Last Updated: March 30, 2025
Information We Collect
When you use Provincial Supply, we collect the following types of information:
- Search Queries: The brand names and product terms you search for on our platform
- Votes: When you upvote a Canadian brand, this interaction is stored in our database
Through Vercel Analytics, we also collect anonymous usage data such as:
- Page Views: Which pages you visit and how long you spend on them
- Feature Usage: Which features you interact with
- Technical Information: Browser type and device information
- Geographic Region: Country-level location information
How We Use Vercel Analytics
We use Vercel Analytics, a privacy-focused analytics platform, to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. Vercel Analytics is cookie-free and collects the following information:
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Features used and buttons clicked
- Technical information such as browser type and device
- General location information (country level)
This data allows us to improve our service, fix bugs, and create better features. We do not use this data to personally identify individual users, and all analytics data is anonymized. Vercel Analytics does not use cookies or store any personal identifiers that could track users across different websites.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide and improve the Provincial Supply service
- Enhance the accuracy of Canadian brand recommendations
- Monitor and analyze usage patterns to improve site performance
- Develop new features based on user behavior
- Protect against fraudulent or unauthorized activity
Data Storage and Security
We take data security seriously and implement appropriate measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. We store data on secure servers and use industry-standard encryption for data in transit.
We store search queries made on Provincial Supply in our database. This data is essential for continuously improving our search results, enhancing the accuracy of Canadian brand recommendations, and refining our AI-powered matching algorithms. By analyzing search patterns, we can better understand what brands Canadians are looking for alternatives to and prioritize adding those to our database.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymized, aggregated data with partners to help improve our service or for research purposes. Any shared data is stripped of identifying information.
Local Storage
We use local storage on your device to enhance your browsing experience by remembering your preferences and tracking which brands you've already voted for to prevent duplicate votes. While vote actions are stored in our database to tally overall popularity, the record of which specific websites you've voted for stays on your device and is not connected to any personal identifier.
Children's Privacy
Provincial Supply is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify users of any significant changes by posting a notice on our website or by other means as appropriate.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us.
Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA v3 on our website to help protect our forms from spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA works in the background to determine whether you are a human or a bot by collecting and analyzing information such as:
- Your IP address
- Cookies placed by Google
- Mouse movements and clicks
- Length of time spent on our site
- CSS information from your browser
- Information about your browser, device, and operating system
This information is sent to Google for analysis. The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.