Privacy policy.
24MAR2025
Website Privacy Policy
The City of Guelph is committed to being open, accessible, and transparent while protecting the privacy of individuals. Our practices have been designed to ensure compliance with the privacy provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Personal information
We do not automatically collect any personal information about visitors who simply browse the Community Plan website or download information from it. We only collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us for a specific purpose (e.g. you send us an email, complete a survey, or register for an event).
Services provided by Squarespace
The Community Plan website is hosted on a third party platform, Squarespace.
You can review the following policies if you would like information about Squarespace’s privacy practices or use of cookies:
Tracking your website visit
Our web server logs visitor activity to help manage the website. Information stored in logs does not include information that identifies you personally (e.g. name, address, email address, or phone number).
We use cookies to understand how you use our website
To help us improve our website, we gather statistics about the pages you visit while on our website. These statistics help us track the number of visitors and determine where to put information, so it is easier to find.
We gather this information by placing a temporary file called a “cookie” on your hard drive.
This cookie does not collect information that identifies you personally (e.g. name, address, email address, or phone number). It collects information such as:
· Your Internet Protocol (IP) address (a series of numbers that are automatically assigned to your computer when you go online).
· The type of web browser and operating system you use.
· The date and time you visited the website.
· Which pages you visited.
· The order in which you visited the pages.
· How long you spent on each page.
· The page you entered the site on.
· The last page you looked at before you left.
You can adjust your browser settings to reject or delete cookies. However, there may be minor loss of functionality if you have disabled or deleted all cookies.
Third party cookies
When visiting our website, your browser may receive longer-term cookies from third parties (e.g. Google) that allow them to track your online activities across other websites.
Third parties
The City collects and analyzes website usage data strictly for internal purposes. We do not sell, rent, exchange, or otherwise disclose any information that we collect about our website visitors to third parties, except in the case of a malicious attack or as required by law.
External links
This website may link to other websites. We are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of third parties and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.
For more information
If you have questions about the City’s privacy practices, please contact the Information and Access Coordinator at 519-822-1260 extension 2349 or privacy@guelph.ca.