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Our Privacy Policy

Fun with Data (www.funwithdata.ca) is committed to keeping your personal information confidential and secure. The following privacy policy describes what information we collect and how is it used and shared.

Information Collected

Analytics

Fun with Data is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device;

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website;

  • Web pages you view while on this website; and

  • Your IP address.

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Personal Information

We typically collect a name (either real or an alias) and email address from users looking to post comments on our website and from individuals who have signed up to receive electronic communications from us. 

We will retain your personal information only for as long as it is necessary. You may request to have your personal information removed from our database by emailing flatcoatmedia@gmail.com with the subject line “Request to remove personal information from Fun with Data”.

Who Is The Information Shared With

None of your contact information is shared with third parties. Louie the Lab may use your email address in the future to contact you regarding the site, however, an opt-out will always be provided. Your name may be displayed on the website if you post a comment or a message. 

Opting Out

If Fun with Data chooses to send out newsletter updates in the future and we have your email address on file, you may receive a copy of our newsletter. Each email communication you receive from us will include an easy way to opt out in the event you decide you no longer want to receive communications from us. 

Do We Use ‘Cookies’?

Yes, this website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

We use cookies to:

  • Understand and save users’ preferences for future visits.

  • Keep track of advertisements.

  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and interactions in order to offer visitors better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

Third-Party Links

We may include links to third-party websites on some pages of our site. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-Party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads and other content based on a user’s prior visits to this website. We use cookies from the following third parties:

Google Analytics

  • We use Google Analytics to collect statistical information regarding how the website is used. This information helps us make improvements to the site’s functionality and guide us in the type of content to produce. This information is not personally identifiable.

Google Adsense

  • We use Google Adsense to display advertisements on some of our pages. Google Adsense may use user data. You can review Google’s privacy policy regarding advertising here. That page also provides information on how to manage what information is collected and how to opt-out of the collection.

The DoubleClick Cookie

  • The DoubleClick cookie is used by Google in the ads served on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Adsense ads or participating in Google-certified ad networks. When users visit a partner’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.