Privacy Policy

LAST REVISED: December 21, 2022

 

PRIVACY POLICY

 

 

 

Quantum Metric, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, the “Company,” “we,” or “us”) values your trust and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information.  This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information that we collect through:

 

  • Our websites at www.quantummetric.com, learn.quantummetric.com, www.continuousproductdesign.com, learn.continuousproductdesign.com, go.quantummetric.com, engage.quantummetric.com, www.quantumleapcon.com, and any other websites operated by us from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy (the “Websites”);
  • Our social media pages that we control from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy (our “Social Media Pages”)
  • HTML-formatted email messages that we send to you that link to this Privacy Policy or other communications with you;
  • Our online SaaS platform, about our corporate customer users with registered accounts; and
  • Offline business interactions you have with us.

Collectively, we refer to the Websites, Social Media Pages, emails, and offline business interactions as the “Services.”

 

If you are a California resident, please see our CCPA Notice  for more information about how we handle your personal information and how to exercise your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

“Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual.  The Services collect Personal Information, including:

 

  • Name
  • Email and postal address
  • Telephone number
  • IP address (we may also derive your approximate location from your IP address)
  • Username and password for registered users

 

Collection of Personal Information 

We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:

 

  • Through the Services.
    • We collect Personal Information through the Services, for example, when you register an account to access the Services, post comments or reviews, sign up to receive information from us, attend one of our events, or contact our support team.
  • From Our Own Web Analytics Tools.
    • We also collect Personal Information through the use of our very own Quantum Metric web analytics tools on the Services, as described in more detail below.
  • From Other Sources.
    • We receive your Personal Information from other sources, for example:
      • publicly available databases;
      • joint marketing partners, when they share the information with us; and
      • If you connect your social media account to your Services account, you will share certain Personal Information from your social media account with us, for example, your name, email address, photo, list of social media contacts, and any other information that may be or you make accessible to us when you connect your social media account to your Services account.

We need to collect Personal Information in order to provide the requested Services to you.  If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide the Services. If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Use of Personal Information 

We and our service providers use Personal Information for the following purposes:

 

  • Providing the functionality of the Services and fulfilling your requests. 
    • To provide the Services’ functionality to you, such as arranging access to your registered account, and providing you with related benefits and customer support.
    • To respond to your inquiries, complete your transactions and fulfill your requests, when you contact us via one of our online contact forms or otherwise, for example, when you send us questions, suggestions, compliments or complaints, or when you request a quote for or other information about our Services.
    • To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
    • To allow you to send messages to another person through the Services if you choose to do so.

 

We will engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you and/or to comply with a legal obligation.

 

  • Providing you with updates and/or other marketing materials and facilitating social sharing.
    • To send you marketing related emails, with information about our services, new products and other news about our company.
    • To facilitate social sharing functionality that you choose to use.

 

We will engage in this activity with your consent or where we have a legitimate interest.

 

  • Analyzing Personal Information for business reporting and providing personalized services. 
    • To analyze or predict our users’ preferences in order to prepare aggregated trend reports on how our digital content is used, so we can improve our Services.
    • To better understand your interests and preferences, so that we can personalize our interactions with you, provide you with information and/or offers tailored to your interests, and deliver content via our Services that we believe will be relevant and interesting to you.

 

We will provide personalized services based on our legitimate interests, and with your consent to the extent required by applicable law.

 

  • Allowing you to participate in sweepstakes, contests or other promotions. 
    • We may offer you the opportunity to participate in a sweepstakes, contest or other promotion.
    • Some of these promotions have additional rules containing information about how we will use and disclose your Personal Information.  Please read those additional rules before choosing to participate.

 

We use this information to manage our contractual relationship with you.

