Privacy Policy

Last Update: April 24, 2024

About this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how OOQIA (“we,” “us,” and “our”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you (also referred to as “your,” “user,” and “users”). This policy applies to our website https://ooqia.com and its associated subdomains (collectively, “services”). By accessing or using our services, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

Information We May Collect and How We Collect It

Our website’s landing page currently features two primary interactive sections—“Services” and “Careers”—where users can submit information. You can also schedule a meeting with us by providing the information requested, which should include your full name and email address at minimum.

 

Furthermore, you can find available positions at our OOQIA. The types of personal information we may request include, but are not limited to, contact details (such as your name, email address, and phone number), residence information, professional qualifications (including professional experience and educational background), and any content contained in your resume, such as social media profiles and photographs. This information helps us to process your application and assess your suitability for a role.

 

In addition to direct information, our website also collects indirect data related to your usage patterns. We employ tools to gather insights on web traffic, user interactions, and engagement.

 

Furthermore, our website integrates social media widgets for platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. These features facilitate content sharing directly from our web pages and allow users to connect with and follow our social media profiles. Make sure you review the privacy policies of these companies as well to understand the way in which your information is processed. You can find more information in our “How we Disclose Information” section.

How We Use the Information

This is how we use or may use your personal and non-personal information:

  • To verify your identity.
  • To fulfill meeting requests and provide customer support.
  • To use in recruitment and hiring processes.
  • To analyze user interactions and website traffic to improve our website and services and develop new products and services.
  • To collect feedback to enhance services and user experience.
  • To communicate updates, respond to inquiries, and provide product information.
  • To comply with legal requirements, protect rights, and prevent fraud.
  • To enhance website security through collected information.
  • To inform you about our products or services, upcoming events, and marketing content. If the information is sent by email, you may unsubscribe.

How We Disclose Information

This section outlines how we share or disclose your information:

  • External Links and Third-Party Websites: Our website contains links to external websites and services not operated by us, such as social media sites. When you click these links, you navigate away from our website. We do not have control over, and are not responsible for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these external websites to understand how they collect, use, and share your information.
  • Services Providers and Third-Party Analytical Tools: We may use third-party services, including third-party analytical tools such as Google Analytics, to collect and analyze information about your interaction with our website. Data collected by these third parties may include your browsing activity, the pages you view, the date and time of your visit, and the website that referred you to our site. These tools help us improve our website and services. We select services that commit to protecting your data and may not use it for other purposes.
  • Other Companies with which we have contracts or relationships: We partner with other companies in areas such as recruitment, marketing, legal, strategy, and cybersecurity under partnership, services, or other types of contracts bound by confidentiality and data protection terms to provide or enhance our services and complete processes necessary to provide them. The scope of these collaborations may extend to include companies that could potentially align with OOQIA’s corporate structure, encompassing subsidiaries, holding companies, or affiliates, if applicable.
  • Government Authorities, Companies, or Institutions: These are for complying with legal requirements and responding to information requests, as well as to detect, prevent, investigate, or report illegal activities.

Personal Information from Children

Due to the specifics of our operations, we do not offer our services to minors.

No Sale of Information

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

Notice Regarding the Use of Cookies

Our website utilizes certain analytical tools to enhance user experience and analyze website performance. Please be aware that these tools collect data using cookies, which are small text files placed on your device. While these cookies are used indirectly through our engagement with these services, they are an integral part of how we understand and improve our website’s functionality. We do not offer the option to individually disable these cookies, as they are essential for the comprehensive analysis and improvement of our website. By continuing to use our site, you acknowledge and agree to the use of those cookies.

Business Transfers

In the event that we are involved in a merger, acquisition, consolidation, restructuring, bankruptcy, or other business transfer, or if our assets are acquired by another company, we may transfer or assign the data we have collected, including personal information, as part of such transaction. You acknowledge and agree that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer or successor of OOQIA may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the acquiring party will be subject to the same commitments regarding the collection, use, and protection of your personal information stated in this privacy policy.

Data Security

We take the security of your personal data seriously. To protect your data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction, we implement technical and organizational measures, including access controls, secure data storage solutions, and security assessments. While we make efforts to safeguard your personal information from unauthorized or unlawful processing and accidental loss, destruction, or damage, we cannot, however, ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit to us or guarantee that your information on the website may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes it was collected for, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, and the purposes for which we collected it.

Your Rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, opposition, personal information portability, and/or withdrawal of consent regarding your personal information, which is stored on our server. You can exercise these rights as outlined in the “Exercising Your Rights” section of this privacy policy.

If you are a Member of the European Union

This section outlines your rights under the GDPR and how you can exercise them with us.

  • Right to Be Informed: You’re entitled to information about our use of your data and your rights.
  • Right of Access: You can access the data we hold of you, with some exceptions.
  • Right to Rectification: You can have incorrect or incomplete data corrected.
  • Right to Erasure: You may request data deletion when it’s unnecessary for us to retain it, subject to exceptions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You can limit the use of your data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You can reuse your data across services for your purposes.
  • Right to Object: You can oppose certain processing of your data.
  • Rights Regarding Automated Decision-Making and Profiling: You have the right to avoid decisions made solely by automated means.

If you are a California resident

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants California residents’ specific privacy rights, within the bounds of legal restrictions: You are entitled to (1) inquire about the types and detailed information of personal data we collect, employ, and share for business reasons, (2) ask for the erasure of your personal information, (3) receive assurance of non-discrimination when you assert these rights. We do not sell your personal information; thus, the right to opt-out from the sale of personal information does not apply to Information collected by us.

 

Non-Discrimination Clause: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of the rights outlined above, please contact us at privacy@ooqia.com. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Should any changes be made, we will update the “Last Update” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review our privacy policy periodically to stay informed about how we process the information we collect.