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Wrecker Weekly is published by Christopher Ross, operating as thisismyurl.com, a Canadian web practitioner based in Fort Erie, Ontario. This policy explains what this site collects, why, and the rights you have under Canadian privacy law: the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), and this site is published from Canada regardless of where you’re reading it.

Who is responsible for your data

The publisher, Christopher Ross, is responsible for personal information collected through this site. You can reach us at [email protected].

What is collected, and why

  • Messages to the editor. If you write to us, we keep your message and email address so we can reply and follow up on tips or corrections. Lawful basis under PIPEDA: consent, given when you send the message.
  • The Hook-Up. The signup form at /newsletter/ is live: it stores your email address and a consent record (the Newsletter signup section below lists exactly what). After you sign up we send one email asking you to confirm; nothing else is sent until you do. Signup needs your express consent under CASL, every email carries a clear sender identity, a mailing address and a one-click unsubscribe that takes effect immediately, and your address is used only for the newsletter. Emails are sent by Christopher Ross, thisismyurl.com, 210 Gilmore Road, Fort Erie, Ontario L2A 2M3, Canada, through Google Workspace (Gmail), United States.
  • Server logs. Cloudflare hosts and protects this site. Its logs include IP address, user agent, requested URL, referrer and timestamps. They are used to keep the site online, investigate errors and block abusive traffic.
  • Analytics. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which Cloudflare adds to the pages to count visits. It records page views, referrers, countries and page load times without cookies, and it does not build profiles of individual visitors. Cloudflare also reports aggregate traffic to us from its servers: requests, pages, referrers and countries. If we add any other analytics tool, we will name it here before it runs.
  • Cookies. This site sets no cookies of its own. Cloudflare may set strictly necessary cookies to keep the site online and block abusive traffic.
  • Advertising. The only ads are house ads for the publisher’s own services at thisismyurl.com. They are plain links: no ad network, no ad scripts, no advertising cookies. If you click one, you arrive at thisismyurl.com, which has its own privacy policy and can see that you came from this site through a tracking parameter in the link. If we add a third-party ad network in future, we will update this policy first and ask for your consent before any advertising cookie is set.

What is not collected

This site does not sell personal information, and it does not use behavioural targeting, tracking pixels or fingerprinting. It does not share email addresses with marketing partners. It is not directed at children under 13, and personal information is not knowingly collected from children.

Who else processes your data

  • Hosting, DNS, security and analytics: Cloudflare (United States).
  • Email delivery for the newsletter: Google Workspace (Gmail), United States, sending from a thisismyurl.com address. We will update this page if the provider changes.

Some of these providers process data in the United States. By using this site, you acknowledge that your information may be processed outside Canada and may be subject to lawful access requests in that jurisdiction.

How long data is kept

  • Messages to the editor: up to 24 months after the conversation ends, then deleted.
  • Newsletter subscriptions: until you unsubscribe, after which the address stays only on a suppression list so the unsubscribe is honoured. You can ask for everything else about the signup to be deleted at any time.
  • Server logs and analytics: held by Cloudflare under its own retention; we do not keep a separate copy.

Your rights under PIPEDA

You can ask what personal information we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected, withdraw consent (including for marketing) and ask for it to be deleted where the law allows. Write to [email protected]. Reasonable requests are answered within 30 days. If you are not satisfied, you can file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Search Console

I use Google Search Console to see how this site shows up in Google search, such as which searches bring people here and which pages appear. It reports on search results, not on what you do on the site, and it doesn't place anything in your browser.

Security and breach notification

The site is served over TLS. If a breach involving personal information creates a real risk of significant harm, affected people and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner will be notified as PIPEDA requires, and a record will be kept.

Changes

This policy is reviewed at least once a year. Material changes are noted at the top of this page for at least 30 days.

Related: Editorial standards, Terms, Contact.

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