Privacy Policy
Introduction
BudgetNorth ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website budgetnorth.ca and use our budgeting tools and services.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.
Information We Collect
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include:
- Email address (when you subscribe to our newsletter)
- First and last name
- Budgeting preferences and settings
- Download history for templates and checklists
Usage Data
We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This may include:
- Your computer's Internet Protocol address (IP address)
- Browser type and version
- Pages you visit on our Service
- Time and date of your visit
- Time spent on pages
- Other diagnostic data
How We Use Your Information
BudgetNorth uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain the Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information to improve the Service
- To monitor the usage of the Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
- To send you newsletters and budget tips (if you have subscribed)
Legal Basis for Processing
Under Canadian privacy legislation, we process your personal data based on:
- Consent: When you subscribe to our newsletter or download templates
- Legitimate interests: To improve our service and analyze usage
- Legal obligation: When required by law
Data Retention
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Data Security
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Your Rights
Under Canadian privacy law, you have the following rights:
- Access: You can request copies of your personal data
- Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate data
- Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data
- Restriction: You can request restriction of processing your personal data
- Portability: You can request transfer of your data to another organization
- Object: You can object to processing of your personal data
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Newsletter Subscriptions
If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the unsubscribe link in the email.
Third-Party Links
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +1 (613) 555‑4466
- Address: 201 Bank St, Ottawa, ON
Compliance
This Privacy Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Canada, and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that province.