Effective Date: September 1, 2026
Stephanie Manica, operating as Stephanie Manica | Speaker • Entrepreneur • Advocate (“Stephanie Manica,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and respecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you visit or interact with stephaniemanica.com (the “Website”), contact us, inquire about speaking engagements, or otherwise communicate with us.
Stephanie Manica operates from Ontario, Canada.
This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with the applicable Canadian privacy legislation, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), where applicable. PIPEDA establishes rules governing collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by private-sector organizations in the course of commercial activities.
1. What Is Personal Information?
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information generally means information about an identifiable individual.
Depending on how you interact with the Website, this may include your:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Organization or company
- Job title
- Event information
- Mailing address, where provided
- Information contained in messages on inquires you send us
- Speaking engagement requirements
- Accessibility or accommodation information that you voluntarily provide
- Information submitted through forms on the Website
- Other information you voluntarily choose to provide
Personal information does not generally include business contact information when it is collected, used, or disclosed solely for communicating with an individual in relation to their employment, business, or profession, subject to applicable law.
2. Information We Collect
Information You Provide Directly
We may collect personal information when you:
- Contact Stephanie through the Website
- Submit a speaking inquiry
- Request information about booking Stephanie
- Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list
- Register for an event
- Send an email
- Request information or resources
- Communicate with us through social media
- Otherwise voluntarily provide information to use
We make sure reasonable efforts to limit the information we collect to what is necessary for the identified purpose.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Date and time of visits
- Referring website
- General Website usage information
This information may be used for Website security, analytics, troubleshooting, and improving the Website.
3. How We Use Personal Information
We may collect, use, and disclose personal information for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances and that are identified at or before the time of collection, as applicable under PIPEDA.
These purposes may include:
- Responding to inquires
- Responding to speaking engagement requests
- Communicating about potential or confirmed speaking engagements
- Planning and coordinating events
- Providing requested services
- Sending requested information
- Managing newsletter subscriptions
- Improving our Website and services
- Understanding Website usage
- Maintaining Website security
- Preventing fraud or misuse
- Maintaining appropriate business records
- complying with legal obligations
- Protecting our legal rights and interests
we will not collect, use, or disclose personal information for an unrelated purpose without obtaining additional consent where required by applicable law.
4. Speaking Engagement Information
If you contact Stephanie regarding a speaking engagement, you may voluntarily provide information about:
- Your organization
- your event
- Event date and location
- Audience
- Speaking topic
- Event objectives
- Budget or honorarium
- Accessibility requirements
- Accommodation requirements
- Event logistics
We will use this information for the purpose of communicating about and planning the speaking engagement.
if you provide sensitive information, including accessibility or accommodation information, please provide only information that is reasonably necessary for the requested purpose.
5. Consent
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain meaningful consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information.
Consent may be express or, where permitted by law and appropriate in the circumstances, implied.
You may withdraw consent at any time, subject yo legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.
If you withdraw consent, we will explain any consequences that may result from doing so, where applicable.
Please note that withdrawing consent may not affect information that we are legally required or otherwise permitted to retain.
PIPEA places particular emphasis on meaningful consent and limiting collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal information.
6. Newsletter and Electronic Communications
If you voluntarily subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list, we may use your contact information to send you communications such as:
- Speaking updates
- Upcoming events
- New articles or resources
- Projects and initiatives
- Other relevant news from Stephanie Manica
You may unsubscribe from promotional or newsletter communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the communication or by contacting us.
Where electronic communications are commercial in nature, we will comply with applicable Canadian anti-span requirements, including Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) where applicable.
7. Cookies and Website Analytics
The Website may use cookies, pixels, analytic tools, or similar technologies.
These technologies may help us:
- Understand Website traffic
- Determine which pages are most useful
- Improve Website performance
- Understand how visitors interact with the Website
- Maintain security
- Remember certain preferences
Depending on the technologies used on the Website, third-party service providers may also collect information through cookies or similar technologies.
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain Website functionality.
8. Third-Party Service Providers
We may use third-party service providers to operate and support the Website and our business.
These providers may include services for:
- Website hosting
- Website security
- website analytics
- Contact forms
- Email delivery
- Newsletter management
- Scheduling
- Event registration
- Video hosting
- Social media
- Website maintenance
We take reasonable steps to ensure that third-party service providers handle personal information appropriately and only for authorized purposes.
Under PIPEDA, organizations remain responsible for personal information transferred to third-party processors and must take reasonable steps to protect that information.
9. Information Processed Outside Canada
Some third-party service providers may store or process information outside Canada.
Where personal information is transferred to a service provider outside Canada, it may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is processed and may be accessible to government authorities in accordance with those laws.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information transferred to third-party service providers is appropriately protected.
Canadian privacy guidance recognizes that organizations may outsource processing internationally but remain responsible for taking reasonable measures to protect personal information.
10. Disclosure of Personal Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary:
- To service providers assisting us with Website or business operations
- To professional advisors
- To event partners where necessary to coordinate an engagement and where appropriate
- With your consent
- When required or permitted by law
- To comply with a court order or legal process
- To protect the rights, property, or safety of Stephanie Manica, Website users, or others
- In connection with a business transaction, where permitted by applicable law.
We limit disclosure to information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
11. Retention of Personal Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, provide services, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and meet legal or regulatory requirements.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely destroy, erase, or anonymize it.
12. Safeguarding Personal Information
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
These measures may include.
- Access controls
- Password protection
- Secure Website hosting
- Secure transmission technologies where available
- Limiting access to personal information
- Appropriate handling and disposal procedures
However, no Internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. Privacy Breaches
If a privacy breach occurs involving personal information under our control, we will assess the breach and take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy legislation.
Where required by law, we will notify affected individuals and the appropriate privacy regulator.
PIPEDA contains specific requirements relating to privacy breaches, including circumstances in which organizations must report breaches to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and notify affected individuals.
14. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information
You may request access to personal information we hold about you.
You may also request that inaccurate or incomplete personal information be corrected.
To make a request, please contact us using the information provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before providing access to or making changes to personal information.
Subject to applicable legal expectations, we will respond to access and correction requests within the time required by applicable law.
PIPEDA includes individual access and accuracy among its fair information principles.
15. Children’s Privacy
This Website is intended primarily for a general audience and is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.
We not not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children under 13 through the Website.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us.
16. Links to Other Websites
The Website may contain links to third-party websites, including social media platforms, event websites, organizations, sponsors, and other resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.
17. Social Media
Stephanie Manica may maintain accounts on third-party social media platforms.
Interactions with those platforms are governed by the privacy policies and terms of service of the respective platforms.
Information that you voluntarily make publicly available through social media may be visible to others.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to:
- Our business
- Our Website
- Technology
- third-party services
- Privacy practices
- Applicable laws or regulations
When changes are made, the Effective Date at the top of this Privacy Policy will be updated.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
19. Questions or Privacy Concerns
If you have a question, concern, or complaint about how your personal information is handled, please contact us first.
Stephanie Manica
Speaker • Entrepreneur • Advocate
Ontario, Canada
Email: greatcanadianswim@gmail.com
Website: stephaniemanica.com
We will make reasonable efforts to investigate and respond to privacy concerns.
if you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, which oversees compliance with PIOEDA for applicable private-sector organizations.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
20. Governing Law
This Privacy Policy is governed by the applicable laws of Ontario and Canada, as applicable to Stephanie Manica’s activities and the handling of personal information.