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Este&#10;aviso explica qué datos personales recabamos a través de este sitio y en el&#10;curso de nuestro trabajo, para qué los usamos, cuánto tiempo los conservamos y&#10;qué puede usted exigirnos respecto de ellos.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Está redactado conforme a la &lt;em&gt;Ley de Protección de Datos Personales y&#10;Documentos Electrónicos&lt;/em&gt; de Canadá (PIPEDA) y a la &lt;em&gt;Ley sobre la protección de&#10;los datos personales en el sector privado&lt;/em&gt; de Quebec, reformada por la Ley 25.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Politique de confidentialité</title><link>https://mapleopentech.ca/privacy/fr/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mapleopentech.ca/privacy/fr/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dernière mise à jour : 26 septembre 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Maple Open Tech (« nous ») est une société-conseil canadienne en technologie.&#10;La présente politique explique quels renseignements personnels nous recueillons&#10;par l&amp;rsquo;intermédiaire de ce site et dans le cadre de notre travail, pourquoi nous&#10;les recueillons, combien de temps nous les conservons et ce que vous pouvez&#10;exiger de nous à leur sujet.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Elle est rédigée conformément à la &lt;em&gt;Loi sur la protection des renseignements&#10;personnels et les documents électroniques&lt;/em&gt; (LPRPDE) et à la &lt;em&gt;Loi sur la&#10;protection des renseignements personnels dans le secteur privé&lt;/em&gt; du Québec,&#10;telle que modifiée par la Loi 25.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Privacy Policy</title><link>https://mapleopentech.ca/privacy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mapleopentech.ca/privacy/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last updated: 26 September 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Maple Open Tech (&amp;ldquo;we&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;us&amp;rdquo;) is a Canadian technology consultancy. This policy&#10;explains what personal information we collect through this website and in the&#10;course of our work, why we collect it, how long we keep it, and what you can&#10;require us to do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;It is written to meet the &lt;em&gt;Personal Information Protection and Electronic&#10;Documents Act&lt;/em&gt; (PIPEDA) and Quebec&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Act respecting the protection of personal&#10;information in the private sector&lt;/em&gt;, as amended by Law 25.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Maple Open Tech License</title><link>https://mapleopentech.ca/license/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mapleopentech.ca/license/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="why-we-felt-obligated-to-create-the-maple-open-tech-license"&gt;Why We Felt Obligated to Create the Maple Open Tech License.&lt;/h2&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Software, like any other tool, can be used far beyond the original intent of its creators. We will &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEVER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; allow our work to be used for:&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;ul&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;automated killing&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;ethnic cleansing&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;mass surveillance&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;racially motivated profiling and injustice&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;environmental destruction&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;the creation of unjust economic hardship&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;li&gt;weaponized AI and robotics&lt;/li&gt;&#10;&lt;/ul&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Traditional open-source licenses are neutral and leave developers with no way to express or enforce ethical boundaries, or to allow them to participate in the financial benefits of their work.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>About Us</title><link>https://mapleopentech.ca/about/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mapleopentech.ca/about/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Contact</title><link>https://mapleopentech.ca/contact/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mapleopentech.ca/contact/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Research &amp; Development</title><link>https://mapleopentech.ca/research-and-development/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mapleopentech.ca/research-and-development/</guid><description/></item></channel></rss>