Last updated: 15 August 2026
Lawverra (“we”, “us”) publishes plain-English guides to Canadian law at https://lawverra.ca. This policy explains what personal information the site collects, why, who it is shared with, and what you can ask us to do about it. It is written to meet the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the federal privacy law that applies to us. We operate from Ontario, Canada.
The short version
Lawverra is a reading site. There are no user accounts, nothing is for sale, comments are turned off, we run no advertising, and we send no marketing email or text messages. The only personal information most visitors ever give us is what they choose to type into the contact form. Everything else is the ordinary technical logging any website performs to stay online and secure.
Information you give us
If you write to us through the contact form or by email, we receive whatever you put in the message — typically your name, your email address and the text of your enquiry. We use it for one purpose: to read and, where appropriate, reply. We do not add you to a mailing list, and we do not use it to market anything.
Please do not send us confidential details of a legal matter. As explained in our Disclaimer, we are not a law firm, no lawyer-client relationship is created by contacting us, and nothing you send is protected by solicitor-client privilege.
Information collected automatically
Like every website, ours records basic technical information when a page is requested. This is handled by our web host and by the security software that protects the site:
- Server logs — your IP address, the page requested, the date and time, your browser and operating system, and the page that referred you.
- Security logs — our firewall and login-protection software record IP addresses, blocked requests and failed login attempts so that attacks on the site can be identified and stopped.
- Backups — scheduled copies of the site’s files and database, which may contain the information described above.
We do not use this information to build a profile of you, and we make no attempt to identify individual readers from it.
What we do not collect
To be explicit, and because generic privacy policies often claim otherwise: Lawverra does not offer visitor accounts or logins, does not sell anything or process payments, does not accept blog comments, does not operate a newsletter, does not send SMS or text messages, does not display third-party advertising, and does not sell, rent or trade personal information to anyone for any purpose.
Cookies
The site sets no advertising cookies and no third-party tracking cookies. A small number of strictly necessary cookies may be set by the WordPress software and by our caching and security plugins — for example to serve the correct cached version of a page, or to recognise an administrator who is signed in to the back end. These are required for the site to work and are not used to track you across other websites.
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Blocking them will not stop you reading anything on this site.
Search Console and analytics
We use Google Search Console to see which search queries bring people to the site and which pages appear in Google results. Search Console does not place cookies on your device through this website and does not report individual visitors to us — the data we see is aggregated and anonymous.
We do not currently run Google Analytics or any other visitor-analytics tool. We may add one in future to understand which guides are useful. If we do, we will update this policy before or at the time it goes live and describe what it collects and how to opt out.
Who we share information with
We do not sell your information and we do not disclose it for marketing. We rely on a small number of service providers who process information on our behalf, under contract and only for the purposes we specify:
- our web hosting provider, which stores the site and its server logs;
- our email provider, which delivers messages sent through the contact form;
- the security, backup and performance software running on the site;
- Google, in respect of Search Console as described above.
We may also disclose information where we are legally required to do so — in response to a valid order, warrant or lawful request from a court or public authority — or where necessary to investigate a security incident, protect the site, or establish or defend a legal claim.
Where your information is stored
Some of our service providers operate servers outside Canada, including in the United States. Information held on those servers is subject to the laws of the country where it is stored, and may be accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of that country. By using this site or contacting us, you understand that your information may be processed outside Canada. We use providers that apply comparable protection to that required under Canadian law.
How long we keep it
We keep personal information only as long as we need it, and no longer:
- Contact-form messages and email correspondence — up to 24 months after the exchange ends, then deleted.
- Server and security logs — generally 30 to 90 days, in line with our host’s and security software’s rotation schedules.
- Backups — retained on a rolling schedule and overwritten as newer backups are taken.
We may keep information longer where the law requires it, or where it is needed to establish or defend a legal claim. Residual copies may persist in backups for a short period after deletion from the live site.
How we protect it
The site is served over HTTPS, sits behind a web application firewall, restricts repeated failed logins, and is backed up regularly. Administrative access is limited to the people who need it. No website can promise perfect security, but if a breach occurs that creates a real risk of significant harm to you, we will notify you and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada as PIPEDA requires.
Your rights
Under PIPEDA you may ask us to confirm what personal information we hold about you, give you access to it, correct it if it is wrong, or delete it. You may also withdraw your consent to our use of it at any time, subject to legal and contractual limits.
Write to [email protected] and we will respond within 30 days. There is no charge. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request, and we may decline in the narrow circumstances PIPEDA allows — for example where disclosure would reveal another person’s information — in which case we will tell you why.
Children
This site is written for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Links to other websites
Our guides link to government pages, legislation and court decisions on sites we do not control. Once you follow a link, that site’s own privacy policy governs what it collects. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any external site.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the site changes. The revised version takes effect when it is posted here, and the “last updated” date above will show when that happened. If a change materially affects how we handle your information, we will make that clear on this page.
Contact and complaints
Questions, access requests and privacy complaints go to [email protected]. We will investigate every complaint and tell you the outcome. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca.