Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Scope

Welcome to Money Compass Calgary ("we," "our," or "us"). We are strongly committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy legislation in Alberta. This detailed Privacy Policy outlines out how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit www.moneycompass.ca or register for our completely free financial literacy workshops.

2. What Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us: When you register for a workshop, contact us, or subscribe to our newsletter, you may voluntarily provide personal data including your full name, email address, phone number, and specific workshop preferences.

Automatically Collected Information: We collect non-identifiable technical data when you interact with our website. This includes your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and timestamps. This data is collected via standard web analytics tools and cookies.

3. How We Use Your Information

We process your personal information strictly for the following legitimate business purposes:

To reserve your seat and manage your registration for our free workshops.
To send you important logistical updates (e.g., venue changes, schedule updates, or cancellation notices).
To respond to your direct inquiries and provide customer support.
To analyze website usage trends to improve our educational content and user experience.
To ensure the security of our platform and prevent fraudulent registrations.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We do NOT sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third parties for marketing purposes. Your data is never used to pitch financial products.

We may share your information only in the following restricted circumstances:

Service Providers: We use trusted third-party services (e.g., secure emails, hosting servers located in North America) who are contractually obligated to keep your data confidential.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose information if required to do so by law, court order, or governmental regulation within Canada.

5. Data Retention and Security

We implement robust, industry-standard security measures including SSL/TLS encryption to protect your data during transmission. We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, or as required by law. Routine data purges are conducted annually.

6. Your Privacy Rights

Under Canadian law, you have the right to:

Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete information.
Withdraw your consent to our processing of your data at any time (which may require cancellation of your workshop registration).
Request the deletion of your personal data from our active systems.

7. Contact the Privacy Officer

If you have questions, concerns, or wish to exercise your rights regarding this detailed Privacy Policy, please contact us immediately:

Money Compass Calgary
Address: 110 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1B3
Phone: +1 (403) 555-0198
Email: [email protected]