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Quantz Privacy Policy
Quantz is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive
experience on our website. This policy outlines our personal information handling
practices for both online and offline data. If you give us personal information,
we will treat it according to this policy. We encourage you to read this privacy
policy to ensure you understand Quantz’s privacy practices. This policy covers the
Quantz corporate website and is applicable worldwide. Some of our subsidiaries or
programs may have their own, possibly different, policies (see lists at right).
We encourage you to read this privacy policy and those of all websites you visit.
Collection of your personal information
When Quantz collects any personal information on our corporate website, we will
express our need for the personal data at the point of collection. Personal information
is any information that can be used to identify an individual, and may include,
but is not limited to, name, email address, postal or other physical address, title,
occupation, and other information required to provide a service, deliver a product,
or carry out a transaction you have requested. Some of the reasons we collect your
personal information include:
- participation in discussion groups
- collaboration efforts
- registration to membership programs or newsletter subscriptions
- provide registered users a more personalized and meaningful experience on the
Quantz website.
Uses of your personal information:
We will only use your personal information in the way we specified when it was collected.
We will not subsequently change the way your personal information is used without
your consent. Some of the ways we may use your personal information include:
- To provide the ability to create personal profile areas and view protected content.
- To provide the ability to contact you, and provide you with shipping and billing
information.
- To provide customer feedback and support.
- To provide contests, sweepstakes or other marketing promotional activities on
the Quantz.com or affiliate websites. Personal information may be collected to administer
those programs
- To conduct questionnaires and surveys in order to provide better products and
services to our customers and end users. Your completion of any questionnaires is
voluntary.
- To support recruitment enquiries. For more information, please see the worldwide
Candidate Privacy Policy
- To understand more about you, so we can personalize newsletters and websites to
your preferences. For example, allow you the opportunity to request specific information
on products and services that may be of interest.
- To allow you to forward information to another individual such as a friend or
co-worker. Quantz does not store the personal information of the third party. We
collect the information for the sole purpose of sending a one-time email. If you
choose to use our referral service to inform a colleague or friend, we will only
ask for a contact name and email address.
- To meet contract obligations.
Accessing and updating your personal information
We need your help in keeping the personal information you have shared with us accurate
and up to date. Please notify us of any changes to your personal information. Most
of our sites allow you to make these updates yourself online via a particular program’s
member pages or the Quantz Profile Center.
Unsubscribing
Subscriptions to some newsletters can be managed through the Quantz Online Subscriptions
website. In addition, each email newsletter includes instructions on how you can
unsubscribe from that particular mailing. You may also unsubscribe from Quantz's
various newsletters by sending a letter, including your name, email address and
the title of the marketing material you wish to unsubscribe from to:
Quantz Ltd
Unsubscribe/Privacy
5th Floor, Prince’s Tower
Elephant Lane
London SE16 4NF
Non-personal information collection
In some instances, Quantz may collect non-personal (aggregate or demographic) data
through cookies, web logs, and web beacons. This information is used to better understand
and improve the usability, performance and effectiveness of the Quantz.com website.
Sharing your personal information
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third-parties for marketing
purposes unless you have granted us permission to do so.
We may share your personal information within Quantz or any of our worldwide subsidiaries
for purposes of data processing or storage.
We may also share your personal information with authorized third-party agents or
contractors in order to provide a requested service or transaction. For example,
if we need to ship something to you, we must share your name and address with a
shipping company. We only provide third-party agents with the minimum amount of
personal information necessary to complete the requested service or transaction.
We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process by disclosing your personal
information and other related information, if necessary. We also may choose to establish
or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
We may collect and possibly share personal information and any other additional
information available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding
illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the
physical safety of any person, violations of Quantz's terms of use, or as otherwise
required by law.
While navigating Quantz’s web site you may be directed to content or functionality
that is hosted by a third party supplier, not on Quantz.com. This is typically done
to host special events, such as contests. When information is collected on behalf
of Quantz exclusively, Quantz’s privacy policy will be referenced on the site and
will govern how your information is used. For other, non-Quantz sites, the site
owner’s privacy policy will be referenced. It is Quantz’s practice to require such
suppliers to handle information in a manner consistent with Quantz’s privacy and
security policies.
We will ask you for your opt-in consent to share your personal information with
a third party for any other reason.
Personalization
We may customize websites or newsletters for certain users based on the information
they previously provided or that was collected through Quantz.com websites in order
to enhance the overall web experience.
Security of your personal information
Quantz is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. We
utilize a combination of security technologies, procedures, and organizational measures
to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
When we transfer sensitive personal data (for example, credit card information)
over the Internet, we protect it using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology.
While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security
of the information you transmit.
We recommend you to take every precaution in protecting your personal information
when you are on the Internet. For example, change your passwords often, use a combination
of letters and numbers when creating passwords, and make sure you use a secure browser.
Cookies
Quantz websites utilize cookies, although you can still access most of them even
if you choose to disable cookies in your browser. Some websites will not allow you
to complete certain activities if cookies are disabled. For example, our consumer
e-commerce site (i.e. ShopQuantzSM) uses session cookies and persistent cookies
to process transactions. If you do not accept cookies, the associated shopping basket
will not work and you will not be able to place an order.
We use multiple third parties to monitor web traffic, statistics, advertisement
'click-through', and other activities on Quantz's sites. Where authorized by Quantz,
such third parties may use cookies, Quantz's web log files, web beacons, and other
monitoring technologies to compile anonymous aggregate statistics on Quantz's website
visitors.
We also include web beacons in HTML-formatted e-mail newsletters in order to count
how many newsletters (or particular articles, links, etc.) are being accessed.
Current versions of web browsers offer enhanced user controls regarding the placement
and duration of both first and third party cookies. Search for "cookies" under your
web browser's Help menu for more information on cookie management features available
to you.
Data retention
Quantz will not retain your personal information longer than is necessary to fulfill
the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.
Linked websites
Our websites may provide links to other third-party websites which are outside our
control and not covered by this policy. These links take you away from Quantz.com.
Quantz is not responsible for third party content. We encourage you to review the
privacy policies posted on these (and all) sites.
Newsgroups/Forums
Quantz newsgroups and forums are public. Please consider this before posting material
to them.
Children’s Privacy
Quantz does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age
of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information on a child under
the age of 13, we will delete that data from our systems. Quantz encourages parents
and guardians to go online with their children. Here are a few tips to help make
a child's online experience safer:
- Teach children never to give personal information (such as name, address, phone
number, school, etc.) unless supervised by a parent or responsible adult.
- Know the sites your children are visiting and which sites are appropriate.
- Look for website privacy policies. Know how your child's information is treated.
- Please visit the FTC's website for more tips on protecting children's privacy
online.
Transfer of Personal Information
We may transfer your personal information to Quantz Corporation in the US, to any
Quantz subsidiary worldwide or to third parties acting on our behalf for the purposes
of processing or storage.
Need help with an update, access, or unsubscribe request?
Please contact us by using this form. To aid in processing your request, please
include the following details:
- Your contact information
- Name of the program where you want the update applied
- Details of the request (e.g. change of e-mail address, unsubscribe from a newsletter,
review of personal information, etc.)
Questions or Comments?
Should you have any additional privacy-related questions or comments related to
this privacy policy, please use this form to contact us.
Policy Updates
The Quantz Privacy Policy was last updated: January 12th, 2007.
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