What we hold,
and why.

This notice deals with information collected through noticialaw.com — visits to the site and messages sent through the intake form.

Data we process for a client matter — collections, productions, review sets — is governed by the engagement letter for that matter, by solicitor-client privilege and confidentiality, and by our professional obligations as members of the Law Society of Ontario. Those obligations are stricter than this notice, and where they conflict, they win.

The site sets no cookies at all — not for analytics, advertising or anything else. There is no session recording.

• A single browser storage entry, noticia-lang, holding "en" or "fr" so a return visit opens in the language you picked. You can clear it at any time in your browser settings; nothing else depends on it.
• Standard server logs — IP address, user agent, requested page, timestamp — kept for up to 30 days for security and troubleshooting, then deleted.
• Aggregate usage measurement through Google Analytics, configured without cookies or persistent identifiers: Google receives the pages requested, their language and an approximate region, and we see only totals. Nothing in it identifies you, and none of it is used for advertising.
• Fonts are served from our own servers, so loading a page sends no request to any font provider.

If you use the form on “Work with us”, we receive what you type: your name, firm, email, phone if you give it, the service categories you select, approximate volume, deadline and any description you add.

We use it for one purpose — to scope your matter and reply to you. We do not add you to a mailing list, and we do not sell, rent or share it. Sending the form does not create a conflict check and does not form a solicitor-client relationship.

• Submissions are transmitted over TLS.
• Access is limited to the people who need it to answer you.
• If the enquiry does not become a matter, we delete it within 24 months. If it does, it moves into the matter file and follows the retention rules for that file.
• Please do not send privileged or sensitive material through the form. If a matter is live, call us and we will set up a secure transfer.

Everything we hold for a client matter stays in Canada. Collections, productions and review sets do not leave the country.

The website is a lighter footprint, and some of what it handles passes through other regions by way of the providers we use to run it, deliver the intake form and measure usage. No data — from the site or from a matter — is used to train third-party AI models.

Under Canadian privacy law — PIPEDA, and Quebec’s Law 25 where it applies — you can ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, ask for a copy, and withdraw consent to further use. Where we are holding information as part of a legal matter, professional and court obligations may limit what we can release, and we will tell you if that is the case.

We keep information only as long as it serves the purpose it was collected for, or as long as professional and legal obligations require — whichever is longer. Matter data is disposed of at the end of the retention period set in the engagement, with a certificate of destruction on request.

Encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access, logging, least-privilege administration, and infrastructure certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. If a breach creates a real risk of significant harm, we notify affected people and the Privacy Commissioner as the law requires.

This site is aimed at legal professionals and organizations. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

If this notice changes we update the date at the top. Material changes will be summarized here so you can see what moved.