Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the Qijco blog and informs you of your privacy rights.

Please be aware that we use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the Qijco blog, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Please read this privacy policy carefully and accept it before using the Qijco blog.

1- DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy :

  • Account designates a unique account created to allow you to access the Qijco blog.
  • Affiliated designates an entity, a person who controls its affiliation to the Qijco blog.
  • The company refers to Qijco as the legal entity that collects consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information, or on whose behalf such information is collected and which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information.
  • The company (hereinafter referred to as "Qijco", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Qijco, being the sole proprietorship with its registered office at 1050 Ixelles, chaussée de Boondael 369, registered with the Banque Carrefour des Entreprises under number 1007.076.863, represented by Mrs Marine EMMERY, for the purposes of this RGPD.
  • Consumer - Userrefers to You.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to Belgium, where Qijco is based at 1050 Ixelles, chaussée de Boondael 369.
  • The data controllerfor the purposes of the RGPD (General Data Protection Regulation), means the company or operator as a legal entity which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
  • Device means any device that can access the Qijco blog service, such as a computer, mobile phone or digital tablet.
  • Personal data is any information relating to an identified person. For the purposes of the RGPD, Personal Data means any information about you such as your name, identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more factors specific to your physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
  • Sale means the sale, rental, distribution, disclosure, dissemination, making available, transfer or communication, whether oral, written, electronic or otherwise, of a consumer-user's personal information to another company or third party in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration.
  • The Service refers to www.blog.qijco.be.
  • Service provider means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company or the Operator. This includes third party companies or individuals employed by the Company or the Operator to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company or the Operator, to provide services related to the Service or to assist Qijco in analysing how the Service is used. For the purposes of the GDPR, service providers are considered to be processors.
  • Third-party social media service means any website or social networking website through which a user may connect or create an account to use the service.
  • Usage data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service, or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to blog.qijco.be, accessible from www.blog.qijco.be
  • You means the person accessing or using the Qijco Blog Service, or the company or other legal entity on whose behalf that person is accessing or using the Qijco Blog Service, as the case may be. Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), you may be referred to as the data subject or user because you are the person using the service.

2- CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us:

  • By e-mail: contact@qijco.be - support@qijco.be
  • By visiting this page of our website: www.blog.qijco.be (Support chat, Contact us)

3- COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

3.1 - Types of data collected

3.1.1 - Personal data

When you use Qijco, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that may be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email
  • First and last name
  • Telephone number
  • Address, Postcode, Town, Country
  • Bank account details
  • Credit card number and expiry date
  • Usage data

3.1.2 - Usage data

Usage data is collected automatically when the service is used.

Usage data may include information such as the Internet address of your device (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the page of the Qijco blog you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on that page, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Qijco Blog Service by or through a mobile device, we may automatically collect certain information, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you are using, the unique identifier of your mobile device, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you are using, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service by or via a mobile device.

3.1.3 Information from third-party social media services

Qijco allows you to create an account and sign in to use the Qijco blog through the following third party Social Media Services. These third party social media services may include, but are not limited to:

  • On Google
  • On Facebook

If you choose to register through or grant us access to a third party social media service, we may collect personal data that is already associated with your third party social media service account, such as your name, email address, activities or contact list associated with that account.

If you choose to provide such personal information and data, whether at registration or otherwise, you give Qijco permission to use, share and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

3.1.4 Tracking technologies and cookies

When you visit or use our Qijco platform, we may use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better, faster and more secure experience, as well as for advertising and marketing purposes.

These may include:

– Cookies or browser cookies : A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can ask your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use certain parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.

Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you log out, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

We use both session cookies and persistent cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary cookies Cookies: These cookies are essential to provide you with the services available on the www.blog.qijco.be website and to enable you to use some of its functions. They are used to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with these services.
  • Acceptance cookies : These cookies identify whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the www.blog.qijco.be website.
  • Functionality cookies : These cookies enable us to remember the choices you make when using the www.blog.qijco.be website, such as remembering your login details or language preferences. The purpose of these cookies is to offer you a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences each time you use the www.blog.qijco.be website.
  • Tracking and performance cookies : These cookies are used to track information about traffic to the www.blog.qijco.be website and how users use the aforementioned website. The information collected through these cookies may identify you directly or indirectly as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is generally linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the www.blog.qijco.be website. We may also use these cookies to test new pages, features or functionality on the www.blog.qijco.be website to see how our users react to them.

