Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.qmulus-solutions.com/

Introduction

This policy applies where we act as a data controller concerning the personal data of our website users and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of processing that personal data.

We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

Your web browser can choose whether or not to accept cookies. Most web browser software is initially set up to accept them.

We may offer cookies to you, and you should ensure that your web browser is set up to not accept cookies if you do not wish to receive them. Please note that some services or website functionality may not be available if you disable cookies. For further information about cookies and how to disable them, please go to aboutcookies.org. We use the following cookies:

Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website and to use online forms.

Analytical cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website when they use it. This helps us improve how our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.

Marketing cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences. These cookies also record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website, the advertising displayed, and the communications sent more relevant to your interests.

Media

Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

Type of Data we collect includes Name, Company Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Job Title, Postal Address, Current Accounts Package, Direct Debit Details (if so) with lawful basis for processing: Consent, Contract, Legitimate Interest.

Cookies

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.

Embeded Content from Other Websites

Articles 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.

Analytics

Who we share our data with

How long we retain your data

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

For users that 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.

What rights you have over your data

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. 

Where do we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

We will collect details such as name, address, contact details, delivery address, and bank/credit/debit card details when you order goods or services from us either via our Site, over the telephone or in-store. We will use this information to process your order and comply with our contractual obligations.

To perform our contract with you, we may also need to share personal data with third parties such as credit reference agencies, payment providers and postal service/logistics organisations to assist in delivering the goods or services you have ordered.

We may also advertise your feedback on our website and marketing materials (subject to obtaining your prior consent where necessary);

We will retain your information as long as we require this to provide you with the goods or services ordered from us and for a period of 15 years afterwards. Where you have subscribed to receive marketing correspondence from us we will keep your personal data for the period of time described in section 6 below.

On our website, we collect marketing and analytics information which under Art 6(1)(f) of the GDPR is considered to be legitimate interests. That means we use software to match the IP address of the website visitor against only publicly accessible corporate data (such as the Chamber of Commerce). The IP addresses are not saved, and only publicly available data is shared with the users.

How do we Protect Your Data

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our Site; any transmission is at your own risk.

Information you provide to us is shared on our secure servers. We have implemented appropriate physical, technical and organisational measures designed to secure your information against accidental loss and unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure. In addition, we limit access to personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties that have a legitimate business need for such access.

What data branch procedures we have in place 

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide the data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example to provide you with our goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

Disclosure of Personal Data to 3rd Parties

In addition to the third parties mentioned above, we may disclose your information to third parties for our legitimate interests as follows:

to staff members in order to facilitate the provision of goods or services to you;

to our affiliated entities to support internal administration;

 IT software providers that host our website and store data on our behalf;

 professional advisers including consultants, lawyers, bankers and insurers who provide us with consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services;

 HM Revenue and Customs, regulators and other authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances; and

 third parties who we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other business or merge with them. If a change happens to our business then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.

review aggregators, acting on our behalf, to invite you to review your product and/or purchase.

We may disclose personal data to the police, regulatory bodies, legal advisors or similar third parties where we are under a legal duty to disclose or share personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our website terms and conditions and other agreements; or to protect our rights, property, or safety of our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

We will not sell or distribute personal data to other organisations without your approval.

What Automated Decision-Making and/or Profiling we do with User Data?

Some of our decisions are made automatically by inputting your personal information into a system or computer and the decision is calculated using certain automatic processes rather than our employees making those decisions. We make automated decisions to check for orders which may be fraudulent.

We may carry out a credit check on our customers:

so that we can make credit decisions about you; and
to prevent fraud and money laundering.

Our search may be recorded on the files of the credit reference agency.

If further to undertaking a credit check you receive a low credit score, we reserve the right not to supply you with goods or services on credit and/or require upfront payment for the goods or services you wish to purchase.

If you provide false or inaccurate information and we suspect fraud, we will record this.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time, and any changes we make to our privacy policy will be posted on this page. Please check periodically for any updates. If we would like to use your previously collected personal data for different purposes than those we notified you about at the time of collection, we will provide you with notice and, where required by law, seek your consent before using your personal data for a new or unrelated purpose. We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent where required by applicable law or regulation.

Your Right to Object

If you no longer want to be contacted for marketing purposes by Qmulus Solutions you can opt out of our direct marketing at any point. You can either click the unsubscribe link from the email sent to you, or email us at info@qmulus-solutions.com

Contact Us

We have appointed a Data Lead to oversee compliance with this privacy policy. If you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this policy or how we use your personal data please contact our Data Lead at info@qmulus-solutions.com. This is in addition to your right to contact the Information Commissioners Office if you are unsatisfied with our response to any issues you raise at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ 

Last updated: November 02, 2022