Welcome to Qquest.io. We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how Qquest.io LLC ("Qquest", "we", "us" or "our") collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you use our products.
Personal Data We Collect
Through your use of our services, we may collect the following categories of personal information submitted by you:
- Contact Information: This may include your first and last name, email address, company, mailing address, and communication preferences. We use this information to fulfill your requests or transactions, communicate directly with you, and send you marketing materials based on your preferences.
- Account Information: This includes your first and last name, email address, password, profile details, payment history, and other information you provide to us. We use this information to manage your account, deliver the services you’ve signed up for, communicate about your account and use of the Services, and for customer support purposes. Please note, payments are processed by third-party providers, and we do not handle payment information directly.
- Payment Information: For services requiring payment (such as subscriptions), we collect payment-related details. Depending on the payment method you choose (wire transfer, credit card, etc.), we may collect relevant financial information like account numbers or wire transfer details. However, for credit card payments, we use third-party processors like Stripe and PayPal and do not retain personally identifiable financial data such as credit card numbers. You can view Stripe’s privacy policy here.
- Inquiry and Communication Information: This includes details you provide through custom messages, online forms (such as booking a demo or requesting access), chats, or direct emails. This information helps us investigate and respond to inquiries, enhance our services, and communicate with you effectively to support and grow our organization.
- Newsletter, Marketing Emails, and Blog Information: We may collect your email address, interests, and communication preferences to send you newsletters, marketing emails, and other communications we think may interest you. If you no longer wish to receive marketing messages, you can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. However, please note that some service-related emails (e.g., transaction confirmations, account verifications) are mandatory and cannot be unsubscribed from.
- Information Collected Through the Use of the Services: This includes any files, documents, images, videos, or data that you upload, transmit, or otherwise share while using our services. We collect and store such "User Content" as part of the services provided to you.
- Event and Webcast Information: When you register for events or webcasts, we collect registration information, attendee details, and other relevant contact information. This helps us administer the event and improve our services.
- Feedback Information: If you provide feedback or ratings about our services or products, we collect this information to communicate with you, conduct market research, improve our offerings, and inform our marketing and advertising efforts.
- Third Party Information:
- Social Media
When you engage with Qquest on social media, we may receive limited information based on your privacy settings. This helps us improve our services and communicate with you. - Service Providers
Third-party providers (e.g., payment processors) share necessary personal data with us to manage services, process payments, and run marketing. - Business Partners
We may receive your information from partners to support our services and marketing efforts. - Authentication Services
Logging in via services like Google or Facebook may share your details (e.g., name, email) based on your settings, which we use to manage your account and communicate with you. - Other Sources
We may collect data from public sources or third parties to improve services and send relevant information.
Uses of Data We Collected
We may use personal information we collect to:
- To Provide Our Service: We use your data to operate, maintain, and deliver the services you request, process transactions, fulfill contractual obligations, and provide resources like white papers or product demos.
- Manage Operations: Your data helps us manage Qquest’s day-to-day activities, verify your identity, and facilitate customer support.
- Marketing and Communication: We may contact you via email, text, social media, or phone to provide product updates or marketing offers, where you’ve given consent or based on applicable opt-in rules.
- Personalization and Improvements: We analyze how our services are used to improve and personalize them, ensuring better experiences for you by recognizing and remembering your preferences.
- Payment and Support: We use your data to process payments and facilitate customer benefits, including support services.
- Research and Analytics: We conduct research on our user base and services to improve and tailor our offerings.
- Security and Maintenance: We use data to maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our services, prevent fraud, and diagnose technical issues.
- Legal Compliance and Enforcement: We process your data to enforce our terms, resolve disputes, and comply with legal obligations.
- Other Purposes: We may use your data for any lawful purpose, including those for which you have given consent.
Data Retention, Deletion and Protection
- Encryption: All sensitive data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using industry-standard encryption protocols (e.g., SSL/TLS).
- Access Controls: Only authorized personnel have access to sensitive data, with role-based access controls in place.
- Regular Security Audits: We conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Incident Response: We have an incident response plan to address potential data breaches promptly and effectively.
- Exclusion from AI/ML Model Training:
- We do not use any users' sensitive data obtained, including but not limited to Google Drive, to develop, improve, or train generalized AI or ML models.
- Any analysis or processing of such data is conducted solely for the purpose of providing the service requested by the user and not for any form of AI or ML model training.
- We implement stringent data handling and processing protocols to ensure that the use of data aligns with this policy, including regular audits and checks.
- Data Retention and Deletion
- Deleted automatically: we only saved users' content data generated from usage for 7 days in the case that user doesn't request for extra retention specifically;
- Deleted by a user: for example, if the user requests to delete the Qquest account, the conversation history on what the user queried before will be removed immediately;
- Deleted by a user and retained for some period: for example, users' billing information will be retained for a month in case the user need to recover for it.
- Links to third-party services: Our Services may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Except where we post, link to or expressly adopt or refer to this Privacy Notice, this Privacy Notice does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, any personal information practices of third-party websites and online services or the practices of other third parties. To learn about the personal information practices of third parties, please visit their respective privacy notices. We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we make changes to this Privacy Notice, we will change the date at the beginning of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will notify individuals by email to their registered email address, by prominent posting on our Services, or through other appropriate communication channels. All changes shall be effective from the date of publication unless otherwise provided.
- Updates to This Privacy Notice: We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we make changes to this Privacy Notice, we will change the date at the beginning of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will notify individuals by email to their registered email address, by prominent posting on our Services, or through other appropriate communication channels. All changes shall be effective from the date of publication unless otherwise provided.
Control Over Your Data
You can request access to the personal data we hold about you. To do so, please contact us at support@qquest.io. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. So please review it frequently.