3.2 Use of your personal data

Qijco may use Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Qijco platformincluding to monitor the use of our Service.
  • To manage your account : to manage your registration as a user of the service. The personal data you provide may give you access to various features of the service that are available to you as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract : drawing up, respecting and executing the purchase and rental contract via the Qijco blog.
  • To contact us : to contact you by e-mail, telephone calls, SMS or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as push notifications from a mobile application regarding updates or informative communications related to contracted features, products or services, including security updates, where necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have chosen not to receive such information.
  • To manage your requests : To respond to and manage your requests to us.
  • To offer you targeted advertising We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third party providers who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure their effectiveness.
  • For company transfers : We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which the personal data we hold about users of our services is one of the transferred assets.
  • For other purposes We may use your information for other purposes, such as analysing data, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and evaluating and improving our service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With service providers : We may share your personal information with service providers in order to monitor and analyse the use of our service, to advertise to you on third party websites following your visit to our service, to process payments and to contact you.
  • For company transfers : We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during the negotiation of, any merger, sale of company or operator assets, financing or acquisition of all or part of our business to another company.
  • With affiliated companies : We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to comply with this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • With commercial partners : We may share your information with our commercial partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users : When you share personal information or interact in public areas with other users, this information can be viewed by all users and can be distributed publicly to the outside world. If you interact with other users or register via a third party social media service, your contacts on the third party social media service may see your name, profile, photos and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your business, communicate with you and view your profile.
  • With your consent We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

4- PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Qijco informs that the user who has provided personal data will be used exclusively for technical, administrative and commercial purposes in connection with the services offered by Qijco.

Qijco informs you that this data may be transmitted to certain public bodies for which Qijco may be obliged to respond to any judicial, administrative or other request. This data will be kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

In accordance with the RGPD, the user has the right to access, rectify and object on legitimate grounds to personal information concerning him/her, which he/she may exercise by sending a simple request to the following e-mail address: contact@qijco.be.

Qijco will endeavour to keep your personal data secure by using technical and organisational security measures to minimise the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure and alteration.

Our safeguards will include, for example, firewalls and data encryption, physical access control in our data centres and authorisation management for access to information.

If you believe that your account has been abused, please contact Qijco at contact@qijco.be.

4.1 - Storage of your personal data

Qijco blog will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain Your Data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Qijco will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except where such data is used to enhance the security or improve the functionality of our service, or where we are legally required to retain such data for longer periods.

Where your personal data is no longer required by law or by any rights or obligations on our part or yours, we will delete the personal data. In most cases, personal data will be deleted upon termination or expiration of the agreement between you and Qijco or upon your written request.

4.2 - Transfer of your personal data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at Qijco's offices.

Your consent to this privacy policy, followed by your submission of this information, represents your agreement to this transfer.

Qijco will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to any organization or country unless adequate controls are in place, including the security of Your data and other personal information.

4.3 - Deleting your personal data

You have the right to delete or ask us to help you delete the personal data we have collected about you.

Qijco may give You the opportunity to delete certain information concerning You from the platform via contact@qijco.be or support@qijco.be.

You may update, modify or delete your information at any time by logging into your account, if you have one, and clicking on your profile to allow you to manage your personal information. You may also contact us to request access, correction or deletion of any personal information you have provided to us.

Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information where we have a legal obligation or legal basis to do so.

4.4 - Disclosure of your personal data

4.4.1 - Commercial transactions

If Qijco becomes involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will inform you before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

4.4.2 - Legal requirements

In certain circumstances, Qijco may be required to disclose Your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Qijco may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Complying with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Qijco blog
  • Preventing or investigating possible wrongdoing in relation to Qijco
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or members of the public

4.5 - Security of your personal data

The security of your personal data is important to us, but please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100 % secure. Although we endeavour to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5- DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The service providers we use may have access to your personal data. These third party providers collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on our service in accordance with their privacy policies.

5.1 - Analysis

We may use third party service providers to monitor and analyse the use of our service. These may include, but are not limited to:

  • Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google that enables website traffic to be tracked and reported. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of Qijco. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the data collected to contextualise and personalise ads in its own advertising network.

You can prevent your activity on Qijco from being made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics deactivation browser add-on. The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visitor activity. You can deactivate certain Google Analytics functions via the settings on your mobile device, such as the advertising settings on your device, or by following the instructions provided by Google in its privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

For more information about Google's confidentiality practices, please consult the Google Confidentiality and Terms of Use web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

5.2 - E-mail marketing

We may use your personal data to contact you with marketing or promotional newsletters and other information that may be of interest to you. You can choose not to receive some or all of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

5.3 - Payment

We may provide chargeable products and/or services as part of Qijco. In this case, we may use third party services to process payments (for example, STRIPE acting as a payment processor).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. This information is provided directly to our third party payment processor (STRIPE) whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy.

