Privacy Policy

This policy explains what personal information we collect from this site’s users and how it is used. It also explains how you can get in touch to express concerns or make suggestions.

The Coast uses Google Analytics to collect individual information about our website users and traffic. This information may include, but is not limited to, age, location, gender, how much time a user spends on our site, how many times a user returns, and how many pages a user views in one session.

We also ask and collect personal information when users voluntarily signs up for newsletters, enters a contest, promotion or votes in our Best of Halifax promotion. We may ask for name, age, gender, email and address.

If you provide freelance or any other services to The Coast, we may collect your social insurance number for tax reporting purposes and your contact information so that we can pay you.

The Coast does not require registration to access or view any free content and services within the site. Users of site are able to make a profile to make public comments. To registar, users will be asked for name, email and birthdate.

The Coast may also use cookies. Cookies are data stored by your web browser that help us to identify things like general traffic patterns and repeat visitors. If you are concerned about cookies, please review and adjust your web browser preferences. However, please be aware that by disabling cookies, you may not be able to use all portions of our site.

We also may place advertising or other links on our site that originate from outside advertisers. If you view these ads, that advertiser may assign a cookie. The Coast does not control these cookies, nor is it responsible for any marketing or any other use of your information by these advertisers.

The Coast collects the above mentioned information so that we can better understand our readership and how we can deliver better content and services. We also use this information to provide demographics and trends to sponsors and advertisers.

How to access your personal information If you have signed up as a member on thecoast.ca you may edit or delete your account by logging in. If you have concerns about how to delete your account, please contact [email protected].

For some browsers such as Google Chrome, Google Analytics provides an opt-out add on for the browser that will keep personal information from being collected by Google Analytics.

If you wish to be informed what personal information we hold about you, change or correct information or want it deleted please contact us at [email protected].

The Coast may link to other third-party websites. The Coast is not responsible for the control and administration of these sites and cannot be held liable for any negligence or non-compliance of such third parties, or any damages that may result therein.

If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy with The Coast please contact Christine Oreskovich, Publisher at [email protected]