Our application and website, https://quirkz.io (referred to as “App” or “Website”or “Site”) is operated by Quirkz Inc, and includes all sub-domains of the website.
Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Quirkz Inc (hereunto known as “Quirkz” or “The Company”).
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared governs your access to and use of the Quirkz app and website (including any sub-domains), including any content, functionality and services offered on or through the Quirkz app or website, whether as a guest or a registered user.
This Privacy Policy is an addendum to our Terms of Use, and should be read in conjunction with that policy. All terms and definitions defined in our Terms of Use are also applicable to this policy.
By using our app or website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use (when and if this option is made available to you), or by accepting any proposal from us, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy and all other policies on our App or Website.
We have a robust and effective data protection program in place which complies with existing laws and abides by the data protection guidelines therein, as well as ensuring that we comply with the demands relating to GDPR, POPI, CalPOPPA andPCI (as relevant) in the countries we operate in.
When accessing the App or Website, Quirkz will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information we collect on the App or Website and in email, text, or other electronic communications between you and us and/or the App or Website.
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the App or Website. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the App or Website, and your use of either the App or Website serves as an acceptance of our Privacy Policy.
We are strongly committed to protecting your privacy and complying with your choices. Both personal and non-personal collected is safeguarded according to the highest privacy and data protection standards adopted worldwide.
As such, we are committed to the following:
When you access the App or Website, we will learn certain information about you during your visit:
Information You Provide To Us. The App or Website provides various places for users to provide information. We collect information that users provide by filling out forms on the App or Website, communicating with us via contact forms, responding to surveys, search queries on our search feature, providing comments or other feedback, additional information users provide while using the App or Website, and providing information when ordering a product or service via the App or Website. We refer to this information as "Personal Details"
Additionally, when you register and make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the App or Website, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
We use information you provide for us to deliver the requested product and/or service, to improve our overall performance, and to provide you with offers, promotions, and information.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technology. As you navigate through our App or Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies, including but not limited to Google Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Meta Tracking, etc to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This will generally include information about your location, your traffic pattern through our website, and any communications between your computer and our App or Website. Among other things, we will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type.
Additionally, as you browse the App or Website, we collect information about the individual screens, pages, products, and/or information that you view, what websites or search terms refer you to the App or Website, and information about how you interact with the App or Website. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information”.
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
The information we collect automatically is used for statistical data and will not include personal information. We use this data to improve our App or Website and our service offerings. To the extent that you voluntarily provide personal information to us, our systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information.
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Personal Details, Device Information and Order Information.
Similar to other commercial apps and websites, our App and Website utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how our site is used.
Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages or screens viewed, time spent at our app or website, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address.
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
We reserve the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside apps and websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. Quirkz reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media sites.
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the App or Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers.
These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website.
The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services.
They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural)advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
We collect your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select.
If you register to create a profile, download a book or resources, sign up for our newsletter, course, or other activity, and/or purchase a product or Service from us, we collect your information.
We use this information to track your preferences and to keep you informed about the products and services you have selected to receive and any related products and/or services.
As a visitor to this App or Website, you can engage in some activities without providing any personal information. It is only when you seek to download/access resources and Services and/or register for Services that you are required to provide information.
If you are outside the European Union and opt to receive any free resources, participate in any free programs, register for a profile, register for a live event, or purchase or register for any Services sold or provided by us on this App or Website, we will automatically enrol you to receive our free email newsletter.
If you are in the European Union and opt to receive any free resources, participate in any free programs, register for a profile, register for a live event, or purchase or register for any Services sold or provided by us on this App or Website, we will only enrol you to receive our free email newsletter if you affirmatively consent to it by clicking acceptance of our Terms of Service and/or Privacy Policy.
If you do not wish to receive the relevant newsletter or emails, you can unsubscribe anytime. We include an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email we send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, you can send an email to hello@quirkz.io requestingto unsubscribe from future emails.
We use your Personal Information to:
We use your Device Information to:
From time-to-time, we may use the information you provide to us to make you offers to purchase products and services provided by third parties in exchange for a commission to be paid to us by such third parties. Should you opt to take part in such promotions, the third parties will receive your information.
From time-to-time, we may use the information you provide to us to display advertisements to you that are tailored to your personal characteristics, interests, and activities.
As a general rule, we do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected whether automatically or through your voluntary action.
We may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries, affiliates, and service providers for the purpose of providing our services to you.
We may disclose your personal information to a third party, including a lawyer or collection agency, when necessary to enforce our terms of service or any other agreement between you and the Company.
We may provide your information to any successor in interest in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s asserts and/or business.
We share certain aspects of your Personal Information with third parties to help us use provide you the services and features you have accessed/joined the App or Website for, as well as for backend management.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights or when we in good faith believe that the law requires it or for protection of our legal rights.
It is important to note that only the minimum required information will ever be shared, if required, to provide you with the service and access to features you expect.
We employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to us and the information we collect automatically.
This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors.
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk.
Some of the information you may enter on our App or Website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL.
Your Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.
Your Credit Card information is never stored or visible to us, but is securely collected and retained (where applicable) on our Payment Gateway Provider (e.g. Stripe and/or PayPal) and protected as per their privacy, security and data retention policies when you complete a purchase.
We may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we use software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Our Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected on or via our App or Website and does not apply to any Linked App or Websites.
The App or Website contains links to and from web sites of third parties (referred to as Linked App or Websites) however we are not responsible for the actions of these third parties, including their privacy practices and any content posted on their web sites or system.
We encourage you to review their privacy policies to learn more about what, why and how they collect and use personal information.
