Last Updated: January 31, 2024
Welcome to qrcodecreator.me ("we," "our," or "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, handle, and utilize information related to our users, services, and any interactions you may have with our website. "Our Services" include all content, products, features, and services accessible through our platform. This policy is organized to ensure you can easily understand and navigate how your information is protected by us.
We reserve the right to amend or update our Privacy Policy at our own discretion and without prior external input. Should any changes occur, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on our website and revise the "Effective Date" to reflect the timing of these changes. By continuing to use the Site after these updates, you are acknowledging and accepting the new terms of the Privacy Policy. For significant changes, we will provide a notification on our website or through other appropriate channels, giving at least seven (7) days' notice before the changes take effect. The updated terms will become effective seven (7) days after the notice is issued.
Our Privacy Policy is an integral part of our Terms of Service. Should any terms within the Privacy Policy be unclear, they will be defined in accordance with the Terms of Service.
We strictly adhere to data protection principles when managing personal information. The legal basis for processing your personal data varies depending on the situation.
2.1. Fulfilling Our Commitments: When you utilize Our Services, you expect us to perform as promised in our Terms of Use. This may include processing personal details like your IP address to efficiently deliver these services.
2.2. Legitimate Interests: We might use your Personal Information for legitimate business interests. This includes enhancing user experience, conducting analytics, preventing fraud, and securing our services.
2.3. Compliance with Legal Obligations: Occasionally, we need to collect personal information to meet legal or regulatory requirements. This could involve addressing complaints or providing necessary details to authorities.
2.4. Your Consent: For certain services, like creating a user profile, engaging in reviews, receiving personalized offers, or subscribing to newsletters, your explicit consent is required. If consent is essential for any data processing activity, you can withdraw it anytime using the specified method. Once consent is withdrawn, we will immediately process your request.
We use a variety of technologies to understand your interactions and usage of our services.
3.1 Information You Provide: Accessing certain features of our services may require you to share personal details. Activities such as creating a user account, writing reviews, subscribing to newsletters, and opting for promotional offers necessitate the provision of personal information. We commit to securing your explicit consent before collecting any personal data and, upon your consent to our privacy practices, may collect additional information as detailed below.
"Personal Information" is defined as any data that uniquely identifies you, alone or combined with additional information as described in this Privacy Policy. This includes, but is not limited to, your name, email address, phone number, home address, and other contact information. The classification of an IP address as personal information depends on legal interpretations and the context of use. This pertains to the IP address provided to your device by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). While we ensure secure storage and handling of your identifiable personal data, our systems are not designed to isolate any individual user.
3.1.1 Collaborations with Partners and Third-Party Engagement: We collaborate with various companies, brands, and other entities referred to collectively as "Partners," to provide a range of services, including reviews and assessments of their offerings. Occasionally, our Partners may provide additional resources and services. You are free and encouraged to fill out an online form to initiate contact with a desired Partner ("Lead").
Clicking on a Partner's icon or tab may lead you to a specific landing page managed by the Partner through various online gateways. Here, you may be asked to provide certain details, such as your name, email address, and phone number, referred to as "Landing Page Information."
It is crucial to recognize that the Partner managing the landing page will immediately collect the information you submit. Thus, the privacy policy and data handling practices of that Partner will apply to your information. We strongly advise reviewing the privacy policies of these Partners thoroughly to understand how your personal data will be collected, used, and protected.
3.1.2 Contacting Us: When you contact us through available channels like online forms, emails, feedback systems, or our service's reporting feature, we may request specific personal details from you, such as your name and email address. As stated in other sections of our Privacy Policy, we use this information to respond to your inquiries and meet our legitimate business needs.
3.1.3 Engaging with Our Content: Our platform offers a variety of features such as blogs, reviews, newsletters, surveys, and promotional events that enhance your interaction with us. When participating in activities like discussing on our blog, subscribing to our newsletter, or completing a survey, you may need to provide personal details like your name and email address. This information might be shared with third parties involved in these activities, protected under both our privacy policy and theirs. We ensure that your data is used strictly for the purposes for which it was collected.