These payment processors adhere to the standards defined by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements ensure the secure processing of payment information.

They may include, but are not limited to:

  • Stripe's privacy policy can be consulted at the following address https://stripe.com/us/privacy

5.4 - Behavioural remarketing

Qijco may use remarketing services to advertise to You after You have accessed or visited our platform.

We and our third party suppliers use cookies and non-cookie technologies to help us recognise your device and understand how you use our service so that we can improve our service to reflect your interests and provide you with advertisements that may be of greater interest to you.

These third-party providers collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on our service in accordance with their privacy policies and to enable us to:

  • Measure and analyse traffic and browsing activity on Our Service within the Qijco blog
  • Display advertisements for our products and/or services on websites
  • Measure and analyse the performance of our advertising campaigns.

Some of these third-party suppliers may use technologies other than cookies which may not be affected by browser settings which block cookies. Your browser may not allow you to block these technologies. You can use the following third-party tools to refuse the collection and use of information with the aim of offering you advertising targeted by centres of interest.

You can disable all personalised advertising by enabling privacy features on your mobile device, such as limited ad tracking (iOS) and disabling ad personalisation (Android). For more information, consult the help system for your mobile device.

We may share information, such as email addresses or other online identifiers collected on our service with these third party providers. This allows our third party providers to recognise and serve ads to you across all devices and browsers. To learn more about the technologies used by these third party providers and their cross-device capabilities, please refer to the privacy policy of each provider listed below.

The third-party suppliers we may use include, but are not limited to:

  • Google Ads (AdWords)

The Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. You can deactivate Google Analytics for display advertising and personalise ads on the Google Display Network by going to the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads

Google also recommends that you install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your web browser. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on allows visitors to prevent Google Analytics from collecting and using their data.

For more information about Google's confidentiality practices, please consult the Google Confidentiality and Terms of Use web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

  • Facebook / Meta – To find out more about Facebook's interest-based advertising, visit this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/516147308587266
  • To unsubscribe from interest-based advertising from Facebook, follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

Facebook adheres to the self-regulatory principles for online behavioural advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance.

5.5 - Use, performance and miscellaneous

We may use third party service providers to improve our service. These may include, but are not limited to Facebook Messenger - Their privacy policy can be viewed at address https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

6- CONFIDENTIALITY RGPD 

6.1 - Legal definitions relating to the processing of personal data under the RGPD

We may process Personal Data in the following ways:

  • Consent : You have given your consent to the processing of personal data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract : The provision of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract with you and/or any pre-contractual obligations of the contract.
  • Legal obligations : The processing of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which the Company or the Operator is subject.
  • Vital interests : The processing of personal data is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another individual.
  • Public interest : The processing of personal data is linked to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority vested in the Company or the Operator.
  • Legitimate interests : The processing of personal data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company or the Operator.

In all cases, Qijco will be pleased to assist you in clarifying the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a legal or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary for the conclusion of a contract.

6.2 - Your rights under the RGPD

Qijco undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You the possibility of exercising Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if you reside in Belgium which is part of the EU, to:

  • Request access to your personal data. The right to access, update or delete the information we hold about you. Wherever possible, you can access, update or request the deletion of your personal data directly in the settings section of your account. If you are unable to carry out these actions yourself, please contact us for assistance. This also allows you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Request correction of the personal data we hold about you. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  • Oppose the processing of your personal data. This right exists where we rely on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for our processing and there is something about your particular circumstances that gives you cause to object to our processing of your personal data on this ground. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request the deletion of your personal data. You have the right to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no valid reason for us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of your personal data. We will provide you or a third party of your choice with your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information that you have initially consented to us using or where we have used the information to perform a contract with you.
  • Withdraw your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with access to certain specific features of the service.

You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting us. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. If you make a request, we will do our best to reply as quickly as possible.

You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about the collection and use of your personal data. For more information, if you reside in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.

7- GENERAL PRIVACY RIGHTS

Our Service is not intended for persons under the age of 18, or authorised by a legal representative, or administrator of the person and/or property in order to access the platform and become a full-fledged user of the platform.

Registration by minors is strictly prohibited. By accessing, using or registering on the Qijco blog, you confirm and certify that you are 18 years of age or older.

8- MODIFICATION OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

We will notify you by e-mail and/or by a prominent notice on our service, before the change comes into effect, and we will update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We advise you to check this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy come into effect as soon as they are published on this page.

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