Privacy policy
Calgary Rated’s privacy policy under PIPEDA: what it collects, why, cookies, service providers and how to reach us.
Overview
Calgary Rated (calgaryrated.com) collects little personal information and handles it in line with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). No ads, no AdSense, no tracking cookies, no sale of data.
Collected
Server logs: IP address, browser, pages requested. Emails you send us. Business accounts: sign-in email, listing changes and billing records from Stripe.
Purposes
Security, replying to messages, managing listings and Pro or Top plans, and legal and tax records.
Consent
Using the site or writing to us means consenting to these purposes. You can withdraw consent by closing your business account or asking us to delete your messages, within legal limits.
Cookies and analytics
Cloudflare Web Analytics, no cookies. One session cookie in “For businesses” to keep you signed in. Cloudflare Turnstile on forms to block spam bots.
Providers
Cloudflare for hosting, security, statistics and email; Stripe for payments (full card numbers never reach us); OpenFreeMap for map tiles. Data may be stored or processed outside Canada, including in the United States, where it can be subject to local law.
Retention
Logs: short term. Messages: as needed. Accounts: while open. Billing records: as long as Canadian tax rules require.
Access and complaints
Request access, correction or deletion at info@calgaryrated.com. If our answer doesn’t satisfy you, you can take it to the federal privacy commissioner (OPC) or, where Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act applies, to Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner.
Changes
Updated when the site or the law requires. The version on this page applies.