Last Updated: September 12, 2026
At Canada Herald (“Canada Herald,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), accessible at CanadaHerald.com (the “Website”), we respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit or interact with CanadaHerald.com, how we may use and disclose that information, how we protect it, and the choices and rights that may be available to you.
By using CanadaHerald.com, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you use the Website.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
- Contact us through our website
- Send us an email
- Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list
- Submit a news tip, story idea, comment, or other material
- Participate in a survey, contest, or other interactive feature
- Communicate with our editorial, advertising, or administrative teams
This information may include your:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Organization or company
- Mailing address, where provided
- Information contained in your message or submission
- Any other information you voluntarily choose to provide
We seek to collect information that is reasonably necessary for the purposes identified at or before the time of collection. This approach reflects the privacy principles applicable under Canadian privacy law.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit CanadaHerald.com, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate geographic location derived from an IP address
- Referring website or webpage
- Pages viewed
- Date and time of visits
- Time spent on pages
- Links or content with which you interact
- General website usage information
We may use this information to operate, secure, analyze, and improve the Website.
2. How We Use Personal Information
Canada Herald may use information collected through the Website for purposes such as:
- Providing and maintaining the Website
- Responding to inquiries
- Processing newsletter subscriptions
- Communicating with readers
- Managing news tips and editorial submissions
- Understanding how readers use our content
- Measuring website traffic and engagement
- Improving our editorial and digital services
- Maintaining Website security
- Detecting and preventing fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
- Managing advertising and commercial relationships
- Complying with applicable legal requirements
- Protecting our legal rights and interests
We will generally identify the purposes for collecting personal information before or at the time it is collected and will not use or disclose information for unrelated purposes without appropriate consent or another lawful basis.
3. Consent
Where required by applicable Canadian privacy law, we will obtain appropriate consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, consent may be express or implied where permitted by law.
You may withdraw consent, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Withdrawing consent may affect our ability to provide certain services or respond to certain requests.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada emphasizes that consent should be meaningful and that organizations should explain their purposes clearly and understandably.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
CanadaHerald.com may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, local storage, and similar technologies.
These technologies may help us:
- Keep the Website functioning properly
- Remember certain preferences
- Understand website traffic
- Measure audience engagement
- Analyze content performance
- Improve Website functionality
- Support advertising
- Detect fraud or unauthorized activity
Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers that provide analytics, advertising, security, or other Website-related services.
You can generally manage cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.
Canadian privacy guidance specifically recognizes the importance of being transparent about cookies and other tracking technologies used on websites.
5. Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors interact with CanadaHerald.com.
Analytics providers may collect information such as:
- IP address
- Browser and device information
- Pages viewed
- Referring pages
- Approximate geographic information
- General Website activity
We may use analytics information to understand readership, improve content, identify technical problems, and improve the Website.
Third-party analytics providers may have their own privacy policies governing their collection and use of information.
6. Advertising
Canada Herald may display advertisements provided by Canada Herald or third-party advertising partners.
Advertising providers may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to:
- Display advertisements
- Measure advertising performance
- Understand advertising interactions
- Prevent advertising fraud
- Provide relevant or interest-based advertising, where applicable
Third-party advertising providers may collect information about your browser, device, Website activity, or interactions with advertisements.
Their collection and use of information is governed by their respective privacy policies and applicable laws.
7. Newsletters and Electronic Communications
If you subscribe to a Canada Herald newsletter or other email communication, we may use your email address to send the communications you requested.
You may unsubscribe from promotional or newsletter communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the communication or by contacting us.
Where Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) applies, commercial electronic messages must generally be sent with appropriate consent and include prescribed sender information and an unsubscribe mechanism.
We will not treat your subscription to editorial communications as permission to send unrelated commercial communications where such permission is not otherwise permitted by applicable law.
8. News Tips and Editorial Submissions
Canada Herald may allow readers to submit news tips, story ideas, photographs, documents, comments, or other information.