3.1.4 Personalizing Your Experience: By creating a user profile or giving feedback on our services and partners, you help us better understand your preferences. This knowledge allows us to tailor our services to better suit your personal tastes and needs.
3.2 Methods of Data Collection:
3.2.1 Gathering Device Information: We collect specific data about your device to ensure our services function seamlessly. This includes adjusting our services to match your device's language, regional, and timezone settings. Collected data encompasses device type, operating system and its version, language preferences, and browser specifics like type, version, and screen resolution.
3.2.2 Monitoring User Interaction: We analyze how you interact with our services to enhance their functionality. This includes sharing data about your activities, such as links clicked and pages viewed on our platform, with our partners and affiliates. We track visits, duration of stays, and interactions with content, like clicks and views.
3.2.3 Utilizing Logging: Our servers collect data through log files and tracking technologies such as pixel tags, which help us understand usage patterns, monitor activities, and improve service utilization. This data includes IP addresses, temporarily used to ascertain your location—country, region, and preferred language—to tailor our services to your locale and detect fraud.
3.2.4 Employing Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We and our service providers use cookies, web beacons, and pixel tags to track interactions within our services. Cookies, small text files stored on your device, enable our site to recognize your browser on repeat visits, storing your preferences and previous interactions. You can manage cookies through your browser settings, which include options to be notified about cookies or reject them, but disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some aspects of our services.
Pixel tags, discreetly placed on web pages, help track your engagement with our content, including email readership. They are most effective when used in conjunction with cookies. For detailed information about our use of cookies and other tracking technologies, please see our Cookie Policy.
3.3 Collecting Data from External Sources: We work with partners, affiliates, and other entities to facilitate our operations efficiently. This includes collecting data from various sources, monitoring interactions on our site such as clicks, purchases, views, form submissions, and phone calls, and using an internal system for user identification. We occasionally employ third-party services to optimize call forwarding and monitoring efficiency for our click-to-call feature. Although we may temporarily access your phone number to connect calls, we do not retain any personal information beyond what is necessary. Rest assured, this information is used solely to facilitate service connections, and we avoid using it for other purposes without your explicit consent.
You have the full liberty to choose whether to disclose your personal information to us. By opting to provide your information, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and how we handle this data. If you are uncomfortable with these terms, we respect your decision, but it means you will need to refrain from using our Services.
For services that require personal information, the choice to engage with them is yours. If you have previously provided personal information but wish to reconsider, you have the right to withdraw your consent. Please see Section 8 for more information on how to opt out and revoke your consent.
The primary purpose of collecting your data, referred to here as "your Information," is to improve our Services. This includes facilitating interactions on our site, enhancing service quality, monitoring advertisements and recommendations, verifying identities, preventing fraud, addressing inquiries, and ensuring secure account access. Our goal is to provide you with a superior user experience.
We share personal information with third parties under certain conditions:
6.1. Data Management and Security Services: We employ third-party cloud storage services, known as Data Platforms, to hold and manage the data you provide. This may involve transferring your information to companies worldwide, including those in the United States, for storage or processing. These Data Platforms comply with strict data protection and security protocols and operate under their own privacy policies. You can access detailed privacy practices for companies like Amazon Web Services at their website: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/.
6.2. Social Media Engagement: We may share non-identifiable information with social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn for marketing and operational purposes. These platforms may integrate this data with other personal information they hold if you have authorized them to do so. It is important to understand that we do not control and are not familiar with the privacy practices of these social media sites. Residents of California have specific rights to opt out of this data sharing, as detailed in section 9 of our Privacy Notice.
6.3. Cooperation with Service Providers: Our external partners, who assist us in various service aspects including customer support and communication management, may access the information you provide. These partners are essential in analyzing user interactions and enhancing our services. Each partner has its own privacy policies, which are made available to you when using their services. It is important to review these policies, especially if these partners are located in different international regions, including where their servers are hosted.
