Last updated: July 25, 2026
SnowDayCA (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates snowdayca.com, a free tool that estimates the chance of a school closure or snow day across Canada. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you use the site, why we collect it, and the choices you have. By using this website, you agree to the practices described below.
1. Information We Collect
- Information you give us directly: if you contact us through our contact form, we collect your name and email address so we can reply.
- Location input: when you type a city or postal code into the predictor tool, that input is used only to look up local weather and closure data for the result you requested. We do not store it against your identity.
- Automatically collected data: like most websites, we automatically log basic technical data such as IP address, browser type, device type, and pages visited, through standard analytics tools. This helps us understand which forecasts and pages are useful and fix problems.
- Responding to you: we use your contact details only to answer questions, correct a forecast, or add a city you’ve requested.
- Running the predictor: we use the location you enter to pull current weather conditions and generate a closure probability score.
- Improving the site: we use aggregated, non-personal usage data to see which cities and pages need better coverage and to keep the tool fast and accurate.
- Access and correction: you can ask us what personal data we hold about you and request a correction.
- Deletion: you can ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you by contacting us directly.
- Advertising opt-out: you can turn off personalized ads any time through Google Ad Settings, linked above.
2. How We Use Your Information
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it to build a profile of you beyond what is described here.
3. How We Protect Your Information
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the limited personal data we hold. No method of storage or transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we do not collect more than we need to run the site.
4. Third-Party Sharing
We do not sell or rent your personal information to anyone. We share limited data only with service providers who help us run the site, such as our hosting provider, weather data provider, and analytics or advertising partners, and only to the extent needed for them to provide that service. We may also disclose information if required by law.
5. Advertising and Cookies (Google AdSense)
We use Google AdSense to show ads that help keep this tool free. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites. You can review how Google uses this data in Google’s Partner Sites policy, and you can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ad Settings.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. They help remember basic preferences and measure site usage. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; doing so may affect how well the predictor tool works.
6. Your Rights and Choices
7. Children’s Privacy
SnowDayCA is intended for parents, students, and school staff, not for direct use by young children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our site or practices change. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page always reflects the most recent version, and we encourage you to check back periodically.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, contact us through our Contact page.