Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

edmonton.events ("we," "us," "our") is an events listing site for Edmonton and the surrounding region. This page explains what information we collect, why we collect it, and what you can do about it.

Short version: we don't have user accounts, we don't sell your data, and we don't take your payment information. We collect an email address if you ask for our newsletter, whatever you send us when you submit an event, and basic technical data that every website receives when a page loads.

1. Who we are

edmonton.events is a company that curates the best things to do in Edmonton.

Privacy contact: hello@edmonton.events 

2. What we collect

Information you give us

  • Newsletter signup. Your email address. Nothing else is required.

  • Event submissions. The event details you provide, plus a contact name and email or phone number so we can verify the listing. If you submit an event, assume the event details will be published. Your personal contact details are used for verification and follow-up and are not published unless you include them in the public listing fields.

  • Contact forms and emails. Whatever you choose to write to us, plus your email address so we can reply.

  • Listing corrections and reports. The details you send us about an error or a problem listing.

Information collected automatically

When you load a page, our servers and analytics tools receive standard technical data:

  • IP address (which gives an approximate location — typically the city, not your street)

  • Browser type, device type, and operating system

  • Pages viewed, time of visit, and the page or search that referred you

  • Cookies and similar storage (see section 3)

What we do not collect

  • We do not have user accounts, logins, or passwords.

  • We do not collect or store payment card details. We do not process ticket payments — those happen on the ticket seller's or organizer's own site.

  • We do not knowingly collect information from children (see section 10).

3. Cookies and analytics

We use cookies and similar technologies for two purposes: keeping the site working, and understanding how it's used.

  • Essential cookies. Required for the site to function (for example, remembering that you dismissed the cookie banner). These cannot be turned off.

  • Analytics. We use Google Analytics to see which pages and event categories people actually use, so we can make the site better. [If Google Analytics: this involves cookies and sends data to Google, including in the Canada.

You can control cookies through your browser settings or through our cookie preferences link in the footer. Blocking non-essential cookies will not break the site.

4. Affiliate and referral links

Some links on edmonton.events — particularly "Get tickets" and "Buy tickets" buttons — are affiliate or referral links. Two things follow from that:

  1. We may earn a commission if you buy a ticket after clicking through. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not influence whether an event gets listed. Paid placements, when we run them, are labelled as such.

  2. The destination site sets its own tracking. When you click an affiliate link, the ticket seller (or an affiliate network in between) may set a cookie or add a tracking parameter to the URL so the sale can be credited to us. That data goes to them, under their privacy policy, not ours. We receive only aggregate commission reports — we don't see who you are or what you bought as an individual.

Once you leave our site, you're on someone else's. Read their policy.

5. The newsletter

If you subscribe, we use your email address for one thing: sending you the edmonton.events newsletter.

  • We send it using Substack, which stores your address on our behalf and records standard delivery metrics such as opens and clicks.

  • Every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link. It works immediately and permanently.

  • You can also email us at hello@edmonton.events to be removed.

  • We will never sell, rent, or trade your email address, and we won't email you on behalf of a third party.

This complies with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL): we only email people who asked us to, we identify ourselves in every message, and we always give you a way out.

6. How we use your information

We use the information above only to:

  • Publish and maintain accurate event listings

  • Send the newsletter to people who asked for it

  • Verify submitted events and follow up with organizers

  • Respond to your messages and corrections

  • Understand site traffic in aggregate, so we can improve what we build

  • Detect and prevent spam, fraud, and abuse

  • Meet our legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information. We do not build advertising profiles about you. We do not share your email address with event organizers or advertisers.

7. Who we share it with

We share personal information only with service providers who process it on our behalf, and only to the extent they need it:

We may also disclose information if we're legally required to (a court order, a valid law enforcement request), or where necessary to protect our rights or someone's safety.

Cross-border storage. Some of these providers store data outside Canada, including in the United States. Information stored in another country is subject to that country's laws and may be accessible to its courts and government authorities. By using the site, you understand your information may be processed this way.

8. Your rights

Under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), you have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you

  • Correct it if it's wrong

  • Withdraw consent — unsubscribe from the newsletter, or ask us to delete what we hold

  • Ask questions about how we handle it

If you're not satisfied with our response, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca) or the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (oipc.ab.ca).

10. Children

edmonton.events is a general-audience site and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect their personal information. Some events we list are 18+ or 19+; that's noted on the listing, but age verification is the venue's job, not ours. If you believe a child has given us personal information, email us and we'll delete it.

11. Security

We use HTTPS across the site, limit access to the data we hold, and choose service providers with reasonable security practices. No system is perfectly secure, and we can't guarantee absolute security — but we hold very little about you in the first place, which is the most effective safeguard there is.

12. Links to other sites

Our listings link out to venues, organizers, and ticket sellers. We don't control those sites and aren't responsible for their content or their privacy practices. This policy applies only to edmonton.events.

13. Changes to this policy

We'll update this page when our practices change. The "last updated" date at the top always reflects the current version. If we make a material change — for example, if we started collecting something new — we'll say so on the site and in the newsletter before it takes effect.

14. Contact

Questions, corrections, or complaints: hello@edmonton.events