service providers supporting VCA’s work
Website hosting, IT, email, cloud, CRM, analytics, or data-processing providers
Recruitment reviewers or advisers, where relevant
Clients, project parties, or counterparties, where you have authorized or reasonably expect such sharing
Government authorities, regulators, courts, or other parties where required by law
Any successor entity in connection with a restructuring, merger, transfer, or sale of all or part of VCA’s business, subject to applicable law
Where we use third-party service providers, we expect them to process personal information only for authorized purposes and to apply appropriate safeguards.
9. International Transfers
VCA operates with a presence in Canada and the United Arab Emirates and may work with clients, advisers, consultants, service providers, and technology platforms in other jurisdictions.
As a result, personal information may be transferred to, stored in, accessed from, or processed in countries other than the country in which it was originally collected. These countries may have privacy or data protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.
Where required, VCA will take reasonable steps to protect personal information transferred internationally.
10. Website Hosting, Cookies, and Analytics
Our website may be hosted and operated using third-party technology platforms, including Odoo or related service providers.
The website may use cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies to support website functionality, understand website performance, improve user experience, and maintain security.
Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. You may be able to disable or manage cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
VCA should confirm the exact cookies, analytics tools, and third-party services active on the website and update this Privacy Policy and any cookie notice accordingly.
11. Data Retention
VCA retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required for legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, recruitment, business, or compliance purposes.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and the context in which it was provided.
For example:
General inquiries may be retained for a reasonable business period.
Project inquiries may be retained for proposal, business development, recordkeeping, or future follow-up purposes.
Recruitment submissions may be retained for current or future opportunity consideration, unless deletion is requested and applicable law permits deletion.
Records related to formal engagements may be retained in accordance with contractual, legal, tax, accounting, or professional requirements.
12. Security
VCA takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no website, email system, cloud platform, or method of electronic transmission is completely secure. You should avoid submitting highly confidential or sensitive information through unsecured channels.
13. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to:
Request access to personal information we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
Request deletion of personal information, where applicable
Withdraw consent, where processing is based on consent
Object to or restrict certain processing, where applicable
Request information about how your personal information has been used or disclosed
Lodge a complaint with a relevant privacy or data protection authority
To exercise privacy-related rights, please contact us at privacy@vcaconsultants.ca
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
14. Third-Party Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, or resources.
VCA is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites. You should review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
15. Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for business and professional use. VCA does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to VCA through this website, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.
16. Updates to This Privacy Policy
VCA may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, operations, legal obligations, or privacy practices.
Any updated version will be posted on this website with a revised “Last updated” date.
17. Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or VCA’s handling of personal information, please contact:
Value Consultants Associates
Email: privacy@vcaconsultants.ca
Canada:
Value Consultants Associates LTD
380 Wellington Street, Tower B, 6th Floor
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B5
United Arab Emirates:
VCA Consultancy LLC
Office 302-206, Westburry Tower
Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates