🍪 How We Use Cookies on LocalShops.ca

At LocalShops.ca, your privacy and trust are important to us. We use cookies to enhance your experience in a respectful and limited way — without tracking or selling your data.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your browser. They help websites remember things like your preferences or activity to improve your experience.

Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies only for one purpose:

✅ To help you quickly return to local places or shops you've shown interest in.

That's it — we do not:

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These cookies are there just to make your experience faster and more personal the next time you visit LocalShops.ca.

What's Stored?

We may store basic, non-personal preference information in your browser, such as:

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We never store sensitive personal information (like email addresses) in cookies or localStorage.

Your Control

You're in charge. You can:

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Even if you choose to disable cookies, you'll still have access to the full site — just with fewer personalized conveniences.

Legal Info

Our use of cookies follows the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada's privacy law. You can learn more about your rights from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

👉 Guidelines for Meaningful Consent (OPC)

Questions?

If you have questions about how we use cookies or manage your data, feel free to reach out to us at privacy@localshops.ca .