PRIVACY POLICY

QCEG MAG and its affiliates (together, "QCEG") respects the privacy rights of our users and is strongly committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to this Website, any newsletters subscribed to via this Website, information collected and provided to QCEG MAG when you subscribe digitally to QCEGMAG.com and information collected offline when you subscribe to the print edition (print publication under development) of QCEG MAG, but does not apply to any other product or service of QCEG MAG, unless otherwise expressly indicated by QCEG MAG (such as by including a link to this Privacy Policy on other QCEG web applications or on QCEG mobile applications).

QCEG, or where relevant a designated service provider, collects personal information that you voluntarily provide on this Web site, on third-party websites and applications when subscribing digitally to QCEGMAG.com or offline in connection with your QCEG MAG print edition subscription, which may include your name, address, email address, contact information, credit card number, billing information, password etc. For example, QCEG MAG or a designated service provider collects personal information when you register on this Website, request certain QCEG MAG services or products, or submit the information to enter a sweepstakes, contest, or other promotion. If you do not provide certain personal information, not all functionality on the site will be available.

Do not provide information about others unless you are authorised to do so and consent to have all information used, disclosed, and transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By submitting the information about others, you represent and warrant that you are authorised to do so and that you have received authorisation from the person about whom you are providing the information and that person has consented to have all information used, disclosed, and transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We use this information for carefully considered business purposes which also benefit our customers and which include some or all of the following to:

(1) Provide our services and products.
(2) Communicate with you.
(3) Help QCEG MAG improve our services and products and to develop new services and products.
(4) Provide support for our services and products, and for QCEG MAG internal quality control purposes.
(5) Provide you with offers and promotions about services and products of QCEG MAG or of other parties that may be of interest to you.
(6) Enhance your experience with this Web site, including to save your preference and login information.
(7) Analyse web site usage and analyse use of the Web site.
(8) Protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of QCEG MAG or others and to monitor compliance with and enforce the terms of any agreement with QCEG MAG.
(9) 0perate our services, products, and systems properly.

QCEG MAG will be providing additional information as we progress...

QCEG MAG and the parties with whom we work (e.g., service providers, business partners, advertisers and advertising servers) may place, view, and/or use "cookies", Web server logs, Web beacons, or other electronic tools to collect statistical and other information about your use of this Web site and other websites. This information may include information about the IP address of your computer, browser type, language, operating system, your mobile device, device ID, geo-location data, the state or country from which you accessed this Web site, the Web pages visited, the date and the time of a visit, the websites you visited immediately before and after visiting this Web site, the number of links you click within this Website, the functions you use on this Website, the databases you view and the searches you request on this Website, the data you save on or download from this Website and the number of times you view an advertisement.

QCEG MAG and the parties with whom we work may use the information collected for various reasons, either on behalf of QCEG MAG or for the other parties' own purposes, including research, analysis, to better serve visitors to this Web site (such as by enabling log-in, providing access to certain sections of this Web site, providing customised content, or presenting online advertising on this Web site or other websites tailored to your interests as described further below), to compile aggregate and anonymous information about usage of this Web site and other websites, other statistics, etc. However, if you have deleted and disabled cookies, these uses will not be possible to the extent they are based on cookie information. To opt out of Google Analytics, including Demographics and Interest Reporting, please click here.

QCEG MAG, its designated service providers, or third-party advertisers or their advertising servers may also place or recognise unique cookies on your computer or use other electronic tools in order to help display advertisements that you see on this Web site or on other websites. Information about your visits to, and activity on, this Web site and other websites, an IP address, the number of times you have viewed an advertisement, and other such usage information is used, alone or in combination with other information, to display on your device screen advertisements that may be of particular interest to you. We may use Web beacons, provided by third-party advertising companies, to help manage and optimise our online advertising and product performance. Web beacons enable us to recognise a browser's cookie when a browser visits this Web site, and to learn which banner ads bring users to this Web site. The use and collection of your information by these third-party service providers, and third-party advertisers and their advertising servers is not covered by this Privacy Policy. QCEG MAG adheres to the industry's Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising located here. To "opt out" of advertising cookies placed by participating companies in the Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising, and thereby limit the tracking of your online activity and the targeted advertising you receive, please click here. To "opt out" of advertising cookies placed by the Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") online behavioural advertising member networks, and thereby limit the tracking of your online activity and the targeted advertising you receive, please click here. To opt out of advertising cookies for Your Online Choices if you are based in the EU, please click here.

