Privacy Policy

CitizenReady (“we”, “our”, “us”) is an independent Canadian citizenship test preparation platform. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we protect it, and the choices you have. CitizenReady is not affiliated with or endorsed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) or the Government of Canada.

• Account information: email address, optional display name, account role, and password hash.
• Study activity: practice answers, quiz sessions, mock exam results, scores, timing, and progress by topic.
• Plus access information: whether Plus is active and, when applicable, the expiry date for manual early access.
• Contact messages: name, email, subject, and message text submitted through the contact form.
• Security data: session version, rate-limit counters, login/signup/contact abuse-protection signals, and admin audit logs.
• Technical data: browser/device details, IP-derived request information, and server logs used to operate and protect the service.
• Cookies: essential authentication cookies and, when enabled, advertising cookies managed by third-party ad providers.

• To provide practice questions, mock exams, saved progress, and study tools.
• To authenticate accounts and protect sessions from stale or unauthorized use.
• To grant, expire, or remove manual Plus access.
• To respond to contact messages and account-support requests.
• To prevent abuse such as repeated login attempts, spam signups, or contact-form spam.
• To keep an internal audit record of sensitive admin actions such as role changes and Plus grants.
• To improve site reliability, security, and content quality.

CitizenReady uses an essential cookie named cr_session to keep you signed in. This cookie is required for account features. You can disable cookies in your browser, but login, saved progress, and admin functions may not work correctly.

CitizenReady may display advertisements through Google AdSense or similar advertising providers. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize ads depending on your settings and applicable law.

You can learn more or adjust Google ad settings at google.com/settings/ads and read Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only when needed to operate the service, comply with law, protect the platform, or use trusted service providers such as hosting, database, email, advertising, and optional AI draft-generation providers.

• VPS/Coolify hosting for the web application.
• PostgreSQL database storage.
• Transactional email services when account emails are enabled.
• Google AdSense when advertising is enabled.
• Optional AI providers used only for admin blog-draft workflows, not for citizenship-test decisions.

We use hashed passwords, signed JWT session cookies, database-backed session invalidation, abuse-protection rate limits, password confirmation for sensitive account changes, and admin audit logs for sensitive operations. No online service can guarantee perfect security, so you should use a strong password and keep your account credentials private.

We keep account and study data while your account is active. You can delete your account from Dashboard Settings. Deletion requires typing DELETE and entering your current password. Some limited security, backup, or legal records may remain for a reasonable period where required to protect the service or comply with obligations.

• Update your profile, email, and password from Dashboard Settings.
• Delete your account from Dashboard Settings.
• Control cookies through your browser settings.
• Contact us to ask privacy questions or request help with your data.

CitizenReady is intended for Canadian citizenship applicants and is not directed to children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.

We may update this Privacy Policy as CitizenReady changes. The “Last updated” date above will reflect the latest version. Continued use of the service means you accept the updated policy.

For privacy questions, contact us through the contact page.