Please consider carefully what personal or confidential information you include in a submission.
Information submitted to our editorial team may be reviewed for journalistic purposes. Depending on the circumstances, information provided to a news organization may be subject to legal rules, protections, or exemptions that differ from ordinary commercial processing of personal information.
If you have concerns about confidentiality, please contact our editorial team before submitting sensitive information.
9. Information We Share
We may disclose personal information in limited circumstances, including to:
Service Providers
We may use third-party providers for services such as:
- Website hosting
- Content delivery
- Analytics
- Email distribution
- Website security
- Advertising
- Technical support
- Data storage
- Other operational services
These providers may process information on our behalf as necessary to provide their services.
Legal and Regulatory Requirements
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law
- Respond to lawful legal process
- Comply with a court order or governmental request
- Investigate suspected fraud or unlawful activity
- Protect the rights, property, or safety of Canada Herald or others
Business Transactions
If Canada Herald or substantially all of its assets are acquired, merged, reorganized, or transferred, personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.
10. Third-Party Websites and Services
CanadaHerald.com may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, financial-information services, advertisers, or other external resources.
We do not control the privacy practices of third parties.
When you leave CanadaHerald.com and visit an external website, that website’s privacy policy and terms may apply.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information.
11. Social Media and Embedded Content
CanadaHerald.com may include social-media links, widgets, videos, advertisements, or other embedded content supplied by third parties.
When you interact with such content, the third party may collect information about your interaction in accordance with its own privacy policy.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no internet transmission, electronic storage system, or security measure can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
If a privacy breach occurs, we will assess and respond to it in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Canadian privacy guidance places responsibility on organizations to maintain appropriate safeguards and to have procedures for responding to privacy breaches.
13. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, provide services, maintain appropriate editorial or business records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, comply with legal obligations, or protect our legitimate interests.
When personal information is no longer required, we may securely delete, destroy, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable requirements.
14. Access to and Correction of Personal Information
Subject to applicable legal exceptions, you may request information about personal information we hold about you, including information concerning its use and disclosure.
You may also request that inaccurate or incomplete personal information be corrected.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada identifies access and correction as important privacy rights under PIPEDA, subject to applicable exceptions.
To make an access or correction request, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact information below.
We may need to verify your identity before processing a request.
15. Children’s Privacy
CanadaHerald.com is intended for a general audience.
We do not knowingly request personal information from children in circumstances where doing so would be contrary to applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
16. International Processing
CanadaHerald.com may be accessible to users around the world.
Some of our service providers, technology infrastructure, advertising partners, analytics providers, or other third parties may process information outside Canada.
As a result, information may be processed or stored in jurisdictions where privacy laws differ from those in Canada.
Where applicable, we take reasonable steps to ensure that information transferred to service providers is handled in accordance with our obligations and contractual requirements.
17. Privacy Rights Under Provincial Laws
Depending on where you live and the circumstances of our activities, additional privacy laws may apply.
Canada has federal privacy legislation as well as substantially similar provincial private-sector privacy legislation in certain provinces. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada provides guidance on determining which privacy law applies.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit rights that cannot lawfully be limited under applicable Canadian privacy legislation.
18. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” or similar privacy settings.
Because there is no universal technical standard requiring websites to respond to all such signals, Canada Herald may not respond to every browser-based Do Not Track setting.
Where legally recognized privacy preference signals apply, we will handle them as required by applicable law.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our Website, technology, services, business practices, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
20. Contact Our Privacy Officer
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to make an access or correction request, want to withdraw consent, or have a privacy-related complaint, please contact us:
Canada Herald
Website: CanadaHerald.com
Email:
Mailing Address: 582 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2H 5B6
Telephone: 613-828-5846
We will review and respond to privacy inquiries in accordance with applicable law.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner specifically recommends making the identity or title and contact information of the person responsible for privacy readily available.