Privacy & Terms

Plain-language privacy policy and submission terms for the Calgary Saddledome community memory archive. Operated by Fat Monk Films Ltd. (Alberta). Subject to PIPEDA federally and Alberta's PIPA provincially.

When you file a memory

When you file a memory on Calgary Saddledome, you confirm that:

• The story is yours to share, your own experience, in your own words.
• It's true to your recollection. We're not investigating; we're collecting memories.
• You're 16 or older.
• You're okay with us publishing it on Calgary Saddledome (and possibly excerpting it in The Calgary Roundup newsletter), with attribution to whatever name you provided, or anonymously if you left the name field blank.
• You're not impersonating anyone else, and you're not naming third parties in ways that could cause them harm.

What we keep

For every submission, we store:

• The text of your story.
• The name you provided (or "Anonymous" if blank).
• The optional fields: year, neighbourhood, email if you provided one.
• A timestamp of when you submitted.
• An IP hash, a one-way fingerprint, not your actual IP, used only to prevent spam (one person can't dump 200 submissions in five minutes).
• The moderation decision (approved, pending, or rejected) and the reason if rejected.

What we don't keep

• Audio. If you used the microphone, your voice was transcribed by your browser (using Google's, Apple's, or Microsoft's built-in speech-to-text, depending on which browser you use). We never receive the audio. We have no way to play it back. We can't store what we never had.
• Your real IP address. We hash it for spam prevention; the original isn't stored.
• Cross-site tracking, advertising profiles, or analytics on individuals. We don't run third-party trackers. The Fat Monk Media Network is independent and ad-light; the only third-party scripts we load are essentials (Supabase for the database, ElevenLabs for Dusty's spoken replies, OpenStreetMap for place data).

Voice — what happens when you tap the microphone

Any voice input on the network uses the Web Speech API built into your browser. Here's what actually happens, in order:

• You tap the mic and grant permission once.
• Your browser records audio and sends it to its speech-to-text service: Google for Chrome, Apple for Safari, Microsoft for Edge.
• That service returns text to your browser.
• The text appears in the input field on the page.
• You decide whether to send it, save it, or delete it before submitting.

The audio bytes never leave the browser-vendor pipeline. The Fat Monk Media Network never receives or stores them. Retention of that audio is governed by whichever vendor your browser uses.

What this means in plain terms: if you say something via the microphone, only the text we transcribed reaches us. We can't replay your voice. Neither can anyone else getting data from us, because we don't have it.

Moderation

Every submission passes through three layers before it appears on the site:

• A pattern filter for slurs, threats, sexual content, and obvious spam.
• A general-purpose content moderator (currently OpenAI's moderation API).
• A judgement layer that classifies whether the submission reads as a genuine personal Calgary memory or as something else (currently Anthropic's Claude Haiku model).

If any layer flags it, the submission is marked rejected with the reason logged. A human editor at Fat Monk Media reviews borderline cases. Approved memories appear publicly, on Calgary Saddledome and potentially in The Calgary Roundup. Rejected ones stay in the moderation log, not visible to readers.

Lawful production requests

If a court order, production order, or warrant requires it, we will produce what we have: the text of your submission, the timestamp, the IP hash, the moderation log. We will not produce, because we cannot, the audio of any voice submission. That data lives with whichever browser-vendor speech service handled your microphone input, and would have to be subpoenaed from them directly.

We're a small Canadian operator (Fat Monk Films Ltd., Alberta), subject to PIPEDA federally and Alberta's PIPA provincially. We respond to valid Canadian legal process; we don't volunteer user data without one.

Retention

• Approved memories: kept indefinitely as part of the public archive on Calgary Saddledome.
• Pending submissions: kept until reviewed (typically within 7 days) and then either approved or rejected.
• Rejected submissions: text + reason kept in the moderation log for 12 months for audit, then deleted.
• IP hashes: 12 months from the date of submission.
• Newsletter subscribers (The Calgary Roundup): kept until you unsubscribe.
• Chat conversations with Dusty: 90 days for anonymous sessions, longer for signed-in members (you can request deletion at any time).

Your rights

• Access. You can ask what we have on you, email jordan@fatmonkmedia.com.
• Correction. If we got something wrong, we'll fix it.
• Removal. You can ask us to delete your submission at any time. We'll do it within a reasonable window (target: 7 days).
• Anonymity after the fact. If you submitted with a name and now want it removed from the public version, just email us; we'll re-publish anonymously.

What we ask of you

• Don't submit content that names third parties in harmful ways.
• Don't submit anything you wouldn't want a future employer or your grandmother reading.
• Don't try to break the moderation by spelling words funny, we'll catch it.
• If you see something on the site that shouldn't be there, email jordan@fatmonkmedia.com and we'll review it within 48 hours.

Contact

Privacy questions, takedown requests, lawful process, or general feedback:

Fat Monk Media (editorial desk)
Trade name of Fat Monk Films Ltd. (Alberta corporation)
jordan@fatmonkmedia.com

Trademarks & Non-Affiliation

calgarysaddledome.com is an independent Calgary events guide operated by Fat Monk Films Ltd. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary Sports & Entertainment Corp, the Calgary Flames, or any sports league or rights-holder named on this site. All trademarks and logos remain the property of their respective owners and are referenced for editorial commentary under fair-dealing principles.

Last updated: 2026-05-11. This page may change. We'll post any material changes at the top. This is a plain-language policy, not legal advice. Standard Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA federally, Alberta PIPA provincially) applies.