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Privacy Notice
How Maple Crest Assurance Office collects, uses, and retains personal data when you use this website or inquire about financial auditing engagements.
Data controller
Maple Crest Assurance Office is the controller for personal data submitted through this website. Contact: hello@serverautomationtools.digital, +81-1-983-1498, 77961 Else Neck, 西一男区, 福岡県, Japan.
Data we collect
When you use our contact or newsletter forms we collect the name, email address, message content, and any optional fields you provide (such as engagement interest or year-end date). Server logs may record IP address, browser type, and pages visited for security and diagnostics.
Purposes
We use this data to respond to engagement inquiries, send seasonal notes you requested, improve site clarity, and meet legal obligations. We do not sell personal data.
Legal bases
Depending on context, we process data to take steps at your request before entering an engagement, to pursue legitimate interests in operating an assurance practice website, or to comply with law. Where consent is required for optional analytics cookies, we request it via the cookie banner.
Retention
Inquiry messages are retained for up to twenty-four months unless a longer period is required for an active or prospective engagement file. Newsletter addresses are kept until you unsubscribe. Server logs are typically rotated within ninety days.
Your rights
Subject to Japanese law and applicable guidance, you may request access, correction, deletion, or restriction of personal data we hold about you, and you may object to certain processing. To exercise rights, email hello@serverautomationtools.digital. You may also lodge a complaint with a competent authority where provided by law.
International transfers
Our practice is based in Japan. If a service provider stores data outside Japan, we take steps appropriate under applicable rules to protect the information, including contractual safeguards where required.
Engagement files
Once you become a client, personal data in working papers is handled under the engagement letter and professional confidentiality duties. This privacy notice covers website and inquiry data; engagement files may have additional retention rules.
Cookies
See our cookies page for detail on essential and analytics cookies.
Updates
We may revise this notice by updating this page. Significant changes will be reflected in the page content and date of publication where practical.