Langley Insiders (langleyinsiders.com) is an independent local newsletter and website about Langley, British Columbia. It is run by Jonathan Mahon, a sole proprietor in British Columbia, Canada.

This page explains what information we collect, why we collect it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. If you have a question or a request about your information, email contact@langleyinsiders.com.

Effective date: November 14, 2026

What we collect

Newsletter signups

When you subscribe to Langley Insiders, we collect your email address. On some signup forms you can also tell us your area of Langley, and optionally a mobile number for flash giveaways only. We may also keep the source of your signup, such as which page or campaign you came from.

We use beehiiv to send the newsletter. beehiiv stores your subscription details and standard email-delivery information (for example, whether an issue was delivered, opened, or bounced). You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email.

Advertising and business inquiries

If you use the inquiry forms on our advertising or sponsorship pages, we collect your name, business name, email address, message, and any other details you choose to include, such as a phone number or what you are interested in. We use this to reply to your inquiry. Our contact page itself is email-only: you can also write to us at contact@langleyinsiders.com, and we will keep the contents of that email to respond.

Article comments

If you leave a comment on an article, we collect your name, email address, and the comment. Your email address is not published. You can choose to save your name and email in your browser for the next comment, and you can ask to be notified of follow-up comments by email. We use Automattic’s Akismet service to help screen spam, and comments may use Gravatar, which can receive a hashed version of your email to display a profile image.

Langley Mystery Dinner Club

When you book a seat or join a waitlist, we collect the information you give us in the matching quiz and at checkout. That typically includes your first name, email address, the dinner date, dietary needs or restrictions, and quiz answers about your interests, table preferences, age range, relationship status, and similar questions used to build a table. If you buy a seat as a gift, we also collect the recipient’s first name, email address, and any note you include.

The $25 seat is paid through Stripe. Stripe collects the payment details you enter on its checkout page (for example, card information). We receive confirmation of payment, refund, or failure, plus the information needed to issue a receipt or refund. We do not store your full card number on this website.

We use quiz answers to plan the tables and the night. We do not share those answers with other guests. We will also add dinner club guests to the free Langley Insiders newsletter, which you can unsubscribe from at any time. If you want your quiz answers deleted, reply to any of our emails or write to contact@langleyinsiders.com.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Site Kit, to understand how people use the site. This typically includes pages viewed, referring sites, approximate location (such as city or country), device and browser type, and similar usage information. Google may also process this data under its own policies. We also use WordPress.com and Jetpack site statistics provided by Automattic, our host, which collect similar aggregated usage information.

Cookies and similar technologies

The site uses cookies and similar tools (such as pixels and tags) for the site to function, to remember choices, to measure traffic, and to show advertising. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the site works. For more about cookies, see allaboutcookies.org.

Facebook and other social media

We link to our Facebook page and Instagram account from the site. Some articles also include a share-to-Facebook option. We do not run a Facebook or Meta advertising pixel on this site. If you follow us, comment, or share on those platforms, their own privacy policies apply. We may see the public information you share with us there, and we may use it to reply or to plan coverage.

Advertising on this site

The site may show ads. While WordPress.com WordAds is still on, Automattic may collect information to serve those ads, as described in WordPress.com’s privacy policy. Once Journey by Mediavine ads go live, WordAds is intended to be turned off and Mediavine will manage the advertising, as described in the Mediavine Advertising Privacy Notice below.

How we use information

• To send the newsletter and any updates you asked for
• To run the Langley Mystery Dinner Club, including matching, booking, day-of details, waitlists, gifts, refunds, and related emails
• To reply to questions, story tips, corrections, and advertising inquiries
• To publish and moderate comments
• To understand how the site is used and to improve it
• To show ads and measure whether they were displayed
• To keep the site secure and to prevent spam or fraud
• To keep records we need for tax, accounting, or other legal reasons

Who we share information with

We use service providers to help us operate. They only get the information needed for their work:

• beehiiv : newsletter subscriptions and email delivery
• Stripe : dinner club payments and refunds
• Google : Google Analytics 4 and Site Kit
• Automattic / WordPress.com : website hosting, site statistics, comments, Akismet spam screening, Gravatar, inquiry forms, and WordAds while that program is on
• Mediavine (Journey by Mediavine) : programmatic advertising, as described in the notice below

We may also share information if you ask us to, if we need to with a restaurant or venue only as required to run a booked dinner, or if the law requires it. We do not sell our newsletter list or dinner club guest list.

Interest-based advertising through Mediavine involves sharing or selling certain information to advertising partners, as Mediavine explains in its notice. That is separate from our own mailing lists.

