Privacy policy
You are presently using one of the Web sites from the ikonet network (the Web sites and/or the network together hereinafter referred to as “ikonet”), owned by QA International, a division of Les Éditions Québec Amérique inc. (hereinafter referred to as “QA”). Please read this Privacy Policy, as it explains the information we collect from you when you visit ikonet and how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. QA fully respects your rights to privacy and utilizes the following practices with regard to any information collected from users of ikonet.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you subscribe to the “Newsletter,” if you participate in activities on this Network that require registration or in order for QA to fulfill transactions or provide service to you as a customer, we may require you to provide specific personal information to us on a voluntary basis. Common items may include, but are not limited to, your name, e-mail address, postal/zip code and country.
The personal information obtained through ikonet will only be used to communicate with you if you choose to subscribe to the “Newsletter,” if you participate in activities on ikonet that require registration or in order for QA to fulfill transactions or provide service to you as a customer. No personal information received shall be transmitted, posted, published, provided or sold to third parties without the express and informed consent of the users.
ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS
The Applications are designed for use by children and parents. In order to respect the confidentiality and privacy of children, QA do not knowingly collect and do not use any personal information about children through the Applications. We do use third party analytics services that collect anonymous information about the Applications usage.
THIRD PARTIES
QA may use third-party providers to facilitate the delivery of the services described above, and these third-party providers may be supplied with or have access to personal information for the sole purpose of providing these services to you on behalf of QA.
Credit card transactions are handled directly by PayPal, which will verify the credit card numbers and process the transactions. No credit card information is saved on QA’s or any other third-party provider’s server.
DISCLOSURE
QA may disclose personal information in special legal circumstances. For instance, such information may be used where it is necessary to protect our copyright or intellectual property rights, or if the law requires us to do so.
OTHER WEB SITES
Links to other Web sites are displayed on ikonet. QA is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party Web sites.
By using ikonet, you accept the terms of our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, or if you would like to update information provided to us or feel that what we currently have on record is incorrect, please contact us.
COOKIES
Cookies are bits of information that are sent to your computer when you visit a Web site. These bits are housed temporarily or permanently on your hard disk and track your visit of a Web site. The stored information might contain the date and time of your visit, answers to an online questionnaire, personal information collected by the server and the like. Cookies increase the Web’s usefulness by saving information about your preferences on a specific site.
You can change your parameters to refuse cookies if you prefer, but this might prevent you from benefiting from some elements of the Web site. You can also consult or destroy cookies if you wish, since they are stored on your hard disk.
QA uses anonymous cookies to gauge traffic on ikonet by means of measurement tools. Each visitor who accesses ikonet is temporarily assigned (for approximately six hours) a unique cookie that is used to determine the number of repeat visits following the initial visit.
This non-identifying information is useful to marketing departments to show advertisers how many people have visited the Web site and for how long. This enables advertisers to measure the effectiveness or likely impact of the ads they run on the site. The information is also used to set advertising rates. Advertisers buy ad space on ikonet based on this information, but they cannot use it to identify you personally.
