Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 30, 2026

The Midterm Desk (“the site”, “we”) is an independent election dashboard operated by toogreen.ca. This policy explains what personal information is collected when you use the site, why it is collected and the choices you have. It is written to comply with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, as amended by Law 25.

1. Person in charge of personal information

The site operator is the person in charge of the protection of personal information. For any question, request or complaint about privacy, write to toogreen@gmail.com.

2. What we collect

3. Why we collect it

Analytics data is used only to measure how many people visit, which features they use and how to improve the site. We do not use it to identify you or build a profile of you.

Advertising helps pay for the site. If you accept, Google uses the information described above to choose, show and measure ads, which may be personalized based on your interests. We do not receive or see this information ourselves, and we never sell personal information. You can control ad personalization at any time in Google’s My Ad Center, and learn more about interest-based advertising at YourAdChoices.ca.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

NameProviderPurposeDurationRequires consent
_gaGoogle AnalyticsDistinguishes visitors2 yearsYes
_ga_CHQSQ1CE4WGoogle AnalyticsKeeps track of the current visit2 yearsYes
__gads, __gpiGoogle AdSenseServes and measures ads, limits how often an ad is shown13 monthsYes
__eoiGoogle AdSensePrevents ad fraud6 monthsYes
IDE, test_cookie and others on Google domainsGoogle (doubleclick.net, google.com)Ad personalization and measurement across websitesUp to 13 monthsYes
us-midterms-theme, us-midterms-languageThe Midterm Desk (local storage)Remembers your display preferencesUntil you clear your browser dataNo (functional)
us-midterms-consentThe Midterm Desk (local storage)Remembers your cookie choiceUntil you clear your browser dataNo (functional)

Google’s own cookies are described in how Google uses cookies and how Google uses cookies in advertising. The other advertising slot on the page is a frame served by the A-ADS network, which we do not control. We do not share any information with A-ADS, and its own practices, including any cookies it uses, are described in the A-ADS privacy policy.

5. Your consent and how to change it

Analytics and Google ads are turned off by default. When you first visit, a banner lets you accept or decline both, and declining is as easy as accepting. You can change your mind at any time with the “Cookies” link in the dashboard’s footer, or by opening your cookie settings. If you withdraw consent, Google Analytics and Google AdSense stop loading, and their cookies set on this site are deleted from your browser. Cookies that Google set on its own domains cannot be removed by this site; you can delete them in your browser settings or turn off ad personalization in My Ad Center. You can also block cookies in your browser settings or install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

6. Sharing and storage outside Quebec

Analytics data is processed on our behalf by Google LLC as a service provider, under Google’s data processing terms. For advertising, Google and its certified ad partners act independently and use the data under their own privacy policies. This data may be stored and processed in the United States and other countries outside Quebec and Canada, where privacy laws may differ and where it may be accessible to local authorities under their laws. We do not share personal information with anyone else unless required by law. See Google’s privacy policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

7. How long we keep it

Google Analytics event data is kept for no longer than 14 months, after which it is deleted automatically. Advertising cookies expire as shown in the table above, and Google keeps advertising data according to its own retention policy. Aggregated reports that cannot identify anyone may be kept longer.

8. Security

The site is served over HTTPS, collects no account or contact data and limits access to the analytics account to the site operator.

9. Your rights

You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected, to withdraw your consent and to ask how it is used. To make a request, write to toogreen@gmail.com. We will reply within 30 days. Because analytics data is tied only to a random identifier, we may need details such as the identifier in your _ga cookie to find it.

If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or, in Quebec, the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec.

10. Children

The site is not directed at children under 14. We do not knowingly collect personal information from them, and a child under 14 should not accept analytics or advertising cookies without a parent or guardian’s consent.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed. Material changes will be announced on the site.