Cookie Policy

Last updated: 2026-08-21

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding cookies on Live in Canada. Advertising on this Site is served by Google AdSense (publisher ID ca-pub-4363175176157576).

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the website remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.

Cookies and Local Storage We Use

This site keeps data on your device in two ways: cookies and browser local storage. Local storage is never sent to our servers, but privacy law treats it the same way as cookies, so both are listed in full below. Each entry is grouped by how it is stored and labelled with the category it belongs to.

Cookie storage

Cookie	Provider	Category	Purpose	Expiry
`preferred_locale`	Live in Canada	Necessary	Stores preferred language	1 year
`_ga, _ga_*`	Google	Analytics	Distinguishes users and sessions	2 years
`__gads, __gpi`	Google	Advertising	Google advertising cookies (__gads, __gpi) used only after advertising consent is granted in a positively non-restricted region, for personalized ads	13 months

Local storage

Local storage holds small values inside your browser. Unlike cookies, these values are not attached to network requests and never reach our servers. They remain until you clear your browsing data or remove this site's data in your browser settings. Every entry below is set by this site.

Storage key	Provider	Category	Purpose	Retention
`cookie-consent`	Live in Canada	Necessary	Stores cookie consent preferences	Until you clear your browser data
`theme`	Live in Canada	Functional	Remembers your light or dark theme choice	Until you clear your browser data
`feedback_*`	Live in Canada	Functional	Remembers which articles you have already rated	Until you clear your browser data
`lic.citizenship.v2*`	Live in Canada	Functional	Saves your citizenship test practice progress and results	Until you clear your browser data

What These Categories Mean

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They cannot be disabled.

Functional Storage

These entries remember choices you make while browsing, such as your display theme, the articles you have rated, and your practice test progress. They are kept only in your browser and are never used for analytics or advertising.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting usage data.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies support advertising. Personalized advertising cookies are used only with your consent and only when we can positively classify your region as outside the EEA, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. If you decline advertising cookies, we do not grant advertising storage and we do not load AdSense. In the EEA, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or when we cannot determine the region, we also do not load AdSense even if you allow advertising, until we use a Google-certified consent management platform.

Non-Personalized (Contextual) Ads

We do not currently serve non-personalized ads. Rejecting advertising consent, including Do Not Sell or Share, keeps AdSense unloaded on a fresh page load in every region. If ads already loaded on this page, we pause further AdSense requests and reload the page so AdSense is not requested on the next load. An AdSense script that already started cannot be fully guaranteed to stop until that reload. Until we use a Google-certified consent management platform, we also do not load AdSense in the EEA, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or when the region is unknown. Ads are not shown before you make a cookie choice. Analytics tracking remains off unless you allow it.

Opt-out destinations

You can opt out using Cookie Settings in the footer, including Reject Non-Essential and per-category preferences; Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, which turns advertising consent off and reloads the page so AdSense is not requested on the next load; Google Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com; and the Digital Advertising Alliance tool at https://www.aboutads.info. Turning advertising consent off stops new personalized ads and remarketing, keeps advertising storage denied, and does not load AdSense after reload. If ads already loaded on this page, we pause further AdSense requests and reload the page so AdSense is not requested on the next load. An AdSense script that already started cannot be fully guaranteed to stop until that reload. This control does not send a separate Google Restrict Data Processing (RDP) signal, because there is no ad request after advertising is off on the next load. For Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Your Rights Under GDPR (EU)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and object to processing of your personal data. For visitors we classify as being in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, analytics cookies are used only with your consent, and we do not load AdSense until we use a Google-certified consent management platform. Refusing advertising cookies means we do not load AdSense.

Your Rights Under CCPA (California)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to know what personal information is collected, request deletion, opt out of the sale of personal information, and not be discriminated against for exercising your rights.

Your Rights Under PIPEDA (Canada)

Under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, you have the right to access your personal information, challenge its accuracy, and withdraw consent for its collection, use, or disclosure.

Your Rights

Right to access your personal data
Right to request deletion of your data
Right to data portability
Right to object to processing
Right to withdraw consent at any time

Managing Your Cookies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the button below or visiting Cookie Settings in the footer.