Privacy

Sticker Money is a free website with Canadian money calculators and plain-English guides. It's run by Intellix, an Ontario business. This page explains what the site collects, why, and the choices you have.

The short version

• Your calculator entries stay in your browser. We never receive them.
• We'd like to count page visits with Google Analytics, so we can see which pages people use.
• Google Analytics stays off unless you choose "Allow". If you choose "No thanks" or ignore the banner, nothing is sent to Google.
• You can change your choice at any time from "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page.
• There are no accounts and no newsletter, and we don't sell data.

Your calculator entries

The numbers you type into a calculator are worked out in your browser. They aren't sent to us or to anyone else, and they never appear in the page address or the page title.

Counting visits (Google Analytics)

If you choose "Allow", we use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are read. Google then receives:

• the pages you view, the page that sent you here, and when;
• your device, browser, operating system, screen size and language;
• your approximate location (city or region), worked out from your IP address. Google says Google Analytics 4 doesn't store IP addresses;
• a random ID in cookies named _ga and _ga_[ID], which expire after about 13 months.

We keep this data for 2 months. Ad personalisation and Google signals are turned off, so the data isn't used to show you ads. We've also turned off detailed location and device data, and we don't link Google Analytics to any advertising account.

Google LLC provides this service for us. The data is processed outside Quebec and Canada, including in the United States, where courts and authorities may be able to access it under local law. See Google's privacy policy.

You can also block cookies in your browser, or install Google's opt-out add-on.

Your choice, and changing it

Google Analytics stays off until you choose "Allow". You can change your mind at any time with "Cookie settings" at the bottom of any page. If you switch it off, we stop Google Analytics and delete its cookies.

Your choice is saved in your browser (in local storage, not in a cookie), so it stays on this device and browser until you change it or clear your browser data.

YouTube videos

Some pages show our YouTube videos. The player loads from youtube-nocookie.com, which is designed not to set YouTube cookies until you press play. Once you press play, YouTube (owned by Google) may store and collect data under its own privacy policy.

Hosting

The site is hosted by Vercel, which is based in the United States. Like most web hosts, Vercel keeps standard request logs, such as IP address, the page requested and the time, to run and protect the site. We can see these logs for about an hour. Vercel may keep its own records longer under its privacy notice.

What we don't do

• No accounts or sign-ins.
• No newsletter or email list.
• No selling or renting of data.
• No ads.

Money Check-up

The Money Check-up isn't live yet. When it is, it will have its own privacy notice before you use it.

Questions, and your rights

Contact our privacy officer at privacy@thestickermoney.com. You can ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or withdraw your consent.

If you're not satisfied, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or, in Quebec, to the Commission d'accès à l'information.

Changes to this page

If this page changes, we'll update the effective date at the top.