Canada and British Columbia (PIPEDA and BC PIPA)

We are based in British Columbia, Canada. We handle personal information in line with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).

• We collect, use, and disclose personal information for the purposes described on this page, or for purposes a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
• When you subscribe, book a seat, submit a form, leave a comment, or email us, you are giving us consent to use that information for those purposes. You can withdraw consent by emailing us, subject to legal or contractual limits. For example, we may need to keep payment records.
• You can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, or ask us to correct it, by emailing contact@langleyinsiders.com. We will respond within the time required by law.
• Some of our service providers are in the United States or other countries. Your information may be stored or processed outside Canada and may be subject to the laws of those countries, including lawful access by foreign courts or governments.
• We keep personal information only as long as we need it for the purposes above, then we delete it or remove identifying details.
• We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorized access or disclosure.

If you have a privacy concern, please contact us first at contact@langleyinsiders.com and we will try to resolve it. You may also contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and, for BC PIPA, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia.

California and other US state privacy laws

If you live in California or in another US state with a similar privacy law (including the CCPA/CPRA), you may have rights over personal information we collect, such as the right to know what we collect, to request a copy, to correct it, to delete it, to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for advertising, and not to be treated differently for exercising those rights.

The categories of information we collect are described above. They can include identifiers (such as name, email, phone number, and IP address), commercial information (such as a dinner club booking or payment status), internet and usage information, approximate location, and inferences from dinner club quiz answers. We collect this information from you, from your device when you use the site, and from the service providers listed above.

We do not sell personal information for money in the ordinary sense. Advertising on this site, including Journey by Mediavine, may involve sharing identifiers and usage information with advertising partners so they can show interest-based ads. Some state laws treat that as a “sale” or “share.” Where required, a “Do Not Sell or Share My Information” control will be available at the bottom of the home page. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we and our advertising partners should honour it where the law requires that.

To exercise your rights for information we hold, email contact@langleyinsiders.com. For information Mediavine holds in connection with the ads on this site, you can also contact privacy@mediavine.com. We may need to confirm it is you before we respond. You may use an authorized agent where the law allows it, with proof of authorization.

GDPR and UK GDPR

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data under these legal bases:

• Consent : newsletter signups, optional giveaway phone numbers, and advertising or analytics cookies where consent is required
• Contract : booking, paying for, and running a Langley Mystery Dinner Club seat, waitlist, gift, or refund
• Legitimate interests : operating and securing the site, answering email, moderating comments, and understanding site usage in a way that does not override your rights
• Legal obligation : records we must keep for tax, accounting, or other legal reasons

You may have the right to access, correct, or delete your data, to restrict or object to certain processing, to withdraw consent, and to receive a copy of data you provided to us in a portable format. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. To make a request about data we hold, email contact@langleyinsiders.com. For Mediavine’s advertising services, see the notice below or email privacy@mediavine.com.

Some of our providers, including Mediavine, Google, Stripe, beehiiv, and Automattic, may process data in the United States or elsewhere outside the EEA or UK. Where required, those transfers rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

Your choices

• Unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link in any issue, or by emailing us.
• Ask us to delete dinner club quiz answers, a comment, or other information we hold, or to correct it, by emailing contact@langleyinsiders.com.
• Block or delete cookies in your browser. Essential cookies may be needed for the site to work.
• Where shown, use “Update Privacy Settings” or “Do Not Sell or Share My Information” at the bottom of the home page.
• Use industry opt-out tools, including optout.aboutads.info, thenai.org/opt-out, youronlinechoices.com, and youradchoices.ca.
• Send a Global Privacy Control signal from a supporting browser or extension. Learn more at globalprivacycontrol.org.

Turning off personalized ads or cookies does not mean you will see no ads. It means the ads you see should not be based on your interests in the same way.

Children

Langley Insiders is written for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 where that is the relevant age). The Langley Mystery Dinner Club is a social dinner for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you think we have done so, please email us and we will delete it.

How long we keep information

We keep newsletter subscriptions until you unsubscribe, and for a short time after that if we need to confirm the request or suppress future sends. We keep dinner club booking, payment, and related records as long as needed to run the event, handle refunds, and meet tax or accounting rules. We keep comments until they are removed, and inquiry emails as long as needed to respond and follow up. Analytics data is kept according to the settings of Google Analytics and WordPress.com. Advertising data held by Mediavine is described in the notice below.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will post the update on this page and change the effective date. If a change is significant, we will try to give additional notice, such as a note in the newsletter.

Contact

Langley Insiders is operated by Jonathan Mahon, a sole proprietor in British Columbia, Canada.

Email: contact@langleyinsiders.com