Privacy policy

What This Privacy Policy Covers

• This policy covers how Qware treats personal information that Qware collects and receives, including information related to your past use of Qware services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, e-mail address and that is not otherwise publicly available.
• This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Qware does not own or control, or to people that Qware does not employ or manage.

Information Collection and Use

• Qware collects personal information (such as your name, e-mail address, gender and postcode) when you register with Qware, when you use Qware services and when you enter promotions or competitions.
• Qware automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Qware cookie information, and the page you request.
• Qware uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the content you see, fulfil your requests for services, improve our services, contact you (when permitted or required), conduct research, and provide internal reporting.

Information Sharing and Disclosure
Protection of personal data

• Any information you submit will never be sold or passed to third parties or used for any other purpose, unless explicitly mentioned on the pages where the information is retrieved.
• Personal information is requested to tune information to the needs of the user and to contact users when required.
• While appropriate security measures are in place to ensure the protection of your personal data, Qware cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this privacy policy. We have enlisted the appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorised access, maintain data security and correctly use the information we collect online.

E-mail policy

• You will only receive e-mail from Qware mailing lists that you have subscribed to.
• E-mail addresses supplied via the 'e-mail this page' item will not be stored in a database or used for any other purpose than for which it is intended.
• After registration you will receive a confirmation e-mail. If you do not perform the actions requested in this e-mail (because e.g. you did not request the account), the account will automatically be deactivated.
• After completing registration, filling in a contact form or requesting information on the website, you may receive e-mail to confirm reception of your request.
• You will regularly receive information about new developments of products that can be interesting for you.
  

Cookies

• Cookies are little pieces of information, stored by the website on your computer. There are two types of cookies: session cookies, which your browser automatically deletes after leaving the site, and permanent cookies, which are not automatically deleted (but you can do that yourself).
• Session cookies are used to enable certain types of services on the site. Disabling cookies may cause (parts of) the site to not work correctly. Session cookies are required for the Service Centre.
• Permanent cookies are used to store user settings, like your preferred language.
• No personal data is stored in cookies, unless explicitly accepted by you.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.

Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

• Qware may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the e-mail address specified in your Qware-account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.