Plain English summary: SeatCompare is a price comparison website. We don't sell tickets and we don't store your payment information. We collect minimal data — only what's needed to run the site. We earn affiliate commissions when you buy tickets through our links. We never sell your personal information to anyone.
SeatCompare ("we", "our", "us") operates the website seatcompare.net and seatcompare.ca. We are a Canadian-based ticket price comparison service. We are not a ticket seller, broker, or marketplace. We compare publicly available ticket prices from third-party resellers and earn affiliate commissions when users purchase tickets through our links.
This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website and is governed by Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards.
For privacy-related inquiries, contact us at: contact@seatcompare.net
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We do not use your information for automated decision-making or profiling. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
SeatCompare participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we earn a commission when you click a link on our site and purchase tickets from a third-party reseller such as Ticket Evolution, SeatGeek, or Vivid Seats.
This commission is paid by the reseller — it never affects the ticket price you pay. The price you see on SeatCompare is the same price you will pay on the reseller's site.
In accordance with the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards (Clause 2) and best practices under Canada's Competition Act, we disclose this commercial relationship clearly:
Our affiliate partners include but are not limited to: Ticket Evolution, SeatGeek (via Impact), and Vivid Seats (via Impact). These relationships do not influence the order in which listings are displayed — listings are sorted by price by default.
We use the following third-party services to operate our website. Each has their own privacy policy governing their data practices:
Our website is hosted on Netlify. Netlify may collect server logs including IP addresses and access times. See Netlify's Privacy Policy.
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics collects anonymized usage data including pages visited and time on site. IP addresses are anonymized. See Google's Privacy Policy. You can opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
When you click a "Buy" link on SeatCompare, you are directed to a third-party reseller's website. That reseller's own privacy policy governs any information you provide during the purchase process. SeatCompare does not receive or store any information you provide to resellers.
We use Impact to track affiliate commissions. Impact may place cookies on your device to track whether a purchase was made after clicking one of our affiliate links. See Impact's Privacy Policy.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. SeatCompare uses the following types of cookies:
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our site. Our affiliate tracking relies on cookies — if you disable them, we may not receive commission for purchases you make through our links, but this does not affect your purchase in any way.
As a Canadian resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal information under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA):
If you are a Quebec resident, you also have rights under Law 25 (Act to Modernize Privacy Sector Enterprises), including the right to data portability and the right to de-indexation.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@seatcompare.net. We will respond within 30 days.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information we collect, including:
No method of internet transmission is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a data breach that poses a real risk of significant harm, we will notify affected individuals and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner as required under PIPEDA's breach notification rules.
SeatCompare is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately at contact@seatcompare.net and we will delete it promptly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Continued use of SeatCompare after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
For any privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints, please contact us:
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may escalate your complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca or by phone at 1-800-282-1376.