Effective date: 13 December 2025
Jurislocator™ is a product of Immifocus, developed and operated by BBS IT Solutions. Jurislocator™ is committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and, where applicable, Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25).
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you access or use our websites, platforms, applications, and related services (collectively, the “Services”).
Jurislocator™ is a professional digital platform designed for Canadian immigration practitioners and legal professionals. The platform provides access to legal and regulatory materials, research tools, educational resources, professional development content, and practice-support functionalities related to Canadian immigration and administrative law.
The Services are intended for, and may be used by, the following categories of users, depending on the module or feature accessed:
The Services currently include, and/or may in the future include, features such as:
These Services are provided to support professional learning, research, and practice organization. They do not constitute legal advice. The Services may evolve over time, and this Privacy Policy applies to all current and future features, modules, and tools offered through Jurislocator™.
Jurislocator™ publishes legislative, regulatory, and jurisprudential content, together with summaries, annotations, metadata, and contextual tools. This content serves the public interest and supports informed decision-making for immigration professionals, legal practitioners, researchers, students, and members of the public.
We obtain legal and regulatory texts from publicly accessible and authoritative government sources, including but not limited to:
These materials are typically published under the Open Government Licence – Canada or are in the public domain. Any personal information contained in such materials originates from the official public record and is not collected directly from individuals by Jurislocator™.
Jurislocator™ may enhance public legal content through summaries, annotations, hyperlinking, cross-references, metadata, and formatting improvements to improve accessibility and usability. We do not alter the substance or legal meaning of official legal texts.
As Jurislocator™ is not the originating authority, we are unable to modify or remove information contained in official legal or regulatory materials unless directed to do so by the issuing authority or required by law. Requests to amend or remove such content must be addressed to the relevant court, tribunal, or government institution.
We collect only the personal information necessary to operate, secure, and improve the Services. This may include:
Because certain Services are restricted to members of regulated professions or specific professional categories, we may collect and process professional or eligibility-related information, such as:
This information is collected solely for the purposes of:
Such information is used strictly for verification and access-control purposes, is not displayed publicly, and is not used for marketing, profiling, or automated decision-making.
Certain educational resources and exam-preparation materials are offered to the public and do not require professional status verification.
Personal information is used only for the following purposes:
We may use information relating to you solely in an aggregated and de-identified form, together with information about other users, for internal research, analytics, and service-improvement purposes. Such information cannot reasonably be used to identify you, either alone or in combination with other data.
We use cookies and similar technologies to ensure proper website functionality and improve user experience.
You may manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings or available cookie-management tools.
We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards consistent with industry standards to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or misuse. While no electronic system is entirely secure, we regularly review and enhance our security measures.
Personal information is retained only for as long as necessary to:
We do not retain personal information for undefined or speculative future purposes. Where retention is legally required, access to retained information is restricted and safeguarded.
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:
Requests may be submitted to legal@jurislocator.ca. Certain information may be retained where required by law or necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
We may disclose personal information to trusted third-party service providers solely to the extent necessary to support the delivery of the Services (e.g., hosting, payment processing). All such providers are bound by contractual confidentiality and data-protection obligations.
We do not voluntarily disclose personal information. Disclosure may occur only where required by law, court order, or regulatory authority. Where legally permitted, we will notify you of such requests.
In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or asset sale, personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction, subject to continued protection under this Privacy Policy or a substantially similar policy.
The person responsible for the protection of personal information under Quebec Law 25 can be contacted at: legal@jurislocator.ca
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date will be updated accordingly. Continued use of the Services constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
For questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:legal@jurislocator.ca
Last modified on 09:42 AM (EST) 13/12/2025