Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template

Last updated on 20 May 2022 by Robert Bateman (Privacy and Data Protection Research Writer at TermsFeed)

Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) requires all businesses to create a Privacy Policy that explains how and why they collect consumers' personal information.

If your business targets Canadian consumers, failing to publish a Privacy Policy could put you in violation of this important privacy law.

In this article, we'll be telling you everything you need to know about creating a PIPEDA-compliant Privacy Policy. We've also put together a Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template that you can use to help write your own.

1. About PIPEDA
1.1. What is PIPEDA?
1.2. Who Needs to Comply with PIPEDA?
1.3. Do Non-Canadian Businesses Need to Comply with PIPEDA?
1.4. Do All PIPEDA-Compliant Companies Require a Privacy Policy?
2. General Requirements for PIPEDA Privacy Policies
3. What to Include in Your PIPEDA Privacy Policy
3.1. Introduction Section
3.2. Your Company's Contact Details
3.3. Links to Other Policies
3.4. What Personal Information You Collect
3.5. How You Collect Personal Information
3.6. How You Use Personal Information
3.7. Cookies
3.8. Consumers' Privacy Choices
3.9. How You Share Personal Information
4. Where to Display Your Privacy Policy
5. Summary of Your PIPEDA Privacy Policy
6. Download Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template
6.1. Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (HTML Text Download)
6.2. Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (PDF Download)
6.3. Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (DOCX Download)
6.4. Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (Google Docs)
6.5. More Privacy Policy Templates

About PIPEDA

First, we'll take a brief look at PIPEDA so you can check if you need to create a Privacy Policy under this law. If you already know you need to comply with PIPEDA, you can skip ahead to our guide about how to create your Privacy Policy.

What is PIPEDA?

PIPEDA is Canada's main private-sector privacy law. It set rules about how businesses collect, process, and share the personal information of people in Canada.

Who Needs to Comply with PIPEDA?

PIPEDA applies to businesses and other private-sector organizations such as charities engaged in "commercial activity." The term "commercial activity" is defined at Section 2 (1) of PIPEDA:

Govt of Canada: Justice Laws Website - PIPEDA: Definition of commercial activity clause

Nonprofits and organizations that are partially publicly-funded can engage in commercial activity, and they must comply with PIPEDA when doing so.

Do Non-Canadian Businesses Need to Comply with PIPEDA?

Yes, according to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC), the public authority that enforces Canadian privacy law, non-Canadian companies do have to comply with PIPEDA if they have any "real and substantial link to Canada."

This means that if your website or business targets Canadian consumers, you must comply with PIPEDA and create a PIPEDA-compliant Privacy Policy.

Do All PIPEDA-Compliant Companies Require a Privacy Policy?

Yes, every organization that falls under the jurisdiction of PIPEDA must give consumers notice of how they collect and use their personal information. The way to do this is by creating a Privacy Policy that conforms to PIPEDA's requirements.

General Requirements for PIPEDA Privacy Policies

Here are some tips for producing your Privacy Policy, based on guidance from the OPC:

Use plain and simple language. Make sure your customers can understand your Privacy Policy. Avoid using too much "legalese."
Make your Privacy Policy specific to your business. We're providing a template with the required sections, but you need to provide detailed information about your practices.
Ensure your Privacy Policy is easy to navigate and has a clear structure. Use subheadings, such as "How We Collect Personal Information."
Keep your Privacy Policy up to date. Your Privacy Policy is a "living document" that should reflect your practices as your business grows and changes.
Make your Privacy Policy accessible. You should display your Privacy Policy on your website, and give consumers the opportunity to read your Privacy Policy whenever you collect personal information. We'll look at how to do this at the end of this guide.

What to Include in Your PIPEDA Privacy Policy

Here are the basic requirements for a Privacy Policy as they appear at PIPEDA Section 4.8.2:

Govt of Canada: Justice Laws Website - PIPEDA: Information made available clause

If you created a Privacy Policy following PIPEDA's requirements to the letter, you'd end up with a slightly unusual document that didn't provide much value to your customers.

