What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Building Contributions

When visitors contribute to our building list on the site we collect the data shown in the submitted form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection, security, and user experience. Contributed buildings may be made available to other visitors unless explicitly declared private. We may use and or modify uploaded media for site promotional purposes.

Cookies

If you edit or submit data such as a building article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the identification of the article you just edited.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, interactive components such as maps, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We may use Google Analytics to anonymously track your usage of our website. We use this data to help analyze and improve our website and the experience it provides. You may find information on Googles privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

How long we retain your data

If you submit content, the content and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up content, detect spam, and analyse usage to provide a better user experience.

Where we send your data

Your usage of the site may be anonymously analysed by Google Analytics. Your contributions may be shared with Heritage Winnipeg, and Pattern Interactive. We will not share your data with additional other 3^rd parties. We do not buy, sell, rent or share lists or personal information.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We use SSL / HTTPS encryption to secure your data and prevent your data being observed by unauthorized parties. Software programmers and automated software monitors and scans for vulnerabilities and security breaches preventing attackers from compromising your data.