How SteadyStack collects, uses, and protects your personal information.
SteadyStack ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who visit our website and subscribe to our publications. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information in accordance with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL).
By using our website or subscribing to The Mission Economy newsletter, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
SteadyStack is a Canadian company that builds infrastructure for mission-driven organizations. Our primary public-facing product is The Mission Economy, a free weekly newsletter for Canadian non-profits, funders, and social investors.
Mailing address: PO Box 438, Clarke's Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador, A0A 1W0, Canada
Contact: hello@steadystack.ca
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We do not use your personal information for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
SteadyStack complies with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). We only send commercial electronic messages to individuals who have provided express consent by subscribing through our signup form.
Every email we send includes a clear and functional unsubscribe mechanism. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any issue of The Mission Economy, or by emailing us at hello@steadystack.ca. Unsubscribe requests are processed within 10 business days as required by CASL.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
We share your information only with the following service providers who help us operate our services:
All service providers are contractually required to use your information only as necessary to provide their services to us and are prohibited from using it for their own marketing purposes.
We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request from a government authority.
We retain subscriber information for as long as you remain subscribed to The Mission Economy. If you unsubscribe, your email address and associated data will be removed from our active subscriber list. Beehiiv may retain suppression records (unsubscribed email addresses) to ensure we do not inadvertently re-subscribe you in the future.
Website analytics data is retained in aggregate form and does not identify individual users.
Under PIPEDA, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@steadystack.ca. We will respond within 30 days.
Our website uses minimal tracking. We may use standard analytics to understand how visitors use our site. We do not use advertising cookies or cross-site tracking technologies.
Cloudflare, our hosting provider, may set cookies for security and performance purposes. These cookies do not identify individual users personally.
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Our website is served over HTTPS. Subscriber data is held by Beehiiv, which maintains its own security controls.
No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. While we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If changes are material, we will notify subscribers via The Mission Economy newsletter. Your continued use of our services after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us at:
SteadyStack
PO Box 438, Clarke's Beach, NL, A0A 1W0, Canada
hello@steadystack.ca
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca or 1-800-282-1376.