Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Mao Studio Plus, operating through Mao Studio Plus Inc. (we, our, or us), is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who visit our website at https://www.maostudio.mom, engage with our computer systems design and related services, or otherwise interact with our organization. This Privacy Policy explains in detail how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, store, and safeguard your personal information.

Mao Studio Plus Inc. is a Canadian corporation headquartered at 38 Ainsdale Road, Toronto, ON M1R 3Y8, Canada. We provide professional services in Computer Systems Design and Related Services, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, and Computer Integrated Systems Design. By accessing our website or utilizing our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, you should discontinue use of our website and services immediately.

This policy is designed to comply with applicable data protection legislation, including but not limited to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) of Canada, and to the extent applicable, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We take our obligations under these frameworks seriously and continuously review our data handling practices to ensure compliance with evolving legal standards.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

When you interact with Mao Studio Plus Inc., we may collect the following categories of personal information that you voluntarily provide to us:

• Contact Information: Your full name, email address, telephone number, company name, job title, and physical mailing address. This information is typically collected when you fill out our contact form, request a consultation, subscribe to communications, or correspond with us via email or phone.
• Professional Information: Details about your organization, industry sector, project requirements, technical infrastructure, business goals, budget parameters, and timelines. This information helps us assess your needs and deliver appropriate computer systems design and consulting services.
• Communication Records: The content of messages, emails, phone conversations, meeting notes, support tickets, and any other communications between you and our team. We may keep records of these interactions for quality assurance, training, and service improvement purposes.
• Transaction and Billing Data: Information related to the services you have engaged us for, including service agreements, statements of work, invoices, payment records, and financial transaction details. Note that we do not store full credit card numbers or banking credentials on our own systems; payment processing is handled by third-party payment processors who adhere to PCI-DSS standards.
• Account Credentials: If we provide you with access to a client portal, project management platform, or any other secured area of our digital infrastructure, we collect and store your login credentials, which may include username and an encrypted form of your password.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website at https://www.maostudio.mom, certain information is collected automatically through standard internet protocols and technologies:

• Device and Browser Information: Your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type and model, screen resolution, language preferences, and referring website addresses. This technical data helps us optimize our website for different platforms and diagnose technical issues.
• Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on each page, navigation paths through the site, links clicked, files downloaded, search queries entered, and interaction patterns with page elements. This information enables us to understand how visitors engage with our content and identify areas for improvement.
• Geolocation Data: Approximate geographic location derived from your IP address, including country, region, city, and postal code. We use this information to analyze our audience demographics and ensure regional compliance with applicable laws.
• Server Logs: Timestamped records of requests made to our web servers, including HTTP status codes, data transfer volumes, and error logs. Server logs are essential for monitoring system health, detecting security incidents, and conducting forensic analysis when necessary.
• Performance and Diagnostic Data: Page load times, JavaScript errors, resource loading failures, and other technical metrics that help us maintain website reliability and performance.

2.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third-party sources in the course of our business operations:

• Business Partners and Referral Sources: Contact information and company details shared by our partners, industry associations, or mutual connections when they refer you to our services.
• Publicly Available Sources: Professional profiles from platforms such as LinkedIn, corporate websites, industry directories, and public business registries that are relevant to our service delivery and business development activities.
• Analytics and Marketing Platforms: Aggregated and anonymized demographic and behavioral data from analytics providers that help us understand market trends and audience characteristics.
• Compliance and Verification Services: Information from identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanctions screening services used to fulfill our legal and regulatory obligations, particularly when engaging with enterprise clients.

