Transparency Lab, transparencylab.ca · Version 2.1.1 · Effective 2026-10-25
This policy summarises the Operational Transparency Notice. Where they differ, the notice governs: it is versioned, its hash is published, and every change is recorded in the notice event log.
The controller is Global Privacy Rights, Canada, which operates Transparency Lab as its research lab. Controller identifier did:web:transparencylab.ca, described in the controller identification record.
Contact: info@transparencylab.ca
Nothing is collected by visiting the site. Personal information is collected only when you use one of these services.
| Service | What | Why and basis | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Controller self-assessment | Organisation name, service address, answers and evidence links; a contact email only if you give one | Transparency Lab review; listing in the 0PN Directory only if you ask. Consent, evidenced by your receipt number (tl-sa-) | Twelve months, or until you withdraw |
| Comment board | Your comment, and a display name only if you give one | Published on the board, on the reuse terms you choose, including research use by Global Privacy Rights if you choose it. Consent, evidenced by your comment receipt (tl-cm-), which also records your confirmation of any transfer to Canada | Until you withdraw, and at most twelve months. Withdrawal deletes it at once |
| Rights access point | Your receipt number, the rights you ask for, and a reply address and text only if you give them | To answer your request. Legal obligation (PIPEDA Schedule 1 Principle 4.9; Quebec private sector Act, ss. 27 to 32) | Text and reply address deleted when the request is closed; the request record after 24 months |
No email address is asked for anywhere except as an optional contact or reply address. No IP address is stored by our services.
You can see what is held, correct it, object, withdraw consent and have it erased. Use the rights access point with your receipt number: no account and no identification needed. Withdrawal, objection and erasure of a self-assessment or a comment take effect at once. Other requests are acknowledged within 7 days and answered within 30. You can also write to info@transparencylab.ca.
You may complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, or, in Quebec, to the Commission d'accès à l'information.
The notice receipt demonstration at /wg5-2026 closed on 20 October 2026, and the address now leads to the comment board. Receipt numbers it issued (TL-2026-NOTICE-) can still be used at the rights access point.
When our practices change, the notice gets a new version and the change is recorded in the notice event log, so a receipt always points to the version you were shown.