We're going to explain how to create a Privacy Policy that includes everything PIPEDA requires. But it will be presented in a somewhat more logical order, and it will contain some additional information that consumers expect to see in a Privacy Policy.

Before we begin, please note that this basic PIPEDA Privacy Policy will not be sufficient to comply with privacy laws outside of Canada.

If you target consumers in any other markets, take a look at our other guides for creating a Privacy Policy that complies with the laws in those regions. Some other important privacy laws include:

United States: California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
European Union and United Kingdom: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Australia: Privacy Act

Introduction Section

You should introduce your Privacy Policy by describing the purpose of the document and giving its effective date (i.e. the last date on which you updated the policy).

Your introduction can also set out some of your company's principles when it comes to using and protecting your customers' personal information.

Here's how Optimizely does this:

Optimizely Privacy Policy: Introduction clause

Note that Optimizely also provides a link to copies of its old Privacy Policies, which is a helpful thing to do.

Your Company's Contact Details

PIPEDA requires that you provide "the name or title, and the address, of the person who is accountable for the organization's policies and practices and to whom complaints or inquiries can be forwarded."

Larger companies should appoint a Privacy Officer who is responsible for overseeing compliance with PIPEDA and other laws and regulations.

Alternatively, you can provide contact details for anyone in your company who will know how to handle privacy inquiries.

Here's how ContactsPlus does this:

ContactsPlus Privacy Policy: How to contact us clause

Note that ContactsPlus provides the contact details of the Data Protection Officer (DPO). This is a requirement for some companies under the EU's GDPR.

Links to Other Policies

PIPEDA requires that you provide "a copy of any brochures or other information that explain the organization's policies, standards, or codes."

Your company might not have any "brochures," but it probably has some other policies (or, at least, it should!), and you can provide links to these in your Privacy Policy.

Your other policies might include:

Here's how Sabre Overseas does this:

Sabre Overseas Privacy Policy: Intro clause with Policy links

What Personal Information You Collect

You should explain what personal information you collect. This includes your customers, as well as anyone else whose personal information you might collect, including prospective customers, visitors to your website, etc.

PIPEDA defines "personal information" as "information about an identifiable individual." The Canadian authorities have taken a broad view of what this includes.

Some common examples of personal information include:

Name or alias
Shipping or billing address
ID numbers
Financial information, such as credit card number or bank details
Login and account information, including username, account number, or password
Opinions about a person
A person's emails to and from your customer services department
Technical data, such as IP addresses, advertising IDs, device IDs, or cookie data
Information about a person's appearance, race, ethnicity, or national origin
Information about a person's health, social status, income, or employment
Biometric information

Remember that personal information doesn't need to directly identify an individual. It only needs to be about an individual, and so if a piece of information could indirectly identify an individual when combined with other information, then it should be treated as personal information.

Here's how Stripe identifies some of the types of personal information it collects about consumers:

Stripe Privacy Policy: Excerpt of Personal data we collect clause

How You Collect Personal Information

Your Privacy Policy should inform consumers about how you collect personal information.

Broadly speaking, there are three main ways in which businesses collect personal information:

When a consumer provides it voluntarily, e.g. by filling in a form, placing an order, or signing up for an account.
When the business collects it from the consumer automatically, e.g. through the use of website cookies, analytics, or other similar technologies.
When the business receives it from a third party, e.g. via public sources, lead generators, or marketing companies.

Think carefully about your sources of personal information and the types of personal information you receive via these sources.

Here's how Thrive Therapeutics identifies how it collects personal information directly from consumers:

Thrive Therapeutic Privacy Policy: Information directly collected clause

Here's how the company identifies how it collects personal information from third parties:

Thrive Therapeutic Privacy Policy: Information indirectly collected clause

How You Use Personal Information

You should identify your purposes for collecting personal information, which means explaining how and why you use it.

