Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Scope

Welcome to CanadaNOCGuide ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting any information collected during your visit to our website (https://canadanocguide.com).

This Privacy Policy outlines how we treat data under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and relevant international privacy frameworks.

2. Information We Do NOT Collect

CanadaNOCGuide is an open educational public reference resource. We do not collect or store:

• Personal identification numbers (passports, UCI numbers, SIN cards).
• Calculated CRS points, language test scores, or uploaded CVs/resumes.
• Account credentials, passwords, or payment card records.

3. Information Collected Automatically (Log Files & Analytics)

Like standard web applications, our web hosting servers automatically record basic technical data:

• Browser type, version, and device viewport resolution.
• Referring URLs and timestamps of page requests.
• Anonymized IP addresses (used exclusively for rate limiting and server health monitoring).

This aggregate data helps us identify broken links, fix technical bugs, and ensure fast search query performance across our database.

4. Cookies and Local Storage

We utilize minimal client-side cookies or browser local storage to preserve non-personal user preferences, such as your dark/light theme setting or search filter states. You can clear or block cookies at any time through your browser settings without losing access to our NOC directory.

5. Advertising & Third-Party Partners

To maintain our server infrastructure and keep all 516 NOC guides 100% free, we may display non-intrusive advertisements served by third-party ad networks (including Google AdSense):

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (including the DoubleClick / Google advertising cookie) to serve ads based on prior visits to this or other websites across the Internet.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising anytime by visiting Google Ads Settings ↗.
• Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info ↗ or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) ↗.

6. PIPEDA, GDPR & CCPA Compliance Rights

We respect international data privacy regulations:

• Canada (PIPEDA): Canadian residents have the right to challenge our compliance with fair information principles and request access to or correction of any personal information held.
• European Union (GDPR): EU visitors have the right to access, rectify, or erase any personal data, and the right to object to data processing.
• California (CCPA): California consumers have the right to request what personal information is collected, request deletion, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal data (CanadaNOCGuide never sells personal data).

7. Contact Regarding Privacy Inquiries

If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices or wish to make an inquiry, please contact our data team at privacy@canadanocguide.com.