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Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 23, 2026

MapleLine Ventures ("we", "us", "our") operates playbook.maplelineventures.com. This page explains how we handle your information.

Responsable de la protection des renseignements personnels

MapleLine Ventures is responsible for the protection of personal information collected through our services. Contact: support@maplelineventures.com

Information We Collect

When you purchase our ebook, we collect:

  • Email address (provided through Stripe Checkout to deliver your purchase and for order-related communications)
  • Payment information, processed securely by Stripe. We never store your credit card details on our servers.
  • Transaction ID (to verify purchases and provide download access)
  • Page view analytics (anonymous, with your consent)

How We Use Your Information

  • Process and deliver your purchase
  • Personalize your PDF with a licensed watermark
  • Send product updates (with your consent)
  • Improve our services through anonymous analytics
  • Provide customer support

Legal Basis for Processing

  • Consent: analytics, product update emails
  • Contract performance: purchases and delivery
  • Legitimate interest: fraud prevention

Third-Party Services

We use Stripe to process payments. Their privacy policy is at stripe.com/privacy.

We use a self-hosted analytics tracker to count anonymous page views. The tracker is hosted on our own servers.

We do not sell, trade, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

PDF Watermarking

Each purchased PDF is watermarked with the buyer's email address and transaction ID for anti-piracy purposes. This information is embedded in the document metadata and displayed as a subtle watermark on each page.

Data Retention

  • Transaction records: retained as required by tax law (minimum 6 years).
  • Newsletter subscriptions: retained until you unsubscribe.
  • Analytics: anonymized, no personal data retained.

Your Rights (Loi 25 du Quebec)

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right to access your personal data
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to deletion (subject to legal retention requirements)
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, contact support@maplelineventures.com. We will respond within 30 days.

Incident Notification

In the event of a privacy incident involving a serious risk of harm, we will notify the Commission d'acces a l'information du Quebec and affected individuals.

Cookies and Tracking

We use a self-hosted analytics tracker to count page views. No third-party tracking cookies are used. Analytics data is collected only with your consent via the cookie banner.

Contact

support@maplelineventures.com

MapleLine Ventures
1235 Notre-Dame St W, Unit #182
Montreal, QC H3C 0B1

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