Last Updated: September 24, 2026
Canada Menu Hub respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we collect it, why we use it, how long we keep it, and the choices available to you when you use our website. We aim to handle information responsibly and explain our practices in plain language.
By using Canada Menu Hub, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about how we handle your information, you can contact us at [email protected].
Who We Are
Canada Menu Hub is a Canadian food and restaurant information website operated by Christopher Hopper in Toronto, Canada.
We publish restaurant menu prices, food information, reviews, recommendations, recipes, dining advice, and related content for readers in Canada and around the world.
For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact us at [email protected] or through our contact page.
What Information We Collect
We collect information in a few different ways. Some information comes directly from you when you choose to contact us or subscribe to our newsletter. Other information is collected automatically when you browse the site.
Information You Provide Directly
Comments
If you leave a comment on an article, we collect the information needed to publish and manage that comment.
This may include:
- Your name, which is required
- Your email address, if you provide one
- Your website URL, if you provide one
- The text of your comment
Comments are retained permanently unless they are identified as spam or otherwise require removal.
Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address.
We use this information to send you Canada Menu Hub updates, offers, reviews, and site news. We retain newsletter information until you unsubscribe.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe option provided in our newsletter or by contacting us.
Contact Forms
Canada Menu Hub provides different contact forms depending on the reason you are getting in touch.
For General Inquiries, we collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Message
For Sponsorship or Advertising inquiries, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Inquiry type
- Company name
- Message
For DMCA or Copyright matters, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Notice type
- Detailed message or copyright notice
We keep contact-form information for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the inquiry, handle the request, maintain appropriate records, or resolve an issue.
Information Collected Automatically
When you browse Canada Menu Hub, certain information may be collected automatically through analytics and advertising technologies.
This may include:
- Pages you visit
- Time spent on the website
- General information about how you use the site
- Approximate location, such as city-level location
- IP address and related technical information processed by analytics and advertising systems
- Cookie and similar technology information
Google Analytics 4 helps us understand website usage. Google AdSense and its advertising partners may use cookies and related technologies to provide advertising.
We do not use this information to identify you personally for purposes unrelated to the operation, measurement, advertising, or improvement of the website.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for specific and practical purposes.
These purposes include:
- Sending newsletter updates, offers, reviews, and Canada Menu Hub news
- Understanding how visitors use our website and which content is useful
- Improving our articles, guides, menu information, and overall website experience
- Serving relevant advertising through Google AdSense
- Responding to questions, comments, sponsorship requests, advertising inquiries, and copyright notices
- Managing and maintaining the website
- Meeting legal or regulatory requirements when necessary
We do not collect personal information simply because it might be useful someday. We aim to collect and use information for purposes connected to the services and features we provide.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Canada Menu Hub uses cookies and similar tracking technologies.
Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on your device that can help a website remember settings, support functionality, measure traffic, or deliver advertising.
When you first visit Canada Menu Hub, a cookie consent banner is displayed where applicable. You can use that banner to manage your cookie preferences.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Your browser may allow you to block some or all cookies, although doing so can affect how certain website features work.
Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to understand how visitors use Canada Menu Hub. Google AdSense and its advertising partners may also use advertising cookies.
Your cookie choices may affect the advertising or analytics features available while you browse the site.
Third-Party Advertising (Google AdSense Disclosure)
Canada Menu Hub uses Google AdSense to display advertising.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You may also manage certain advertising choices through aboutads.info.
Advertising may be personalized based on information available to Google and its advertising partners, or it may be non-personalized depending on your settings, location, consent choices, and applicable requirements.
Google and its advertising partners process information under their own privacy policies and terms. Canada Menu Hub does not control the information collected or processed directly by these third-party advertising systems.
Third-Party Analytics (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use Canada Menu Hub.
Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, general browsing activity, approximate location at the city level, and technical information associated with your visit.
Our Google Analytics data retention setting is 14 months.
Google processes analytics information according to its own privacy practices and policies. We use the resulting information to understand traffic patterns, identify useful content, improve existing articles, and make better decisions about future content.
You can also opt out of Google Analytics tracking by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, where available.
Data Retention
We keep different types of information for different periods depending on why we collected it.
- Comments: Retained permanently unless they are flagged as spam or need to be removed for another valid reason.