 

  • Aggregating and/or anonymizing Personal Information.
    • We may aggregate and/or anonymize Personal Information so that it will no longer be considered Personal Information. We do so to generate other data for our use, which we may use and disclose for any purpose, as it no longer identifies you or any other individual.
  • Accomplishing our business purposes. 
    • For data analysis, for example, to improve the efficiency of our Services;
    • Debug, identify, and repair errors that impair the intended functionalities of our Services;
    • For audits, to verify that our internal processes function as intended and to address legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements;
    • For fraud prevention and fraud security monitoring purposes, for example, to detect and prevent cyberattacks or attempts to commit identity theft;
    • For developing new products and services;
    • For enhancing, improving, repairing, maintaining, or modifying our current products and services, as well as undertaking quality and safety assurance measures;
    • For determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, so that we can adapt our campaigns to the needs and interests of our users; and
    • For operating and expanding our business activities, for example, understanding which parts of our Services are of most interest to our users so we can focus our energies on meeting our users’ interests.

 

We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you, to comply with a legal obligation, and/or based on our legitimate interest.

 

Disclosure of Personal Information  

We disclose Personal Information:

 

  • To our affiliates, Quantum Metric (UK) Limited in London, England,  Quantum Metric Spainco, S.L. in Madrid, Spain and Quantum Metric Germany GmbH in Munich, Germany for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. 
  • To our third party service providers, to facilitate services they provide to us.
    • These can include providers of services such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, return authorization, fraud prevention, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service or related benefits (including special promotions), email delivery, auditing, and other services.
  • To third parties, to permit them to send you marketing communications, consistent with your choices.
  • By using the Services, you may elect to disclose Personal Information.
    • On message boards, chat, profile pages, and other services to which you are able to post information and content (including, without limitation, our Social Media Pages).  Please note that any information you post or disclose through these services will become public and may be available to other users and the general public.
    • Through your social sharing activity.  When you connect your Services account to your social media account, you will share information with your friends associated with your social media account, with other users, and with your social media account provider. By doing so, you authorize us to facilitate this sharing of information, and you understand that the use of shared information will be governed by the social media provider’s privacy policy.

 

Other Uses and Disclosures

We also use and disclose your Personal Information as necessary or appropriate, in particular when we have a legal obligation or legitimate interest to do so:

 

  • To comply with applicable law and regulations.
    • This may include laws outside your country of residence.
  • To cooperate with public and government authorities.
    • To respond to a request or to provide information we believe is necessary or appropriate.
    • These can include authorities outside your country of residence.
  • To cooperate with law enforcement.
    • For example, when we respond to law enforcement requests and orders or provide information we believe is important.
  • For other legal reasons. 
    • To enforce our terms and conditions; and
    • To protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others.
  • In connection with a sale or business transaction.
    • We have a legitimate interest in disclosing or transferring your Personal Information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

“Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual. The Services collect Other Information such as:

 

  • Browser and device information
  • Information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies
  • Demographic information and other information provided by you that does not reveal your specific identity
  • Information that has been aggregated in a manner such that it no longer reveals your specific identity

 

Collection of Other Information 

We and our service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, (and a more detailed explanation of these technologies can be found below under our Cookie Policy), including:

 

  • Your browser or device.
    • Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device.
  • Cookies and other tracking technologies.
    • Cookies.  Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using.  Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited, language preferences, query string, mouse movements, page scrolls, clicks and other traffic data.
  • Quantum Metric Analytics.  We use our very own Quantum Metric web analytics tools on the Services, to enhance user experience by optimizing the efficiency, design and quality of the Services.
  • Pixel tags and other similar technologies.
    • Pixel tags. Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used to, among other things, track the actions of users of the Services (including email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and compile statistics about usage of the Services and response rates.
    • Analytics. We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends.
  • Physical Location.
    • We may collect the physical location of your device by, for example, using satellite, cell phone tower or WiFi signals.

 

Uses and Disclosures of Other Information 

We may use and disclose Other Information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law.  If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, we may use and disclose it for the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information as detailed in this Policy.  In some instances, we may combine Other Information with Personal Information.  If we do, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information as long as it is combined.

 

 

SECURITY

 

We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization.  Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.

 

 

CHOICES AND ACCESS

 

Your choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information

We give you choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information for marketing purposes.  You may opt out from:

 

  1. Receiving marketing-related emails from us.  If you no longer want to receive marketing related emails from us on a going-forward basis, you may opt out by clicking on the opt-out or “unsubscribe” link within the email you receive.
  2. Our sharing of your Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.  If you would prefer that we discontinue such sharing on a going-forward basis, you may opt out of this sharing by emailing [email protected] or 833-QMETRIC.

