Privacy Policy

This disclosure and privacy policy (”Privacy Policy”) governs the manner in which the Site and Quantstamp collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from you as a visitor, user, applicant, client, or any other person accessing the Site. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Terms of Use.

By accessing and using the Site or otherwise providing information to Quantstamp, you have consented to the terms of this Privacy Policy, and consent to our privacy practices described herein including our use and disclosure of your Personal Data. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, then please do not provide us with your information and please do not access or use the Site. Please note that if you choose to limit the information that you provide to us while using the Site, you may not be able to use or participate in certain features of the Site.

Quantstamp considers your privacy as very important. This Site is not directed nor intended to be used by minors. All users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Site. If you are a minor, you must have your parent or guardian read and agree to these Terms of Use prior to you using the Site.

Information Collected

Collection of your information and Personal Data may be gathered by (but not limited to) the following methods:

• We may obtain information and Personal Data directly from you via Internet page forms or by other means you may volunteer, transmit, or make available information. 
• We may collect Personal Data automatically via tracking technologies.
• We may collect Personal Data about you from third parties and business partners.   

Personal Data collected directly from you

We may collect/store/distribute information submitted by you, including but not limited to any information through which we can identify you as an individual (“Personal Data”), as further described below.

We collect Personal Data directly from you or from a third party, for instance when you use or access our Site or otherwise interact with us.  This Personal Data may include the following:

• Your contact details.  Your name, address, telephone number, email address, Internet Protocol address and any other contact details you provide to us.
• Your personal characteristics.  This could include your gender, profession, job title, patterns, marital status (if shown on identification cards) or other personal characteristics that are requested or provided to identify you.
• Your communication data.  Your requests, any complaints you may have and any other data that we receive if we communicate with you through any channels or otherwise.
• Any other personal data.  This includes any personal data that you disclose to us during the course of your contractual relationship with us, either voluntarily or upon request.
• “Know Your Client” (or “KYC”) or anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing information. Quantstamp may be required by applicable law or regulation in certain circumstances to conduct, or work with third party service providers to conduct, “know your client” identification and/or anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing procedures. To comply with our obligation, we may also collect the following information from the Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) of you or our clients:  first and family name, copy of identification, nationalities, tax residence, tax filing information, assets, financial information, private/residence address, phone number, email address, date of birth, marital status, profession and actual function, range of annual income, range of estimated wealth, source of wealth and (where applicable) a United States or other Taxpayer Identification Number.

Personal Data collected automatically

We and our third-party providers automatically collect Personal Data related to your use of the Site, including using cookies and other similar technologies. The Personal Data we may automatically collect includes the below categories of information (collective, “Usage Data”):

• Device and Browsing Information. When you visit the Site, we may collect IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, date/time stamps, operating system, language, device type, unique ID, Internet service provider, referring and exiting URLs, clickstream data, and similar device and browsing information.
• Activities and Usage. We also collect activity information related to your use of the Site, such as information about the links clicked, searches, features used, items viewed, time spent within the Site, your interactions with us within the Site, and other activity and usage information.
• Location Information. We may also collect or derive location information about you, such as through your IP address. If you choose to enable location-based sharing with us through your device settings, we may collect precise location information to provide content that is more relevant to your location and to otherwise improve your interactions with the Site. You may turn off location data sharing through your device settings.  

Purposes and Use of Gathered and Submitted Information and your Personal Data

Quantstamp collects and uses the information submitted by you or make accessible to us via the Site, including but not limited to your Personal Data, for the purposes below or for purposes on a lawful basis and by submitting or making accessible such information to us via the Site you consent to our use of that information for the same purposes. To the extent we already hold information about you, we may also use that information for the same purposes.

• We may use your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data, to enable performing any agreements entered into between you and us, and to provide you with the information and services that you request, including managing and handling your requests, inquiries or complaints.
• We may use your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data, to send you marketing communications (such as newsletters, promotions, offerings, news, or service updates) via email, messaging, telephonic, or other electronic means, but we will do so subject to your consent to do so. You can withdraw your consent at any time, as further described below.
• If you are an existing client, we may use your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data (both on aggregated and individual bases), such as your contact details and your electronic identification data, for the purpose of advertising our services, products, offerings, programs, and protocols that may be of interest to you (based on our services that you have previously used), making contact with you for marketing or other commercial purposes.
• We may use your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data, for client administration purposes, such as client service agreements administration, or administration of work done subject to client service agreements.
  
• We may use your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data, for analysing and improving the quality of our Site, to measure or understand the effectiveness of marketing or advertising we serve to you and others and to deliver relevant advertising, including delivering targeted advertising based on your historical use of our services, to operate and expand our business activities, to develop and improve our services, products, offerings, programs, and protocols, to generate aggregated statistics about the users of our Site, to assist in security and fraud prevention, to administer our Site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analyses, vulnerability assessments, testing, research, and statistical purposes.
  
• We may use your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data, to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject (such as maintaining appropriate business records, conducting due diligence, know your client identification, anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism, or other processes), complying or cooperating with requests by governmental or law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, or other bodies having oversight or prudential jurisdiction or as otherwise required by law.
• We may use your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data, to conduct financial, tax and accounting audits; audits and assessments of our operations, privacy, security and financial controls, risk, and compliance with legal obligations; our general business, accounting, record keeping and legal functions, and to maintain appropriate business records and enforce company policies and procedures.

