Privacy policy
AI Canada Pulse is a personal project operated from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This policy describes what the site collects and how it is used. Canadian private-sector privacy expectations are informed by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act where it applies.
How reader data is handled
The records below describe the site's current public data flows. They separate storage in your browser from information handled by service providers.
01
On-device preferences and activity
Small browser records support reader continuity without creating an account.
- Data
- Theme choice, recent command choices, visit and reading-streak dates, daily-signal score, dashboard last-visit time, and a session flag for the digest introduction.
- Purpose
- Remember display preferences and keep reader tools useful between page visits.
- Processor / location
- Your browser. These records are not newsletter or login profiles.
- Retention
- Until you clear site data or the site overwrites the record; recent-command and streak records are bounded or refreshed as you use the site.
- Reader control
- Clear this site's local and session storage in your browser settings.
02
Aggregate site analytics
When enabled, Vercel Web Analytics measures aggregate use and, according to its privacy documentation, does not use third-party cookies.
- Data
- Page URL or dynamic route, visit time, referrer, filtered query parameters, general location, device, operating system, browser, and a generated visitor hash.
- Purpose
- Understand which public pages are being used and whether the site is functioning as expected.
- Processor / location
- Vercel. The analytics component is loaded only when the site's public analytics setting is enabled.
- Retention
- Vercel says the visitor session associated with its generated hash is discarded after 24 hours; aggregate reporting follows Vercel's service settings and policy.
- Reader control
- No advertising profile or AI Canada Pulse account is created. Browser privacy controls remain available.
03
Newsletter subscription records
The newsletter uses double opt-in and keeps the status needed to confirm, send, and honour an unsubscribe.
- Data
- Email address, confirmation and unsubscribe tokens, subscription status, and confirmation or unsubscribe timestamps.
- Purpose
- Record consent, deliver the weekly briefing, and prevent mail after an unsubscribe.
- Processor / location
- Supabase stores the subscription record in the site's project database.
- Retention
- Unsubscribing stops future newsletter delivery but does not automatically delete the subscriber record. The current implementation retains it to honour suppression and consent evidence until it is deleted on request or is no longer needed.
- Reader control
- Use the unsubscribe link in any newsletter, or request access, correction, or deletion by email.
04
Email delivery
A delivery provider is needed to send confirmation and weekly newsletter messages.
- Data
- Recipient email address, the message being delivered, and delivery metadata required to send or troubleshoot it.
- Purpose
- Send subscription confirmation, weekly briefings, and unsubscribe links.
- Retention
- Resend retains service data as described in its policies and customer agreement; AI Canada Pulse does not set a separate public provider-retention promise here.
- Reader control
- Unsubscribe from weekly delivery or contact the site operator about the underlying subscription record.
05
Hosting and security logs
Standard technical logs support reliable and secure hosting.
- Data
- Request, runtime, deployment, and security information generated while serving the site.
- Purpose
- Host, secure, debug, and operate the public service.
- Processor / location
- Vercel processes these logs as the site's hosting provider.
- Retention
- Retention follows the site's Vercel plan, configuration, and applicable provider policy; AI Canada Pulse does not publish or sell these logs.
- Reader control
- Contact the site operator with a specific privacy or security request.
What we do not collect
- We do not require user accounts, passwords, or login profiles.
- We do not use analytics cookies or third-party advertising trackers.
- We do not sell newsletter email addresses, share them for advertising, or use them for unrelated campaigns. Supabase, Resend, and Vercel handle limited data as service providers for the purposes described above.
Newsletter consent and unsubscribe
The newsletter follows a double opt-in flow: a visitor submits an email address, receives a confirmation email, and must confirm before weekly messages are sent. Each email includes an unsubscribe link. This is designed to align with the core Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation requirements for consent, identification, and a working unsubscribe mechanism where CASL applies.
Retention and privacy requests
The site does not promise one fixed retention period for every record because the purpose and provider differ. AI Canada Pulse keeps personal information only for the described operational, suppression, security, or legal purpose and reviews requests individually. For privacy questions, newsletter issues, or requests for access, correction, or deletion, contact scott@scotthazlitt.ai.
Terms of use
AI Canada Pulse is provided “as is” for informational use. By using this site, you acknowledge that:
- Content is not professional, financial, legal, regulatory, policy, medical, or investment advice.
- Market, jobs, benchmark, and adoption evidence is context only and should not be used for trading or investment decisions.
- Source feeds, public datasets, and upstream websites can be delayed, incomplete, duplicated, or unavailable.
- AI-assisted content can contain errors and should be checked against linked source paths before relying on it.
AI-assisted content disclosure
AI Canada Pulse uses OpenAI models and rule-based processing to help turn public-source material into readable briefing surfaces. Normal public page views read stored results and do not call an AI provider directly.
- Story summaries - concise summaries of public feed items, cached before display
- Daily digest - latest source-linked overview of Canadian AI stories
- Weekly briefing synthesis - a source-linked weekly summary compiled from stored digest and feed material
- Longer explainers - source-linked posts generated when significance thresholds or freshness rules are met
- Section and world-feed summaries - short summaries for live-feed sections and global AI context
- Topic matching - rule-based matching with AI fallback for ambiguous stories
- Quote review aid - AI classification before candidate government quotes enter a human review queue
AI-assisted content is disclosed through site-level notices, methodology notes, and contextual explanations. It may contain errors, omissions, hallucinations, or misleading phrasing. Always verify important information with linked source paths.
Training discovery is a separate automated source scan built with Python and source-specific rules. Candidate courses require human review before publication. Quote candidates also remain behind a human approval gate; automation does not make the final publication decision.
Copyright and attribution
AI Canada Pulse links to source pages and displays limited headline, snippet, metadata, or summary material for news reporting, research, and reader context about AI in Canada. Where applicable, the site relies on Canadian Copyright Act fair-dealing purposes such as research, criticism or review, and news reporting.
The source name and original link are retained when available. AI Canada Pulse can correct or remove how a record is displayed here, but it does not control upstream publisher records.
Population figures used in regional context are sourced from Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0009-01, “Population estimates, quarterly” (Q4 2025, January 1, 2026).
If you are a content owner and have concerns about how your content is displayed, contact scott@scotthazlitt.ai.
Last updated: July 18, 2026