Last updated: November 3rd, 2026
Cookies are small text files a website saves in your browser. Some are needed for the website to work. Others are used for analytics and advertising, and those only run if you agree.
The cookies we use
| Cookie | Set by | What it is for | Type | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSESS[random characters] | SeCan (secan.com) | Keeps members signed in. Only set if you log in. | Strictly necessary | About 23 days, or until you log out |
| klaro | SeCan (secan.com) | Remembers your cookie choices | Strictly necessary | 6 months |
| _ga | Google Analytics (secan.com) | A random ID that tells visits apart | Analytics | 2 years |
| _ga_336180280 | Google Analytics (secan.com) | Keeps track of your current visit | Analytics | 2 years |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity (secan.com) | A random ID that links your visits | Analytics | 1 year |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity (secan.com) | Groups page views into one session | Analytics | 1 day |
| user-id | StackAdapt (srv.stackadapt.com) | A random ID that lets StackAdapt recognise your browser, show SeCan ads to past visitors and measure ad results | Advertising | 1 year |
| user-id-v2 | StackAdapt (srv.stackadapt.com) | Newer version of the user-id cookie, same purpose | Advertising | 1 year |
| sa-camp-[campaign] | StackAdapt (srv.stackadapt.com) | Records which SeCan ad campaign you saw or clicked | Advertising | Up to 90 days |
| sa_aid_pv | StackAdapt (srv.stackadapt.com) | Links a recent ad click to your visit | Advertising | 1 hour |
Analytics and advertising cookies are only set after you accept them in our cookie banner. You can accept each service separately.
Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity
Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity help us understand how people use our website so we can improve it. Google Analytics counts visits and shows which pages are used most. Microsoft Clarity shows how visitors use our pages through heatmaps and recordings of mouse movements, clicks and scrolling, and hides the text you type into forms. Our Privacy Policy explains what each tool collects and how long the information is kept.
If you do not accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics sets no cookies in your browser. Google receives only basic information without an identifier, such as the fact that a page was viewed, which it uses to estimate overall visitor numbers. Microsoft Clarity does not run.
When members or staff are signed in to the member and staff areas of our website, such as member pages, fee reports and the CRM, we use Microsoft Clarity as described in our Privacy Policy. The cookie banner does not control Clarity in these areas.
StackAdapt's role
StackAdapt is the advertising technology company that runs SeCan's online advertising. If you accept advertising cookies, its tag on our website records the information listed in our Privacy Policy: your IP address and browser type, the pages you visit and how long you stay, and the website or campaign that brought you to us.
SeCan uses this to measure which ads work and to show SeCan ads to people who have already visited our website. StackAdapt keeps this information for up to 180 days and uses it only to provide advertising services to SeCan. We have not set up the tag to collect anything you type into forms on our website. The cookies themselves can stay in your browser longer than 180 days (see the table), but they hold only a random ID.
How to change your choice
- Open the cookie banner using the cookie settings button shown on every page.
- Turn analytics or advertising cookies on or off for each service, then save.
- A change takes effect right away. If you withdraw consent for a service, it stops running from your next page.
When you withdraw consent, we delete the Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity cookies saved on secan.com. StackAdapt's cookies are saved on StackAdapt's own domain, so to remove them, clear your cookies in your browser settings. You can also set your browser to block cookies; the website still works, but members will need to sign in again.
For Further Information
For further information, please see our Privacy Policy or contact our Privacy Officer at kpickett@secan.com or:
SeCan
Attn: Privacy Officer
400-300 Terry Fox Road Kanata, Ontario, K2K 0E3
Further information on privacy and your rights in regard to your personal information may be found on the website of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.