Privacy Policy
Last Updated: May 11, 2026
Website: https://freedomrepairspecialists.ca
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://freedomrepairspecialists.ca. We are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors while ensuring full transparency regarding data collection.
2. Financial Data Connectivity (Plaid)
We use Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”) to connect your financial institution accounts to our services. By using these features, you acknowledge and agree that your data will be treated in accordance with Plaid’s Privacy Policy, which can be reviewed here: Plaid Consumer Privacy Policy.
Plaid collects and uses your information to:
Authenticate your financial accounts.
Provide account balances and transaction history to us as authorized.
Help prevent fraud and protect your financial data.
3. Comments and Media
Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) created from your email may be provided to the Gravatar service (Privacy Policy).
Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
4. Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your user experience:
User Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies (lasting one year).
Authentication: We set temporary cookies on the login page to determine browser compatibility. Upon login, cookies are created to save login info (2 days) and screen choices (1 year). Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence to two weeks.
Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie indicating the post ID is saved for 1 day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction if you are logged into their service.
6. Data Sharing and Transmission
Security: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Third Parties: Aside from Plaid for financial connectivity and automated spam filters, we do not share your personal data with third parties except as required by law.
7. Data Retention and User Rights
Retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for automated approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile.
User Control: All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators also have access to this data.
Your Rights: If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request the erasure of your personal data, excluding data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact Us Email: Info@freedomrepairspecialists.ca Address: 1001 1st St SE #247, Calgary, AB T2G 5G3