Privacy Policy
Jason Belanger — Candidate, Town of LaSalle Council - 2026
Effective date: August 8, 2026
Last updated: August 8, 2026
1. Our commitment
This policy explains how the campaign to elect Jason Belanger as Councillor of the Town of LaSalle in the 2026 municipal election (the “Campaign”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, retains and protects personal information.
The Campaign’s ordinary political and electoral activities are generally not commercial activities governed by the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”). Nevertheless, we have voluntarily adopted privacy practices based on PIPEDA’s fair-information principles and guidance from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
We also comply with the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, applicable election rules and any communications laws that apply to our activities.
This policy applies to information collected through our website, campaign database, canvassing, telephone calls, text messages, email, social media, campaign events and other campaign activities.
2. Who we are
The Campaign is the official municipal election campaign of:
Candidate: Jason Belanger
Office sought: Councillor, Town of LaSalle
Email: vote@jasonbelanger.ca
Phone: 519-796-9843
Privacy contact: Jason Belanger
3. Information we collect
3.1 Information you provide
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
your name, address, postal code, email address and telephone number;
your communication preferences;
information provided when you subscribe for updates;
volunteer availability, skills, interests and assignments;
emergency-contact information supplied for a volunteer activity;
dietary, accessibility or accommodation information that you choose to provide;
lawn-sign requests and installation or removal instructions;
event registration and attendance information;
questions, comments, policy suggestions and other correspondence;
contribution information required for campaign-finance administration; and
any other information you voluntarily provide.
Please do not provide sensitive information that the Campaign does not need.
3.2 Canvassing and voter-contact information
During door-to-door, telephone, text or other voter outreach, the Campaign may record:
whether contact was attempted or completed;
whether campaign literature was delivered;
issues or concerns raised by the resident;
communication or follow-up preferences;
a person’s stated level of support, opposition or undecided status; and
a request not to be contacted through one or more channels.
Political opinions and voting intentions are sensitive information. We limit access to this information and use it only for legitimate campaign and election purposes.
3.3 Website information
When you visit our website, our systems or service providers may automatically receive limited technical information, such as:
IP address;
browser and device type;
operating system;
pages visited;
date and time of access; and
the website or link that referred you to us.
Cookies and similar technologies may also be used as described in section 9.
3.4 Voters’ list
The Campaign may receive a copy of the voters’ list from the Clerk of LaSalle as permitted by the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.
The information available through the voters’ list is determined by election law and the municipality’s election procedures.
3.5 Public and third-party sources
We may receive information from:
publicly available municipal and election records;
lawful public sources;
social-media interactions and messages;
event organizers or campaign service providers; and
people who suggest that we contact another resident.
Publicly liking, following or commenting on campaign content does not, by itself, mean that a person has agreed to be added to an email or text-message list.
If someone refers you to us, we may make an initial personal contact where it is reasonable to do so. We will not represent that you personally consented merely because someone supplied your information. You may ask us not to contact you again.
4. How we use information
We may use personal information to:
communicate campaign news, policies, events and election information;
conduct door-to-door, telephone, text, email and mail outreach;
understand issues important to LaSalle residents;
organize canvassing and other campaign activities;
coordinate, train and recognize volunteers;
respond to questions, concerns and policy suggestions;
process contributions and issue campaign receipts;
maintain contribution records and prepare required financial filings;
arrange lawn-sign delivery, installation and removal;
improve our website, outreach and campaign operations;
maintain internal do-not-contact and unsubscribe records;
prevent misuse, fraud or threats to the Campaign, its volunteers or the public;
investigate privacy or security incidents; and
satisfy legal, financial and election-related obligations.
We will not use personal information for an unrelated commercial purpose.
We do not sell, rent or trade personal information or campaign contact lists.
5. Consent and reasonable expectations
Where appropriate, we seek consent before collecting, using or disclosing personal information. Consent may be express or implied depending on the nature of the information, the circumstances and the reasonable expectations of the person involved.
We seek express consent before:
adding someone to a recurring campaign email or text list when consent is required or appropriate;
publicly identifying a volunteer or supporter;
using a person’s testimonial, image or endorsement;
collecting unnecessary sensitive personal information; or
using information for a materially different purpose from the purpose explained when it was collected.
Election law permits the Campaign to receive and use the voters’ list for election-related purposes without obtaining individual consent from every elector.
You may withdraw consent or change your communication preferences at any time, subject to information we must retain for election, financial, legal, security or recordkeeping purposes.
6. Political email and text messages
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”) principally regulates commercial electronic messages. Most messages asking for political support, communicating campaign positions, seeking opinions or providing election information are not commercial electronic messages. Messages whose primary purpose is soliciting a political contribution may also be excluded from CASL’s consent requirements.
Regardless of whether CASL legally applies to a particular message, the Campaign will:
clearly identify itself in campaign bulk email and text communications;
provide practical contact information;
provide a straightforward way to request that recurring messages stop; and
honour unsubscribe and do-not-text requests within a reasonable period.
An unsubscribe request will not prevent a response to a message you send us, a communication required by law or an administrative communication concerning a contribution, volunteer assignment, event registration or lawn-sign request.
Telephone calls, automated calls and text campaigns may be subject to additional CRTC rules. The Campaign will maintain and respect any internal do-not-call list required for its calling activities.
7. The voters’ list
Information from the voters’ list will be used only for purposes connected with the 2026 LaSalle municipal election and as otherwise permitted by law.
The Campaign will not:
sell the voters’ list;
use it for an unrelated commercial purpose;
give it to another candidate or organization for its independent use;
use it to harass or intimidate an elector; or
keep it for use in a future campaign contrary to election requirements.