3. How We Use Your Information

3.1 Primary Purposes

Mao Studio Plus Inc. uses the personal information we collect for the following primary business purposes:

• Service Delivery: To provide, operate, and maintain our computer systems design, integrated systems engineering, cloud architecture, cybersecurity consulting, data engineering, and technology advisory services. This includes communicating with you about project milestones, deliverables, technical specifications, and ongoing support requirements.
• Client Communication: To respond to your inquiries, provide quotes and proposals, schedule consultations and meetings, send service-related notifications, updates, and administrative messages, and otherwise facilitate the client relationship.
• Contractual Obligations: To fulfill our obligations under service agreements, statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, and any other contracts entered into between you and Mao Studio Plus Inc. This includes processing payments, issuing invoices, and managing billing accounts.
• Personalization: To tailor our website content, service recommendations, and communications based on your industry sector, technology requirements, and expressed interests, ensuring that the information we provide is relevant and valuable to you.

3.2 Secondary Purposes

In addition to the primary purposes described above, we may also use your information for:

• Business Development: To identify potential opportunities for expanding our service relationship, conduct market research, and develop new service offerings that address emerging needs in the computer systems design industry.
• Marketing Communications: To send you newsletters, white papers, case studies, event invitations, and other informational content about our services, industry trends, and company news. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe link in each email or by contacting us directly at service@maostudio.mom.
• Analytics and Improvement: To analyze usage patterns, measure the effectiveness of our website and marketing campaigns, conduct A/B testing, and continuously improve the quality, functionality, and user experience of our digital properties and services.
• Legal and Regulatory Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and governmental requests; to enforce our terms of service and other agreements; to protect the rights, property, and safety of Mao Studio Plus Inc., our clients, employees, and the public; and to detect, prevent, and address fraud, security breaches, and technical issues.
• Corporate Transactions: In connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, financing, or bankruptcy proceeding, your personal information may be transferred to a successor entity as part of the business assets, subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

3.3 Legal Basis for Processing

For individuals located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the specific context in which we collect it. We generally rely on the following lawful bases:

• Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests or those of a third party, provided those interests are not overridden by your data protection rights. Our legitimate interests include delivering and improving our services, conducting business development, and ensuring the security of our systems.
• Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose, such as receiving marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.
• Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, such as tax reporting, regulatory filings, or responding to lawful requests from public authorities.

4. How We Share Your Information

Mao Studio Plus Inc. does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. We share information only as described below and in accordance with applicable data protection laws:

4.1 Service Providers and Vendors

We engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf and facilitate our services. These service providers have access to your personal information only to the extent necessary to perform their designated functions and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your data. Categories of service providers include:

• Cloud Infrastructure Providers: Companies that host our websites, applications, databases, and development environments on their cloud platforms, including major providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Communication and Collaboration Tools: Email service providers, video conferencing platforms, instant messaging systems, and project management software that we use to communicate with clients and coordinate project delivery.
• Payment Processors: Third-party payment gateways that process credit card transactions, wire transfers, and other payment methods on our behalf. These processors are required to comply with PCI-DSS standards.
• Analytics and Marketing Services: Providers of website analytics, marketing automation, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and email delivery services that help us understand our audience and communicate effectively.
• Professional Advisors: Our legal counsel, accountants, auditors, and insurance providers who may need to review certain information in the course of providing professional services to Mao Studio Plus Inc.

4.2 Business Partners and Subcontractors

In the course of delivering integrated systems design and technology consulting services, we may collaborate with specialized subcontractors or technology partners who contribute specific expertise to client projects. When we engage such partners, we share only the minimum information necessary to coordinate project activities, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality and data protection standards consistent with this Privacy Policy.

4.3 Legal and Safety Disclosures

We may disclose your personal information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation, court order, subpoena, or governmental request;
• Protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Mao Studio Plus Inc., our employees, our clients, or the public;
• Detect, prevent, investigate, or take action regarding suspected fraud, security breaches, illegal activities, or violations of our terms of service;
• Enforce our contractual rights or pursue available legal remedies.

4.4 Corporate Reorganization

In the event of a merger, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, personal information held by Mao Studio Plus Inc. may be among the assets transferred to the acquiring or successor entity. We will use reasonable efforts to ensure that the recipient agrees to honor the commitments in this Privacy Policy and to provide notice before your personal information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

4.5 With Your Consent

We may share your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent or at your direction. For example, if you ask us to share project deliverables or technical documentation with a third party you designate, we will do so based on your instructions.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

5.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide reporting information, and enhance user experience. Cookies may be session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them).

