Privacy Policy

Information Quality Solutions ("we") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. 

By visiting our website, webinars, surveys or participating in our virtual summit (as set out in our terms of use), you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 2018, and any subsequent UK data protection legislation (the Legislation), the data controller is Information Quality Solutions Limited (company no. 05579508) of 4 Marsh Road, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.

Information we may collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Information you give us
    You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site and/or registering for off-site events such as webinars.  This includes information you provide when you register to use our site or attend an event, subscribe to a newsletter or service, order products or services, upload or download content, and/or participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on our site. The information you give us may include (but is not necessarily limited to):

    • your personal name and address;

    • your business name and address;

    • your email address;

    • your phone number;

    • your financial and credit card information; and/or

  • Information we collect about you
    Each time you visit our site or interact with the emails we send to you, we may automatically collect the following information:

    • technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, operating system and platform;

    • information about your visit, including the URL clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); pages, resources and/or products you viewed or searched for; page response times, errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction, and methods used to browse away from the page;

    • information about your interaction with our emails, including whether you have opened the email, the number of times the email is accessed, and your interaction with email content, including the links you have clicked.

Legal basis for processing your data

We may process your data because:

  • we are legally obliged e.g. to confirm your identity;

  • the processing is necessary to provide our services; or

  • it is in ours or a third party's legitimate interests to do so.

In some instances, we will rely on your consent to process Personal Data and where we do this, it will be flagged to you at the time.

Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

  • Information you give to us. We will use this information:

    • to enable you to access the content and functions available via the site, provide you with any products and services you request, and carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;

    • to provide you with information about other resources, materials, goods and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already accessed, purchased or enquired about;

    • to notify you about changes to our service;

    • to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;

    • to give you access to our events and keep you updated with news, information and updates before and after the event.

    • to share relevant information from our marketplace, summit or jobs board;

  • Information we collect about you. We will use this information:

    • to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;

    • to improve our site;

    • to allow you to participate in interactive features, when you choose to do so;

    • to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about content, goods or services, or events that may interest you or them.

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with other websites or entities owned by Information Quality Solutions as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may also share your information (including personal data) with selected third parties, including:

  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

  • If we sell or buy any business or assets, the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

  • Parties to whom we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data to comply with any legal obligation, or to enforce or apply our terms of use or terms and conditions of supply and other agreements; or to whom we disclose or share data to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Marketing

We may send you information by post, email, telephone, text message (SMS) or automated call about our products and services, competitions and special offers which may interest you.

We may send B2B marketing emails to you as a business contact where we believe we have legitimate interests in doing so. Such emails will always give the option to opt-out of future communications.

You can opt-out anytime if you have consented to receive marketing from us. See 'What rights do you have?' below for further information.

Keeping your data secure

We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example:

  • access to your account is controlled by a password and user name that are unique to you;

  • we store your personal data on secure servers; and

  • payment details are encrypted using SSL technology (typically you will see a lock icon or green address bar (or both) in your browser when we use this technology).

While we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal data, you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure, and for this reason, we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet. If you have any particular concerns about your information, please contact us at editor@dataqualitypro.com.

What can I do to keep my information safe?

If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.

Where we store your personal data

The data we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for other employers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Social media

If you use social media plugins or features on our site, including but not limited to the LinkedIn login function, you agree that we may receive information about you from social media sites (including personal information such as your name, gender, date of birth and location) in order to enable us to provide you with an online account and to enable you to use the site and its features. Any information received by us via the use of social media functions shall be stored and used strictly in accordance with this privacy policy.

How long do we keep your personal information?

We keep your personal information for as long as we need to for the purposes for which it was collected or (if longer) for any period for which we are required to keep personal information to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements.

Your Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access

    • ​You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service. When exercising this right, please tell us that this is a “Subject Access Request”.

  • The right to rectification

    • ​You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we update the information you believe is incomplete.

  • The right to erasure

    • ​You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to restrict processing

    • You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to object to processing

    • ​You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to data portability

    • ​You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you under certain conditions.

Once we have received the request and verified your identity, we will respond as soon as possible and, in any event, within one month.  If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via one of the following methods:-

Email us at:-

  • editor@dataqualitypro.com

Your request should include the following details:

  • Your full name

  • The email address used in your registration

  • The type of request you are making

  • Any details that will help us to identify your data

All emails must send an email from the email account used in their registration on our site, granting you permission to request the information.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file written to your hard drive that contains information about your account and use of this site. Cookies enable us to collect useful information and improve your experience when accessing and using our site.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

There is a popup when you visit our website which asks for your permission for us and our partners to use cookies on our platform (apart from where we have a Legitimate Interest to do so).

The cookies we use on our site include:

_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025

_client_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025 

algoliasearch-client-js

  • Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

CART

  • Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

  • Cookie

  • Two weeks

CHECKOUT_WEBSITE

client_username

  • Remembers a logged in Scheduling client's username between visits

  • Cookie

  • One year

Commerce-checkout-state

  • Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

  • sessionstorage

  • Session

Crumb

hasCart

  • Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

  • Cookie

  • Two weeks 

Locked

  • Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password. 

  • Cookie

  • Session

PHPSESSID

  • Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling

  • Cookie

  • One month

RecentRedirect

  • Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

  • Cookie

  • 30 minutes

remember_client

  • Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account

  • Cookie

  • 365 days 

siteUserCrumb

SiteUserInfo

SiteUserSecureAuthToken

  • Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

  • Cookie

  • Three years

squarespace-announcement-bar

  • Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-likes

  • Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-popup-overlay

  • Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-video-player-options

ss_cookieAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

  • Cookie

  • 30 days

ss_sd

Test

  • Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors

  • Cookie

  • Session

TZ

  • Enables a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences.

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

Third Party Cookies

Third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

Managing cookies

If you do not wish to manage your consent choices through our website then you can also do this through your browser settings. The "help" function within your browser should provide information about this. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently for any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we use your personal information, please contact editor@dataqualitypro.com. We will try to resolve the issue. If we cannot resolve any issue, you have the right to complain to the data protection authority in your country (the Information Commissioner in the UK). This can be done via their website.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to editor@dataqualitypro.com, please state the website(s) it is about.

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