privacy policy
Effective June 19, 2013
Qcuun, Inc. (“Qcuun,com” “we,” or “our”) respects your privacy and know that integrity is the foundation of our relationship with you. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you, how it is used, and with whom we may or may not share it. We also offer you options regarding your privacy choices more fully described below.
This Privacy Policy only covers the Qcuun.com websites and apps along with any and all related pages on Qcuun.com. We are not responsible for the privacy practices on any website other than Qcuun.com. For example, we do not exercise control over sites that may appear on our site for other reasons, promotion and otherwise. When you leave the Qcuun website, we encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies on all other websites that you visit through our site.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
We collect different information from you depending upon how you use Qcuun.com as described below.
When you use Qcuun without supplying a login id (or after logging out of your Qcuun account), we may collect the following information fields from you: IP Address. We will collect and store your email address, description of your items and some limited personal and business details so we may properly format Qcuun.com for your convenience and partial item/s security, date and time of your login, any third party websites that referred you to us and social media websites. When you search, we collect your search queries for the purposes of improving our site. We do not use this data for marketing purposes, sale. Your Identification number and description of your item/s will only use for reference purposes and also to identify ownership of items belong to you and others. We may also need to verify your age to ensure that we are not collecting information in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act; we will discard your birth date once we have verified your age. Finally, we may use third-part analytics packages to collect anonymized data about your usage of our website.
When you logged in to your account, we collect all of the information listed above, as well as your e-mail address, Qcuun username, uploaded item photo(s) and as a logged in user, you may change your password.
HOW WE MINIMIZE DATA STORED ABOUT YOU
Information about you is kept at a minimal as our interest is in your personal items and what may happen to them in the future. If your item is lost or stolen, we want to be able to locate you by email and in some cases cell phone. Your personal unique identification number along with your item/s serial number is crucial in how we manage and identify the true owner of an item hence the minimal request for your personal and items unique numbers.
For company who may offer credit, the information submitted to Qcuun is at minimal and will be coded to a point where the general public cannot see those clients information. Full details of your client are not required except for the items that you the creditor may have an interest. Only the name and unique number of the client is required and the total information about the item/s.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
Qcuun.com, by its very nature, must use information provided by you to deliver good search results. Our website requires sharing a minimum amount of information with us to function as a search, reporting, registrar for lost or stolen and security pledged item/s. Below, we fully describe how we use information provided to us so that you can make the decision of whether or not to use our website and its enhanced functionalities.
Qcuun may share information regarding your registered item/s, which may or may not personally identifiable to you, in order to enhance your search results; we will promote the use of Qcuun worldwide in order to populate our site with all kind of personal item/s. For example, when you upload an item, your item and personal Identification number will be tied together so as to make your claim, search, find and reporting easier and also the claim of retailers and lenders are available to other relevant companies and individuals. Your item/s can only be seen by you and persons with whom you have pledged your item/s for collateral against loans or other credit facilities. Additionally, for the site system to work for you and everyone, your correct unique IDs numbers must be correct. Inputting data to our site will be on your terms and your terms must coexist with our for our site to function therefore, correct information to our site can only help to provide more relevant and positive search results. If you do not want your search queries shared in such a fashion, you can opt-out of this feature by quitting.
Qcuun.com provides some of its services for free and some for a small fee; its web-based tools on the web are free. We are able to sustain our business “web-based content” through other source of fees.
To Improve Our Website: Any of the information we collect, as described above, may be used for the following purposes: to improve our services and products; to develop new services; to ensure and improve the technical functionality of our website and network; to protect your rights, Qcuun’s rights and the rights of other Qcuun users; and to assist Qcuun in providing you with services.
OTHER ITEMS OF WHICH YOU SHOULD BE AWARE
Children: The Qcuun website is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children younger than eighteen years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen.
EXCEPTIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
In certain circumstances, Qcuun.com may release the information it collects for the following purposes:
- to respond to your requests for information (by us);
- to process its bills
- to respond to court orders, subpoenas, or other legal process, or to help Qcuun in establishing or exercising its legal rights or defend itself against legal claims;
- to investigate, prevent or take action with regard to illegal activity, suspected fraud, potential threat to the physical safety of any individual, violations of the Qcuun Terms of Service or as otherwise required by law;
- to investigate or take action with respect to any circumstance that could expose Qcuun to liability; and
- if Qcuun is acquired by or merges with another company, we may release your information to the other company, but that other company will be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Should any of the above circumstances occur, Qcuun may permanently retain your information.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please write to us
Note: This email address is provided exclusively for notifying us about the Privacy Policy. Inquiries regarding any other topics, such as technical support requests, reports concerning email abuse, and reports of instances of piracy, will not receive a response through this process.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Qcuun may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat your personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address you have specified in your qcuun account or by placing a prominent notice on the Qcuun website.
info@Qcuun.com