Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 2026

Overview

BC Municipal Benchmarks ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website at bcbenchmarks.ca (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit the Site.

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Site is designed to provide publicly available municipal fiscal data and does not require user accounts, login credentials, or personal information to use.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

This Site does not collect personal information from visitors. There are no registration forms, contact forms, user accounts, or newsletter sign-ups. All features of the Site are available without providing any personal data.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit the Site, we may automatically collect limited, non-personally identifiable information through privacy-respecting analytics, including:

  • Pages visited and general navigation patterns
  • Referring website (if applicable)
  • Browser type and general device category (desktop, mobile, tablet)
  • Country-level geographic information

We use privacy-focused analytics that do not use cookies, do not track individuals across websites, and do not collect IP addresses or other personal identifiers. No data is shared with third-party advertising networks.

Cookies

This Site does not use cookies for tracking or analytics purposes. No cookie consent banner is required because no tracking cookies are set. Your browser may store standard technical data (such as cached files) to improve load times, but this is standard browser behavior and does not involve tracking.

How We Use Information

The limited, aggregated analytics data we collect is used solely to:

  • Understand which municipalities and features are most used
  • Improve the Site's performance, content, and user experience
  • Monitor Site availability and diagnose technical issues

Data Sources

All municipal fiscal data displayed on this Site is derived from publicly available sources published by the Province of British Columbia, specifically BC Local Government Statistics from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. This data is public record and freely available. We do not collect, store, or display any private or confidential municipal information.

Third-Party Services

The Site may use the following third-party services:

  • Hosting provider (e.g., Cloudflare Pages) — provides content delivery and basic web analytics. Subject to the hosting provider's own privacy policy.
  • Font delivery (Google Fonts) — loads the Inter typeface. Google's privacy policy applies to font delivery requests.

We do not use any social media tracking pixels, advertising scripts, or third-party analytics platforms that profile individual users.

Children's Privacy

This Site is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. Since the Site collects no personal information from any visitor, this concern does not arise in practice.

Your Rights

Since we do not collect personal information, there is no personal data to access, correct, or delete. If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy in connection with this Site, you may contact us at the address below.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

BC Municipal Benchmarks
Email: privacy@bcbenchmarks.ca