We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.  Please note that if you opt out of receiving marketing related emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages, from which you cannot opt out.

 

How you can access, change, or delete your Personal Information  

If you would like to request to access, correct, update, suppress, restrict, or delete Personal Information, object to or opt out of the processing of Personal Information, or if you would like to request to receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another company (to the extent these rights are provided to you by applicable law), you may contact us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.  We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

 

In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed or whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from our database.  For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the Personal Information associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request.  We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion (e.g., when you make a purchase, you may not be able to change or delete the Personal Information provided until after the completion of such purchase).

 

RETENTION PERIOD

 

We retain Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.  The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

 

  • The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using the Services);
  • Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them); or
  • Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).

 

 

THIRD PARTY SERVICES

 

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Services link.  The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.

 

In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure, or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider, or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with our Social Media Pages.

 

 

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING

 

We use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to you when you access and use the Services and other websites or online services.

 

You may receive advertisements based on information relating to your access to and use of the Services and other websites or online services on any of your devices, as well as on information received from third parties.  These companies place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser (including through the use of pixel tags).  They also use these technologies, along with information they collect about your online use, to recognize you across the devices you use, such as a mobile phone and a laptop.

 

If you would like more information about this practice, and to learn how to opt out of it in desktop and mobile browsers on the particular device on which you are accessing this Privacy Policy, please visit:

 

 

 

USE OF SERVICES BY MINORS

 

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen (18), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under 18.

 

Pursuant to California Business & Professions Code section 22581, if you are a resident of California, under 18, and a registered user of the Services, you may ask us to remove content or information that you have posted to the Services by writing to [email protected].  Please note that your request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information, as, for example, some of your content may have been reposted by another user.

 

 

JURISDICTION AND CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER

 

Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers, and by using the Services you understand that your information will be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country.  In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies or security authorities in those other countries may be entitled to access your Personal Information.

 

Some countries outside of the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) are recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection according to EEA standards (the full list of these “specified countries” is available here). The UK and Switzerland recognize the EEA and the specified countries as providing an adequate level of data protection according to UK and Swiss standards. For transfers from the EEA, the UK or Switzerland to countries not considered adequate by the European Commission, the Swiss government or the UK government (as applicable), we have put in place adequate measures where necessary, such as standard contractual clauses adopted by the relevant authority to protect your Personal Information. You may obtain a copy of these measures by contacting us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.

 

Privacy Shield

Quantum Metric complies with the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the EEA, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to the United States in reliance on Privacy Shield. Quantum Metric has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to such information. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.  Although the EEA and Switzerland no longer recognize the Privacy Shield program as an adequate transfer mechanism, we continue to abide by our Privacy Shield certification.

 

In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, Quantum Metric commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. EEA or Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy Shield policy should first contact Quantum Metric at [email protected].

 

Quantum Metric has further committed to refer unresolved Privacy Shield complaints to BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, an alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your complaint to your satisfaction, please contact or visit https://www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers/ for more information or to file a complaint. The services of BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD are provided to EEA, Swiss, and UK individuals and at no cost to you.  Please note that if your complaint is not resolved through these channels, under limited circumstances, a binding arbitration option may be available before a Privacy Shield Panel

 

Quantum Metric is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  Quantum Metric’s accountability for personal data that it receives under the Privacy Shield and subsequently transfers to a third party is described in the Privacy Shield Principles. In particular, Quantum Metric remains responsible and liable under the Privacy Shield Principles if third-party agents that it engages to process the personal data on its behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, unless Quantum Metric proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

 

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

 

Unless we request it, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background, or trade union membership) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.

 

 

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

 

The “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised.  Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services.

 

 

CONTACTING US

 

Quantum Metric, Inc., located at 10807 New Allegiance Dr., Ste. 155, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80921, USA, is the company responsible for collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information under this Privacy Policy.

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected] or 833-QMETRIC, or write to us at 10807 New Allegiance Dr., Ste. 155, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80921, USA.

 

Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include credit card or other sensitive information in your emails to us.

