Privacy Policy
Get ResQ Ltd., and any of its subsidiaries and affiliates such as Get ResQ US Ltd., Get ResQ UK Ltd., (collectively "ResQ", "we", "us" or "our") has created this Privacy Policy ("Policy") in order to describe how we collect, use, disclose and otherwise process personal information through our websites GetResQ.com and any sub-sites or related sites that link to this Policy (together, the "Website") and in connection with our Services. Your privacy is of great importance to us. Please read the following to learn more about our practices with respect to your personal information. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
1.1. Information that you provide to us
When you visit our website you may choose to provide us with information in order to use our Services, obtain reports, request additional information, contact ResQ, or sign up for our newsletters. In connection with the foregoing we collect your name, company name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and other information about your business. In order to create an account we will collect an email and password. In order to obtain Services, we may need to collect information about your business. If you choose to correspond with us through email or chat, we collect the content of your messages together with your email address where applicable and our responses.
1.2 Information that is collected automatically
ResQ also collects information automatically when you visit or interact with our Website, such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, and standard browser information. This information is logged to help diagnose technical problems, and to administer our Website in order to constantly improve the quality of the Services. We also track and analyze non-identifying and aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our users and provide such information to third parties.Technologies such as cookies, beacons, scripts and tags are used by us and our third-party partners. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the Website, tracking users' movements around the Website, and gathering demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual and aggregated basis. You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings.Our third-party partners also employ transparent images/GIFs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Pixels/Web Bugs), images, and scripts that help them better manage content on our Website. We do not tie the information gathered to your personal information. Our Website may include social media features, such as the Facebook Login or Like buttons, and widgets, such as the Share This button or interactive mini-programs that run on our Website. These and similar features may collect your Internet protocol address, which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.California residents have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell. They have the right to request the deletion of their personal information and to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. This means we will not deny you services, charge you different prices, or provide a different level of service based on your exercise of CCPA rights.We do not sell personal information. If we decide to do so in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide a 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information' link on our website.
1.3. Cookies
When you interact with the ResQ Website we strive to make that experience easy and meaningful. When you come to our Website, our Web server sends a cookie to your computer. Cookies are files that Web browsers place on a computer's hard drive and are used to tell us whether users have visited the Website previously. If you click on a link to a third-party website, such a third party may also transmit cookies to you.Standing alone, cookies do not identify you personally. They merely recognize your browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to ResQ, either by responding to a promotional offer, opening an account, or registering for a free trial, you remain anonymous to ResQ. Cookies come in two flavors: session and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during an online session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you've closed your browser or turned off your computer. They include such information as a unique identifier for your browser.ResQ uses session cookies containing information to allow the system to uniquely identify you while you are logged in. This information allows ResQ to process your online transactions and requests. Session cookies help us make sure you are who you say you are after you've logged in and are required in order to use the ResQ application. ResQ uses persistent cookies that only ResQ can read and use, to identify the fact that you are a ResQ Client or prior ResQ Website visitor (whatever the case may be).We are especially careful about the security and confidentiality of the information stored in persistent cookies. For example, we do not store passwords in persistent cookies. You can set your browser to block cookies or to notify you before a cookie is set. Users who disable their Web browsers' ability to accept cookies will be able to browse our Website but will not be able to successfully use our Services.
2. USE OF INFORMATION
ResQ uses the information that we collect as a controller to set up the Services, to provide the Services to our Clients, manage our relationships with Clients (including for billing and collections), and to continuously improve the Services. We may also use the information to contact you to further discuss interest in our company, the Services that we provide, and to send information regarding our company or partners, such as promotions and events. You are invited to receive our email newsletter by providing an email address, or a phone number. If, at any time you no longer wish to receive information from us, you may opt-out using the unsubscribe mechanism in our communications (where available) or by sending us a request specifying your new choice to [email protected].Under the GDPR, you have the right to access your personal information, rectify inaccurate information, erase your personal information, restrict processing, object to processing, and request data portability. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
3. THIRD-PARTY SITES
The Website and the Services may contain links to other websites. ResQ is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites. You will need to check the policy statement of these other web sites to understand their policies.
4. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD COUNTRIES
ResQ and its service providers may process and store personal information outside of your country of residence, including in the UK, Canada and the United States. By providing us with personal information, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We take steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy regardless of where it is processed. However, you should be aware that certain countries may not have data protection laws that offer the same level of protection as those of your country.
5. SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
5.1. Service Providers
We may from time to time employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf, such as maintenance services, database management, Web analytics and general improvement of the Services, and as a result, may need to share your information with them to provide these services to us. Unless you consent otherwise, such third parties do not have any right to use the personal information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us.
5.2. Business Transfers
We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, personal information may be one of the business assets transferred. Also, if we (or substantially all of our assets) are acquired, or if we go out of business, enter bankruptcy, or go through some other change of control, personal information would be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by a third party. We may also share personal information in advance of such transactions, if necessary in connection with due diligence or similar processes.
5.3. Protection of ResQ and Others
We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information that we reasonably believe is necessary to comply with law or a court order; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of ResQ, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. We or our service providers may also be required to disclose an individual's personal information in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
5.4. With Your Consent
We may share your personal information for other purposes with your consent.
6. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSINGGet ResQ Ltd. is the data controller responsible for your personal information. You can contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. When we process personal information as a processor to our Clients we do so only in accordance with their documented instructions. In connection with our activities as a controller outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA"), we process personal information with consent except where otherwise permitted or required by law. For example, we may be permitted to collect, use or disclose personal information without consent in order to collect a debt you owe to us, to comply with a subpoena or court order, or to comply with the rules of court regarding the production of records. Your consent may be express or implied, depending on the circumstances and the sensitivity of the personal information in question.In connection with our activities as a controller in the EEA, we rely on one of the following legal grounds (as appropriate) to process personal information:To enter and perform a contract with you or to perform any steps you require from us before entering into a contract.To pursue our legitimate business interests in establishing, managing or concluding our business relationship with you.Where you have specifically consented to us processing your personal information.To comply with our legal obligations and establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.Where personal information is processed with consent, you may (subject to contractual and legal restrictions) refuse to provide your consent, or choose to withdraw your consent, to our processing of your personal information by contacting us as described below. Note that if you refuse to consent, or withdraw your consent, to certain processing of your personal information, we may not be able to provide certain of our Services.
7. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Only persons who are age 18 or older have permission to access our Services. Our Services are not intended to be used by anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you learn that your Children have provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
8. SECURITY AND RETENTION
We have implemented reasonable physical, organizational and technological security measures to safeguard the personal information in our custody or control. These include safeguards to protect personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. Our authorized employees, representatives, agents and mandatories have access to your personal information as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.Personal information is maintained on our servers or those of our service providers and is retained in accordance with our record retention policies. Our record retention periods are established taking into account requirements of privacy laws, the purposes for which the information was collected, legal and regulatory requirements to retain the information for minimum periods, limitation periods for taking legal action, and our business purposes.
9. YOUR RIGHTS
You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information in our custody or control, by making your request in writing as described in the contact us section below. We may need to verify your identity before searching for or providing you with personal information or making corrections. In some circumstances, we may not provide access to your personal information, for example, if it contains the personal information of other individuals.You may also have the right, in specified circumstances, to object to our use of your personal information, to request the deletion of your personal information or restrict its use, to request a copy of the information you have provided to us to use for your own purposes, or to lodge a complaint with a commissioner or supervisory authority. If you have any questions about these rights, or you would like to exercise any of them, please contact us at [email protected] California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice identifying the categories of personal information which we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes, and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the address provided at the bottom of this document.
10. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
We may amend this Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to this Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our Website or sending you an email prior to the change becoming effective. You are bound by any changes to the Policy when you use the Website after such changes have been posted.
11. CONTACT US
Questions regarding this Policy or the practices of ResQ should be directed to ResQ's Privacy and Security Officer by e-mail to [email protected] or by post using the details provided below:
Get ResQ Ltd.
Attn: Privacy and Security Officer
18 King Street E, Suite 700
Toronto, Ontario
M5C 1C4
Last Updated: August 19, 2024