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The free tools work without an account or an email, and what you type into a tool is not sent to us. Google Analytics counts page views and sets its own cookies. Many tools save your entries in your own browser, where you can erase them. Stripe will handle payments once the library opens. Nothing is on sale today.

Last reviewed:

  • 17

    free tools that work without an account or an email

  • 2

    cookies in use today. Google Analytics sets both of them.

  • 2

    outside companies that receive a request from your browser today: the host and Google Analytics

What is the short version?

Each line here is set out in full in the policy below.

What happens

  • Google Analytics counts page views and sets its own cookies in your browser.
  • The host, Vercel, receives each request with its IP address, as any web host does.
  • Many tools save your entries in your own browser, so they are there on your next visit.
  • If you email us, we receive your address and your message.
  • Once the library opens, Stripe will take payments and hold a buyer’s details. Nothing is on sale today.

What does not happen

  • The free tools do not ask for an account, a name or an email.
  • What you type into a tool is not sent to us or to Google Analytics.
  • The site loads no advertising script and no social media tracker.
  • We do not sell or rent personal information.
  • The site keeps no database of visitors.
  • Nothing a visitor enters is sent to an AI service.

See or erase what is saved in this browser

The full policy

1. Who we are

ClearToEnter operates the website cleartoenter.ca. We provide Canadian immigration information tools powered by publicly available law. We are not affiliated with the Government of Canada or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

Contact: hello@cleartoenter.ca

2. What the site collects

ClearToEnter has 17 free tools and 197 guides. You can use them without an account, a name or an email.

What you type into a tool is worked out in your browser and is not sent to us. A check in the site’s own test suite fails if a page calls one of our server routes that is not on a reviewed list. No route on that list accepts tool entries.

Three things do reach a server when you visit. The first is each request for a page or its data, which goes to the host. The second is the page count kept by Google Analytics. The third is any email you choose to send us. The sections below describe each one.

3. What stays in your browser

Many tools save what you enter so it is there when you come back. The entries are written to your browser’s own storage, on your device. They are not sent to us, and we cannot see them.

  • Tool entries: for example CRS answers, language test scores, fee and funds choices, trips in the Presence Calculator, and the dates and offence details entered in the Rehabilitation Calculator.
  • Progress: ticks on a document checklist or a learning path, citizenship practice progress and best score, and your place in a book chapter.
  • Recent items and filters: occupations and search results you opened lately, and the filters you set on the draw pages.
  • Preferences: whether you paused the falling leaves, and which prompts you closed.
  • Offline copies: your browser keeps copies of pages you have opened, so they can be read without a connection.

Answers in the Admissibility Explorer are kept only if you turn saving on, and only until you close the tab.

Some tools save as you go, and some only when you turn their save switch on. Many of them have their own erase button.

The Your workspace page shows your saved checklists, learning paths and practice score. Its Clear everything button erases the tool entries, progress, recent items and preferences saved in that browser. Clearing your browser’s data for this site erases them too, along with the cookies and the offline copies.

4. Cookies and Google Analytics

The site itself sets no cookie today. The only cookies come from Google Analytics 4, which sets 2 of them, named _ga and _ga_MTPBWQ1M1B. Each holds a random number that tells one browser from another, so a returning visit is not counted as a new visitor. By default each lasts up to 2 years.

Google Analytics (property G-MTPBWQ1M1B) loads the first time you scroll, tap, click, press a key or move the mouse, or after eight seconds on a page. It then sends Google the address and title of each page you open, the page you came from, details of your browser and device, and the random number from its cookie. Google also sees the IP address the request comes from and works out an approximate location from it.

We see the totals: which pages are read, from which countries and regions, and on which kinds of device. Analytics does not receive your name, your email or anything you type into a tool. The site does not ask for a name or an email, and it does not send tool entries anywhere. Some pages are about one country, one occupation or one form, so the address of a page can show what a visitor looked up.

One click is counted as an event: the button that opens our Facebook page. The count carries a fixed label and nothing more about you than a page view does.

The site shows no cookie banner, and Google Analytics starts without asking first. To turn it off, block cookies for this site in your browser, use a content blocker, or install Google’s opt-out add-on (opens in a new tab). The tools work the same with Analytics blocked.

The site loads no advertising script and no social media tracker. Its content security policy allows scripts only from this site, from Google Analytics and, for the day the library opens, from Stripe.

Once the library opens, one more cookie will keep a bought book open on the buyer’s device. Section 6 describes it.

5. Who else receives anything

We do not sell or rent your personal information. The table lists each outside service connected to the site and what reaches it. Vercel, Google and Stripe are based in the United States, so what they receive may be processed outside Canada.

