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Privacy Policy Notice

The policy: This privacy policy notice is served by QWIQR under the website; [qwiqr.education]. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information through the business and while you browse or use this website. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing / using this website, and or refrain from submitting your personal data to us.

Policy key definitions:

  • "I", "our", "us", or "we" refer to the business, [QWIQR].
  • "you", "the user" refer to the person(s) using this website.
  • GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
  • PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
  • ICO means Information Commissioner's Office.
  • Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device.

Key principles of GDPR:

Our privacy policy embodies the following key priciples;

  • Lawfullness, fairness and transparency
  • Purpose limitation
  • Data minimisation
  • Accurancy
  • Storage limitation
  • Integrity and confidence
  • Accountability

Processing of your personal data

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and / or process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases.

  • Lawful basis: Legitimate interests
    Where our purpose for processing is: To enable secure access to the qwiqr.education website. Your email address is used to identify you when you login.
    We process your information in the following ways: Your email address and encrypted password are stored on our server.
    Data retention period: We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.
    Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

  • Lawful basis: Legitimate interests
    Where our purpose for processing is: To allow you to store and retrieve QWIQR feedback data on our servers.
    We process your information in the following ways: All feedback data including: audio, text , website links, images and video that you upload to our servers are stored. These data can be retrieved by any person with the correct link code. This link code is usually obtained by scanning a printed QWIQR qr code sticker.
    Data retention period: We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.
    Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties, but the stored data can be accessed by anyone with the correct link code.

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

Your individual rights

Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;

  • the right to be informed;
  • the right of access;
  • the right to rectification;
  • the right to erasure;
  • the right to restrict processing;
  • the right to data portability;
  • the right to object; and
  • the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

You also have the right to complain to the ICO [www.ico.org.uk] if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.

We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.

Internet cookies

We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that we display, to keep you logged into the website where applicable.

Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.

We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.

For more information about how cookies are used by this website and to change your cookie preferences please see our Cookie Policy

Data security and protection

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance requirement.

Right to be forgotten

GDPR requires us to automatically and permanently delete inactive user accounts. If you have not visited our site within the past 12 (twelve) calendar months, and do not have an ongoing Qwiqr Premium or Qwiqr Premium for Teams subscription, we are legally required to delete your account.
Deletion is automatic and irreversible: we are prohibited by law from having the ability to recover user information. If you want to prevent the deletion of your account, you just need to log in to our site.
You will be notified by email at least 30 days before the date of automatic deletion.
If you have an ongoing Qwiqr Premium or Qwiqr Premium for Teams subscription, we consider your account to still be active; and will not automatically delete your account.

You can manually delete your account at any time by logging into our sites and visiting the Settings page. Alternatively you can ask us to delete your account by emailing support@qwiqr.co.uk.

Subscription Customers

We use Chargebee, Stripe and PayPal to manage subscription payments for QWIQR premium. Chargebee, Stripe and PayPal are the data controllers for payment information and all payment information is stored by Chargebee, Stripe or PayPal. No payment or additional user data information is stored on the QWIQR servers.

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