We adhere to industry recognized standards to secure any personal information in our possession, and to secure it from unauthorized access and tampering.
However, as is true with all online actions, it is possible that third parties may unlawfully intercept transmissions of personal information, or other users of the App or Website may misuse or abuse your personal information that they may collect from the App or Website against our Terms of Use.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve our ads on the App or Website. Please review Section 2 for more details. These third-party advertising companies employ cookie and 1x1 pixel, gifs or web beacons to measure and improve the effectiveness of ads for their clients. To do so, these companies may use anonymous information about your visits to our website and other websites but will not collect any information which can personally identify you or can be linked to you.
This information may include:
This information can also be used for online preference marketing purposes.
If you want to prevent a third-party advertiser from collecting data, currently you may either visit each ad network's web site individually and opt out or visit the NAI gateway opt-out site to opt-out of all network advertising cookies. Details are listed in the Behavioural Advertising section of this policy.
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.
You can optout of targeted advertising by opting out as follows:
If you are using another platform not listed above that displays ads, please see their relevant help sections on how to disable targeted advertising.
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at http://optout.aboutads.info/.
It is important to note that when opting out of targeted advertising or tracking on social media or search platforms, that it does not stop all advertising but rather stop tracking your likes or dislikes resulting in you receiving ads on those platforms that might not be applicable to you. Targeted advertising and tracking ensures that you only receive information relevant to your likes and interests, thereby eliminating most irrelevant information being presented to you on those platforms.
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.
We provide the same protection for those electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail, and telephone.
This also applies when you register on our App or Website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this site. For further information, see the email policies below.
We are committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Disclosure of Your Information.
We will maintain the information you send via e-mail in accordance with applicable federal law.
Incompliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all e-mails sent from our organization will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. Our emails are all SPF, DKIM and DMARC complaint and approved.
In addition, all e-mail messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from us.
Our emails provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any e-mail they receive from us at anytime.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the e-mail.
Please note that we do not alter our App or Website’s data collection and use practices when we see a “Do Not Track” signal from your browser.
When you provide your personal information, you consent that it can be used for the purposes specified in this policy and that you are an authorized holder of such information.
If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you can still use our website, but you will not be able to receive additional services or access certain areas or features that require such personal information or registration on the App or Website.
When you register or activate your account or complete any form on our App or Website, you are providing your consent to occasionally receive information from us and providing full acceptance of our Privacy Policy and related Terms of Use.
In each communication from us you will have the opportunity to unsubscribe from further communications, alternatively, you may contact us to express your choicesat hello@quirkz.io.
You are entitled to review the personal information you have provided us and ensure that it is accurate and current at all times.
To review or update this information simply send us an email to hello@quirkz.io andwe will provide you with an extract of your personal information.
If you area European or South African resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted, as well as the right to restrict and object to certain processing of your information.
Additionally, if you are a European or South African resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the App or Website), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe and South Africa.
We will retain the any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:
You have the right to:
We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you or is required bylaw to be retained for the period defined by law. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.
If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information listed on our App or Website.
It is important that you understand that you have a significant role in protecting your information. As such it is important that you keep your username and password secret and not share that with anyone, as well as ensuring that you have the necessary secure connection to the internet, and that your device is clean and clear of viruses, trojans, malware, spyware, etc.
We retain information as long as it is necessary to provide the services requested by you and others, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information.
Information associated with your account will generally be kept until it is no longer necessary to provide the services or until you ask us to delete it or your account is deleted whichever comes first.
Additionally, we may retain information from deleted accounts to comply with the law, financial/tax audits and reporting, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Terms of Use, and take other actions permitted by law.
Any information we retain will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Your data could also be stored for sales statistical purposes.
Whilst our App or Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age, we do cater for minors given the nature of our business and services we offer. It is important to note that no one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the App or Website without their parent’s specific consent.
If you are under 16, you may not without your parent’s consent, use or provide any information on this App or Website or on or through any of its features/register on the App or Website, make any purchases through the App or Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this App or Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.
If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at hello@quirkz.io so we may investigate the matter.
As per our Terms of Use, we may update this privacy policy and any other policy on our App or Website from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we may, a tour discretion, notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the App or Website home page.
The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page.
You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our App or Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
If for some reason you believe that we are not adhering to the principals we have outlined in this policy, please notify us and we will do our best to promptly make corrections where possible.
We are committed to adhering to the laws relating to privacy of personal information of our members/customers in the countries they reside, and will ensure that this policy is always updated to reflect any significant changes that affect the way with how we deal with personal information.
If any of your Personal Information is accessed unlawfully by a 3rd Party due to no negligence by us and having kept within the standards as required by law, we can then not be held liable for such a data breach.
We are however committed to ensure that we always have the best security measures and firewalls in place to prevent such breaches, as much as is possible and required by law.
The Limitation Of Liability clause as per our Terms of Use regulates this policy as well.
In the event that any provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable sentence or paragraph shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Use, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
This Privacy Policy, and any related and/or referenced policies published by Quirkz, and any separate agreements provided by Quirkz, will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of The United States of America, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Delaware in The United States of America for the resolution of any disputes.
The titles and sub-titles used in our policies are used for convenience only and are not considered in construing or interpreting this policy.
For more information about our Privacy Policy, or if you have questions, or if you have any concerns, please contact us by e-mail at hello@quirkz.io.
These additional policies and terms and conditions are directly linked and associated with this Privacy Policy, and include:
Any additional terms and conditions and/or agreements and/or modifications of existing terms in policies communicated with you in writing electronically will also form part of these Terms of Use.
