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Canada's personal data observatory · Phase 1 Pilot

LEON
BARKS
FOR YOU.

A tool that shows you which companies own your apps, where your data is stored, and what your personal risk profile looks like. Take a ten-minute check-in. Get a plain-language report. Help build a national picture of who controls Canada's data.

LEON says

"Tell me which apps you use. I'll tell you who owns them, where they live, and what that means for you."

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LEON, your digital watchdog

LEON has reviewed the situation

// Canada · A structural pattern

WE EXPORT
THE RAW.
THEY KEEP
THE VALUE.

Canada has exported raw resources for four centuries. Fur. Timber. Wheat. Oil. The pattern is consistent: the raw material leaves, the processing happens elsewhere, and the refined value returns to us as something we pay for.

Data is the newest version of that pattern. Canadians generate enormous quantities of behavioural and attention data every day. It flows to US infrastructure, gets processed by US platforms, generates value for US shareholders, and returns to Canada as a finished product we subscribe to.

Raw resource

Bitumen

→

Value captured by

US refineries

Raw resource

LNG

→

Value captured by

Foreign energy corps

Raw resource

Timber

→

Value captured by

US mills & manufacturers

Raw resource

Canadian attention & behavioural data

→

Value captured by

US cloud & platform companies

What LEON does differently

LEON doesn't stop the extraction, it makes it visible. Visibility is the precondition for every other form of governance. You cannot regulate what you cannot measure. You cannot measure what no one is counting.

What Is LEON

NOT TRACKING YOU.
MAPPING YOUR ECOSYSTEM.

LEON stands for Local Environment Observability Node. It is a quarterly check-in tool that gives you a plain-language picture of your personal data environment: who owns your apps, which cloud provider hosts them, which country that places them in, and what your overall risk profile looks like.

LEON doesn't monitor your behaviour, read your messages, or access your accounts. It asks a structured question, which apps do you use?, cross-references ownership, cloud provider, jurisdiction, and SDK footprint from a public database, and returns a clear exposure score.

With your explicit consent, your anonymized structural profile joins a national map. Your participation becomes policy-relevant intelligence about who actually controls Canada's data economy. The dog barks. You find out what's in the yard.

How It Works

FOUR STEPS.
PLAIN LANGUAGE.

LEON is a structured self-reporting instrument. No account access, no permissions, no behavioural tracking. Structural metadata only, always in service of the individual.

01 · Select

Which apps do you use?

A structured checklist, social, productivity, finance, health, communication. Takes three minutes. No login required.

02 · Scan

LEON looks them up.

Cross-references ownership, cloud provider, jurisdiction, and SDK footprint (the third-party code libraries embedded in each app) from our open public database. No packet inspection.

03 · Report

Your exposure score.

Cloud concentration, jurisdiction risk, and portability readiness (whether you could move your data to a different provider if you needed to), all in plain language. LEON suggests alternatives where available.

04 · Contribute

Opt in to the commons.

With explicit consent, your anonymized profile joins the national map. Withdrawal is immediate and complete. Always.

LEON's Moods

WHAT YOUR SCORE
MEANS TO LEON.

Your exposure score determines LEON's mood. He takes this personally.

LEON happy All Clear

LEON is thrilled.

Low concentration, local providers, strong portability. You've made good choices. LEON approves.

LEON wise Worth Watching

LEON is thinking.

Some concentration, moderate jurisdiction risk. Nothing critical, but LEON's keeping an eye on it.

LEON serious Pay Attention

LEON is alert.

High US cloud concentration or weak portability. LEON has suggestions. You should probably listen.

LEON sad Significant Risk

LEON is concerned.

Your data environment needs attention. LEON found things. Some of them are not great. Let's fix this.

Join the Pilot

BE FIRST.
GET YOUR SCORE
WHEN WE LAUNCH.

LEON launches in 2026 with a pilot cohort of Canadians who want to see what's actually happening in their data environment. Join the list and you'll be among the first to get your exposure report.

We'll send you one email when LEON is ready for you. That's it.

No newsletter. One email when LEON is ready. Your email is never shared, sold, or used for anything else. Unsubscribe any time, one click, immediate. Pilot access is free. Always.

Free forever · How

CCC covers its costs through optional premium reports and institutional data contracts. The quarterly check-in, your exposure score, and the national findings report are permanently free, written into our bylaws. Your data is never sold.

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LEON is happy

LEON IS PLEASED.

You're on the list. We'll be in touch when LEON is ready for you, check your inbox for a confirmation.

FAQ

QUESTIONS
WE GET.

Does LEON monitor my device?
No. LEON is a structured self-reporting tool. You select your apps from a list. LEON looks them up in a public database. Nothing is installed on your device. No permissions are requested. No behaviour is tracked.
What does LEON actually measure?
Structural metadata only: who owns the apps you use, which cloud provider hosts them, which jurisdiction that places them in, and what SDK dependencies they carry. This tells you about concentration and sovereignty risk, not what you do with those apps.
What happens to my data if I opt into the commons?
Your anonymized structural profile joins an aggregate national map. Your name, email, and identity are never attached to the aggregate data. The national findings are published open-access. You can withdraw at any time and your data is purged, not archived.
Is LEON free?
Yes. LEON is a public-interest tool built by a Canadian nonprofit. It is free to use, free to access, and will remain free. The annual report is published open-access with no paywall.
Who is behind LEON?
Cloud Commons Canada, a federally incorporated Canadian nonprofit (Corp # 1680382-2). Three-person founding board. No investors, no equity structure, no exit path. The mission is the structure. See full governance →
When does LEON launch?
Pilot cohort launching mid-2026. First national check-in Q3 2026. First annual report Q4 2026. Join the pilot list above to be among the first to access LEON when it launches.
Who uses LEON's national findings?
The national aggregate data is published open-access, available to anyone. It is specifically designed to serve policy researchers, regulators, journalists, and institutions advancing Canadian economic sovereignty. These findings provide the ground-level empirical layer that makes sovereignty policy frameworks measurable and evidence-based: a foundation for governance that currently does not exist at national scale.