Privacy Policy
Effective date: February 08, 2019
Hosting Canada (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://hostingcanada.org/ website (the “Service”). We are committed to providing a transparent, secure, and trustworthy experience for our users, prioritizing their privacy and ensuring the highest quality of content and user experience throughout our Service.
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service, as well as the choices you have associated with that data. We adhere to strict data protection regulations and industry best practices to ensure your data remains secure.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://hostingcanada.org/
Our Commitment to Quality Content and User Experience
Our team of experts carefully researches, reviews, and compares web hosting services and digital marketing solutions, ensuring that the information and recommendations provided on our website are accurate, up-to-date, and reliable. We continuously strive to improve the quality of our content and user experience.
Affiliate Disclosure
Hosting Canada participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on products or services purchased through our links to retailer sites. Our participation in these affiliate programs does not influence our content or recommendations. We only promote products and services that we genuinely believe will provide value to our users. To maintain transparency, we will clearly disclose when a link is part of an affiliate program.
Third-Party Advertising
Hosting Canada may display advertisements from third-party advertising networks on our website. These networks may use cookies or other tracking technologies to serve relevant ads based on your browsing history and interests. We do not have control over the data collected by these third-party advertisers, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand their data collection and usage practices.
Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising
Users have the option to opt-out of interest-based advertising by visiting websites such as Your Online Choices, Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Tool, and Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) WebChoices Tool. These tools allow you to customize your ad preferences or completely opt-out of interest-based advertising from participating companies.
Information Collection And Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you, while maintaining the highest standards of privacy and data protection.
Types of Data Collected
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 (“Personal Data”). We ensure that this information is collected responsibly and securely. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- Cookies and Usage Data
Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data helps us understand user behavior and preferences, allowing us to optimize our Service and provide a better experience for our users. Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. These technologies help us enhance user experience, improve site performance, and tailor content to user preferences.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
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.
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data
Hosting Canada uses the collected data for various purposes, always prioritizing the protection of your privacy and the enhancement of our Service:
- To provide and maintain the Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
- To monitor the usage of the Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
Transfer of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. We take all necessary precautions and comply with international data protection standards to ensure your data remains secure.
If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Hosting Canada will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Data
Legal Requirements Hosting Canada may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Hosting Canada
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us, and we strive to maintain the highest standards of data protection. However, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. We carefully select these Service Providers, ensuring that they share our commitment to privacy, data protection, and quality user experience.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, helping us understand user behavior and optimize our content and user experience.
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
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.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective, and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please contact us:
