Privacy Policy

This policy explains how STRIPES CV collects, uses and protects personal information in the member app during the pilot. We aim to follow Canadian privacy law, including Alberta's and British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Acts and, where it applies, the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

• Account: your email address and a password (stored only in a scrambled form we can't read).
• Profile: display name, trades, occupation, country and province or state, general city, experience range, professional interest and your directory choice.
• Community activity: communities you join, discussions you start, comments, photos, reactions and discussions you follow.
• Safety records: blocks, reports, moderation decisions and account deletion requests.
• Consent records: which version of these documents you accepted and when, and your marketing email choice.
• Technical: sign-in times and basic logs we need to keep the service secure and working.

We don't ask for your Social Insurance Number, date of birth, driver's abstract, medical records, government ID scans or banking details. Please don't post them, or anyone else's, in discussions or photos.

We don't use advertising trackers, and we don't sell personal information.

• To run your account and the communities you choose to join.
• To show your posts and comments, with your display name, trades and province, to members of those communities.
• To keep the community safe: handling reports, blocks and moderation, limiting spam and investigating misuse.
• To contact you about your account, security and important changes.
• To send product news and invitations, but only if you opt in to marketing emails. You can change your mind at any time.
• To understand, in aggregate, how the pilot is used so we can improve it, without sending names, emails or post content to analytics tools.

Trades, occupations, experience, licences and tickets you enter are self-reported and labelled that way. We don't present them as checked or verified unless a verification has actually been completed and is shown as such.

We use trusted providers to host the app, store data and photos, and send account emails. They may only use your information to provide those services to us. Some of these providers may store or process information outside Canada, including in the United States, where it may be subject to the laws of that country.

We don't share your information with employers, recruiters or advertisers.

Photos are kept in private storage. Members of the community you posted in see them through short-lived links that expire. Photo files can contain hidden details such as where they were taken, so only share photos you're comfortable with.

We keep your information while your account is open. If you ask us to delete your account, we handle the request within 30 days. Your profile, posts, comments and photos are removed.

Some records, such as reports, moderation decisions, consent records and security logs, may be kept for a limited time afterwards where we need them for safety, legal or dispute reasons. We'll publish a retention schedule before public launch.

• See and correct your details at any time on the My details page.
• Choose whether other members can find you. It's off until you turn it on.
• Opt in or out of marketing emails, separately from accepting these terms.
• Leave communities, block members and request account deletion from the app.
• Ask us for a copy of your personal information or for corrections by emailing privacy@stripescv.com.
• If you're not satisfied with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Information is encrypted in transit. Access is limited by role and checked on our servers, not just in the app. Photos are stored privately, and every moderation and admin action is recorded. No system is perfectly secure. If we learn of a breach that puts you at real risk, we'll tell you and the regulators as the law requires.

STRIPES CV is for adults. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

If we change this policy, we'll publish a new version with a new version number and ask you to accept it before you can keep using the communities. See also our Terms of Use.

Privacy questions or requests: privacy@stripescv.com.