BrightCat Data is property-level data. No names. No phone numbers. No emails. No personal information collected or distributed.
Several Canadian data providers offer pre-mover or mover data tied to consumer identity — names, household composition, phone numbers, or email addresses. These providers operate under PIPEDA and require consent frameworks because they handle personal information.
BrightCat Data is not one of those providers. BrightCat's data is tied to the property, not the person. Each record is a physical address and its observable real estate activity — listings, price changes, sold events, rental activity. No individual is identified, profiled, or tracked.
This difference is intentional. It makes BrightCat Data safe for enterprise use cases where PIPEDA scope is a compliance concern, and it means clients can integrate BrightCat data without triggering personal information handling obligations.
BrightCat Data's data is licensed to business clients under a Master Data License Agreement. It is not sold to individuals. It is not used for advertising profile building.
Federal framework. BrightCat Data's address-level data is not personal information under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) because it does not identify individuals. Real estate listings, sold prices, and property attributes are matters of market record. BrightCat Data's contribution is standardising, matching, and delivering this information efficiently — it is not the collection of personal information.
Provincial laws. The same principle applies under Quebec's Law 25, Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), and British Columbia's PIPA. Because BrightCat's data is property-level rather than person-level, it generally falls outside the definition of personal information in each of these regimes.
Client compliance. Clients using BrightCat data to reach households are responsible for their own compliance with PIPEDA, Law 25, Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), and applicable marketing regulations. BrightCat Data provides the property signal; the client's downstream handling of any subsequent consumer contact is governed by their own privacy practices and the laws that apply to their sector.
Evolving legislation. Canadian privacy law continues to evolve. BrightCat Data monitors regulatory developments and will update this policy as new legislation takes effect.
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Contact form submissions collect the name, email address, company name, and any message content voluntarily provided by the submitter. This information is used solely to respond to the specific inquiry and is retained only for the duration of the business communication, plus a reasonable period after conclusion. Contact form data is not used for marketing lists, not shared with third parties, and not sold.
If BrightCat Data sends a commercial electronic message in response to an inquiry, recipients may unsubscribe at any time. Unsubscribe requests will be honoured promptly, as required under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL).
If you have submitted personal information to BrightCat Data through the contact form, you have the right to:
Requests can be made to the Privacy Officer (contact details below). BrightCat Data will respond within 30 days.
If a security breach involving personal information occurs and the breach creates a real risk of significant harm to an individual, BrightCat Data will notify the affected individual(s) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), as required under PIPEDA. Where Quebec residents are affected, BrightCat Data will also notify the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, as required under Law 25.
Because BrightCat Data's product is property-level data with no personal identifiers, the scope of any potential breach is limited to contact form submissions and standard business communications.
BrightCat Data has designated a Privacy Officer responsible for compliance with Canadian privacy legislation, including PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25.
All privacy-related inquiries, access requests, correction requests, and complaints should be directed to the Privacy Officer.
BrightCat Data reviews this policy periodically and may update it to reflect changes in business practices or applicable law. The effective date of the current policy is shown below. Material changes will be communicated via the website.
Effective date: April 2026