PRIVACY POLICY

Effective date: 12th day of March, 2024

ventureq.co (the “Site”) is an e-commerce website owned and operated by Venture Q Incorporated. Venture Q Incorporated is the data controller.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

1. The personal data we will collect;
2. Use of collected data;
3. Who has access to the data collected;
4. The rights of Site users; and
5. The Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

You can withdraw your consent by: By contacting our Data Protection Officer.

Legal Basis For Processing

We collect and process personal data about users only when we have a legal basis for doing so.

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users:

1. Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes;
2. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us to take, at the request of a user, steps before entering a contract or for the performance of a contract to which a user is a party. If a user does not provide the personal data necessary to perform a contract the consequences are as follows: The user may not transact commercially on the platform.; and
3. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation. If a user does not provide the personal data necessary for us to perform a legal obligation the consequences are as follows: The user may not transact commercially on the platform.

 

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected Automatically

When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:

1. IP address;
2. Location;
3. Hardware and software details;
4. Clicked links;
5. Content viewed;
6. Account Access Details; and
7. Financial Transaction Date, Time, Fees & Taxes.

Data Collected Automatically via Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Data Collected Automatically via Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

1. First and last name;
2. Email address;
3. Phone number;
4. Address;
5. Payment information;
6. Auto-fill data;
7. Other Contact Data;
8. Organization Information;
9. Products & Services Information.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

1. By filling out forms on the website;
2. By creating an account or profile on the Platform; or
3. By creating Offers or Requests on the Platform.

 

How We Use Personal Data

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:

1. Statistics and Logging; and
2. Continuous Business Improvement and Platform Iteration activities.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

1. Discovery;
2. Communication;
3. Commerce; and
4. Cooperation.

 

Who We Share Personal Data With

Employees

We may disclose user data to any employee of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Members

We may disclose public user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to the public user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

1. If the law requires it;
2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;
3. To prove or protect our legal rights; and
4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company if we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

 

How Long We Store Personal Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

User data will be stored for a minimum of Seven(7) years beyond user account termination. You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

 

How We Protect Personal Data

To protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption and store all of our data on servers in secure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees. Our employees are bound by strict confidentiality agreements and a breach of this agreement would result in the employee’s termination.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

 

Your Rights As A User

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Under PIPEDA, your rights regarding personal information include:

1. Right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data.
2. Right of access to your personal information.
3. Right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
4. Right to request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.

 

Children

The minimum age to use our website is 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our data protection officer.

 

How To Access, Modify, Delete, Or Challenge The Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to whom we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, please contact our data protection officer.

 

Do Not Track Notice

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third-party websites and therefore do not respond to browser-initiated DNT signals.

 

How To Opt-Out Of Data Collection, Use Or Disclosure

In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

1. You can opt out of the use of your personal data for marketing emails. You can opt-out by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of any marketing email or updating your email preferences under “Your Account”
2. You can opt out of the use of your personal data for Sponsored Content relevance. You can opt out by updating privacy settings for Personal Data Fields in the Privacy Preferences under “Your Account”

 

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

1. Functional cookiesFunctional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;
2. Analytical cookiesAnalytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example, data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc; and
3. Targeting cookiesTargeting cookies collect data on how you use the Site and your preferences. This allows us to personalize the information you see on our Site for you.

 

Additional Clauses

Embedded content from other websitesArticles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

 

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern satisfactorily you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

 

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our data protection officer, Data Protection Officer, at:

• [email protected]

• +1 (416) 855-3335

• 2275 Upper Middle Rd. E, Unit 101, Oakville, Ontario, L6H 0C3, Canada