Cookies Policy
Last Updated
This Cookies Policy was last updated on September 24, 2026.
What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can store information such as your preferences, browsing history on the site, or technical details about your device. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels, and local storage that serve comparable functions by tracking interactions or storing data locally on your browser or device.
These tools allow websites to remember actions and preferences over time, such as language settings or items viewed during a session. In the context of an informational site focused on everyday experiences in Canadian streets, they help maintain basic functionality without collecting unnecessary personal details.
Why the Site Uses Cookies
breakingzo.com operates a non-commercial informational website dedicated to learning, communication, and the exchange of ideas through everyday experiences across Canada. Cookies support core operations like ensuring pages load correctly, remembering user selections during a visit, and understanding general usage patterns to improve content relevance.
Without these technologies, essential features such as navigation and form submissions on the Contacts page could fail, leading to a diminished user experience. The site avoids unnecessary tracking to align with its focus on open dialogue rather than commercial profiling.
Categories of Cookies Used
The site categorizes cookies into strictly necessary, functional, analytics or performance, advertising or targeting, and social-media types. Strictly necessary cookies enable basic site functions like security and session continuity. Functional cookies remember choices such as display preferences. Analytics cookies gather aggregated data on page views to refine informational content. The site does not employ advertising, targeting, or social-media cookies due to its non-commercial nature.
First-Party Versus Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies originate directly from breakingzo.com and are used to manage sessions or store simple preferences on this domain. Third-party cookies come from external providers, such as analytics services, and may track activity across multiple sites. The site minimizes third-party use and discloses any involved providers through lists below to maintain transparency under Canadian privacy expectations.
Session Versus Persistent Cookies
Session cookies exist only while your browser remains open and are deleted when you close it, supporting temporary tasks like form completion on the Contacts page. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until manually removed, allowing longer-term retention of settings. Retention periods vary by category but typically range from the duration of a single visit up to one year for essential functional data.
Data Handled and Purposes of Each Category
Strictly necessary cookies may handle device identifiers and session tokens to prevent errors during navigation. Functional cookies store non-identifiable preferences like text size. Analytics cookies process aggregated metrics such as visit duration and page interactions to enhance content about Canadian street experiences. No category collects names, contact details, or precise location data beyond what is required for basic operation.
Consent or Exemption Basis Under Canadian Law
Under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), consent is required when cookies collect personal information. Strictly necessary cookies operate under an implied consent exemption because they are essential for the site to function. Other categories rely on explicit consent obtained through the site-wide cookie banner. Users may withdraw consent at any time without affecting access to core informational content.
Cookie Providers and Details
- Strictly Necessary: Session management cookie from breakingzo.com, purpose is site functionality, duration is session only.
- Functional: Preference storage from breakingzo.com, purpose is user settings, duration up to one year.
- Analytics: Usage measurement from a third-party provider, purpose is performance improvement, duration up to two years.
How the Consent Manager Works
The cookie banner appears on first visit and allows selection of cookie categories. Choices are saved and can be revisited via a link on the Contacts page to reject, modify, or withdraw consent. Changes take effect immediately and apply to future visits from the same browser.
Browser-Level Controls and Consequences
Most browsers offer settings to block or delete cookies. Disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent the Contacts form from submitting correctly. Blocking analytics cookies limits the site's ability to refine content based on usage but does not restrict access to existing articles or resources about Canadian street learning and communication.
International Transfers
Some analytics providers may process data outside Canada. Such transfers occur only when necessary for service operation and are addressed in the separate Privacy Policy, which outlines safeguards consistent with PIPEDA requirements.
Policy Changes and Contact Route
breakingzo.com may update this policy to reflect legal or operational changes. The current version always appears on this page. For questions, use the contact form on the Contacts page or call 403-909-2055. Written inquiries can be sent to 360 – 4246 Albert Street, Regina, SK S4S 3R9.