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE EEA, SWITZERLAND AND THE UK

 

You may also:

 

  • Contact our representative in the EU: Quantum Metric (UK) Limited, of 25 Moorgate, London, England, EC2R 6AY.
  • Lodge a complaint with an EEA/UK/Swiss data protection authority for your country or region where you have your habitual residence or place of work or where an alleged infringement of applicable data protection law occurs.  A list of EEA data protection authorities is available here.  Information regarding the UK data protection authority is available here.  Information regarding the Swiss data protection authority is available here.

 

 

QUANTUM METRIC COOKIE POLICY

 

Cookies are a standard feature of websites that allow us to store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to and use of our Services Site(s). Cookies help us learn which areas of the Services are useful and which areas need improvement. For this purpose, we also use technologies similar to cookies, such as pixel tags.

 

You can choose whether to accept the use of cookies and similar technologies in general by changing the settings on your browser, or by changing specific settings for the Service (as set out in Section 3 of this Policy). However, if you disable cookies (and similar technologies) your experience on with the Service(s) may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.

 

Cookies and other types of Tracking Technologies

What Cookies Do We Use? 

Below we list the different types of cookies and similar technologies that are used on the Service(s). To the extent any personal information is collected through cookies, our Privacy Policy applies and complements this Cookie Policy.

 

Necessary Cookies.

Necessary cookies enable you to navigate the Site(s) and to use its services and features. Without these absolutely necessary cookies, the Site(s) will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the Site(s) or certain services or features.

 

Analytics Cookies.

Analytics cookies collect information about your use of the Service(s) and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Service(s), help us record any difficulties you have with the Service(s), and show us whether our advertising is effective or not. This allows us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Service(s), rather than the usage of a single person. We use the information to analyze site traffic for the particular Service, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information.

 

Performance Cookies.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

 

Advertising Cookies.

Advertising cookies are set to display targeted promotions or advertisements based upon your interests on the Site(s) or to manage our advertising. These cookies collect information about your activities on this Site(s) and other sites to provide you with targeted advertising.

 

What Other Tracking Technologies are used?

Google Analytics.

We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Site and report on activities and trends. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources.  You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and exercise the opt-out provided by Google by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Pixel tags.

Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) are used to, among other things, track the actions of users of the Service(s) (including email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and compile statistics about usage of the Service(s) and response rates.

Browser or Device Information.

Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type (Windows or Mac), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type and version, and the name and version of the Service(s) you are using. We use this information to ensure that the Service(s) functions properly.

 

Physical Location.

We may use your device’s physical location to provide you with personalized location-based services and content. We may also share your device’s physical location, combined with information about what advertisements you viewed and other information we collect, with our marketing partners to enable them to provide you with more personalized content and to study the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. In some instances, you may be permitted to allow or deny such uses and/or sharing of your device’s location, but if you do, we and/or our marketing partners may not be able to provide you with the applicable personalized services and content.

 

Quantum Metric Analytics.  

Our analytics tools use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information related to user behavioral metrics on the Site(s), such as mouse movements, clicks, user inputs, scrolling, access times, visit duration, pages viewed, IP address (including approximate location), operating system, and page reloading.  These tools provide insight into what works and what doesn’t work for users of the Service(s), and they allow us to, for example, identify and repair technical errors such as broken links that impair the Service(s) functionality.  The web analytics tools do not make “recordings” of users’ experience with the Service(s), but rather help us reconstruct the user experience to better understand, for example, where users may be encountering frustration or impediments to using the Service(s).

 

How Do I Manage Cookies? 

You can change your settings for cookies and similar technologies here.

 

In addition,  you can refuse or accept cookies from the Service(s) at any time by activating the settings on your browser. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. Please refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Service(s) may operate as intended.

 

You can withdraw your consent at any time through our cookie tool. Please note that this will not fully remove the cookies that have already been set on your device. You can delete cookies that have already been placed on your device by following these instructions:

 

Deleting cookies in Microsoft Edge

Deleting cookies in Firefox

Deleting cookies in Chrome

Deleting cookies in Opera
Deleting cookies in Safari

 

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.

 

If you want to clear all cookies left behind by the websites you have visited, please follow directions above for cookie deletion based on your browser.  Please note that if you block or clear cookies from your browser, it may remove the opt-out settings, requiring you to opt-out again.