Last updated: November 10, 2026
Calgary's Best is a directory of local businesses in Alberta. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why, and the choices you have. If you have a question, contact us at the contact details on this site.
What we collect
- Business listings: the business details you or the business owner provide (name, address, phone, email, website, hours, photos and description). These are published on the site.
- Accounts: if you create an account, your name, email address and password (stored only in scrambled, one-way form).
- Messages and forms: what you send us through forms on the site, such as a report about a listing, a recommendation or a request to claim a listing.
- Payments: if you buy a paid upgrade, the payment is handled by our payment provider (such as Stripe or PayPal). We receive a confirmation and the amount, but never your full card number.
- Technical information: like most websites, our server records basic technical information (such as your IP address and browser type) to keep the site secure and working.
How we use it
- to publish and manage business listings;
- to run your account, sign you in securely and send account messages (for example, confirming your email or resetting your password);
- to process payments and send receipts;
- to send occasional emails about your listing and offers, if you've agreed to them. Every such email has an unsubscribe link;
- to prevent spam, abuse and fraud.
We don't sell your personal information.
Cookies
We use a small number of cookies that the site needs to work: one keeps you signed in and protects forms, and one remembers which listings you've liked. We don't use advertising cookies.
Services we use
We share information only with service providers that help us run the site, for example our web host, email delivery service, payment providers and map provider. Map tiles are loaded from the map provider, which sees your IP address when a map is shown.
How long we keep it
We keep account information while your account is open. Business listings stay published until they are removed. Documents sent to prove ownership of a business are deleted within 90 days after we review them.
Your choices
- You can update your details and email preferences in your account at any time.
- You can delete your account from your account settings.
- You can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, by contacting us at the contact details on this site.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page.