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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 30.11.2025

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how SCRAPLA.COM ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects your information when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with applicable data protection laws, primarily Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and any substantially similar provincial legislation.

If you have any questions about this policy or our privacy practices, you may contact our Privacy Officer at: 100saitov@proton.me.

The organization responsible for your personal information (the "Data Controller") is the entity listed in the "Contact Us" or "Company Details" section of this website.

2. What Information We Collect

We collect different types of information for the purpose of providing and improving our Service to you.

2.1. Information You Provide to Us:

  • Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your email address and password (in encrypted form). This is necessary to create your profile and provide you with access to the Service. The purpose of this collection is to fulfill our service agreement with you.
  • Company Profiles: If you add or manage a company profile, we collect the company name, scrap yard addresses, contact phone numbers, scrap prices, and other information related to the business. This information is used to display the profile in our public directory.
  • Communications: If you contact us via email or a contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message to process your inquiry.

2.2. Information Collected Automatically:

  • Server Logs and Usage Data: We collect information that your browser sends when you visit our Service. This may include your IP address (which may be anonymized), browser type and version, operating system, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This data helps us ensure security, diagnose technical problems, and analyze Service usage.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies (small text files stored on your device) to operate the site, remember your preferences (such as your login session), and implement features like location-based search.

2.3. Information from Public Sources:

As an aggregator service, we collect information about scrap yards and metal prices from publicly available sources, such as official company websites, social media, and other public directories. This is generally considered business information, not personal information, and is used to populate our database.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to ensure the full functionality of our Service:

  • Technically Necessary Cookies: These are essential for basic site functions, such as user authentication and session security.
  • Functional Cookies: These allow for additional features, such as searching for scrap yards near you. For this, we may ask for access to your geolocation. With your consent, this location data is stored locally on your device in a cookie and is never transmitted to our servers. This protects your privacy and speeds up the search function.
  • Analytics Cookies: These help us understand how you interact with our Service so we can improve it (e.g., using Google Analytics). These cookies are set only with your explicit consent.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings; however, this may affect the functionality of some options, particularly location-based search.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We only share your information in the following cases:

  • To Service Providers (Data Processors): We use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, to analyze site traffic. These providers process data on our behalf and under a data processing agreement, ensuring they protect the information. For details, see Google's Privacy Policy.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if we are legally required to do so, such as in response to a court order, warrant, or other lawful request from public authorities in Canada.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. This includes the use of SSL/TLS encryption for data transmission.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as your account is active with us or as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Data collected for temporary requests is deleted after processing, unless legal retention periods require longer storage.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Under Canadian privacy laws (including PIPEDA), you have rights regarding your personal information. Subject to certain exceptions, you have:

  • The right to access your personal information that we hold.
  • The right to challenge the accuracy and completeness of your information and have it amended as appropriate (correction).
  • The right to withdraw consent for the collection, use, and disclosure of your information at any time (subject to legal or contractual restrictions). Withdrawing consent may result in the deletion of your account.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer at the email address listed below. You also have the right to file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) regarding our processing of your personal information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Use of Aggregated Data

We may use information collected through the Service to create anonymized and aggregated analytical reports. Such data is no longer considered personal information (as it cannot identify you) and may be used for research, statistical purposes, or in the public interest, in accordance with our Terms of Use.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. We recommend reviewing this Privacy Policy regularly.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact our Privacy Officer at:

100saitov@proton.me

Full details of the Data Controller are located in the relevant section of our site (e.g., "Contact Us" or "Company Details").