Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 2026 · Majdi Ibrahim, CPA Professional Corporation
This Privacy Policy constitutes a legally binding instrument governing the collection, processing, storage, disclosure, and destruction of personal information by Majdi Ibrahim, CPA Professional Corporation in connection with its digital properties and professional service engagements.
Identity of the Data Controller
Majdi Ibrahim, CPA Professional Corporation (referred to as "the Corporation," "we," "us," or "our") operates as a professional corporation established under Ontario law and regulated by CPA Ontario under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario Act, 2017. The Corporation maintains digital properties at treehousecpa.com and associated domains (the "Platform"). Privacy inquiries, access requests, corrections, and compliance complaints should be directed to the Privacy Officer at the contact information provided below.
Categories of Personal Information Collected
- Full legal name and contact details (email, phone)
- Business entity name and jurisdiction
- Financial, taxation, and accounting information shared via forms
- Any additional information submitted through Platform interfaces
- IP address and geographic inference data
- Device identifiers, browser type, operating system details
- URL referral data and navigation pathways
- Session duration and page engagement metrics
- Cursor trajectory, click interaction events, and scroll-depth data
- Cookie identifiers and tracking technology data
Purposes of Collection, Use, and Disclosure
Personal information is collected for purposes a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances, and exclusively as required or permitted by applicable law:
- Responding to and processing engagement inquiries and service requests
- Establishing and fulfilling professional service engagements
- Measuring Platform performance through aggregated analytics
- Attribution measurement of paid digital advertising campaigns
- Compliance with CPA Ontario rules and federal/provincial legislation
- Enforcement of contractual and legal rights
The Corporation does not employ personal information for purposes of automated decision-making, algorithmic profiling, or any processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects upon data subjects without their explicit prior written consent.
Third-Party Data Processors and Subprocessor Relationships
The Corporation engages third-party service providers subject to contractual privacy protections:
Data subjects may opt out of Google advertising at adssettings.google.com and Microsoft Clarity at clarity.microsoft.com/optout.
Deployment of Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The Platform deploys persistent and session-based HTTP cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and analogous tracking technologies classified as:
- Strictly Necessary Technologies: Essential for Platform delivery and security
- Analytics and Performance Technologies: Google LLC and Microsoft Corporation services for engagement analysis
- Advertising and Attribution Technologies: Google LLC services for conversion tracking and audience management
Users may configure browsers to refuse or delete cookies, though this may impair functionality. Canadian residents' consent requirements are governed by PIPEDA and Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL); however, users retain withdrawal rights through browser controls.
Security Safeguards and Data Integrity
The Corporation implements administrative, technical, and physical safeguards proportionate to the sensitivity of personal information held, consistent with the professional confidentiality obligations imposed by CPA Ontario's Rules of Professional Conduct. Contact form data is transmitted via TLS encryption and not maintained beyond retention periods outlined in Section 7. The Corporation does not sell, license, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer personal information to unaffiliated third parties for commercial marketing purposes, except as expressly disclosed herein or as required by applicable law. The Corporation disclaims liability for unauthorized access or data destruction beyond its reasonable control.
Retention and Destruction of Personal Information
Personal information is retained per the Income Tax Act (Canada) — generally not less than six taxation years from year-end — and in accordance with CPA Ontario standards.
Information from non-engaged prospects is retained for a period not exceeding twenty-four (24) months from the date of initial submission, following which such information shall be securely destroyed.
Data subjects may request deletion or de-identification by written request to the Privacy Officer. The Corporation will honor such requests to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject to any statutory, regulatory, or professional retention obligations.
Rights of Data Subjects Under Applicable Legislation
Under PIPEDA and provincial legislation, data subjects possess these rights:
- The right to be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of personal information held by the Corporation
- Right to access personal information in intelligible format within reasonable time
- Right to challenge accuracy and seek amendments
- The right to withdraw consent to collection, use, or disclosure of personal information, subject to legal and contractual restrictions and upon reasonable notice
- Right to lodge formal complaints with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Requests must be submitted in writing to the Privacy Officer. The Corporation will respond within thirty calendar days.
Amendments and Supersession
The Corporation expressly reserves the unilateral right to modify, amend, restate, or replace this Privacy Policy in whole or in part at any time without prior notice to individual data subjects. Amendments become effective immediately upon posting. Continued Platform use constitutes acceptance of changes.
Majdi Ibrahim, CPA Professional Corporation
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
majdi@treehousecpa.com
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