Privacy Policy

At Platform Calgary, your privacy is important to us. We do not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary.

Below is our policy on handling this information:

Legal Basis for Collecting and Using Your Information

‍We collect, use, and share personal information only where we have a legal basis to do so under Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This typically includes:

• Your consent (e.g., when you subscribe to updates or register for events)
• Where necessary to fulfill a contract or provide a requested service
• When required by law
• When there is a legitimate interest and privacy rights are not overridden

Data Retention

‍We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. When no longer needed, data is securely deleted or anonymized.

Third-Party Services

‍We may use trusted third-party platforms to facilitate registrations, email communications, or surveys. These providers have access to limited personal information solely for performing these services on our behalf and are required to safeguard your data in compliance with privacy laws.

Your Rights

‍You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information. You may also withdraw consent to the use of your data at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. To exercise these rights, please contact Communications.

‍Data Security

‍We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse.

Reading or Downloading

We collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, hotmail.com, if you are connecting from a hotmail domain, the date and time you access our site, and the Internet address of the website from which you linked to our site.

We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors.

Subscribing to Updates

If you complete a form to opt-in for information and share your personally identifying information, this information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content. We may use your contact information to send further information about our organization or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the “Opt Out” section below.

Sending an Email

You also may decide to send us personally identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a web form that provides us this information. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your email to other employees who are better able to answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that may be of interest.

We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. Except as might be required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties.

If you sign up for one of our email lists, we will not share your name or email address with any outside parties.

Opt-out or Change Your Contact Information

Sharing Information with Event Sponsors:

From time to time, Platform Calgary hosts events in collaboration with third-party sponsors and partners. When you register for these events, your name and contact information may be shared with select sponsors for the purposes of post-event engagement, such as sending follow-up resources or offers related to your participation.

This information is shared only when necessary to support a meaningful event experience and is limited to sponsors directly involved in the programming. We take care to ensure that these partners uphold comparable privacy and data protection standards.

The collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in these instances is done in accordance with Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). By registering for an event or submitting your information for participation, you consent to this limited sharing as part of the event experience. If you have questions or wish to opt out of post-event communications from sponsors, please contact Communications.

Users are provided the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us; please contact Communications.

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Website Content

Information We Collect Automatically

‍When you visit our site, we may automatically collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and site usage data. This helps us understand traffic and improve user experience.We may also use cookies or analytics tools to track aggregate usage patterns. You can disable cookies via your browser settings.

Use of Links

Throughout our web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organization’s, views or accuracy of the information contained on other servers.

Creating a text link from your website to our site does not require permission. If you have a link you’d like us to consider adding to our website, please send an e-mail to Communications with the subject “Link request.”

Use of Text and Images

If you would like to publish information that you find on our website, please send your request to Communications.

Accessibility

This website is designed to be accessible to visitors with disabilities, and to comply with federal guidelines concerning accessibility. We welcome your comments. If you have suggestions on how to make the site more accessible, please contact Communications.

Effective Date

‍This privacy policy was last updated on July 1, 2025. We may revise this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. Any updates will be posted on this page, and the effective date will be revised accordingly. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information. Your continued use of the site constitutes your acceptance of any changes.

Questions About Our Policies

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact Communications.