Effective Date: June 2, 2025
SweetNSourMagazine.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or interact with our content, services, and communication channels.
We recommend that you read this policy in full to understand our practices. By accessing or using SweetNSourMagazine.com, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our content and services, as well as to ensure legal compliance.
1.1. Personal Information You Provide
When you use our site, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or engage with certain features, we may collect:
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number (if submitted)
1.2. Automatically Collected Information
We use Google Analytics and no other third-party tools to collect:
- Private information but the below is collected via Google Analytics
- Device type and browser information
- Pages visited and time spent
- Referring URLs
- Geographic location (approximate)
- Click behavior and engagement metrics
This data helps us optimize user experience and analyze website performance.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To provide access to our website and its features
- To send newsletters, updates (only with your consent)
- To respond to inquiries and provide support
- To improve our website’s design, functionality, and content
- To analyze traffic and usage patterns using tools like Google Analytics
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, beacons, and tracking scripts to:
- Maintain session integrity
- Track engagement with content
- Serve relevant advertisements through platforms like Google AdSense
- Analyze performance metrics
You may modify your browser settings to disable cookies; however, doing so may affect some features of the website.
Third-Party Cookies: Our advertising and analytics partners (e.g., Google, Facebook) may also place cookies on your browser to provide targeted ads or measure campaign effectiveness.
For further information regarding cookies and how to manage them, please see http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
4. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share data with:
- Service providers who assist in website functionality, analytics, or communication (e.g., email marketing tools)
- Advertising partners, including Google AdSense, who may use cookies to display personalized ads
- Analytics platforms, such as Google Analytics, to monitor performance and user trends
- Legal authorities, when required by law or to defend our rights
We ensure that any third party we share data with adheres to privacy and security obligations.
If you would like to prevent an advertising network from setting or using cookies on your computer or mobile device, please visit the following site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
5. Email Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter or promotional emails, we may use your contact details to send:
- New articles or featured stories
- Product or event announcements
- Exclusive offers and partner content
You may unsubscribe at any time using the “Unsubscribe” link in our emails or by contacting us directly.
6. Your Data Rights
You may have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Request deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”)
- Withdraw consent for processing your data
- Object to profiling or direct marketing
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: [email protected]
We may require identity verification before processing requests.
Anonymous Data from Google Analytics. To help us make sure we continue to provide content that is valuable and relevant to our website visitors we have implemented the Google analytics demographics and interest reporting features on sweetnsourmagazine.com. These tools will allow us to review anonymous data regarding the gender, age and interests of website visitors so as to customize our content based on the profiles of our visitors. While this information will provide us with demographic information it is not provided to us in a personally-identifiable format. You can opt-out of this type of data collection using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
7. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure your data, including:
- HTTPS encryption
- Firewall protection
- Access control and authentication protocols
- Regular vulnerability scanning and security audits
However, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection from unauthorized access or breaches.
8. Children’s Privacy
SweetNSourMagazine.com is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has submitted data, we will delete it promptly.
9. International Data Transfers
Our servers may be located in different countries. By using our website, you consent to your information being transferred to, and processed in, countries outside your own jurisdiction—including countries that may not have the same data protection laws.
10. Google Publisher and Ad Policies Compliance
In accordance with Google News and Google Publisher Policies:
- We clearly disclose our content ownership and author information
- We maintain transparency about data collection practices
- We offer users control over cookies and consent where legally required (e.g., via cookie banners)
For more about how Google uses your data in advertising, see Google’s Privacy & Terms.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. When we do, we will revise the “Effective Date” at the top. You are encouraged to review this page regularly to stay informed of any updates.
If changes are significant, we may notify you via email or prominent notice on our site.
Changes to policy/Opt-Out Process. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this policy at any time. However, if at any time in the future we plan to use Personal Information in a way that differs from this policy, we will post such changes here and provide you the opportunity to opt-out of such differing uses. Your continued use of the Website or the Apps following the posting of any changes to this policy means you accept such changes.
If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can simply reply and ask not to receive future emails. We also give you the option to remove your Personal Information from our list of active users completely. All unsubscribe or opt-out requests should be sent to us at info[at]sweetnsourmagazine[dot]com and we will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt. We are not responsible for removing your Personal Information from the lists of any third party who has been provided your information in accordance with this policy, such as a business partner.
Communications with us. By providing your email address to us, you expressly consent to receive emails from us. We may use email to communicate with you, to send information that you have requested or to send information about other products or services developed or provided by us, provided that, we will not give your email address to another party to promote their products or services directly to you.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding your privacy or this policy, please contact us at:
SweetNSourMagazine.com
Email: [email protected]
Address; 3 Pl. Monseigneur Charbonneau #400, Montréal, QC H3B 2E3, Canada