Summary
This site is run by Clear Slope Digital, based in Vancouver, BC. We are a small consultancy and we use this website to publish notes, list services, and let people get in touch. We do not track you across the web, we do not run analytics, we do not sell data, and we do not run ads.
The only personal information we collect is information you give us deliberately — when you send a message through the contact form, subscribe to the newsletter, book a discovery call, or use the AI assistant demo. We collect it to reply to you, to schedule the call, to send you the next post, or to show you what the demo does. We use a small number of third-party service providers to make those things work, named below.
We are based in Canada and our website is intended for visitors in Canada and the United States. We do not market to residents of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland. If you happen to visit from one of those regions and choose to send us information, the rights described below still apply to you.
Who we are
Clear Slope Digital is a Vancouver-based consultancy operated by Mo Habib. For privacy-related questions, we are the "business" under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act (BC PIPA), and the "data controller" if the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to your visit.
You can reach us at [email protected] for any question in this notice, or for any of the rights described below.
What we collect
When you send the contact form
We collect your name, email address, the optional business name you provide, and the message you write. The form submission is handled for us by Web3Forms (see "Who we share it with").
When you subscribe to the newsletter
We collect your email address. The submission is also handled by Web3Forms.
When you book a discovery call
Booking is run through a Cal.com embed on the /book page. When you book, Cal.com collects whatever you enter into the booking form on their behalf and ours (typically: name, email, scheduled time, optional notes). The booking confirmation goes to both you and us by email. See Cal.com's own privacy policy for what they collect as an independent service provider.
When you use the AI assistant demo
The demo at /demo is gated by a username and password we share manually with prospective clients. We do not publicly advertise demo credentials, and the demo page is not indexed by search engines.
Inside the demo, you have a text conversation with an AI assistant configured to behave like a receptionist for a fictional or example business. We collect the text you type, the assistant's replies, and a session identifier. Whatever you type is sent to our backend and to Anthropic (the AI provider) so the assistant can reply. We use the demo conversations to evaluate and improve the system. Do not enter real personal details, real payment information, or sensitive information about other people during a demo — the demo is for evaluation, not for actual service requests.
What we do not collect
- We do not run web analytics, A/B testing, heatmaps, or tracking pixels on this site.
- We do not set advertising cookies or share device identifiers with ad networks.
- We do not buy, sell, rent, or trade personal information.
Why we collect it
We collect personal information for these purposes only:
- To reply to you. If you send the contact form, we read it and reply.
- To send you the newsletter you asked for. Roughly twice a month. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe link.
- To run a discovery call. Calendar invite, reminder, and a written follow-up if we agreed to one.
- To show you the demo and improve the underlying system. Demo transcripts are used to evaluate and tune the AI assistant.
- Recordkeeping. We keep a record of business inquiries and consulting work so we can do the work, send invoices, and meet Canadian tax-recordkeeping obligations.
If GDPR applies to your visit, the lawful bases we rely on are: your consent (newsletter subscription, demo use), steps prior to a contract (contact form, booking, discovery call), and our legitimate interests in operating and improving the service (demo transcript review, fraud prevention, securing the site). You can object to processing based on legitimate interests using the contact details at the bottom of this page.
International transfers
All of the providers above process personal information in the United States or in global infrastructure that includes the United States. If you are based in Canada, your information is protected by PIPEDA / BC PIPA wherever it is processed, and by our contractual arrangements with these providers.
If you are based in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland and GDPR (or its UK/Swiss equivalents) applies to your visit, we rely on one or more of the following transfer mechanisms for transfers to the United States:
- The provider's certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension, or the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, where available.
- Standard Contractual Clauses (Module 2 or Module 3 as appropriate) entered into with the provider.
You can ask us at [email protected] which mechanism a specific provider relies on, and we will tell you in writing.
How long we keep it
- Contact-form submissions: kept in our email inbox for up to 3 years from the last contact, then deleted, unless you become a client (in which case see "Consulting work" below).
- Newsletter subscriptions: kept until you unsubscribe or until we stop publishing the newsletter, whichever comes first.
- Booking and discovery-call records: kept for 3 years from the call date.
- Demo conversations: kept for up to 12 months for evaluation and improvement, then deleted.
- Consulting work: client records (contracts, scope documents, invoices, and supporting correspondence) are kept for as long as you are a client plus 7 years, to meet Canadian tax-recordkeeping requirements (Income Tax Act, section 230).
You can ask us to delete personal information earlier than these defaults at any time, subject to the legal recordkeeping requirements noted above.
Your rights
Regardless of where you are, you can ask us to:
- Confirm what personal information we hold about you.
- Send you a copy of it.
- Correct anything that is wrong.
- Delete it, subject to the legal recordkeeping requirements above.
- Stop sending you the newsletter (one-click unsubscribe link is in every newsletter email; you can also email us).
If GDPR (or UK GDPR or the Swiss FADP) applies to your visit, you additionally have the right to:
- Restrict our processing of your information in certain circumstances.
- Object to processing that is based on our legitimate interests.
- Withdraw consent at any time, where we relied on consent (this does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal).
- Receive your information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and ask us to transmit it to another controller, where technically feasible.
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. A list is available at edpb.europa.eu.
To exercise any of these rights, email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. We do not currently have an EU representative under GDPR Article 27, because we do not target the EU market. If you nonetheless wish to invoke GDPR rights against us, contact us directly at the address above.
In Canada, you can also contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or, for British Columbia, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC if you are not satisfied with how we handled your request.
Children
This website and the services described on it are intended for business owners and operators. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you are under 16, please do not send us personal information. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this notice
When we make material changes to this notice we will update the "Last updated" date at the top and, if the change is significant, post a brief note in the next newsletter so subscribers see it. The current version is always the one at this URL.
Contact
For any question about this notice, or to exercise any of the rights listed above, email [email protected]. We are based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.