5.2 Types of Cookies We Use

Our website at https://www.maostudio.mom uses the following categories of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they are typically set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences or filling out forms.
• Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and whether users encounter error messages. The information collected is aggregated and anonymized, and it helps us improve how our website works. We may use Google Analytics and similar services for this purpose.
• Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your language preference or the region you are in, and provide enhanced, more personalized features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
• Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not directly store personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. Currently, our website does not engage in behaviorally targeted advertising and does not serve third-party ad networks.

5.3 Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can typically configure your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, block all cookies, block third-party cookies, or clear existing cookies. The following links provide cookie management instructions for common browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings, Privacy and Security, Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Options, Privacy and Security, Cookies and Site Data
• Apple Safari: Preferences, Privacy, Cookies and website data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings, Cookies and site permissions, Manage and delete cookies and site data

Please note that disabling certain categories of cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your ability to use some features. Essential cookies cannot be disabled through our cookie preference center as they are required for the website to operate securely.

5.4 Other Tracking Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs), which are tiny graphic images embedded in web pages and email messages. Web beacons help us determine whether a page has been viewed or an email has been opened, and they work in conjunction with cookies to provide analytics about website usage. We may also use local storage objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 web storage to store content information and preferences on your device.

6. Data Security

Mao Studio Plus Inc. takes the security of your personal information seriously and implements a comprehensive set of administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, loss, or destruction.

6.1 Technical Safeguards

• Encryption of data in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocols across all web communications, email transmissions, and API endpoints;
• Encryption of sensitive data at rest using AES-256 encryption standards for databases, file systems, and backup storage;
• Network security controls including enterprise-grade firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection, and regular vulnerability scanning;
• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) required for access to all production systems, administrative interfaces, and client data repositories;
• Secure coding practices including regular code reviews, static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), and dependency vulnerability scanning;
• Continuous monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect and respond to security anomalies in real time.

6.2 Administrative Safeguards

• Role-based access control (RBAC) enforcing the principle of least privilege, where employees and contractors are granted only the minimum access necessary to perform their job functions;
• Regular security awareness training for all personnel covering topics such as phishing detection, password hygiene, social engineering, and data handling best practices;
• Comprehensive background checks conducted on all employees and contractors prior to engagement;
• Formal incident response procedures, including breach notification protocols that comply with PIPEDA, GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable regulatory requirements;
• Regular internal and external security audits, penetration testing, and risk assessments conducted by qualified cybersecurity professionals;
• Vendor risk management program that evaluates the security posture of all third-party service providers before they are granted access to our systems or data.

6.3 Physical Safeguards

• Restricted physical access to office facilities and server rooms through electronic badge systems, biometric controls, and visitor management procedures;
• Video surveillance and alarm systems at all physical locations where sensitive data may be accessed or stored;
• Secure destruction procedures for physical documents and decommissioned storage media containing personal information;
• Environmental controls including fire suppression, climate monitoring, and uninterruptible power supplies for critical infrastructure.

6.4 No Absolute Guarantee

While we implement industry-standard and commercially reasonable safeguards, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. The security of your information also depends on you. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any credentials we issue to you and for restricting access to your devices. We cannot guarantee absolute security, and we urge you to take appropriate precautions to protect your personal information when using the internet. In the unlikely event of a data breach involving your personal information, we will notify you and relevant regulatory authorities as required by applicable law.

7. Data Retention

Mao Studio Plus Inc. retains personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting obligations.

