PermitBeat is a Canadian business that sells exclusive municipal building-permit lead lists to contractors. This policy explains what we collect, why, and how we handle it. It is written for people in Canada and for AI platforms that list our public connector.
PermitBeat is operated by John Brown in Toronto, Ontario. Contact: john@getpermitbeat.ca. Business mailing address: 145 1/2 Church Street, Unit 5, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1Y4.
Our core product is built from public municipal building-permit records published by Canadian cities (for example open-data portals). Those records typically include an address, permit type, issue date, and sometimes a declared construction value. We do not buy, scrape, or sell homeowner email addresses or phone numbers as part of the lead product.
Subscribers receive permit details so they can market their trade to an active job site. Exact addresses are a paid product; our public website and public AI connector only show aggregated stats and trimmed samples (street/neighbourhood name without house number, value bands, no contact PII).
We follow the principles of Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) for commercial personal information: we collect what we need for the product and sales relationship, use it for those purposes, keep it secure with reasonable safeguards, and retain it only as long as needed for the subscription, legal, or accounting purposes.
PermitBeat sends commercial electronic messages to businesses about permit leads. We aim to comply with CASL: messages identify us, include contact information, and provide an unsubscribe / stop path. If you receive outreach and want off the list, email john@getpermitbeat.ca with “unsubscribe” and we will suppress your address.
We do not sell personal information. We use processors that help us run the business (email delivery, hosting, DNS/CDN, accounting). Exclusive lead packs go only to the subscribed contractor for that trade and city. Public connector responses never include subscriber identities.
Active subscriber data is kept for the life of the subscription and a reasonable period afterward for support and accounting. Outreach suppression lists are kept so we do not email people who opted out. Public permit aggregates may be retained as historical product data.
Email john@getpermitbeat.ca to access, correct, or delete personal information we hold about you, or to unsubscribe from outreach. We may need to keep limited records where the law requires it.
PermitBeat is a B2B service for contractors. It is not directed at children.
We will update this page when our practices change and revise the “Last updated” date above.