Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how Whispering Winds Calmwater Retreat (collectively referred to as "we," "our," or "the Sanctuary") collects, processes, protects, and governs your personal credentials during your digital interactions on our website calmresort.top. We respect your peace and wild digital sovereignty, complying strictly with federal protection laws of Canada (PIPEDA) and state privacy regulations of British Columbia (BC PIPA).

1. Information Collected

We only collect data necessary to coordinate hand-cut timber bookings, dietary requirements, and forest stewarding. This includes:

Active Submission Coordinates: Your name, email, direct telephone lines, preferred dates, and specific botanical/dietary desires passed directly via our reservation contact forms.
Technical Footprints: IP address, device specs, browser types, and approximate geographic location collected anonymously via operational analytical cookies.
Google Consent Decisions: We keep your exact cookie-banner choices securely in your local browser storage to prevent repeated pop-ups.

2. Purposes, Data, & Legal Bases for Processing

Intended Purpose	Data Fields Involved	Canadian Legal Ground
Processing booking enquiries	Name, email, phone, reservation preferences	Consent / Contract Initiation
Improving cabin safety & analytics	Anonymous browser metadata, device cookies	Legitimate Commercial Interest
Subscribing to Forest Journal essays	Email address	Explicit Optional Consent (opt-in)

3. Cookies and Google Consent Mode v2

We use Google Consent Mode v2 to prevent tracking services from firing before you give your explicit consent. No marketing or analytic cookies collect details unless you activate "Accept All" or opt-in for those categories. Essential cookies (e.g. storing your consent choice) are set automatically to protect security standards of our servers.

4. Third-Party Sharing

We do not lease, trade, or distribute your email coordinates to any corporate brokers. We share data solely with verified software handlers that help operate our reservations (e.g., mail handlers, security checkers) and only when strictly bound by non-disclosure pacts.

5. Your Legal Prerogatives Under PIPEDA

As a Canadian sovereign citizen, you hold full authority over your data. You may request:

Full access to copies of all details stored in our offline file storage.
Complete deletion of your reservation history (subject to municipal BC logging tax laws).
Immediate removal of your email from the Whispering Journal mailing lists.

To exercise these rights, or if you feel your rights were infracted, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) at their Ottawa headquarters.

6. Contact Steward

Direct all privacy issues and requests to our main secure inbox:

Whispering Winds Contact Steward
Email: [email protected]