Canada (CA)

Infrastructure

• Location: Toronto, Canada
• URL: ca.onetimesecret.com
• Hosting provider: DigitalOcean
• Custom domain CNAME: identity.ca.onetime.co

Note

We are a Canadian company and are actively looking for a suitable Canadian-owned hosting provider for this region. If you have suggestions, we’d love to hear from you via our feedback form.

Custom Domain DNS

To point a custom domain at this region, create a CNAME record:

Record type	Host	Value
CNAME	secrets.example.com	identity.ca.onetime.co

See the Custom Domain Setup Guide for full instructions.

Regulatory Environment

Canada’s federal privacy legislation, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), governs the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in the course of commercial activity. Several provinces also maintain their own privacy legislation that may apply.

About the hosting provider

This region is hosted by DigitalOcean, a US-based cloud provider headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, serving millions of developers globally. DigitalOcean complies with GDPR for European customers, supports data portability, and publishes transparency reports detailing government data requests. The company implements robust security controls and publishes audit reports.

Key regulatory aspects

• PIPEDA requires meaningful consent for data collection and use
• The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada oversees compliance
• Canada holds an adequacy decision from the European Commission, facilitating data transfers with the EU
• Provincial laws (e.g., Alberta’s PIPA, Quebec’s Law 25) may impose additional requirements

When to Consider This Region

• Your organization or users are primarily based in Canada
• You need to comply with PIPEDA or provincial privacy legislation
• You want data residency within Canadian borders
• You serve customers in North America and want a geographically central option