Last updated: May 2026
Governing law: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada
Clarr Technologies Inc. is a Canadian corporation providing AI-powered bookkeeping software and services. We operate at clarr.ca and are subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
Registered address: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Privacy contact: privacy@clarr.ca
Account information
Your name, email address, business name, and province of operation. Collected when you create an account.
Financial documents
Receipts, invoices, bank statements, and other documents you upload to Clarr. These are stored securely in Canada and used only to provide our bookkeeping service.
Transaction data
Information extracted from your documents — vendor names, amounts, dates, and tax amounts. This data powers your financial reports.
Usage data
Pages visited, features used, and error logs. Used to improve Clarr. Never sold or shared.
Payment information
Processed by Stripe. Clarr never sees or stores your credit card number. Stripe's privacy policy applies to payment data.
We use your information only to:
We never use your data for advertising. We never sell your data to third parties. We never share your data with anyone except as described in this policy.
✓ Your financial data is stored in Canada
Database: Supabase (Canadian region)
File storage: Amazon S3 (ca-central-1, Montreal)
Backups: Encrypted, Canadian data centres only
Our AI processing uses Anthropic's API (United States) for document extraction only. Receipt images are sent to Anthropic's servers for processing and are not retained after extraction is complete. No financial summaries or personal information are retained by Anthropic.
We share your data only with:
We never share your data with advertisers, data brokers, or any third party for commercial purposes.
CRA requires Canadian businesses to retain financial records for a minimum of 6 years. Clarr enforces 7-year retention as standard — all receipts and financial documents are stored using write-once storage that cannot be modified or deleted.
Non-financial account data (name, email, preferences) can be deleted at any time on request. Financial records subject to CRA retention requirements cannot be deleted during the retention period.
As a Canadian resident you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@clarr.ca. We respond within 30 days.
Clarr uses essential cookies only — for authentication and session management. We do not use advertising cookies or third-party tracking. We do not use Google Analytics or similar tracking services.
We protect your data using:
We will notify you by email at least 30 days before any material changes to this privacy policy. Continued use of Clarr after that date constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.