Privacy Policy

CanJam News may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

• Your name
• Email address
• Telephone number, if voluntarily provided
• City, province or location information
• News tips
• Event submissions
• Photographs, videos and documents
• Comments or messages
• Contest or giveaway entries
• Information submitted through contact forms
• Information sent directly to [email protected]

We may also receive technical information automatically when you access the website, such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate geographic location, pages visited, referral information, date and time of visits, and cookie and analytics information.

The type of information collected may change as new website features are introduced.

CanJam News may use information for purposes including reviewing news tips and story submissions, contacting sources, reviewing event submissions, responding to questions, investigating potential stories, verifying information, publishing news stories where appropriate, administering contests, preventing spam or abuse, improving the website, understanding readership, maintaining security, and complying with legal obligations.

Submitting information does not guarantee that CanJam News will publish, investigate or respond to the submission.

CanJam News welcomes news tips, photographs, videos and other information from the public. If you submit a news tip, CanJam News may contact you for additional information or clarification.

Unless confidentiality has been specifically agreed to beforehand, you should not assume that information submitted through ordinary website forms or email is confidential or anonymous.

Do not submit highly sensitive personal information unless it is genuinely necessary.

CanJam News may attempt to protect confidential sources when appropriate, but no online communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

When you voluntarily submit photographs, videos, documents or other material to CanJam News, you represent that you have the right to provide that material. Unless another arrangement is agreed to, you grant CanJam News permission to review, reproduce, edit, crop, publish, display and distribute submitted material for journalistic, editorial, promotional or related purposes.

CanJam News may choose not to use submitted material. If you believe material was submitted without your authorization, contact: [email protected]

Information submitted through an event-submission form may be reviewed before publication. Submitting an event does not guarantee that it will be published. CanJam News may edit event descriptions for clarity, correct formatting, reject incomplete or misleading submissions, refuse commercial or inappropriate submissions, and remove events that have been cancelled or changed.

Public information included in an approved event listing may appear on the CanJam News website.

If CanJam News allows comments or other interactive features, information you post publicly may be visible to other users. Do not post private personal information, telephone numbers, home addresses, financial information, threats, harassment, defamatory material, illegal content, spam, impersonation, or content that violates another person's rights.

CanJam News may remove or moderate public submissions at its discretion.

If CanJam News operates contests or giveaways, information may be collected to confirm eligibility, prevent duplicate entries, select and contact a winner, deliver a prize, and comply with contest requirements. Additional contest-specific rules may apply.

Information collected for contests will not automatically be used for unrelated marketing unless the participant separately agrees.

The CanJam News website may use cookies and similar technologies to remember website preferences, measure traffic, understand which articles are popular, improve website performance, prevent abuse, support security, and provide analytics. Third-party services used by the website may also place cookies according to their own privacy policies.

You can generally control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website functions.

CanJam News may use third-party services for website hosting, analytics, email, forms, security, content delivery, social media, advertising, and contest administration. These providers may process information on behalf of CanJam News and their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

CanJam News may operate pages or accounts on services such as Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or other platforms. Information provided directly to those platforms is governed by the privacy policies of those companies. CanJam News is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent social-media platforms.

CanJam News articles may contain links to government agencies, businesses, social-media services, other news organizations or other third-party websites. CanJam News does not control the privacy practices of external websites. You should review the privacy policy of any external website you visit.

CanJam News does not sell personal information to advertisers. Information may be disclosed when reasonably necessary to service providers supporting the website, with the person's consent, to investigate fraud or abuse, to protect CanJam News or another person's safety or legal rights, to comply with a valid court order, warrant or other lawful requirement, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.

Information submitted for journalistic purposes may also be handled according to applicable legal protections and responsibilities relating to journalism.

CanJam News may retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for purposes such as editorial review, journalism, record keeping, legal compliance, security, contest administration, resolving complaints, or defending legal claims. Some information may be deleted sooner where it is no longer required.

CanJam News takes reasonable steps to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or disclosure. However, no website, email system or online service can guarantee complete security. Users submit information electronically at their own risk.

CanJam News does not intentionally seek unnecessary personal information from children. Parents or guardians who believe a minor has submitted personal information inappropriately may contact [email protected]. CanJam News may remove such information where appropriate and legally permitted.

Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, individuals may request information about personal information held by CanJam News or request that inaccurate information be corrected. Certain information may be exempt from access or correction requirements, including information protected by journalistic, legal or other recognized exemptions.

Requests may be sent to: [email protected]

CanJam News intends to handle personal information in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy laws. Certain information collected, used or disclosed exclusively for journalistic, artistic or literary purposes may be treated differently under Canadian privacy legislation. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to waive any journalistic, legal or constitutional rights available to CanJam News.

CanJam News may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will be posted on this website with an updated effective date. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acknowledgement of the revised policy.

Questions, privacy concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy may be sent to CanJam News at [email protected] or via canjamnews.ca.