Privacy Policy
Last updated June 2026
This is a small community website about East Sooke, BC, built and maintained by a local resident — not a company. This policy explains, plainly, what information the site handles and why.
What is collected
- Account details: if you create an account, your name and email address, and a securely hashed (never plain-text) password.
- Submissions: the listings, events, and details you choose to publish (titles, descriptions, addresses, photos, phone/website if you provide them).
- Contact messages: the name, email, and message you send through the contact form.
- Technical: a session cookie to keep you logged in, and standard server logs (IP, timestamp) for security and rate-limiting.
How it's used
To run the directory: authenticate you, publish what you submit (after moderation), reply to your messages, and protect the site from abuse. Listing content you submit is shown publicly by design.
Analytics & third parties
If enabled, this site may use Google Tag Manager / Google Analytics to understand aggregate, anonymous traffic. It also loads Google Fonts, and the farmstand map uses Leaflet with OpenStreetMap tiles. These providers may receive your IP address as part of serving those resources. No advertising profiles are built and your data is never sold.
Your choices
You can ask to view, correct, or delete your account and any content you submitted at any time — just get in touch. You can also clear cookies in your browser to log out and remove the session cookie.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Send a message and a real person (the local who runs this) will respond.