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Privacy policy
TL;DR: we collect almost nothing, we sell nothing, and you can ask us about any of it.
Last updated: November 2026
1. The whole list of what we collect
It is short. That is the point.
- Your emails. You write, we read, we reply. We see your email address, any name you sign with and the message. Our question form does not send anything; it only opens your own email app with the text filled in.
- The host’s logbook. Like the security desk in any office building, our hosting provider jots down who came through the door: the IP address, browser type, page and time of each request. The host uses it to keep the site up and the bots out. We do not go through it to figure out who you are.
- One sticky note in your browser. Your answer to the cookie bar, saved in your own browser’s local storage. Full details in the cookie policy.
Not on the list: accounts, comments, payments, newsletters, analytics, ads. None of these exists here right now.
2. What we do with it
Answer you. Fix the mistakes you spot. Decide which myth to explain next. Keep the site secure. That is the complete list, and selling, renting or trading your information is not on it.
3. Who is responsible
The Myths Explained editorial team, publishing at mighty-satyr-cookietemple.shop. We are accountable for personal information handled through the site and act as the person in charge of protecting it for the purposes of Quebec’s Law 25. Reach us at [email protected].
4. The rulebook
Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and its fair information principles. For readers in Quebec, also the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector as modernized by Law 25, including the rule that tracking technology stays off unless you switch it on. Easy for us: we have none to switch on.
5. Who else gets a look
Two helpers: the company that hosts the site and the one that runs our email. They process data for us, not for themselves. Their servers may sit outside Canada, with the United States the usual suspect, and data stored there may be reachable by authorities under local law. Nobody else gets anything unless the law requires it.
6. How long it sticks around
Emails: as long as the conversation needs, then deleted within a reasonable time. Host logs: a limited period set by the host. The cookie-bar note: until you clear it.
7. Security
HTTPS on every page, a mailbox only the editors can open, and the oldest trick in the book: not collecting data in the first place.
8. Your rights
Ask what we hold about you, get it corrected or get it deleted. Write to the address above and we will answer within the time the law allows. Changed your mind about the cookie bar? “Cookie settings” in the footer reopens it.
9. Young readers
The explainers suit readers from about ten up, but we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are under 13, please bring in a parent or teacher before emailing us. If a child sends us personal details, we delete them once we notice.
10. Complaints
Tell us first; we would rather fix it. If that does not settle things, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and in Quebec also to the Commission d’accès à l’information.
11. Changes
If any of this changes, this page and its date change first. No surprise plot twists.