Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 13, 2026

Version française : Politique de confidentialité

Human-Level AI (human-level.ai) is published by Human Level Technologies Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada ("we", "us"). This policy explains what personal information we collect when you visit the site, why we collect it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and the rights you have. It is written to meet Quebec's Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25), Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and, for readers in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its UK and Swiss equivalents.

1. Who is responsible

Human Level Technologies Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Person in charge of the protection of personal information: the President of Human Level Technologies Inc.
Contact: privacy@human-level.ai

2. What we collect, and why

You do not need an account to read the site, and you can read it without telling us who you are.

Server logs. When your browser requests a page, our web servers automatically record technical information such as your IP address, the date and time, the page requested, the referring page, and your browser and device type. We use this information to run the site, keep it secure and fix errors. Server logs containing personal information that we control are kept for up to 30 days. Our hosting provider may also keep its own logs for a limited time under its own retention rules. We also use your IP address, in memory only and without storing it, to determine whether you are in Quebec so we can show you the consent banner.

Newsletter. If you sign up for our briefings using the form at the bottom of our pages, we collect your email address, and we use it only to send you the briefings. As a record of your consent, we also keep the date and time you signed up, the page you signed up from, and a keyed hash of your IP address (a one-way code; we do not keep the IP address itself). We keep your address and this consent record in our own editorial system, and our email service provider, Resend, receives your address to deliver our emails. You can unsubscribe at any time with one click, using the link at the bottom of every email, or by writing to privacy@human-level.ai. We delete your address within 30 days of your unsubscribing.

Audience measurement (Google Analytics). We use Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to understand how many people read the site and which pages they read. Where you have allowed it (see section 4), Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as the pages you view, your approximate location (country, region or city), your device and browser type, and how you arrived on the site. According to Google, Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. We have turned off Google Signals, so Google Analytics does not link your visits to your Google account for advertising purposes. We do not use Google Analytics to identify you by name. We keep Google Analytics data for 14 months.

Advertising (Google AdSense). Article pages show ads served by Google AdSense. Ads do not appear on our home page, map, search or About pages. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to show ads, limit how often you see the same ad, measure how ads perform, prevent fraud and, where you have allowed it, personalize ads based on your interests. To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Settings on your device. If you choose the light or dark theme, we save that choice in your browser's local storage. It is not sent to us.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information, and the site is not intended for children under 14.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The site works without them.

4. Your choices and consent

In Quebec. Analytics and advertising cookies are off by default. A short bilingual banner asks whether you accept them. Until you click Accept, Google Analytics does not store cookies on your device, and any ads you see are not personalized. You can change your mind at any time using the cookie settings link on the site.

In the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Analytics and advertising cookies are off by default. Google's consent message asks for your choice, and analytics and advertising storage stay off until you agree. You can withdraw your consent at any time through the privacy settings offered by the consent message, or by deleting this site's cookies in your browser, which brings the message back.

Everywhere else. Analytics and advertising cookies are used by default. You can turn off personalized Google ads at https://myadcenter.google.com and block Google Analytics with Google's browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can also block cookies in your browser.

5. Who we share information with

We share personal information only with service providers that run parts of the site for us, under contract, and only for the purposes described above:

• Hostinger: hosting of the website and of our editorial systems;
• Google: advertising (AdSense) and audience measurement (Analytics and Tag Manager). For some advertising purposes, Google acts as an independent controller under its own privacy policy;
• Resend: newsletter email.

We may also disclose personal information when the law requires it.

6. Where your information is stored

Our service providers store and process personal information outside Quebec and Canada, including in the United States, and Google may also process it in other countries where it operates. Your information may therefore be subject to the laws of those countries and accessible to their courts and authorities. Before sending personal information outside Quebec, we assess whether it will be adequately protected, and we rely on our contracts with each provider to protect it.

For readers in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, transfers to countries outside those regions rely on safeguards recognized under the GDPR, such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

7. How long we keep it

• Server logs: up to 30 days.
• Newsletter email address: until you unsubscribe, then deleted within 30 days.
• Google Analytics data: 14 months.
• Advertising data: according to Google's retention rules.

When we no longer need personal information for the purpose it was collected for, we destroy it or anonymize it.

8. Security

We protect personal information with measures suited to its sensitivity, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) and restricted access to our servers and editorial systems. We keep a register of confidentiality incidents. If an incident presents a risk of serious injury, we will notify the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the people affected, as the law requires.

9. Your rights

You can ask us to:

• confirm whether we hold personal information about you, and give you access to it;
• correct information that is inaccurate, incomplete or ambiguous;
• delete it, or stop using or disseminating it, where the law allows;
• withdraw your consent at any time, for example by unsubscribing or changing your cookie choice;
• give you the computerized personal information you provided to us in a structured, commonly used technological format.

Readers in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland also have the right to restrict or object to processing.

Send your request to privacy@human-level.ai. We may ask you to confirm your identity before we answer. We will reply within 30 days, free of charge.

Complaints. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can file a complaint with:

• the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec: https://www.cai.gouv.qc.ca
• the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: https://www.priv.gc.ca
• if you are in the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, your local data protection authority.

10. Changes to this policy

We will post any change to this policy on this page and update the date at the top. If a change is significant, we will say so clearly on the site.