Outside services connected to ClearToEnter: who they are, what reaches them, and when.
WhoWhat reaches themWhen and why
Vercel Inc., the hostThe IP address, the browser’s details, the page asked for and the time of each request.On every request, to deliver the page. Vercel keeps its server logs under its own terms.Privacy policy (opens in a new tab)
Google LLC, for Google Analytics 4Page addresses and titles, the page you came from, browser and device details, the random number in its cookie, and the IP address.After Analytics loads, to count visits.Privacy policy (opens in a new tab)
Stripe, Inc., for paymentsNothing today. Once the library opens: a buyer’s email and card details, and possibly a name and a billing address.Only when someone buys a book.Privacy policy (opens in a new tab)
ExchangeRate-API and the Bank of Canada, for exchange ratesNothing about you. Our server asks them for the day’s rates, and your browser asks only our server.When a tool that converts currency needs rates.
Meta, for FacebookNothing from this site. The site carries no Facebook code.Only if you follow a link to our Facebook page. Facebook’s own policy applies there.
Anthropic, PBC, an authoring toolNothing. We use it when writing and reviewing content. It is not connected to the site while the site runs.Listed so the disclosure is complete.Privacy policy (opens in a new tab)
Hostinger, our email providerYour email address and your message.Only if you write to us.

6. A purchase after the library opens

This section applies once the library opens. Nothing is on sale today, so none of it happens yet.

Stripe, Inc. will take the payment and hold your email and card details, and may collect your name and billing address for fraud prevention. ClearToEnter will never receive, see or store your card number or CVV. Stripe will hold the only record of a sale. We will be able to see that record in our Stripe account, for example to issue a refund.

A cookie on your device will keep a bought book open. It holds a signed reference to your order with Stripe and names no person. It lasts 365 days from your last visit.

To get back in without that cookie, you will enter the email you paid with and your receipt number. The site will check them with Stripe and store neither.

A PDF copy you download will carry your email and receipt number in its footer, read from Stripe at that moment. Stripe’s record of the payment will note the first download and how many followed.

The pages that take a payment or reopen a book will count requests from an IP address for a few minutes, to slow abuse. The count is held in memory and is not written to a file.

The books ask you no questions and are the same for every reader. AI tools are used only during our own authoring and review of the published-law content, never on user data.

The free tools stay as they are, without an account or an email.

7. How we use information

We use what reaches us only for these purposes:

  • To count visits and see which pages are read, through Google Analytics.
  • To deliver pages and keep the site running, through the host’s server logs.
  • To answer an email sent to hello@cleartoenter.ca.
  • Once the library opens, to take a payment, open the books bought, confirm that an order still stands and issue a refund.

8. How long things are kept

ClearToEnter keeps no database of visitors. The site has no accounts, and it stores no submitted answers or results.

Entries saved in your browser stay there until you erase them. We cannot see them, reach them or delete them for you.

The Google Analytics cookies last up to 2 years unless you delete them sooner. Google keeps the visit data under the retention setting of the Analytics account. Vercel keeps its server logs under its own terms.

An email you send us stays in our mailbox until we delete it.

Once the library opens, Stripe will hold the record of a sale, and the cookie that keeps a book open will last 365 days from the buyer’s last visit.

9. PIPEDA compliance

ClearToEnter operates in compliance with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Specifically:

  • Accountability: ClearToEnter is responsible for personal information under its control.
  • Identifying purposes: We collect information only for the purposes identified in this policy.
  • Consent: The free tools ask for no personal information. Google Analytics starts without asking first, and section 4 says how to turn it off. Once the library opens, a buyer who pays consents to the collection described in section 6.
  • Limiting collection: We collect only what is necessary for the stated purposes.
  • Safeguards: The site is served over HTTPS. Once the library opens, card details will be handled entirely by Stripe.
  • Individual access: To ask what information we hold about you, or to have it corrected, use the address in section 10.

10. How to make a request

To ask what information we hold about you, to have it corrected, or to raise a concern about this policy, write to hello@cleartoenter.ca. Say what you are asking for, and we will answer from that address.

Entries saved in your browser do not reach us, so we hold nothing to send for those. The Your workspace page shows them and erases them.

If our answer does not settle the matter, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (opens in a new tab).

11. Children’s privacy

ClearToEnter is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last reviewed, and a significant change will move it. This version is dated November 11, 2026.

Common questions

Does ClearToEnter track me?

Google Analytics 4 counts page views on this site. It sets 2 cookies that hold a random number, and Google sees your IP address and works out an approximate location from it. It does not receive your name, your email or anything you type into a tool. The site loads no advertising script and no social media tracker. You can block Analytics in your browser, and the tools work the same.

What happens to my answers?

What you type into a free tool is worked out in your browser and is not sent to us. Many tools save your entries in that browser so they are there next time. You can erase them from the tool or from the Your workspace page. Nothing a visitor enters is sent to an AI service.

Can you see my payment details?

Nothing is on sale today, so no payment is taken. Once the library opens, Stripe will take the payment. ClearToEnter will never receive, see or store your card number or CVV. We will be able to see the record of the sale in our Stripe account, including the email you paid with.

Is ClearToEnter PIPEDA compliant?

ClearToEnter operates in compliance with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Section 9 of the policy sets out how its principles apply here, from accountability and consent to safeguards and individual access. To ask what we hold about you, write to hello@cleartoenter.ca.

How do I erase what the tools saved?

Open the Your workspace page and press Clear everything. It erases the tool entries, progress, recent items and preferences saved in that browser. Clearing your browser’s data for this site does the same, and it also removes the Google Analytics cookies and the offline copies of pages.

How to reach a person

Write to us with a privacy question, a request about your information or a concern about this policy.

hello@cleartoenter.ca

Email ClearToEnter

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