The specific retention period for each category of data depends on the following criteria:

• Nature and Sensitivity: More sensitive categories of personal information are subject to shorter retention periods or more stringent access controls during the retention window;
• Purpose of Collection: Data is retained only as long as it serves the original purpose for which it was collected, or a compatible secondary purpose that was disclosed to you;
• Legal Obligations: Certain records must be retained for minimum periods prescribed by law. For example, financial transaction records related to our professional services are typically retained for seven years in accordance with Canadian tax and corporate regulations;
• Contractual Requirements: Client project data, technical documentation, and deliverables may need to be retained for the duration of a service agreement plus any post-termination warranty or support period;
• Dispute Resolution: Information relevant to potential or ongoing legal claims, regulatory investigations, or enforcement of our agreements may be retained until the matter is fully resolved.

When personal information is no longer needed, we securely delete, destroy, or anonymize it using methods appropriate to the data type and sensitivity level. For electronic records, we use secure deletion utilities that overwrite data multiple times or cryptographic erasure techniques. For physical records, we use cross-cut shredding and certified disposal services.

8. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

8.1 Access and Portability

You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to obtain a copy of that information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. This enables you to verify the lawfulness of our processing and to reuse your data across different services. We will respond to access requests within the timeframes prescribed by applicable law, typically within 30 calendar days.

8.2 Rectification

You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you. We encourage you to notify us promptly of any changes to your personal details so that we can maintain accurate records. We will take reasonable steps to verify the accuracy of the corrected information before making changes to our systems.

8.3 Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten)

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, when you withdraw consent and there is no other legal basis for processing, or when the data has been unlawfully processed. This right is not absolute; we may retain information where required by law or where retention is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

8.4 Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under specific conditions, including when you contest the accuracy of the data, when the processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure, when we no longer need the data but you require it for legal claims, or when you have objected to processing pending verification of our legitimate grounds.

8.5 Objection to Processing

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information where we are relying on our legitimate interests as the legal basis. If you object, we must demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or that the processing is necessary for legal claims. You also have an absolute right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time.

8.6 Withdrawal of Consent

Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. To withdraw consent, please contact us using the details provided in the Contact Us section below.

8.7 Automated Decision-Making

Mao Studio Plus Inc. does not engage in automated individual decision-making, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. If this changes in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide you with notice and the opportunity to opt out where required by law.

8.8 Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of the rights described above, please submit a verifiable request to us at service@maostudio.mom or by mail to our office at 38 Ainsdale Road, Toronto, ON M1R 3Y8, Canada. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request, which may involve asking you to provide additional information that matches the records we hold. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable data protection laws. If we are unable to fulfill your request, we will provide you with an explanation of the reasons.

If you are located in the EEA or the UK and believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country of residence. If you are located in Canada, you may direct complaints to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

9. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately at service@maostudio.mom. Upon verification, we will take prompt steps to delete such information from our records and terminate any associated accounts.

If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child under the applicable age of digital consent in their jurisdiction without verified parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers as quickly as possible. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children's online activities and to instruct them never to provide personal information on websites without permission.

10. International Data Transfers

Mao Studio Plus Inc. is headquartered in Canada, and the personal information we collect may be transferred to, stored, and processed in Canada or in other countries where our service providers and cloud infrastructure are located, including the United States and member states of the European Union. These jurisdictions may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country of residence.

When we transfer personal information across international borders, we implement appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data receives an adequate level of protection as required by applicable data protection laws. These safeguards may include:

• Adequacy Decisions: Transferring data to countries that have been recognized by relevant regulatory authorities as providing an adequate level of data protection. Canada has been granted an adequacy decision by the European Commission under the GDPR for commercial organizations subject to PIPEDA.
• Standard Contractual Clauses: Entering into European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) with data recipients in countries that have not received an adequacy decision, supplemented with additional technical and organizational measures where necessary.
• Binding Corporate Rules: In the case of transfers within our own corporate group or with affiliated entities, implementing binding corporate rules that ensure consistent data protection standards.
• Certified Mechanisms: Relying on certified data protection frameworks, such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, where applicable to our service providers.

By using our website or services, you understand that your personal information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy. You may contact us at service@maostudio.mom for further information about the specific safeguards applied to the transfer of your personal data.

