Open Data Canada
Privacy Policy
What this site collects, what it doesn't, and how advertising and analytics cookies work here.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
Open Data Canada (opendatacanada.ca) is a data journalism site. We do not require accounts and do not have comment sections. This page describes the limited data handling that does occur.
The weekly newsletter
If you subscribe to the weekly email, we store your email address for one purpose: sending you that newsletter. Addresses are never sold, shared, or used for anything else. Every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link, which removes your address from the list immediately. Newsletter delivery is handled by Resend.
That is the only personal information the site collects directly.
Server logs and security
The site is served through Cloudflare, which processes IP addresses and request metadata to deliver pages and protect against abuse. Aggregate, non-identifying traffic statistics (page views, country-level visitor counts) are reviewed to understand which articles readers find useful. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Advertising
This site uses Google AdSense to display advertising.
- Google and its partners use cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalised ads. You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings or at www.aboutads.info.
- For visitors in regions that require consent (such as the EEA and UK), a consent message is shown before any advertising cookies are set.
- Details on how Google uses data from sites that use its services: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Cookies
Apart from the advertising cookies described above and Cloudflare's security cookies, the site sets no cookies of its own.
Third-party links
Articles link to primary sources (Statistics Canada, open.canada.ca, and other public bodies) and occasionally to other publications. Their privacy practices are their own.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected].