Privacy

The short version: we barely collect anything, and we sell nothing.

Northern Temper (northerntemper.ca) is a static information site. There are no accounts, no logins, and no tracking cookies. Last updated 26 September 2026.

Analytics

We use privacy-friendly, cookieless web analytics from two providers: Umami and Vercel Web Analytics. Both count page views and rough trends in aggregate. Neither sets a cookie, builds a profile of you, or tracks you across other sites, and neither script writes anything to your browser's storage. Each reads one local-storage entry if it happens to exist: Umami looks for umami.disabled, a switch you can set to opt out of its count (run localStorage.setItem('umami.disabled', 1) in your browser's console on this site), and Vercel's script looks for an identity entry this site never creates. We read both scripts rather than take their word for it; an earlier version of this page said they touched no storage at all, which was not precise. That's why you won't see a cookie banner: there's nothing to consent to.

If you join the coalition

The form at /join runs entirely in your browser. When you hit submit, it opens your own email app with a pre-filled message to jesse@northerntemper.ca. We only ever receive what you choose to send us — typically your business name, your email, a link, and a logo. We use it for one thing: to add your business to the coalition wall, with your permission. We don't sell it, rent it, or share it. Ask us to remove you any time and we will.

Server logs & hosting

The site is served by Vercel; the domain name is registered through a commercial registrar. Like all web hosts, they keep short-lived technical logs (e.g. IP address, browser type) to deliver pages and block abuse. We don't use those logs to identify you.

Your rights

Under Canada's PIPEDA and Québec's Law 25, you can ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Because we hold so little — really just the coalition emails people send us — that's usually a one-line request. Email jesse@northerntemper.ca.

Children

This site is general-audience civic information and isn't directed at children.

Une version française de cette politique suivra. En attendant, écrivez-nous en français à jesse@northerntemper.ca — on vous répondra en français.