Privacy Policy

Choice Words Editing’s Privacy Policy

Type of website: Ecommerce

Effective date: 29th day of September, 2026

Choice Words Editing (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Meaghan Steeves. Meaghan Steeves is the data controller and can be contacted at choicewordsedit@gmail.com.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

1.      The personal data we will collect;

2.      Use of collected data;

3.      Who has access to the data collected;

4.      The Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of a signed services agreement.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

Analytics

This website collects personal information to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

For form block submissions

When you submit information to this website via the “Contact” form, we collect the data requested in the “Contact” webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you.

For use of blog comments

This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This website collects personal information when you post a comment, including:

  • Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)

  • Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)

  • Your website URL (optional)

This website includes “likes” functionality on some blog posts which enables you to “like” a post. This website collects personal information when you like a post to try to prevent the same person from liking the same post during the same visit, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share

  • Your IP address

For website visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data (site usage information of end users) for its own purposes in their Privacy Policy.

How Long We Store Personal Data

User data will be stored until the purpose of the data was collected for has been achieved.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with Canadian law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints, you can contact the site’s owner Meaghan Steeves at choicewordsedit@gmail.com.