Informing consumers about your purposes for collecting personal information is an important obligation under PIPEDA. It's also important that you do not collect any personal information unless you have a specified, legitimate purpose for doing so.

Of course, there are many legitimate purposes for collecting and using personal information. Here are some of the more common ways that online businesses use personal information:

Order processing, e.g. shipping products, taking payments
Customer service, e.g. receiving and responding to customers' inquiries or complaints
Direct marketing
Analytics, e.g. measuring the success of ad campaigns, or identifying your most popular markets

Here's how News UK explains some of the ways in which it uses personal information:

News UK Privacy Policy: How we use personal information clause - To provide products and services and improve experience section

Cookies

Your website almost certainly uses cookies of some kind, for example:

Session cookies: Short-term, unintrusive cookies that help with website maintenance and user experience
Analytics cookies: Set by you or third-parties to monitor website use and measure the effectiveness of your ad campaigns
Tracking cookies: Monitor your customers' activities on your website and other websites to deliver targeted advertising based on their habits and preferences

The use of cookies has implications for your customers' privacy. Cookies can be used to collect personal information. The OPC states that your Privacy Policy must disclose your use of cookies.

You can disclose how your website uses cookies via a separate Cookies Policy, or via a section in your main Privacy Policy. You should explain:

What cookies are and why you use them
What types of cookies you use
Details of any third-party cookies
How long the types of cookies you use are stored on users' devices
How users can opt out of cookies

Let's take a look at how Twitter explains its use of cookies.

First, here's how Twitter explains what cookies are:

Twitter then explains its purposes for using cookies. Here's one of the reasons that Twitter uses cookies:

Here's how Twitter explains how users can opt out of cookies:

Consumers' Privacy Choices

You should explain how consumers can find out what personal information you hold about them, or exercise control over their personal information.

Unlike certain other privacy laws, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), PIPEDA does not contain an extensive set of consumer rights.

However, PIPEDA does grant consumers the right to:

Access the personal information you hold about them
Correct any inaccurate or outdated personal information you hold about them (or, if this is not possible, delete the inaccurate personal information)
Withdraw consent for any activities for which they have consented (e.g. direct marketing or cookies)

Of course, you can go over and above PIPEDA's requirements by offering consumers greater control over their personal information. This might include the ability to delete their account or to delete user-generated content they have posted on your website.

Here's how Canadian company RedDress Medical explains PIPEDA's basic privacy rights:

RedDress Privacy Policy: Access to Personal Information clause

How You Share Personal Information

Practically every business needs to share personal information with service providers and other companies.

PIPEDA requires that you disclose "what personal information is made available to related organizations (e.g., subsidiaries)." We'd suggest you don't only list "related organizations." Let consumers know all the different types of third parties with whom you share personal information.

Here are some examples of the types of companies with whom you might share personal information, or who might collect personal information on your company's behalf:

Advertisers
Analytics providers
Payment processors
Web servers
Shipping companies
Software companies

Here's an example from LeadersPlus:

You don't need to be specific with the names of the third parties you share data with or may share it with. You can just put categories of parties, such as LeadersPlus did in the above clause.

Where to Display Your Privacy Policy

It's important to prominently display your Privacy Policy:

On your website's homepage
On your mobile app
On your Facebook Page
When taking payment details
When requesting an email address for your mailing list

Here's how Waterstones displays a link to its Privacy Policy in the footer of its website's homepage:

Waterstones website footer with links and Privacy Policy highlighted

If you have a mobile app, ensure your Privacy Policy is accessible from within the app. You can provide a link within the "Settings," "About," or "Account" menu.

Here's an example from Asana's mobile app.

Check out our guidance on creating a Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps for more information, guidance and examples.

Here's how what3words shares a link to its Privacy Policy when requesting consumers' email addresses:

what3words email sign-up form with Privacy Policy highlighted

It's also easy to add your Privacy Policy to your company's Facebook Page.

