PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for: www.quantumoptical.com and third-party portals that utilize our platform such as our affiliate network, business and/or commercial partners, or vendors.
This website has agreed to notify you of:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you;
- The organization collecting the information;
- How the information is used;
- With whom the information may be shared.
If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should first contact Quantum Optical by e-mail at info@quantumoptical.com
Information Collection and Use
Quantum Optical is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Quantum Optical collects information from our users at several different points on our web site.
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit our website, we collect the following personal information about you:
- Contact information, such as your name, address, email, telephone number, organization name, and/or job title when you create an account, use the services provided on the site, or submit a Contact Us form
- Unique identifiers and preference information such as your username, password, marketing preferences, internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, computer or mobile device and your navigation behavior from browsing our website.
Registration
In order to take an on-line course, a user must complete a Registration form. During registration, a user is required to give their contact information (such as name, address and e-mail address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest and customize the experience for individual use. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as license and certification numbers) but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site. Information you provide when registering will be shared with the account owner and host and can be used and shared by them in accordance with their Terms and Privacy Policy.
Order and Payment Forms
We request information from the user on our payment form. A user must provide contact information (like name and address) and financial information (like credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to verify the information with the user. All financial transactions are secure, encrypted, and processed using SSL technology.
Tracking Technologies
We use various technologies to collect personal information about visitors to our website. These technologies include the following:
- Web Logging
We gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include IP addresses, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, operating system, and date/time. We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses will be used to the fullest extent of the law should a fraudulent credit card transaction occur.
- Cookies and other tracking technologies
Quantum Optical and our subsidiaries, business partners, commercial partners, affiliates, or other service providers may utilize technologies such as: cookies, tags and scripts. These technologies are used for analyzing trends, remembering users' settings, administering the site, tracking users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by companies such as Google Analytics on an individual as well as aggregated basis. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user experience may be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user may not be able to participate in any tests, view online course history or account features that are part of a complete experience to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. For more information on how we use cookies and other tracking technologies on our website, see our Cookie Notice.
How We Share Personal Information Collected
We will share personal information about visitors to our website with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell such personal information to non-affiliated third parties.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties that provide services to help us with our business activities such as marketing, communications and web analytics. These companies are authorized to use personal information about you only as necessary to provide these services to us.
When accessing our site through a third-party portal such as our affiliate network, business or commercial partners or vendors, your information may be used by these entities for marketing, research or advertising. Our affiliate portals may utilize design or coding processes to provide services to/for our commercial partners while maintaining the look and feel of our website. We may also disclose limited personal information about visitors to our website:
- As required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process, and/or reporting your course activity to licensing boards or governing bodies that require us to provide that information for licensure renewal or verification.
- When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or property, protect your health and safety or the health and safety of others, investigate fraud or respond to a government request.
- To any other third-party with your prior consent to do so when creating an account on our site, on any of our affiliate portals, or portals provided to our affiliate network, business and/or commercial partners, or vendors.
Advertising
We partner with third parties, including Google, to manage our advertising on other external websites. Our third-party partners may use cookies and other technologies to collect data about your online browsing activity and use it to show you targeted ads. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt out of most targeted ads anytime by deleting your browser's cookies. To opt out of Google's use of cookies to serve you ads based on your visit to this website, click here.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Quantum Optical is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site and any portals provided by Quantum Optical in our affiliate network, or through our business and/or commercial partners, or vendors.
Access and/or Correction of Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes, or if a user no longer desires our service, our website allows you to access and correct, update or change your personal information through your account settings. We will retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as necessary for commercial purposes. We will retain and use your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal or professional obligations, resolve disputes and/or enforce our agreements.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and e-mail address. You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails.
Surveys
From time-to-time we may request information from users via marketing surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary, and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name, address, email address), and demographic information (such as zip code and occupation). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Security
This web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the web site, your information is protected both online and off-line. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, all employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. If you have any questions about the security at our web site, you can send an e-mail to info@quantumoptical.com.
Children's Privacy
This website is not intended for or directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this web site to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers, it may be necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from third-party sources. For example, in order to determine if our customers qualify for a discount, we may need to cross reference your license number or employee ID number with a third-party database.
Site and Service Updates
On occasion, we may also send the user site and service announcement updates. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regard to issues relating to their account via e-mail.
Choice/Opt-out
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from us or our affiliate network, business or commercial partners or vendors may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to the e-mail and typing "un-subscribe" in the subject line. Or you may simply e-mail us at info@quantumoptical.com to have your e-mail address permanently removed from our newsletter or promotions list. Every promotional e-mail we send out also has a SafeUnsubscribe link at the bottom which complies with the Federal Can-Spam Act of 2003. By clicking this link, your e-mail address will be permanently removed from our newsletter or promotions list instantly. Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties or commercial partners. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party or commercial partner, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post a link to those changes on our Home Page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under which, if any, circumstances we disclose it. We may periodically update this Privacy Policy to describe new website features, products or services we offer and how it may affect our use of information about you and your controls. We will not apply changes to this Privacy Notice retroactively to personal information we have previously collected. Since this Privacy Notice may be updated periodically, we recommend that you check this page from time to time. A notice will be posted on this page when any material changes become effective.
Contact Information
If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, our information handling practices, or any other questions regarding privacy and security of your personal information, please email us at info@quantumoptical.com.
For state specific privacy rights for California residents, please see the CCPA Privacy Notice for California Residents.