Last updated: 3 September 2026

This policy explains what NextTechBlog does with information about you when you read the site at https://nexttechblog.com/, subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or write to us. We are a small independent team of writers and editors based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, and we are the organisation responsible for the personal information described here.

This page is general information, not legal advice. It is a template. If you are reusing it, have a qualified lawyer in your own jurisdiction review it before you publish it.

Who we are and how to reach us

NextTechBlog

Attn: Lyssia Dasari, Privacy Contact

3330 Old Vernon Rd

Kelowna, BC V1X 6P3

Canada

• Privacy requests and questions: [email protected]
• General enquiries: [email protected]
• Phone: +1 (250) 979-6360

We answer privacy correspondence within 5 business days.

What we collect

Server logs

Our hosting provider records a line for every request to the site: your IP address, the date and time, the page or file requested, the HTTP status returned, the referring page, and your browser’s user-agent string. These logs exist to keep the site running, diagnose errors, and identify abuse such as scraping or brute-force attempts.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand which articles people read and how they arrive. It sets cookies and collects a truncated or full IP address, approximate location derived from it, device and browser type, pages viewed, time on page, and the referring source. We use it in aggregate. We do not attempt to identify individual readers from analytics data.

Cookies and similar technologies

The site sets cookies for essential functions, for remembering preferences, for analytics, and — where advertising is served — for advertising. Third-party embeds such as video players may set their own. Full detail, including categories and durations, is in our Cookie Policy.

Newsletter signups

If you subscribe, we collect your email address, the date and time and IP address of the signup, and whether you confirmed it. Our email provider records whether messages were delivered, opened, and which links were clicked.

Comments

If you comment on an article we collect the name and email address you supply, your comment text, your IP address, and your user-agent string. Your name and comment are published. Your email address and IP address are not.

Contact form and email

If you write to us we keep your message, your email address, any name you give, and anything else you choose to include, for as long as we need it to deal with the matter and to keep a record of it.

We do not knowingly collect special-category or sensitive personal information, and we ask you not to send us any.

Why we collect it, and our legal bases

Under PIPEDA, Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, and British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (BC PIPA), we collect and use personal information only for purposes a reasonable person would consider appropriate, and with your consent — express where the information is sensitive or the use is not obvious, implied where it plainly is. Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, our legal bases are:

• Consent (Article 6(1)(a)) for the newsletter, for analytics cookies, and for advertising cookies.
• Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)) for server logs, site security, abuse prevention, and comment moderation — our interest in running a working, non-abusive site, balanced against your rights.
• Contract or steps at your request (Article 6(1)(b)) where you have asked us to do something specific, such as answering a pitch.
• Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)) where we must retain or disclose something by law.

Marketing email is sent in line with Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation. Every message identifies us, carries a mailing address and contact information that stays valid for at least 60 days after sending, and includes a one-click unsubscribe. CASL requires an unsubscribe to be honoured within 10 business days; we action them automatically and immediately.

Third parties who process data for us

We use ordinary commercial suppliers in these categories. We describe them as categories because our arrangements change:

• Hosting and content delivery — stores the site’s files and database and serves pages; sees IP addresses and request logs.
• Analytics — currently Google Analytics; receives the pageview and device data described above.
• Email service provider — stores subscriber addresses and sends newsletters.
• Advertising networks and affiliate programs — may set cookies or similar identifiers in your browser to select and measure ads. Where they act as independent controllers, their own privacy notices govern what they do.
• Comment and spam-filtering services — receive comment text and metadata to score for spam.

We do not sell personal information for money. Some ad-tech arrangements can amount to “sale” or “sharing” as those terms are defined in California law; see the CCPA/CPRA section below for how to opt out. We disclose personal information otherwise only where we are legally required to, or to protect our rights or someone’s safety.

International transfers

We are in Canada. Our suppliers are largely in Canada, the United States and the European Economic Area, so your information may be processed outside your country and will be subject to the laws and lawful access powers of those countries. For transfers out of the EEA or UK we rely on adequacy decisions where they apply — Canada holds a partial adequacy decision for commercial organisations subject to PIPEDA — and otherwise on standard contractual clauses or the UK addendum. Under PIPEDA we remain accountable for information we hand to a processor abroad.

How long we keep things

• Server logs — up to 12 months, then deleted or aggregated.
• Analytics — retained per the platform’s configured retention window, typically 14 months for user-level data.
• Newsletter subscriptions — until you unsubscribe, plus a suppression record so we do not mail you again.
• Comments — indefinitely while the article is published, since the thread is part of the article; deleted on request.
• Correspondence — up to 3 years, longer where there is a live legal or accounting reason.

Security

The site is served over HTTPS. Administrative accounts use strong unique credentials and multi-factor authentication where the platform supports it. Access to subscriber and comment data is limited to the people who need it. Software is kept patched and backups are encrypted. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of information you send us over the internet. If a breach creates a real risk of significant harm, PIPEDA requires us to report it to the Privacy Commissioner and notify affected individuals, and we will.

Children

NextTechBlog is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13, or under 16 where local law sets that threshold. If you believe a child has given us information, write to [email protected] and we will delete it.

Your rights

Everyone

Whatever your location, you can ask us for a copy of what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, ask us to delete it, and unsubscribe from anything we send. Email [email protected], tell us what you want and give us enough detail to find your records. We reply within 5 business days and complete requests within 30 days, or tell you why we need longer.

Canada — PIPEDA and BC PIPA

You have the right to know whether we hold personal information about you, to be told how it is used and to whom it has been disclosed, to access it, and to challenge its accuracy and have it corrected. You may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. You can challenge our compliance by writing to the address above.

If we do not resolve it, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The OPC asks that you raise the issue with the organisation first. Write to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, 30 Victoria Street, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 1H3, or file online at https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/report-a-concern/file-a-formal-privacy-complaint/. British Columbia residents may also contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia at https://www.oipc.bc.ca/.

EU and UK — GDPR

You have the right of access; to rectification; to erasure; to data portability in a structured, machine-readable format; to object to processing based on legitimate interests, and an unconditional right to object to direct marketing; to restriction of processing; and to withdraw consent at any time without affecting processing already carried out. You also have the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence, work, or where the alleged infringement happened. Exercise any of these by emailing [email protected].

California — CCPA and CPRA

California residents have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose and share and the categories of recipients; the right to delete; the right to correct inaccurate information; the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, including sharing for cross-context behavioural advertising; the right to limit the use of sensitive personal information; and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these — we will not degrade the site, change what you can read, or charge you differently. Send requests to [email protected] with “California privacy request” in the subject line. An authorised agent may act for you with written proof.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Browsers have long sent a Do Not Track header, but no common standard for honouring it was ever agreed, so we do not respond to it. We do honour the Global Privacy Control signal (https://globalprivacycontrol.org/). When your browser or extension sends GPC, we treat it as a request to opt out of the sale and sharing of your personal information and as a withdrawal of consent to advertising cookies for that browser.

Changes

When we change this policy we update the date at the top. Material changes are announced on the site and, where they affect subscribers, by email.