Summary of Your PIPEDA Privacy Policy

Your PIPEDA Privacy Policy should contain the following sections:

An introduction and effective date
Your company's contact details
Links to your other policies
An explanation of what personal information you collect
An explanation of how you collect personal information
An explanation of how you use personal information
Information about the cookies and similar technologies you use on your website and mobile app
Information about how consumers can access, modify, or delete their personal information
An explanation of how you share personal information

Remember to prominently display your Privacy Policy on your website, mobile app, and whenever you request personal information.

Download Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template

Generate a Privacy Policy in just a few minutes

Our Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy is available for download, for free. The template includes these sections:

Definitions
Collecting and Using Personal Information
Usage Data
Use of Personal Information
Transfer of Personal Information
Disclosure of Personal Information
Security of Personal Information
Links to Other Websites
Changes to Privacy Policy
Contact Information

Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (HTML Text Download)

You can download the Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template as HTML code below. Copy it from the box field below (right-click > Select All and then Copy-paste) and then paste it on your website pages.

Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy was last updated on [___DATE___].
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was generated by <a href="https://www.termsfeed.com/blog/sample-pipeda-privacy-policy-template/">TermsFeed PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template</a>.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
<ul>
<li>
"Account" means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
</li>
<li>
"Company" (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to [___COMPANY INFORMATION___]
</li>
<li>
"Country" refers to [___COMPANY_COUNTRY___].
</li>
<li>
"Cookies" are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
</li>
<li>
"Device" means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
</li>
<li>
"Personal Data" is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
</li>
<li>
"Service" refers to the Website.
</li>
<li>
"Usage Data" refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
</li>
<li>
"Website" refers to [___WEBSITE NAME___], accessible from [___WEBSITE_URL___]
</li>
<li>
"You" means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
</li>
</ul>
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
<ul>
<li>
Email address
</li>
<li>
First name and last name
</li>
<li>
Phone number
</li>
<li>
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
</li>
<li>
Usage Data
</li>
</ul>
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
<ul>
<li>Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.</li>
<li>Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).</li>
</ul>
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
<ul>
<li>
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
</li>
<li>
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
</li>
<li>
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
</li>
<li>
Tracking and Performance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
</li>
</ul>
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
<ul>
<li>
To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
</li>
<li>
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
</li>
<li>
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
</li>
<li>
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
</li>
<li>
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
</li>
<li>
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
</li>
<li>
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
</li>
<li>
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
</li>
</ul>
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
<ul>
<li>With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.</li>
<li>For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.</li>
<li>With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.</li>
<li>With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.</li>
<li>With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.</li>
<li>With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.</li>
</ul>
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
<ul>
<li>Comply with a legal obligation</li>
<li>Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company</li>
<li>Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service</li>
<li>Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public</li>
<li>Protect against legal liability</li>
</ul>
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes.
If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.
California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)
California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.
To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.
Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
<ul>
<li>By visiting this page on our website: [___WEBSITE_CONTACT_PAGE_URL___]</li>
<li>By sending us an email: [___WEBSITE_CONTACT_EMAIL___]</li>
</ul>

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Robert Bateman

Privacy and Data Protection Research Writer at TermsFeed

This article is not a substitute for professional legal advice. This article does not create an attorney-client relationship, nor is it a solicitation to offer legal advice.

20 May 2022

Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template

About PIPEDA

What is PIPEDA?

Who Needs to Comply with PIPEDA?

Do Non-Canadian Businesses Need to Comply with PIPEDA?

Do All PIPEDA-Compliant Companies Require a Privacy Policy?

General Requirements for PIPEDA Privacy Policies

What to Include in Your PIPEDA Privacy Policy

Introduction Section

Your Company's Contact Details

Links to Other Policies

What Personal Information You Collect

How You Collect Personal Information

How You Use Personal Information

Cookies

Consumers' Privacy Choices

How You Share Personal Information

Where to Display Your Privacy Policy

Summary of Your PIPEDA Privacy Policy

Download Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template

Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (HTML Text Download)

Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (PDF Download)

Sample PIPEDA Privacy Policy Template (DOCX Download)

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