- Newsletter information: Retained until you unsubscribe.
- Contact forms: Retained for as long as necessary to resolve the inquiry, respond to the request, or maintain appropriate records.
- Google Analytics data: Our analytics data retention setting is 14 months.
We may retain certain information for a longer period where necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, or protect our rights.
Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
We may share or allow access to information with service providers that help us operate Canada Menu Hub. This includes services such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense.
Google Analytics and Google AdSense process information under their own terms and may process or store information on servers located in the United States.
We may also disclose information where we reasonably believe disclosure is required by law, legal process, court order, or a valid request from an authorized government or regulatory body.
We do not provide personal information to third parties simply for their own unrelated marketing purposes.
International Data Transfers
Canada Menu Hub is operated from Toronto, Canada, but some services we use operate internationally.
Google Analytics and Google AdSense may transfer or process information on servers in the United States.
If you access Canada Menu Hub from outside the United States or Canada, your information may therefore be processed in a country with privacy laws that differ from those in your home country.
By using the site and, where required, providing consent to applicable cookies or processing, you acknowledge that information may be transferred to and processed on servers in the United States.
Where applicable, we rely on the privacy and contractual arrangements provided by our service providers for international data processing.
Your Rights
You have rights concerning personal information we hold about you. The rights available to you can depend on where you live and the circumstances in which your information was collected.
Under PIPEDA (Canadian Visitors)
For visitors covered by Canada’s federal private-sector privacy requirements, including PIPEDA where applicable, you can contact us to:
- Ask what personal information we hold about you
- Request access to your personal information
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
- Ask us to delete personal information where appropriate
- Withdraw consent for processing where consent is the basis for that processing
- Unsubscribe from our newsletter
- Raise a privacy concern or file a complaint
We generally aim to respond to privacy requests within 30 days, subject to any applicable legal requirements or circumstances that may reasonably require additional time.
If you ask us to correct information, we will review the request and make appropriate corrections where the information is inaccurate or incomplete.
Under GDPR (EU Visitors)
If you are in the European Union and the GDPR applies to our processing of your information, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal information
- Ask us to rectify inaccurate or incomplete information
- Ask us to erase your personal information
- Ask us to restrict certain processing
- Request a copy of certain information in a portable format
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent where we rely on consent
- Complain to a relevant data protection authority
To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected].
Some rights are subject to legal conditions and exceptions. For example, we may need to retain certain information where the law requires us to do so or where we need it to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
How to File a Complaint
If you have a privacy concern, we encourage you to contact us first so we can understand the issue and try to resolve it.
Email [email protected] with details of your concern. We aim to respond within 30 days.
Canadian users may also contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada if they believe their privacy concern has not been resolved.
EU users may contact the data protection or supervisory authority in their country if they believe their rights under applicable privacy law have not been respected.
Providing us with enough information to understand your concern can help us investigate and respond more effectively.
Children’s Privacy
Canada Menu Hub is not directed at children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us at [email protected].
If we become aware that we have collected information from a child under 13 without appropriate permission, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
Links to Other Websites
Canada Menu Hub contains links to restaurant websites, food resources, social platforms, and other third-party websites.
These websites operate independently from Canada Menu Hub and may have their own privacy policies, cookies, tracking technologies, and data practices.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. When you follow a link away from Canada Menu Hub, we recommend reviewing that website’s privacy policy before providing personal information.
A link to another website does not mean that Canada Menu Hub controls, endorses, or accepts responsibility for that site’s privacy practices.
Changes to This Policy
Our privacy practices may change as Canada Menu Hub grows, as we introduce new features, or as the services we use change.
When our practices change, we may update this Privacy Policy to reflect those changes. The Last Updated date at the top of this page shows when the policy was most recently revised.
We encourage you to review this page from time to time, particularly if you use features such as comments, newsletters, or contact forms.
Your continued use of Canada Menu Hub after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated policy, subject to any consent that applicable law requires us to obtain.
Our Terms of Use also contain information about using the website.
Contact Us
If you have a question about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise a privacy right, or have a concern about how we handle your information, please contact us.
Email: [email protected]
You can also reach us through our contact page.
We take privacy questions seriously and will review reasonable requests carefully and respond within the applicable timeframe.