Privacy Policy


Who We Are

My Wealth Experience (www.mywealthexperience.com) is a personal finance blog that focuses on helping Canadians get on top of their finances based on practical experiences.

Personal Data We Collect and Why

The following are the types of personal data we collect for the sole purpose of serving you better: 

1. Newsletter

We collect your email address and name when you sign up for our newsletter. We use this information to notify you about the latest articles on our blog and any other relevant information such as promos, discounts or events.

You can unsubscribe from our newsletter anytime you wish through the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email.

2. Comments

When you leave a comment on our website, we will collect your data from the comment form including your browser user-agent string and IP address in order to detect spam. 

We use the Gravatar service to detect any anonymised string generated from your email. You can read the Gravatar service privacy policy through this link: https://automattic.com/privacy/. When we approve your comment, the profile picture attached to your email will be visible to the public alongside your comment. 

3. Cookies 

We use cookies to track your activity on our website and store certain information, such as your preferences. You can accept or reject our cookies. However, you may not access some parts of our services if you reject our cookies. 

You can save your name, email address and website on My Wealth Experience through cookies. This will allow you to comment on subsequent articles without re-entering your details again. 

4. Embedded Content From Other Websites

You may find embedded content from other websites on My Wealth Experience that may appear as if you visited those sites. This may include images, videos, articles, etc. 

My Wealth Experience doesn’t have control over embedded content from other websites as those websites have their privacy policies. When you visit these websites, they may collect your personal data, track and monitor your activities within the embedded content. 

You are advised to read the privacy policies of these third-party websites before initiating any transaction with them.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data 

While we don’t disclose or share your personal data with anyone, advertising networks and advertisers may sometimes use our cookies to tailor customized ads to our users. 

My Wealth Experience does not have control over how these third-party advisers use our cookies. You should read the privacy policy of each of these third-party advertisers to learn more about how they work or opt-out of certain practices. 

Retention of Your Personal Data

We will retain your personal data that we generated through cookies to comply with applicable laws, enforce our privacy policy or resolve disputes. 

We will also retain your personal data for the purpose of internal analysis to improve our services to you. 

Usually, we retain your personal data for a short period but we may be legally obligated to retain it for a long period. 

Any comment you leave on our website will be retained indefinitely alongside its metadata. If you create an account on our website, you can delete, edit or modify your information at any time. 

Security of Your Personal Data

We use SSL certificates to secure your personal data on our website. While we always strive to ensure your personal data remain safe on our website, we can’t guarantee the absolute security of your personal data. 

Your Rights Over Your Data

The following are your rights over your data on our website: 

  • Request for the exported file of your personal data on our website.
  • Modification of your personal data on our website.
  • Request for the deletion of your account (excluding any data we are obligated to retain for security, administrative or legal purposes).

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise and update our Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes made to this document will be posted here and it will automatically become valid. 

Acceptance of Terms

By continuing to use www.mywealthexperience.com, you hereby agree to this Privacy Policy and its terms. 

Our Contact Information

You can contact us at [email protected] any time for more clarification about our Privacy Policy or the previous versions. 
Last updated: February 9, 2022