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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 24, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how NPPE Vault ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you use the NPPE Vault website and services (the "Service"). We handle personal information in accordance with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), and applicable provincial privacy laws.

By using the Service, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information you give us

  • Account information: your name and email address.
  • Content you submit: reports and notes about practice questions, reviews and ratings of the Service (including, if you choose, a display name and province to appear with a published review), and messages you send us.

1.2 Information generated when you use the Service

  • Study activity: the exams you take, your answers, scores, time taken, and progress.
  • Technical information: IP address, browser and device type, pages requested, and timestamps, recorded in server logs.

1.3 Payment information

Purchases are processed by a third-party payment processor. Your card details are entered directly with the processor; we never receive or store your full card number. We receive only what we need to record the purchase, such as confirmation of payment, a transaction reference, the amount and date, and whether a refund was issued.

1.4 Information we do not collect

We do not collect passwords (you sign in with a secure link sent to your email), government-issued identification numbers, or demographic information such as age, gender, or ethnicity.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information to:

  • Provide the Service: sign you in, deliver practice exams, and show your score history and progress.
  • Process purchases: complete Pro purchases and keep purchase records.
  • Communicate with you: send sign-in links, receipts, service and security notices, responses to your messages, and occasional emails about the Service (see Section 10).
  • Publish reviews: display reviews you have agreed to make public.
  • Improve the Service: correct questions you report and analyze aggregated, de-identified usage to improve our content.
  • Protect the Service: detect and prevent fraud, abuse, content scraping, and unauthorized access.
  • Meet legal obligations: comply with applicable laws, including tax and record-keeping requirements.

We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we do not use it for third-party advertising.

3. Consent

When you create an account, you expressly consent to our collecting your name and email address to provide the Service. When you use the Service, we collect study activity and technical information as reasonably necessary to deliver and secure it.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by asking us to delete your account (see Section 7). Withdrawing consent may mean we can no longer provide some or all of the Service to you.

4. How We Share Your Information

4.1 Service providers

We work with a small number of trusted third-party service providers that help us operate the Service, such as hosting and infrastructure, email delivery, and payment processing. They receive only the information they need to perform their services for us, and they are required to protect it and to use it only on our behalf.

4.2 Public reviews

If you submit a review and agree to have it published, your rating, comments, and the display name and province you provide may be shown publicly on the Service. Reviews you do not agree to publish are kept private and contribute only to aggregate ratings.

4.3 Legal requirements

We may disclose information if required by law or in response to a valid request from a public authority, such as a court order or subpoena, or where necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of NPPE Vault, our users, or others.

4.4 Business transfers

If NPPE Vault is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

5. Where Your Information Is Stored

We and our service providers may store and process personal information in Canada, the United States, or other countries. Information stored outside Canada is subject to the laws of the jurisdiction where it is held, and may be accessible to courts, law enforcement, and national security authorities in that jurisdiction. We take reasonable steps, including contractual protections, to ensure our service providers safeguard your information.

6. Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as we need it for the purposes described in this policy:

  • Account information, study activity, and reviews are kept while your account is open and deleted when your account is deleted.
  • Question reports may be kept after your account is deleted, but in a form that no longer identifies you.
  • Payment records are kept for as long as required by Canadian tax and accounting laws.
  • Sign-in links expire shortly after they are sent, and server logs are kept for a limited period.

When information is no longer needed, we delete it or de-identify it.

7. Your Rights

Under PIPEDA and applicable provincial privacy laws, you may:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correct personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Delete your account and associated personal information.
  • Withdraw consent to our collection and use of your personal information.
  • Complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada if you believe we have not handled your information appropriately.

To make a request, email us at support@nppevault.com. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information, including encrypted connections, restricted access to personal information, and passwordless sign-in. No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Cookies and Local Storage

  • Sign-in cookie: we use a strictly necessary cookie to keep you signed in. It is used only by NPPE Vault.
  • Exam progress: while you take a practice exam, your in-progress answers, bookmarks, and elapsed time are saved in your browser's local storage so you can resume if the page is closed. This copy stays on your device, is cleared when you submit the exam, and expires automatically. You can remove it at any time by clearing your browser's site data.

We do not use advertising cookies, third-party tracking cookies, or social media tracking.

10. Email Communications

Most emails we send are transactional or service-related: sign-in links, purchase confirmations, account and security notices, and notices of material changes to our Terms or this Privacy Policy.

From time to time, and where permitted by CASL, we may also email you about the Service, for example to ask about your exam experience. Every such email identifies us, explains why you are receiving it, and includes a way to unsubscribe. We honour unsubscribe requests within 10 business days. Unsubscribing does not stop transactional or service-related emails.

11. Children's Privacy

The Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 18 or the age of majority in their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and will delete it promptly if we learn that we have.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or by a prominent notice on the Service before they take effect. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when this policy was last revised.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, contact us at support@nppevault.com.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

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