6.4. Disclosure of Information: We may share your personal information with external parties when it is deemed beneficial or necessary. This may be for legal reasons, such as complying with laws, responding to legal processes or governmental requests, investigating terms violations, addressing fraud or security issues, or protecting the rights and safety of www.abcreview.org, our affiliates, yourself, or the public.
6.5. Partner Engagements: Our Online Form is specifically designed for inquiring about particular services. By filling out this form, you provide personal details to a partner or service provider aligned with your interests, enabling them to contact you and provide necessary information. It is important to understand that our partners conduct their interactions according to their own privacy practices, which may differ from ours, and they may operate globally.
6.6. Business Changes: In the event that qrcodecreator.me or any related business undergoes a merger, sale, or insolvency proceeding, the personal and other information we have collected may be transferred or shared as part of the assets. The receiving entity is obliged to protect your privacy rights according to the laws of your country and clarify how your data will be used.
We also share anonymized or non-personal information for specific purposes with certain third parties. This includes external services or technologies such as Tableau and Google Analytics, which help us understand how our site is used by tracking user interactions such as clicks, scrolls, and page views.
These third-party services employ their own cookies according to their respective privacy policies. For more details on how cookies are used on our site, please refer to our Cookie Policy. Information about Google's cookie use and how to opt out of Google Analytics is available through the provided links.
Our website includes links to other websites, documents, or resources, referred to as "Third-Party Properties," which are outside our control. These links may lead to sites associated with the companies we discuss. Should you decide to follow these links and share your personal information with these Third-Party Properties, your data will be passed on to them. Please be aware that www.abcreview.org and its affiliates might have data-sharing agreements with these third parties. However, we do not control the privacy practices or data collection policies of these external sites. We urge you to carefully review the privacy policies and terms of any Third-Party Properties with which you engage.
You can choose how and whether to share your personal information with us, as explained in this Privacy Policy. This choice is universally available, allowing everyone to exercise their rights regarding their personal data, as detailed below:
8.1 Managing Cookies and Tracking: You can control or opt out of cookies and tracking technologies by adjusting your browser settings. Refer to Section 2.1.1 of our agreement for more specific instructions.
8.2 Reviewing Your Information: You have the right to review, update, or request the deletion of your personal information from our records. See Section 2 of this document for the procedure.
9.1 Rights for EU Residents: In line with the GDPR, we are committed to the careful collection, processing, and storage of personal data with utmost respect for your privacy.
9.2 Attention Canadian Users: Canadian citizens have the privilege to inquire how their personal data is shared with third parties for marketing activities. For details, please contact us at [email protected].
9.3 Rights of California Residents: As a resident of California, you are entitled to certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which complement our general privacy practices. Here are the key points:
We prioritize the security of your data and have implemented multiple measures to protect the information you provide to us. These measures include careful scrutiny of our data collection and processing practices, the use of SSL encryption to secure data transmitted through our website, and collaboration with third-party services that comply with established information security standards. Additionally, we have developed tools and protocols to monitor and restrict our employees' access to sensitive information, ensuring the confidentiality of your data.
However, it is important to recognize that no security system is entirely infallible, and despite our best efforts, we cannot promise complete protection against all potential security threats. The nature of the internet involves inherent risks, but rest assured that we continuously work to enhance our security measures to protect your data as effectively as possible.
Our services are designed for individuals who are 16 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 16. If it comes to our attention that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a minor under 16, we will promptly take steps to delete such information. If you believe that we might have unintentionally collected data from a minor, please contact us at [email protected].
When you use our services, please be aware that your personal information may be transferred to countries other than where you currently reside, which may include the United States. Not all countries have the same data protection laws as your home country, and as a result, your personal data may not receive the same protection. To address this, we have put in place contractual safeguards with our third-party partners to ensure your information is securely handled throughout its transfer.
By using our services and providing us with your personal information, you consent to this Privacy Policy, including the cross-border transfer of your data.
We are dedicated to continuously adapting our services to meet the changing needs of our clients while maintaining the highest standards of privacy within our industry.
Our privacy policy is designed to be transparent and accessible. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. For individuals in the United Kingdom who wish to lodge a complaint, you can directly contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) via their website at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.
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