Brown Walrus
Privacy Policy
Last updated February 20, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Brown Walrus Inc. ("Brown Walrus", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information through this website.
For Alberta private-sector activities, we operate under Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). In some circumstances, Canada's federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) may also apply.
1. What We Collect
- Information you provide: name, email address, phone number, company details, and message content when you contact us.
- Service-related information: information needed to scope, deliver, and support IT, web, and cybersecurity services.
- Technical data: browser type, operating system, pages viewed, date/time of visits, referring URLs, and similar usage data.
2. Cookies and Analytics (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our website and to improve content and performance. Google Analytics may use first-party cookies, including cookies such as _ga and related identifiers, to measure interactions.
You can control cookies through your browser settings, and you can opt out of Google Analytics using Google's opt-out tools.
Our website is hosted in Canada. Analytics and related service providers may process certain data outside Canada, where local laws may differ.
3. How We Use Personal Information
- To respond to inquiries and communicate with you.
- To provide, maintain, and improve our services.
- To operate and secure our website and systems.
- To meet legal, regulatory, contractual, and record-keeping requirements.
4. Disclosure to Third Parties
We do not sell personal information. We may share information with trusted service providers (for example, hosting, analytics, and technical platforms) only where needed to operate our business and website, and only under appropriate safeguards.
5. Retention
We keep personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described above, and as required by law, security obligations, or contractual commitments. Information no longer needed is securely deleted or de-identified.
6. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, loss, or theft.
7. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request access to personal information we hold about you and request corrections if needed. You may also withdraw consent for certain uses of personal information, subject to legal or contractual restrictions.
8. Contact and Complaints
For privacy requests or concerns, contact us at privacy@brownwalrus.com.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC).
9. Policy Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.