Cookies

Cookies. “Cookies” are alphanumeric identifiers we transfer to your device’s hard drive through your web browser for tracking purposes. Some cookies allow us to make it easier for you to navigate the Site, while others are used to enable a faster log-in process, support the security and performance of the Site, or allow us to track activity and usage data within the Site.

Third Party Analytics. We use third party tools, such as Google Analytics, which are operated by third party companies, to evaluate usage of the Site. These third-party analytics companies use cookies, and other tracking technologies to collect usage data about the Site to provide us with reports and metrics that help us evaluate usage of the Site, improve the Site, and enhance performance and user experiences. To learn more about Google’s privacy practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can also download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.  

Cross-Device Tracking. We and our providers may use the information we collect about you within the Site and on other third-party websites and services to help us and these third parties identify other devices that you use (e.g., a mobile phone, tablet, other computer, etc.) to interact or engage with us or the Site.

Links

Links listed on the Site are for informational purposes only, any use of those links are solely at the user discretion and are their own sole responsibility. We offer no warranty or acceptance of responsibility for any and all actions and interactions between users from our site and the linked sites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or privacy practices of such third parties. Any information collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy.

Information Disclosure/ Nonaffiliated Third Parties

We may share your Personal Data for the purposes described above and as follows:

• Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Business Partners. We may disclose the Personal Data we collect to our corporate affiliates and subsidiaries. We may also partner with other businesses to offer our products, and we may disclose Personal Data to those business partners as necessary to facilitate your orders or requests.
• Vendors and Service Providers. We may disclose the Personal Data we collect to service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as regulatory compliance services, IT and website hosting, marketing, and marketing research providers, customer support, data storage, analysis and processing providers, auditors, consultants, and legal counsel.
• Marketing and Analytics Providers. We may also disclose your Personal Data, such as device and browsing, and activities and usage information, to marketing and advertising networks, data analytics providers, and other companies who provide marketing or analytics services on our behalf.
• In Support of Business Transfers. If we or our affiliates are or may be acquired by, merged with, or invested in by another company, or if any of our assets are or may be transferred to another company, whether as part of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or otherwise, we may disclose or transfer the Personal Data we have collected from you with or to the other company. We may also disclose certain Personal Data as necessary prior to the completion of such a transaction or other corporate transactions such as a financing or restructuring, to lenders, auditors, and third-party advisors, including attorneys and consultants.
• Compliance and Legal Obligations. To comply with our legal and compliance obligations and to respond to the legal process. For example, we may disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and other lawful requests by regulators and law enforcement, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements.
• Tax Authorities. We share your Personal Data with Tax Authorities to comply with applicable laws and regulations, where required or requested by tax authorities in the territory in which you are located or domiciled who, in turn, may share your Personal Data with foreign tax authorities, and where required or requested by foreign tax authorities, including outside the territory in which you are located or domiciled.
• With our Professional Advisors. We share your Personal Data with our lawyers, auditors, and other professional advisors who are providing you with the services, to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, and to support us with the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
• Security and Protection of Rights. Where we believe doing so is necessary to protect us, our rights and property, or the rights, property, and safety of others. We may also disclose Personal Data related to litigation and other legal claims or proceedings in which we are involved, as well as for our internal accounting, auditing, compliance, recordkeeping, and legal functions.
• Aggregate and Deidentified Information. Notwithstanding anything else in this Privacy Policy, we may use, disclose, and otherwise process aggregate and deidentified information related to our business and the Site with third parties for quality control, analytics, research, development, and other purposes.
• Other Disclosures. We may disclose Personal Data in other ways not described above, but will notify you and, if necessary, obtain your consent.

Cross-border Transfers of Your Personal Data

Please be advised that the Site is hosted in the United States and in other regions throughout the world. If you access the Site from the European Economic Area, Asia, or any other region of the world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in the United States, then through your continued use of the Site, you consent to the transfer of your information, including but not limited to your Personal Data, outside of your region to the United States or to any other region of the world, and you expressly consent to have your Personal Data transferred to and processed in the United States or any other region of the world.

Security

Your information provided by or made accessible by you, including but not limited to Personal Data, to the extent maintained on our systems is protected using reasonable steps to deter against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information to the extent under our control. Due to the nature of the Internet, computer networks, systems and other factors, we cannot guarantee that the information submitted to, maintained on, or transmitted from our systems or the Site will be completely secure. You are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Site. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.

Personal Data Retention

We retain your Personal Data for as long as required to satisfy the purpose for which collected and used unless a longer period is necessary for our legal obligations or to defend a legal claim.

Consumer Requests

You may inquire about your Personal Data, as well as request the review, correction, or deletion of your Personal Data. To make such requests, please contact Quantstamp, Inc. at [email protected] with a detailed description of your inquiry or request. While Quantstamp, Inc. is committed to addressing your concerns, please note that certain requests may be subject to eligibility and conditions set forth in applicable laws and regulations.

Modification

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our privacy practices. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the revised or updated Privacy Policy and its “Last Revised” date on the Site. If the revision or modification is material, we will provide you notification via email or via the Site. Your continued use of the Site after the “Last Revised” date constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to the Privacy Policy and its revisions or updates. You should periodically read this Privacy Policy to learn of any revisions or updates. 

Contacting Quantstamp, Inc.
For questions or comments email us at [email protected].