Privacy

Vicus (vicus.ca) has no accounts and never asks who you are. This page says exactly what the site records and how to turn it off.

What is recorded

• A random ID made up by your browser the first time you visit, so that a return visit is counted as the same browser. It is not linked to your name, email or any account.
• What you look at on the map: the properties you open, the addresses and neighbourhoods you search for, the part of the map on screen, which controls you use, how long the page was open and how many times you tapped or clicked.
• Basic technical details: screen size, browser type, language, the site that linked you here, and the country your connection comes from.

Separately, the server keeps a daily count of how many times the page was loaded, by country and by type of device. It is a number only, with no ID attached, and it is counted whether or not the recording above is on.

What is not recorded

• Your name, email, phone number or precise location. If you press the "find my location" button, your position stays in your browser and is not sent to us.
• Your IP address. It is used to deliver the page and is not saved with the usage records.
• Anything from other websites. There are no advertising or social-media trackers on this site.

Why

To learn which parts of the city and which features people use, so the map can be improved. Searching for or opening an address can hint at where someone lives or works, which is why the records carry only a random ID and are used only in aggregate.

How to turn it off

Recording is on from your first visit. You can turn it off here at any time. Turning it off deletes the random ID from your browser and nothing further is sent. The records stay with this site and are not sold or shared, so browser signals about selling data or tracking across sites (Global Privacy Control, Do Not Track) do not turn it off; the button below does.

If you list a rental

Listing a rental needs no account. The details of the unit, its costs and its photos are shown publicly on the map once the listing has been reviewed. Your email address is required so the listing can be confirmed; it and your phone number are shown on the listing only if you tick the boxes to show them. You are given a private link when you post, and that link takes the listing down at any time. Do not put anything in a description or photo that you would not want public.

Pictures on a rental listing

A rental listing can show the building's own photos and an aerial photo from the City of Calgary. Your browser loads those straight from their source, which sees your IP address as any website you open does. This site sends them nothing about you.

Where it is kept

The random ID and your on/off choice are kept in your browser's local storage for this site. Usage records are kept by the site operator and are not sold or shared.

Contact

Questions, or a request to delete the records tied to your browser's ID: contact details to be added before public release.

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