Interim Privacy Information
Privacy information.
This page describes MAQUINE's current technical and operating approach to website, rights-desk, and professional-correspondence data. A formal privacy notice remains pending qualified legal review, and no private Studio or manuscript intake is active unless the portal expressly confirms activation.
Interim information reviewed July 23, 2026
Information we receive
When you contact MAQUINE or use the Foreign Edition Studio, we may receive your name, professional email, role, organization, title or catalog details, language and territory information, rights status, project goals, messages, and materials you choose to provide. Studio records can also include proposals, selections, agreement evidence, production milestones, invoices, transfer references, and delivery history.
Confidential Studio files
If the private Studio is activated after approval, manuscripts, samples, agreements, payment evidence, project files, and final deliverables are intended to use private storage and organization-scoped access. Activated uploads must receive server-generated storage names, enter quarantine, and remain unavailable to ordinary workflows until configured malware and file-type checks complete. Original manuscript text must not be placed in notification email, analytics, payment metadata, or routine application logs.
Technical manuscript analysis
A verified manuscript may be processed in an isolated technical workflow to identify file type, word count, page or paragraph structure, document warnings, and other production indicators. These findings support human review and do not constitute automatic translation, editorial acceptance, rights clearance, or a final price. Any future AI processing requires a separate disclosed and approved feature gate.
Technical and security data
Cloudflare processes ordinary request data to deliver and protect this website. If approved inquiry storage is active, MAQUINE stores only a truncated network prefix with the inquiry for form-abuse prevention; the complete IP address and browser user-agent are not retained in the rights-desk database. A hidden anti-spam field and submission limits are used only on an activated intake path.
Why we use information
Information is used to evaluate and answer inquiries, assess authority and project fit, prepare catalog or partnership discussions, maintain an accountable correspondence record, protect the service from abuse, and take steps requested before a possible agreement. These uses rely on requested pre-contract work and MAQUINE's legitimate interests in operating a secure rights desk.
Service providers and disclosure
Cloudflare delivers and protects the website. The private Studio is designed to use Supabase for authentication, database records, and private storage; Stripe for configured invoice collection; a transactional email provider for generic notifications; and approved file-security processors for malware checks and technical extraction. If those services are activated, access must be limited to the approved role and purpose. MAQUINE's interim operating rule is not to sell personal information or use Studio data for third-party advertising; the formal notice and provider list remain subject to qualified legal review before intake activation.
International processing
Rights work is international, and service providers or approved project participants may process information outside your country. Before activating intake, MAQUINE must approve the applicable locations, access limits, provider safeguards, and contractual transfer mechanism for the intended jurisdictions.
Retention
Website inquiry records are retained only while reasonably needed to evaluate and answer the inquiry, preserve an accountable correspondence record, protect the service, or meet applicable legal obligations. Studio files and records follow separately approved category rules and legal holds; until those rules are formally activated, confidential files are not automatically deleted by an unapproved timer. Contractual, tax, payment, fraud-prevention, dispute, and audit records may require longer retention. A valid deletion request cannot override a legal obligation or active hold.
Your choices and rights
Depending on your location, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or an explanation of how your information is used. You may also object to certain processing or withdraw consent where consent applies. MAQUINE will verify the request and respond under the applicable privacy law.
Security, children, and updates
The public website uses encrypted transport and security headers. Any activated inquiry or Studio path must also pass the approved access-control, data-minimization, provider, backup, recovery, and incident-response gates described in the release evidence. No system can guarantee absolute security. The website is intended for publishing professionals and adult rightsholders, not children. Material changes to this interim information will be posted here with a revised date.
Privacy contact
Questions, corrections, or removal requests.
Contact MAQUINE and include enough detail for the appropriate desk to identify the relevant correspondence.
[email protected]