Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Agora Publishing Consortium is a Canadian-incorporated business that operates EstateVodka (estatevodka.com), an independent digital publication. Our registered address is 300 Eagleson Rd, Kanata, Ontario, K2M 2C3, Canada.

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us at privacy@estatevodka.com.

2. Data We Collect

We collect personal information only when you voluntarily provide it to us. This includes:

• Email address — when you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us via our contact form.
• Name — when you submit our contact form.
• Message content — when you use our contact form.

We do not collect browsing data, device identifiers, or location information. We do not use analytics tracking tools.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), we process your personal information based on your consent. By submitting our subscribe or contact forms, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this policy. You may withdraw consent at any time.

4. Service Providers and Third-Party Services

We use a small number of third-party services to operate this website:

• Formspree (formspree.io) — processes form submissions (subscribe and contact). Your email address is shared with Formspree only for the purpose of delivering your submission to us. See Formspree's Privacy Policy.
• Bunny Fonts (fonts.bunny.net) — privacy-friendly web font delivery. No cookies are set.

We do not currently use third-party advertising trackers, retargeting pixels, or behavioural-analytics tools. We do not share your personal information with advertisers or data brokers.

If we add advertising partners in the future, we will update this section and provide notice before any tracking begins.

5. Your Rights (PIPEDA / Provincial Acts)

Under PIPEDA and applicable provincial privacy legislation, you have the following rights:

• Right to access — You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Right to correction — You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
• Right to withdraw consent — You may withdraw your consent to our collection and use of your personal information at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions.
• Right to unsubscribe — You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time using the link in any email we send.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@estatevodka.com.

If you are unsatisfied with our response, you may file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or your provincial regulator (Ontario IPC, BC OIPC, Quebec CAI).

6. Cookies

We use only essential cookies required for the website to function (for example, remembering form submissions). We do not use marketing or analytics cookies.

Your browser may block or delete cookies at any time via its settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect site functionality.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by law. Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe. Contact form submissions are retained for a maximum of 12 months.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will indicate the date of the most recent update at the top of this page. Continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.