Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 14, 2026

The Halal Food ("The Halal Food", "we", "us", or "our") operates thehalalfood.ca, a Canadian halal food discovery, directory, news, guides, reviews, and advertising platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit or interact with our website, submit or manage a business listing, contact us, advertise with us, or otherwise use our services.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide to us. We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address, telephone number, business name, business address, website and social media links, listing details, halal or certification information, advertising inquiries, messages, corrections, reviews, suggestions, and other information submitted through forms, email, or direct communication.

Business and publicly available information. The Halal Food is a business directory. We may collect, organize, verify, update, and publish business information that is publicly available or supplied by businesses, their representatives, certification organizations, public websites, social media profiles, review platforms, maps, or other sources. Public business information may include business names, locations, contact details, hours, menus, websites, social profiles, images, categories, and halal-related claims or information.

Usage and technical information. When you use the website, we and our service providers may automatically receive information such as IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring pages, pages viewed, approximate geographic information derived from technical data, timestamps, and similar diagnostic or analytics information.

Views and engagement data. The Halal Food may measure page and listing views and interactions with listing features. Engagement may include actions such as clicking Get Directions, Call, Visit Website, or social-media links. We use this information to understand platform usage, improve listings and content, measure performance, and provide aggregate statistics. We may use technical measures to reduce automated or bot activity in these metrics.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Halal Food and service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, analytics tools, and similar technologies for essential website functions, security, preferences, traffic measurement, performance, advertising, and understanding how visitors use the platform. You can control cookies through your browser and, where available, website consent controls. Disabling some technologies may affect website functionality.

3. How We Use Information

We may use information to operate, maintain, secure, and improve The Halal Food; create, review, verify, update, and display directory listings; respond to inquiries and correction requests; administer business, advertising, and promotional services; produce aggregate analytics such as views and engagement; prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and automated manipulation; conduct research and improve search and recommendations; comply with legal obligations; and communicate with you about services you request.

Where required, promotional or commercial electronic messages are sent with appropriate consent or another lawful basis, and recipients may unsubscribe using the method provided in the message.

4. Public Directory Information

Information published on a The Halal Food business listing is intended to be publicly accessible. A listing may contain information supplied by the business or gathered from publicly available sources. Businesses or authorized representatives may contact us to request corrections, updates, or review of a listing.

A The Halal Food listing, verification status, editorial review, review analysis, rating summary, category, tag, view count, or engagement count does not by itself mean that The Halal Food owns, operates, certifies, or legally represents the listed business. Halal status and certification information may change, and users should confirm information directly with the business or relevant certifying organization when it is important to their decision.

5. Third-Party Sources, Links, and Services

The Halal Food may link to or reference third-party websites, maps, social networks, delivery platforms, review platforms, halal certification organizations, advertisers, analytics providers, hosting providers, and other services. When you follow an external link or interact with a third-party service, that provider may collect information under its own privacy policy. The Halal Food does not control the privacy practices of third parties.

6. When We Share Information

We may disclose information to service providers that help us host, secure, analyze, maintain, communicate, advertise, or operate the platform; when you direct or authorize us to do so; as part of a business transaction or organizational restructuring; or when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, enforce our policies, protect rights and safety, investigate abuse, or prevent fraud.

We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of selling personal information for money. Advertising on The Halal Food does not give advertisers access to private contact-form submissions or private communications unless you choose to communicate with them directly or otherwise authorize disclosure.

7. Data Processing Outside Canada

Some service providers may process or store information outside Ontario or outside Canada. When information is processed in another jurisdiction, it may be subject to the laws and lawful access requirements of that jurisdiction. We take reasonable steps appropriate to the circumstances when selecting and working with service providers that handle personal information.

8. Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to operate and improve the platform, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and meet legal or regulatory requirements. Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information and purpose.

9. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information under our control. No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Access, Correction, and Privacy Choices

Subject to applicable law, you may ask about personal information we hold about you and request access to or correction of that information. You may also withdraw consent where processing depends on consent, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. Business representatives may request corrections to public listing information. We may need to verify identity or authority before acting on certain requests.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Halal Food is a general-audience food discovery and business directory platform and is not designed to solicit personal information from children. If we learn that personal information from a child was collected in circumstances requiring parental or guardian authorization, we will take appropriate steps consistent with applicable law.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our platform, technology, business practices, or legal obligations change. The date at the top identifies the latest revision. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or another appropriate method.

13. Contact and Privacy Inquiries

Questions, access or correction requests, complaints, and other privacy inquiries may be sent to [email protected] or through our Contact Us page.

This policy is intended to describe The Halal Food’s current privacy practices and should be read together with our Terms of Use.