Privacy

Last updated: October 20, 2026

DivorceMaybe is a sensitive site. People here are often going through one of the hardest stretches of their lives, and we treat the information you share with that in mind.

What we collect

• What you give us directly. When you register, we store your email address, password (hashed), display name, and account type. If you fill in a bio, location, or upload a profile picture, we keep those too.
• What you post. Forum threads, replies, and listings are stored as you write them and shown to other visitors. Direct messages are stored so we can deliver them between conversation participants.
• How you found us. If you arrived from one of our posts, the link carries a short campaign tag (for example "instagram" and the name of the video). When you create an account or an email alert, we save only those three tags with it, so we can tell which stories help people find us. We report them only as totals.
• Visit counts. Our own counter adds one to a daily total for the page you landed on and its campaign tag. It stores no IP address, cookie, device details or anything that could identify you.
• Email alerts. If you ask us to email you when a professional joins, we keep your email address, what you asked for (type, city, language), and when you confirmed.
• Server logs. Standard web-server logs include your IP address, user agent, and the URLs you request. We use these to defend against abuse and debug problems, keep them only briefly, and never join them to accounts.

What we don't do

• We don't run third-party advertising networks.
• We don't load Google Analytics, Facebook pixels, or similar trackers. Every script, font and image on the site is served by us.
• We don't sell, rent, or share your data with anyone for marketing.

Cookies

Browsing DivorceMaybe sets no cookies. We set one cookie only once you sign in or send a form: a session cookie that keeps you logged in and protects the form. It is HTTP-only, SameSite=Lax, and marked Secure. It is deleted when you log out or it expires (after 7 days of inactivity).

Your browser also keeps one small note that never leaves your device on its own: the campaign tag of the link you arrived on (in this tab only, cleared when you close it). If you create an account in that tab, those three tag values are saved with it.

Hosting and Cloudflare

The site runs on our own server in British Columbia. Pages reach you through Cloudflare, a content-delivery and security service, which processes your IP address and request details to deliver pages and block attacks, and may do so outside Canada. We keep Cloudflare features that add scripts or cookies to pages switched off.

Email

We email you for account reasons: confirming your address, password resets, and a notice when you have a new message (the notice never includes the message itself, and the subject and sender name never mention divorce). If you ask for an email alert, we send that too, each with a one-click unsubscribe. We don't send other marketing email.

Public vs. private content

• Public: your display name, profile picture, bio, location, forum threads and replies, and any listings you've posted (once your account is verified, if you're a professional).
• Private: your email address, your password (we never see it in plaintext — it's hashed with PHP's password_hash), your direct messages, and your IP address.

Other members can see your forum activity through the threads it's attached to, but we deliberately do not aggregate it onto your public profile.

Verification

Lawyer and counselor accounts are verified by an admin before listings appear in public search. Verification involves checking publicly-listed credentials. We don't publish anything we collect during verification beyond the simple "Verified" badge.

Your choices

• You can edit your display name, bio, location, and profile picture from your profile page at any time.
• You can deactivate any listing you've posted from the listing's edit page.
• You can request deletion of your account by emailing the contact address on the about page. Account deletion removes your private data and anonymises your public posts (we keep the conversation history intact but replace your name with "removed").

Your rights under Canadian privacy law

DivorceMaybe operates in British Columbia and handles your personal information in line with Canada's PIPEDA and B.C.'s PIPA. That means you have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it if it's wrong.
• Withdraw consent and have your account and private data deleted (see "Your choices" above).
• Know why we collect what we collect — we only collect what's needed to run the directory, forum, and messaging, and nothing for advertising.
• Complain to us first, and then to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or the B.C. Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner if you're not satisfied.

We collect only with your consent, use it only for the purposes described here, and keep it only as long as your account is active or as the law requires. We don't transfer your data outside Canada for marketing, and we run no third-party trackers.

Reach us

Questions, concerns, requests? Use the contact form. We try to respond within a few business days.

This page is plain-language guidance, not a contract. The Terms of Service govern your use of the site.