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Filipino Canadian

Privacy policy

Last updated: November 11, 2026

FilipinoCanadian.ca is a free directory of Filipino Canadian businesses and community organizations. It is run byzedStrong AI Systems, in British Columbia, Canada. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why, who helps us process it, and your choices. We follow Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

What we collect

  • If you browse or search. We do not ask who you are. We keep the words you search for, with the category, city, and number of results, to improve the directory. We do not link searches to you, your account, or your IP address. If you use "near me", your location is used for that search only. It is never stored.
  • If you create an account. Your email address and, if you add one, your name. We use them to sign you in, to send you emails about your listings and claims, and to contact you about the directory. We never show your account email on the site.
  • If you add or manage a listing. The business details you enter, including its address. If you choose "show city only", visitors see only the city and province. The full address stays private and is used only to place the listing in searches near its city.
  • If you claim a listing. Your email address and the note you send. Only the directory's administrators see them.
  • If you report a problem with a listing. Your report, and your email address if you choose to give it. Only administrators see your email. We delete it 90 days after the report is closed.
  • To keep the site safe. When you request a sign-in link or send a report, we store a scrambled, one-way version (a "hash") of your IP address, so we can limit abuse. We cannot turn it back into your address. When you sign in, we store your browser type with your session.
  • Records of changes. We record who changed what on the site, by account number, so we can fix mistakes and settle disputes about who manages a listing.

Information that a business owner publishes on their listing, such as the business name, phone, public email, website, and hours, is public by design. It is shown to everyone and may be indexed by search engines.

Cookies

We use one cookie, and only after you sign in: it keeps you signed in. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. Our visitor statistics come from Cloudflare Web Analytics, which Cloudflare says uses no cookies or other browser storage. The add-a-listing form keeps your unsent answers in your browser tab until you close it.

Forms on the site are checked for bots by Cloudflare Turnstile. It reads technical details from your browser, such as your IP address and browser type, only to tell people from bots.

Who helps us run the site

We share personal information only with the services that run the directory, and only what each one needs:

  • Cloudflare hosts the site, stores listing photos and our backups, checks forms for bots (Turnstile), processes listing text and search words to improve search results, and counts visits.
  • Neon hosts our database.
  • Resend sends our emails.
  • Geocodio receives listing addresses and city names to find their map location.
  • OpenFreeMap provides the map images. When a map loads, your browser asks OpenFreeMap for them directly, so it sees your IP address.
  • GitHub runs our weekly database backup.

Where your information is stored

Our database is in the United States, in Oregon. Resend and GitHub store information in the United States. Geocodio stores information in the United States and the European Economic Area, and keeps the addresses it receives for up to 45 days. Cloudflare and OpenFreeMap serve the site and its maps from computers in many countries. Information stored outside Canada is subject to the laws of that country, and may be accessed by its courts and authorities.

How long we keep it

  • Search words: 90 days.
  • Sign-in links: they stop working after 15 minutes, and are deleted 7 days later. Sessions: until you sign out or they expire (30 days for owners), then deleted.
  • Listings that were never confirmed: deleted after 7 days.
  • Report emails: 90 days after the report is closed.
  • Accounts and listings: until you delete your account or ask us to remove a listing.
  • Backups: kept for 8 weeks, so deleted information can remain in a backup until it is replaced.

Your choices and rights

  • You can see and change your name and email on your account page, and delete your account there. Your listings stay in the directory without an owner; ask us if you also want a listing removed.
  • You can ask us what personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it. We answer within 30 days.
  • You can withdraw consent to emails about the directory at any time. We still send emails needed to sign you in or about your listings.

Children

The directory is for adults. You must be 18 or older to create an account.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, email privacy@filipinocanadian.ca. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada atpriv.gc.ca.

Changes

If we change this policy, we update the date at the top. If a change affects how we use information you already gave us, we email account holders first.