Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 17, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Laura MacGregor ("I," "me," or "my") collects, uses, and shares your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from lauramacgregor.ca (the "Site").

1. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide Directly

When you interact with the Site, you may voluntarily provide the following personal information:

  • Contact Information: Your name, email address, and phone number when you sign up for the newsletter, fill out a contact form, or register for a workshop.

  • Workshop Registration Data: Information provided to secure a spot in a workshop, which may include your name and payment details (processed by a third-party payment processor like Stripe or PayPal).

  • Communications: Any personal information you include in comments, messages, or other correspondence sent to me.

B. Information Collected Automatically (Squarespace Analytics & Cookies)

The Site is built on Squarespace, which automatically collects certain information about your device and interaction with the Site using cookies and similar technologies. This data helps me understand traffic and improve the user experience. This information may include:

  • Usage Data: Information about your browser, network, and device (e.g., IP address, browser type, operating system).

  • Behavioural Data: Information about your use of the Site, including web pages viewed, search terms used, clicks, internal links, and timestamps.

  • Referral Data: The page you visited prior to coming to this website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Provide Services: To fulfill requests for my work, manage workshop registrations, and complete transactions.

  • To Communicate: To respond to your inquiries, comments, or requests (e.g., via the contact form or email).

  • Marketing & Newsletters: To send you updates, news, promotional materials, and information about new works or workshops, only if you have explicitly subscribed.

  • Website Improvement: To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the Site to improve its performance and content.

  • Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.

3. Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your Personal Information. We share your information only with trusted third parties necessary to operate the Site and deliver services:

  • Squarespace: As our hosting platform, Squarespace collects, uses, and discloses your data according to its own Privacy Policy, which we encourage you to review.

  • Analytics Providers (Google Analytics): We use analytics services to track and report on website traffic and usage.

4. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your Personal Information:

  • Access: You have the right to request access to the Personal Information we hold about you.

  • Correction/Rectification: You have the right to request that any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you be corrected.

  • Withdraw Consent / Opt-Out: You can withdraw consent for receiving marketing emails at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email.

  • Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete the Personal Information we hold about you.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

5. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no internet transmission is ever completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

6. Links to Other Websites

The Site contains links to external websites (e.g., CBC News, media appearances, workshop platforms). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The "Last Updated" date at the top of the policy will be revised accordingly.

8. Contact Information

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your rights, please contact the author at:

Email: lauramacgregor47@gmail.com