Purpose

SunshineListStats.com (the "Site") was developed to provide the tax payer from Ontario, British Columbia , Alberta , and Manitoba with a comprehensive and unbiased tool to analyze the Sunshine List. It operates as a free service to the public, with the belief that a more informed citizenry leads to greater transparency in government.

Credit

The Site, including all data analysis and calculations, was made entirely by a single Ontario resident without support, affiliation, or endorsement from any private or public entities.

Thanks for visiting the site and please spread the word about SunshineListStats.com. Fee free to send us comments/suggestions.

Data collection

The Site relies exclusively on the publicly available sunshine lists available for download via the official provincial government portal.

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Terms & Conditions

SunshineListStats.com (the "Site") maintains this website as a public service. Your use of the Site implies acceptance of these terms & conditions set out below.

The Site and all information presented therein, is provided on an "as is" basis. All users of the Site are responsible for checking the accuracy, completeness, currency, and/or suitability of all information. The Site makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, or suitability of the information it provides.

The Site is based exclusively of publicly available information released by the Government of Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba and Alberta. This site in no way claims to be original publisher of this information.

The Site is not endorsed, affiliated or sponsored by any public or private entity, including but not limited to, corporations, non-profits, foundations, governments, or government affiliated entities. The Site strictly prohibits claims of affiliation, whether direct or implied, without the expressed written consent of the owner of the Site.

The Site specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims or damages that may result from the access, use and/or provision of the Site or the information it contains.

The Site reserves the right to change its content, including its data analysis and calculations, for reasons including but not limited to, improved methodology and error corrections or other adhoc adjustments, at any time and without notice. The Site reserves the right to change the terms & conditions set out on this page at any time and without notice.

Reproduction of Information

The Site permits the reproduction of its information, including numerical results, where such reproduction is for non-commercial use.

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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 27, 2015

This Privacy Statement is designed to provide information about SunshineListStats.com ("sunshineliststats.com","we", "our" or "us") privacy and data collection practices. This privacy policy does not apply to Sites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we may link or who may link to us. We are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third-party websites.

We have a few fundamental principles that we follow:

• We don't ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
• We don't share your personal information with anyone.

Personal Information

The content on the SunshineListStats.com is based exclusively of publicly available information released by the Government of several provinces . This site in no way claims to be original publisher of this information.

We recognize that sometimes you may want a way to remove content about you that you found on SunshineListStats.com.

If you wish to remove your name from our site, please use the name removal request form.

Personal identification information

We may collect personally identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address. We may store the IP addresses on our server. Users may visit our Site without sharing their name, email address, but the IP addresses are always collected and stored. We will collect personal identification information such as name, email address from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information except the IP address. If users refuse to supply personal identification information, it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities such as newsletter signup which requires a valid email address.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information including IP address.

Web browser cookies

Our Site may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. User's web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

Advertising

Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

How Google manages data in its ads products

Some of the ads are served by Google on SunshineListStats.com. Google uses its technology to serve ads to users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. SunshineListStats.com is using Google AdSense, AdExchange, Analytics and some other services. Your web browser automatically sends certain information to Google. This includes the URL of the page you're visiting and your IP address.

Please visit Google's privacy policy page to learn more about how it uses information from sites or apps that use their services.

Third party websites

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web Site. These companies may use information (generally, not including your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to this Web Site and to other web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. These companies may employ cookies and clear GIFs to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and clear GIFs is generally not personally identifiable (unless, for example, you provide personally identifiable information to them through an ad or e-mail message). We encourage you to read these businesses' privacy policies if you should have any concerns about how they will care for your personal information. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, see the Network Advertising Initiative's consumer website at www.networkadvertising.org.

How we protect your information

SunshineListStats.com strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

Changes to this privacy policy

Although most changes are likely to be minor, SunshineListStats.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in SunshineListStats.com's sole discretion.  We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Who can I ask if I have any additional questions?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement and our practices, or you have reason to believe SunshineListStats.com may have failed to adhere to this Privacy Statement, you can contact us by email:

SunshineListStats.com
info@SunshineListStats.com