11. Third-Party Links and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications that are not owned or controlled by Mao Studio Plus Inc. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices or content.

When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit. The inclusion of links on our website does not imply endorsement of the linked site or its privacy practices. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Mao Studio Plus Inc. through our website, communications, and services.

12. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), provides you with specific rights regarding your personal information. This section describes those rights and how to exercise them.

12.1 Categories of Personal Information Collected

In the preceding 12 months, Mao Studio Plus Inc. has collected the following categories of personal information as defined under the CCPA: identifiers (such as name, email address, IP address), commercial information (such as transaction records and service interests), internet or electronic network activity information (such as browsing history and interaction data), geolocation data (derived from IP address), and professional or employment-related information. We collect this information from the sources described in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy and for the business purposes described in Section 3.

12.2 No Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

Mao Studio Plus Inc. does not sell personal information as the term sell is defined under the CCPA, and we have not sold personal information in the preceding 12 months. We also do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes.

12.3 Your CCPA Rights

As a California resident, you have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell; the right to request deletion of your personal information; the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information; the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information (which we do not engage in); and the right to non-discrimination for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

12.4 Exercising Your CCPA Rights

To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at service@maostudio.mom or call +1 (951) 720-6215. We will verify your identity before processing your request, which may require you to provide information that matches records we already hold. You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, provided the agent can demonstrate written authorization from you. We will respond to verifiable requests within 45 calendar days, with the possibility of a 45-day extension where reasonably necessary.

13. GDPR and EEA/UK Rights

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK GDPR respectively grant you certain rights regarding your personal data. Mao Studio Plus Inc. acts as a data controller with respect to the personal information we collect through our website and in the course of our professional services.

In addition to the rights described in Section 8 of this Privacy Policy, EEA and UK residents have the following specific rights under GDPR:

• The right to receive transparent information about how we process your personal data, as provided in this policy;
• The right to obtain human intervention in automated decision-making processes, though as noted above we do not currently engage in such processing;
• The right to data portability to transfer your personal data between service providers in a secure and commonly used format;
• The right to be informed without undue delay of any personal data breach that is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms.

Our designated representative for GDPR purposes can be contacted at service@maostudio.mom. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your EU member state of residence, or with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you reside in the United Kingdom.

14. Canadian Privacy Rights (PIPEDA)

As a Canadian corporation, Mao Studio Plus Inc. is subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy legislation. Under PIPEDA, you have the right to know why we collect, use, and disclose your personal information; to expect us to collect, use, and disclose your personal information reasonably and appropriately; to access your personal information and challenge its accuracy and completeness; to expect us to protect your personal information with appropriate safeguards; and to withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions.

Our Privacy Officer is responsible for ensuring compliance with PIPEDA and this Privacy Policy. If you have questions or concerns about our privacy practices, or wish to submit an access request or complaint, please contact our Privacy Officer at service@maostudio.mom. We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint and investigate the matter promptly. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at 1-800-282-1376 or through their website.

15. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers offer a Do Not Track (DNT) setting that sends a signal to websites requesting that they do not track your online activities. At present, there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. Consequently, our website does not currently respond to or honor DNT browser settings. We continue to monitor developments in this area and will update our practices as industry standards and legal requirements evolve.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Mao Studio Plus Inc. reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our data processing practices, legal requirements, or operational needs. When we make changes, we will revise the effective date at the top of this policy and post the updated version on our website at https://www.maostudio.mom/privacy.html.

For material changes that significantly affect how we handle your personal information, we will provide more prominent notice, which may include sending an email notification to clients who have provided their email address, posting a notice on our website homepage, or requesting renewed consent where required by law. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your personal information. Your continued use of our website and services after the effective date of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

17. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please do not hesitate to contact us using the information below. We value transparency and are committed to addressing your privacy inquiries promptly and thoroughly.

You can reach our Privacy Officer and our general support team through the following channels: