Abiquo Inc. (“Abiquo” or “the Company”), the operator of www.abiquo.com and other web sites in the abiquo.com domain (the “websites”) is committed to protecting the privacy of all the users of the websites (“you” or “user”). To better protect your privacy, and so that you can understand our privacy practices and decide whether to use our websites, we provide this Privacy Policy explaining our information practices regarding the use and disclosure of user information collected and processed through our websites.
By using our websites, and in particular by providing your personal information on registration or contacting us for any reason, you explicitly accept this Privacy Policy and provide full consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal data by Abiquo, and to the use and disclosure to certain third parties of your personal data, in accordance with the terms set out in this policy.
Please note that any information you provide to other website users or to third parties you may contact through the websites will be collected and used by those parties according to their own terms and privacy policies. Abiquo cannot guarantee that these parties comply with the requirements set forth in data protection legislation.
1. Browsing and Cookies
For simply browsing the Abiquo website you are not required to register in advance.
You are expressly advised that Abiquo’s websites use cookies. These cookies are small data files generated in your computer which are associated exclusively to an anonymous user. The cookies used cannot read data from the hard disk or cookie files created by other suppliers. The cookies enable recognition of the users only when they have been registered so that they do not have to register each time they visit or access areas or services that are reserved exclusively for them. They also provide information on the date and time of the last visit the user made to the websites and the content selected in browsing. You may voluntarily de-activate and/or eliminate cookies by following your Internet browser instructions.
Abiquo may store and make use of the IP addresses of visitors to its websites in order to analyse trends, administer the websites and monitor the use of the websites.
2. Data Collection
In certain cases in order to provide you with access or use of the system and tools, or to request any product or service or for contact with the you over Abiquo’s websites, we require you to provide us certain personal data, consisting mainly in your professional contact data including your name, surname and email address, phone, mailing address, employer, etc. This data is necessary for the development of such contact and the management of any future services and products that are requested. Responses to questions about personal data that are marked with an asterisk (*) are obligatory and if they are not provided access will not be given to the requested service. Other fields are voluntary.
You guarantee that the personal information provided is true, accurate and up to date in the manner that reflects the User’s current situation. You hereby acknowledge that you are exclusively responsible for any inaccuracy, falsity, mistake or error in any submitted personal data and information and may be held liable for any damages whatsoever caused to Abiquo or third parties, by virtue of using our services. Please do not submit any personal data if you are less than 18 years’ old.
3. Data Use
We use such personal contact information for purposes of supporting your and your employer’s relationship with Abiquo, for creating web site content that is adapted to your needs and alerting you to new product and service offerings as they become available. Your user data may be retained by Abiquo to verify compliance with the agreement between Abiquo and you or your employer, to keep track of the domains from which people visit us, to create a user profile to better serve you and your employer, or to simply contact you either electronically or otherwise.
In addition, you accept that Abiquo may segment or categorize the data for keeping you informed and for being able to send you, by email or equivalent means, information, offers, promotions or commercial communications in general about products and services, for drawing up profiles or for analyzing proposals requested by you.
If you do not wish to receive information from this website you can expressly opt out by sending a notification to info@abiquo.com.
4. Data Disclosure
Abiquo warrants that it treats your personal data with strict confidentiality in accordance with applicable law. However there are some situations in which Abiquo shall disclose any personally identifiable and/or non personally identifiable information about you or your use of our websites, in compliance with a legal obligation or in order to correctly deliver its services or perform other obligations in accordance to the applicable regulations and rules set forth in the Terms and Conditions of the websites.
We may share your professional contact data with our business partners for marketing, advertising or product/service offering purposes. For example, we provide such data to our service providers for direct emailing of our newsletters, online surveys or notifications on our offerings. We also disclose your data if we have your consent, if we need to share it in order to provide you with the products and/or services you requested, in response to a court order or if you violate our terms of use and such disclosure is required to protect our rights and interests.
You also expressly accept that we may disclose or internationally transfer your data to third parties which are located outside your country. This international disclosure or transfer will only be performed for the sole purposes stated under these terms.
5. User Rights
You have the right to access, rectify, erase, block and oppose any processing of your personal data. Moreover, you may at any time withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data and information. Please contact us at info@abiquo.com to exercise these rights.
This withdrawal will not have retroactive effects but may prevent the provision of further services to you. Notwithstanding the above, we may retain certain data, blocked, for the purpose of defending our interests and responsibility and complying with mandatory legal obligations.
6. Collection of Information by Third-Parties
Our websites contain links to other web sites whose information practices may be different than ours. We recommend visitors to consult the respective policies of these third parties for more information on their information practices. Our privacy policy does not apply to, and we have no control over the activities or information that is submitted to, nor collected and processed by, these third parties. We may partner with identified third parties however we do not provide any personally identifiable information to these third parties without your consent.
7. Data Security
We have implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures set forth to preserve your personal information protected from unauthorized use or access and from being altered, lost or misused, taking into account the technological state of art, the features of the information stored and the risks to which information is exposed. However, due to the nature of the information and related technology, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of your personal information and expressly disclaims any such obligation. If we learn of a security breach, then we will attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate steps.
8. Minors
This websites are not intended for use by minors under the age of 18. We ask that minors not use the websites nor submit any personal information to us. We do not knowingly collect information from minors under 18. In the event that we learn we have collected any personal information from a minor under the age of 18, we will take appropriate steps to delete that information from our database. If you are a minor under 18 and you have acceded to these sites, please do not register as a user, do not leave any comments or other materials, and please leave this website immediately.
9. Privacy Policy Changes
We may amend this Privacy Policy as required to adapt it to future legislative or case law developments, and this will be reflected by the “effective date” below. If we make any substantive changes in our treatment of information collected at this website, we will notify you by posting a clear notice of these changes on our websites and in this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any future revisions. This Privacy Policy was last modified on March 23, 2010.
10. Applicable Law
Unless a specific local regulation sets forth to the contrary, the Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA.
Contact Us
If users experience problems while exercising their online rights or if they have doubts or questions related to Privacy policy they can contact us directly at 203 Redwood Shores Parkway, #280, Redwood City, CA 94065, USA or through our e-mail address info@abiquo.com indicating the reference matter.