Privacy Policy

At Maison Art Photo, we are committed to protecting your privacy and personal information in accordance with Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25) and other applicable privacy laws. This privacy policy explains how Maison Art Photo collects, uses, protects, and retains the personal information of its website visitors and clients. By using and accessing this website, and by submitting your information through our contact form, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and explicitly consented to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept this policy, please do not use our website or provide your personal information.

Our Commitment to Your Privacy
We prioritize the protection of your privacy. This policy details our practices regarding the collection, use, and protection of your personal information. We are committed to transparency and accountability in all our data handling practices.

Personal Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our website or contact us via our dedicated contact form. This information may include, but is not limited to:
Contact Information: Your name, email address, home address, and phone number.
Service-Related Information: Any additional information you provide in the contact form relevant to the service you are requesting or your inquiry.
We only collect information that is necessary for the purposes for which it is collected, and we inform you of these purposes at the time of collection.

Anonymous Information and Technological Collection
When you visit our website, our servers may automatically record standard data provided by your web browser. This information, typically anonymous, may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, other details about your visit, and technical details related to errors you may encounter.
We do not use technologies such as cookies to identify, locate, or profile you for advertising or other purposes without your explicit consent. If any such technology were to be used in the future to collect personal information, we would obtain your specific consent beforehand, and you would be informed of its use and the means available to activate or deactivate it.

How to Manage Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We use basic, essential cookies necessary for the functioning of our website. For any non-essential cookies or similar technologies that might collect your personal information, these will be disabled by default, and we will seek your explicit consent before enabling them. You will be provided with clear options to manage your cookie preferences.
To manage your browser’s cookie settings or disable cookies generally, you can follow the instructions provided by your specific browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari). Please note that disabling certain essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

Use of Personal Information
We may use your personal information for the following specific purposes, for which we obtain your manifest, free, and informed consent:
To provide and maintain our Services: This includes responding to your inquiries and processing your requests for our services submitted via the contact form.
To contact you: To respond to your specific inquiries, provide information related to your service request, or send important updates.
To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about our services: We will only send you promotional communications if you have explicitly consented to receive them. You will always have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
For other purposes: We may use your information for data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our communications, and to evaluate and improve our services and your experience. Such use will be for serious and legitimate purposes and, where required, with your renewed consent.

Retention of Personal Information
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to achieve the specific purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Once the purposes for which the information was collected or used are achieved, we will destroy or anonymize the information securely, according to generally accepted best practices. Any information used to make a decision about you will be retained for at least one year following the decision to allow you to exercise your rights.

Security of Your Personal Information
When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain such information, we will implement and maintain commercially acceptable means and robust security measures to protect it from loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. While we do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we inform you that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and absolute data security cannot be guaranteed.
In the event of a confidentiality incident (any unauthorized access, use, disclosure, loss, or other breach in the protection of personal information) that presents a risk of serious injury, we will promptly notify the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec (CAI) and affected individuals, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We will also maintain a register of all confidentiality incidents.

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Information
In accordance with Quebec’s Law 25, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Right to be informed: You have the right to know how your personal data will be collected, used, and shared.
Right of access: You can request access to your personal information held by Maison Art Photo.
Right of rectification: You can request that inaccurate, incomplete, or ambiguous personal information be corrected.
Right of de-indexation (right to be forgotten): You can request that your personal information be de-indexed from any technological means used by our organization or that any hyperlink giving access to your information be removed, if the dissemination of that information causes you prejudice or contravenes the law.
Right to withdraw consent: You can withdraw your consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information at any time, subject to contractual or legal obligations.
Right to data portability: You have the right to obtain your computerized personal information (e.g., information you provided in our contact form) in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit it to yourself or another organization.
Right to object to automated decision-making: If your personal information is used to render a decision based exclusively on automated processing, you have the right to be informed of the personal information used, the reasons and principal factors and parameters that led to the decision, and to request human intervention in the review of that decision. (Note: Our simple contact form does not typically involve automated decision-making, but this right is included for comprehensive disclosure as per Law 25).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Copyright © Maison Art Photo All rights reserved.
You may not copy, sell, resell, duplicate, reproduce, distribute, transmit, or exploit any portion of this website or any content on the website through which the service is provided in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior express written permission by Maison Art Photo.

Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” We encourage you to consult our Privacy Policy regularly to be informed of any possible changes. Your continued use of our website or services after any changes signifies your acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact for Information
For any questions about our Privacy Policy, how we handle your personal information, or to exercise your rights, please contact us:
Maison Art Photo
Email Address: maisonartphotos@gmail.com



Effective Date: June 18, 2025

Copyright Usage Terms

Ownership of Copyright and Grant of License

Maison Art Photo (hereinafter the “Photographer”) retains full intellectual property rights and exclusive copyright over all photographic images, video footage, and visual content (hereinafter the “Media”) produced for its clients and related to properties.
The Photographer hereby grants the client (hereinafter the “Licensee”) a non-exclusive and limited use license for the said Media, subject to the conditions set forth below.

Conditions of Authorized Photo Use
The Licensee is authorized to use the Media specifically for the promotion and marketing of the property concerned on the following platforms and for the following uses:

Centris.ca
Realtor.ca
The website of the real estate agency of which the Licensee is a member.
The Licensee’s social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.), exclusively for posts related to the promotion of this specific property.
Printed brochures, flyers, and other physical marketing materials dedicated to the sale of that same property.

This license is valid exclusively for the duration of the active listing of this specific property on the market. Once the property is sold, withdrawn from the market, or the listing expires, the Licensee’s use of these Media must cease.

Restrictions and Important Clauses
The Licensee is formally prohibited from:

Selling, assigning, transferring, sublicensing, or distributing the Media to third parties, including, but not limited to, potential buyers, other brokers, or third parties not involved in the initial sale of the property.

Modifying, altering, or manipulating the Media in any way without the prior written consent of the Photographer (this includes excessive cropping, applying filters, or any substantial modification).

Using the Media for any other property, for the Licensee’s general promotional purposes not directly related to the sale of this specific property, or for commercial purposes other than those expressly authorized above.

Claiming copyright ownership of the Media.

In the event of non-compliance with these conditions, the Photographer reserves the right to immediately revoke this license and initiate any appropriate legal action for copyright infringement.

Maison Art Photo
maisonartphotos@gmail.com