DoubleClick for Publishers and other designated service providers assist QCEG MAG with advertisement display functions and related analytics for this Web site. To opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising, please click here. To opt out of Facebook advertising on OTT devices, please click here.

Note that even if you exercise choice for targeted advertising, you will still receive online advertising.

QCEG MAG may share your personal information with our affiliates (including affiliated websites under common ownership or control) and designated service providers, including for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. QCEG MAG may share with other third parties information about our Web site users, such as your use of this Web site or other websites, and the services provided on this Web site or other websites, but only on an unattributed and aggregate basis. QCEG MAG may also share your personal information (excluding security photographs) with a sponsor or other third party ("Third-Party Provider") that provides you with offers or promotions that may be of interest to you.

You may instruct QCEG MAG at any time not to share your personal information covered by this Privacy Policy with such Third-Party Providers by emailing us with the instruction to opt out if you are QCEG MAG subscriber. Please note that (i) this opt-out process may take some time to complete, consistent with applicable law; and (ii) even after such opt-out process is completed, your personal information may continue to be shared with our affiliates (including affiliated websites under common ownership or control) and designated service providers.

If you participate in certain features of this Web site (e.g., sharing news stories of interest), please note that any information you or others voluntarily disclose through use of these features, becomes available to the public and/or other users whom you have designated. If you choose to provide access to designated individuals, please be aware that any information you post will be visible to such individuals for their use. QCEG MAG is not responsible for the information that you or others choose to disclose publicly on this Web site, and neither QCEG MAG nor others' use of such information is subject to this Privacy Policy.

QCEG MAG may also disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with any applicable law, rule, or regulation, or in response to a subpoena, court order, or other legal process, subject to QCEG MAG's Law Enforcement Data Request Statement; (b) protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of QCEG MAG or others; (c) monitor compliance with and enforce any terms of service on this Web site; (d) provide our services and products (including allowing a purchaser of QCEG MAG or a QCEG MAG division to continue to serve you); (e) perform other activities related to such services and products, including billing and collection; (f) provide you with offers or promotions from QCEG MAG; or (g) operate the systems that provide our services and products properly.

The collection, further use, and/or disclosure of your information by Third-Party Providers or by other third parties is not the responsibility of QCEG MAG. Rather, such collection, use, and/or disclosure is governed by the third parties' privacy policies.

Any personal information you provide to QCEG MAG is kept on secure servers. QCEG MAG uses security measures appropriate to the provision of the relevant product or service, such as reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures (a) to safeguard personal information against loss, theft, unauthorised use, disclosure, or modification; and (b) to ensure the integrity of the personal information. To help us protect your privacy, you should maintain the secrecy of the logon ID and password you may have set up in connection with your participation in this Web site's service. Personal information is retained for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it is collected, including legitimate business reasons, and/or legal and regulatory requirements.

Depending on the jurisdiction, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict use of certain personal information covered by this Privacy Policy. Depending on the jurisdiction, you may also have the right to request that we refrain from processing personal information. Please bear in mind that if you exercise such rights this may affect our ability to provide our products and services. For inquiries about your personal information, please contact us by email by clicking here and inform us your request. While QCEG MAG will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request, we also reserve the right to impose certain restrictions and requirements on such requests, if allowed or required by applicable laws. Please note that it may take some time to process your request, consistent with applicable law.

Some of the uses and disclosures mentioned in this Privacy Policy may involve the transfer and processing of your personal information to and in various countries that may have different levels of privacy protection than your country. By using our products and services, you consent to such transfers and processing.

QCEG MAG may provide links to third-party websites, including social networking websites. Since we do not control third-party sites and are not responsible for any information you may provide while on such sites, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those websites before providing any of your information on such sites.

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy_policy@qcegmag.com Please include "Privacy Policy" in the Subject line of your inquiry. If you have complaints about QCEG MEDIA's processing of your personal information, you may have the right to contact the applicable supervisory authority.

QCEG MAG reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting revisions on this Webpage. Such changes will be effective upon posting.

QCEG MAG will not disclose client data (which may include personal information, together "client data") in response to requests from law enforcement, governmental, or regulatory agencies except where required to do so by law (for example, in response to valid and properly-served legal process such as a subpoena or search warrant). QCEG MAG will attempt to notify its client prior to disclosing client data unless: (1) prohibited by applicable law from doing so, or (2) there are clear indications of unlawful conduct in connection with the client's use of QCEG MAG services. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, QCEG MAG reserves the right to respond to urgent law enforcement requests if QCEG MAG believes in good faith that an emergency involving imminent danger of death or serious physical injury justifies such disclosure.