Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12/14/2025

At Culture Alberta ("we," "us," or "our"), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website culturealberta.com.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Contact us via email or contact forms
• Participate in surveys or promotions
• Comment on our articles or engage with our content

This information may include your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide.

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity, including:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Date and time of visit

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our website and services
• Send you newsletters and updates (with your consent)
• Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• Analyze website usage and trends to improve user experience
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats
• Comply with legal obligations

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us:

• Remember your preferences and settings
• Understand how you use our website
• Improve website functionality and performance
• Deliver personalized content and advertisements

You can control cookie settings through your browser. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.

4. Google AdSense and Advertising

4.1 How Google AdSense Works

Google uses cookies to:

• Serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites
• Measure ad effectiveness and provide aggregated reports
• Prevent the same ads from being shown to you repeatedly
• Detect and prevent click fraud

4.2 Your Advertising Choices

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:

• Google Ads Settings
• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Opt-Out
• Your Ad Choices (Canada)

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our website, please visit How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

5. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and usage patterns. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as:

• How often users visit our site
• What pages they visit
• What other sites they used prior to coming to our site

Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, not your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. Third-Party Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

Third-party services we use include:

• Google AdSense: For displaying advertisements
• Google Analytics: For website analytics
• Vercel Analytics: For performance monitoring
• Supabase: For data storage and management

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Your Rights (GDPR Compliance)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data
• Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit how we use your data
• Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format
• Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your personal data
• Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at culturealberta101@gmail.com.

9. Canadian Privacy Rights (PIPEDA)

As a Canadian organization, we comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). You have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect and how we use it
• Access your personal information
• Challenge the accuracy and completeness of your information
• Withdraw consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of your information

10. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

11. Newsletter and Email Communications

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you updates about Alberta culture, events, and related content. You can unsubscribe at any time by:

• Clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email we send
• Contacting us at culturealberta101@gmail.com

12. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this 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 "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us: