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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 25, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how INVENEW Inc., a Canada corporation, collects, uses, discloses, retains, transfers, and protects personal information for visitors, readers, subscribers, sponsors, and business contacts in Canada, the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and other regions.

1. Scope and Controller

This policy applies to personal information handled by INVENEW Inc. through this website, INVENEW Intelligence, newsletters, blog content, Labs activity, sponsorship inquiries, forms, and related business communications. INVENEW Inc. is responsible for the personal information it handles. For European and United Kingdom visitors, INVENEW Inc. is the controller for the processing described in this policy unless another party is clearly identified.

2. Privacy Principles

INVENEW aims to follow Canadian private-sector privacy principles, including accountability, identifying purposes, meaningful consent, limiting collection, limiting use and disclosure, retention limits, accuracy, safeguards, openness, access, correction, and complaint handling. Where applicable, the organization also considers regional privacy rights for European, United Kingdom, and United States audiences.

3. Personal Information We Collect

Direct submissions include name, work email, company, role, sponsorship interest, newsletter subscription details, form submissions, messages, and preferences. Limited technical information may be collected from website, newsletter, hosting, analytics, advertising, security, or embedded tools, such as device type, browser, pages viewed, referral source, approximate location, timestamps, and interaction data.

4. How We Use Personal Information

The organization uses personal information to provide and improve the website, send newsletters, manage subscriptions, respond to sponsorship inquiries, evaluate sponsor fit, manage business relationships, measure content performance, protect systems, prevent abuse, comply with legal obligations, and communicate about INVENEW Intelligence, Labs, blog content, sponsorship opportunities, or related offerings where permitted.

5. Legal Bases and Consent

Processing occurs with consent, to perform requested services, for legitimate business interests, to comply with legal obligations, or as otherwise permitted by law. Individuals may withdraw consent where legally permitted, subject to reasonable notice and any legal or contractual restrictions. Newsletter emails include an unsubscribe option.

6. Newsletter and Sponsorship Inquiries

Newsletter subscriptions are managed by Beehiiv. When you subscribe, your email address and subscription preferences are stored by Beehiiv and subject to their Privacy Policy. The organization does not sell newsletter subscriber or sponsorship inquiry information.

7. Third-Party Data Processors

INVENEW uses the following third-party service providers that may process personal data on its behalf. Each provider operates under its own privacy policy and data processing agreements:

  • Vercel — website hosting and content delivery. Data may be processed in the United States and other regions. Vercel Privacy Policy.
  • Beehiiv — newsletter delivery, subscriber management, and email analytics. Subscriber email addresses and engagement data are stored by Beehiiv. Beehiiv Privacy Policy.
  • Sanity — content management system for blog articles and other website content. Sanity Privacy Policy.
  • LinkedIn — external platform for distribution and community engagement. Interactions on LinkedIn are subject to LinkedIn's own terms. LinkedIn Privacy Policy.
  • GitHub — source code hosting and deployment automation. GitHub Privacy Statement.

8. Cross-Border Processing

INVENEW is based in Canada, but service providers may store or process information in Canada, the United States, Europe, or other jurisdictions. Information processed outside one's province, state, or country may be subject to that jurisdiction's laws. Appropriate safeguards are used for international transfers where required.

9. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies

This website uses a cookie consent mechanism. Third-party scripts (such as the Beehiiv newsletter embed) are only loaded after you provide explicit consent via the banner displayed on your first visit. You may withdraw consent at any time by clearing your browser's localStorage for this site. The website uses localStorage (not cookies) for theme preference storage only. No analytics or tracking cookies are set by INVENEW directly.

10. Retention

Personal information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, to meet legal or business requirements, to resolve disputes, or to maintain appropriate records. Information no longer required is deleted, anonymized, or securely disposed of.

11. Safeguards

Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to information sensitivity are used. No transmission or storage method is completely secure, but the organization works to protect personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on location, individuals may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or receive a copy of personal information. Additional rights may include withdrawing consent, opting out of certain communications, or complaining to a privacy regulator. Identity verification may be required before responding, and requests may be refused or limited where permitted by law.

13. Canadian Rights

Canadian individuals may request access to personal information INVENEW holds about them, ask how it has been used or disclosed, request correction of inaccurate information, and raise privacy questions or complaints. INVENEW will review requests and respond as appropriate under applicable Canadian privacy law.

14. European and United Kingdom Rights

Individuals in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom may have rights under applicable data protection law, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability, withdrawal of consent, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Where processing is based on legitimate interests, individuals may object as permitted by law.

15. United States Privacy Notice

United States residents may have privacy rights under applicable state laws, including rights to know, access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain sales, sharing, targeted advertising, or profiling where those laws apply. INVENEW does not sell personal information for money. If future advertising or analytics practices trigger opt-out rights, INVENEW will provide an appropriate mechanism.

16. Children

INVENEW is intended for business and professional audiences. The website is not directed to children, and the organization does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

17. Contact and Complaints

Questions, access requests, correction requests, deletion requests, opt-out requests, or privacy complaints should be directed to INVENEW Inc.'s privacy contact through the sponsorship/contact form on this website or another official contact method published by INVENEW. INVENEW will review privacy requests and respond as appropriate.

18. Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.