Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers Platform Infrastructure & Data Residency

The Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers (CARS) is a national industry association representing companies that provide products and services to Canada’s freight rail and transit sectors. Its membership includes businesses of all sizes involved in areas such as rail equipment, components, infrastructure, engineering, technology, and related services, with member companies located across Canada and serving both domestic and international markets. CARS also acts as a link between the rail supply industry, government, and other stakeholders on issues affecting the sector. CARS uses Members Village as its Canadian-built association management software to support member information and association activities. The information below provides a general overview of the platform’s infrastructure, data hosting, privacy-supporting features, and security practices. It does not replace CARS’ own privacy policies, membership terms, program requirements, payment terms, or other notices that may apply to memberships, events, communications, services, or transactions.

Core Infrastructure

Infrastructure operations adhere to the following protocols:

1. Data Residency:
   Primary databases, container clusters, and automated snapshots reside exclusively in Canadian data centers (Toronto, ON).
2. Network & Storage Encryption:
   Enforced HTTPS (TLS 1.3/1.2) in transit; AES-256 data encryption at rest.
3. Access Controls:
   Zero-trust architecture with MFA and SSH key authentication restricted to authorized system engineers.

Third-Party Integrations: Where Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers enables specialized external tools (e.g. embedded video streaming), data processed by those specific tools is subject to their agreements.

Governance & Inquiries

• For Member Records & Policy Requests:
  To update credentials, adjust communication preferences, or submit a formal data access inquiry, contact the Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers Office directly.
• For Infrastructure & Platform Support:
  Operational incident logs and system architecture inquiries are coordinated between Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers administration and the technical team at Members Village.