Access will be limited to authorized campaign workers who need it for campaign duties. Anyone receiving a copy or extract must follow the Campaign’s confidentiality, security and destruction requirements.
Copies of the voters’ list will be returned, permanently deleted or securely destroyed after the election in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, the Clerk of LaSalle’s instructions and any written acknowledgements governing its use.
8. Contributions and public disclosure
The Municipal Elections Act, 1996 requires the Campaign to maintain contribution and financial records and file a financial statement with the Clerk of LaSalle.
If a person contributes more than $100 in total to the Campaign, the contributor’s name and address must be included in the Campaign’s financial statement. That statement is a public document.
The Campaign may also collect and retain information necessary to:
confirm that a contributor is eligible to contribute;
verify applicable contribution limits;
process or reconcile a payment;
issue a receipt;
deal with a returned or ineligible contribution; and
satisfy audit, filing and compliance obligations.
Municipal campaign contributions in Ontario do not qualify for federal or provincial political contribution tax credits.
9. Cookies and analytics
Our website may use essential cookies required for security and basic operation. This website uses Google Analytics 4, which sets cookies to measure aggregate traffic such as pages viewed and how visitors arrived; it is not used for advertising or retargeting, and you can opt out using Google’s browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
At the date of this policy, the Campaign does not use retargeting pixels or behavioural advertising tools to target people based on their activity on the Campaign website. If this changes, we will update this policy and provide any notice or choices appropriate to the technology used.
Browser “Do Not Track” signals are not interpreted consistently by all websites and service providers. We therefore do not promise that every service will respond to such a signal. You may control cookies through your browser or device settings, although disabling essential cookies may affect website operation.
10. Service providers and data location
We may use service providers for:
website and database hosting;
cloud storage and backups;
email delivery;
text messaging and telephone services;
contribution and payment processing;
website analytics;
campaign management software; and
technical support and security.
Providers receive only the access reasonably necessary to perform their services and are expected to protect the information and not use it for unrelated purposes.
Personal information under the Campaign’s control is stored at rest in Canada, apart from the two exceptions described below. Information may temporarily traverse networks or be processed in transit outside Canada as part of delivering an online service, but it remains stored at rest in Canada.
SMS messages and related information are processed and stored in the United States by our text-messaging provider. That information may therefore be subject to United States law and lawful-access requirements.
Website analytics information is processed in the United States by Google. This is limited to website usage data such as IP address, device and browser type, pages viewed and referring links; it does not include the Campaign’s contact, canvassing, volunteer or contribution records, which remain stored at rest in Canada. That information may therefore be subject to United States law and lawful-access requirements.
Payment-card information may be collected directly by a payment processor. The Campaign does not receive or retain complete payment-card numbers.
11. When we disclose information
We may disclose personal information:
to authorized campaign staff and volunteers who need it for campaign duties;
to the Clerk of LaSalle or another authority where required for election or financial compliance;
with your consent;
in response to a court order, warrant or other valid legal requirement;
where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, threats or security incidents; or
where permitted or required by law to protect the rights, safety or property of a person, the Campaign or the public.
We will not transfer the Campaign database to another candidate, political campaign or elected official for their independent future use without consent or another lawful and clearly disclosed basis.
12. Security and campaign-worker training
We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. These may include:
restricting access according to campaign duties;
strong passwords and multi-factor authentication;
encryption provided by reputable platforms;
secure device and account settings;
confidentiality instructions and acknowledgements;
training for volunteers with access to personal information;
avoiding unnecessary downloads and local copies;
secure disposal of paper and electronic records; and
removing access when a person’s campaign role ends.
Campaign workers with access to personal information are instructed to collect only what is needed, use it only for campaign duties, avoid discussing it outside the Campaign and promptly report loss, theft or unauthorized access.
No security method is perfect. If a breach creates a significant risk of harm, the Campaign will take reasonable steps to contain and investigate it and will notify affected people and appropriate authorities where required or appropriate.
13. Retention and destruction
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for applicable election, financial, legal and security requirements.
In particular:
Voters’ list information: returned, permanently deleted or securely destroyed in accordance with election law and the Clerk’s instructions.
Contribution and financial records: retained for the period required by election and financial rules.
Internal do-not-contact records: limited information may be retained so that we can continue to honour the request.
Volunteer, lawn-sign and event records: retained until the activity and necessary follow-up are complete, and then deleted or de-identified unless continued retention is required.
Website logs and analytics: retained according to the Campaign’s settings and the provider’s applicable retention schedule.
General correspondence: retained while the matter remains active and for a reasonable period afterward.
Campaign voter-contact and support information: deleted or de-identified after the election and completion of legitimate campaign follow-up, except where retention is legally required.
A deletion request does not require us to delete information that must be retained by law, or limited information needed to document and honour an opt-out request.
14. Children and young people
The Campaign’s website and voter outreach are primarily directed to adults and people participating in the municipal election.
We do not knowingly build political profiles about children under 14. A young person may contact the Campaign, attend a public event or volunteer with appropriate parental or guardian involvement. We will collect only information reasonably necessary for that interaction.
If you believe we have unnecessarily collected personal information about a child, please contact us.
15. Contact us
Questions, access or correction requests, unsubscribe requests and privacy concerns may be directed to:
Jason Belanger
Jason Belanger Campaign LaSalle, Ontario
Email: vote@jasonbelanger.ca
Phone: 519-796-9843
If you are asking us to stop contacting you, please include your name, address and phone number so we can find your information.
Questions concerning the authorized use of the municipal voters’ list may also be directed to the Clerk of Town of LaSalle.
17. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as campaign practices, service providers or legal requirements change. The latest revision date will appear at the top.
Material changes will be posted on the Campaign website and, where appropriate, brought to the attention of affected individuals.