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last updated: 23.05.2024
1. WHAT THIS POLICY COVERS
This Privacy Policy applies to the information and data collected by The Qt Company Oy and its relevant subsidiaries and affiliates (“Qt Group”, “We” or “Qt”) when you interact with our websites, products and (“Services”), including offsite services that link to this Privacy Policy. The Qt Group is committed to protecting the privacy of its users, those visiting the Qt Group’s web pages (“Site”), and people interacting with the Qt Group. Any personal data processed by Qt Group through its web pages or related to the downloading or use of the products or services of the Qt Group is processed only pursuant to applicable data protection legislation.
This Privacy Policy applies where the Qt Group is the “data controller” and is generally responsible for and controls the processing of your Personal Data collected through our Site, the Qt services and about our general business contacts.
This Privacy Policy does not apply in the following scenarios:
2. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING
There can be various legal bases for the processing of personal information. Below, you can find legal bases under which the Qt Group processes personal data covered by this policy and the duration of such processing.
In all cases, the Qt Group also considers the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Data, as well as the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of such Personal Data.
3. PROCESSING ACTIVITIES
4. INFORMATION COLLECTED
The Qt Group may process personal data that:
5. RETENTION PERIOD
Qt Group retains personal data for as long as we reasonably require it for legal or business purposes, taking into consideration local laws, and contractual obligations. These considerations include the nature of the personal information collected and the purposes for which it was collected.
6. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
The Qt Group does not sell personal data to third parties. The Qt Group may engage service providers to process personal data, including to provide website-related services, such as any chatbot function. Qt may, for its legitimate business purposes, as set out in this Privacy Policy, and subject to the limitations of the applicable law, transfer such personal data to third parties to the extent such transfers are reasonably necessary for the business purposes of the Qt Group. If you make any purchases via the Qt Group web shop, we use a third-party service provider to process payment information. You may receive a list of third parties with whom the Qt Group shared your information by sending a request to the contact details listed at the end of this document.
7. TRANSFERS OUTSIDE EU/EAA REGION
Given the global nature of the Qt Group’s business, processing data for the above purposes may involve a cross-border transfer of data provided to Qt from the European Union or European Economic Area (“EU/EEA”) to a location outside the EU/EEA. Any cross-border transfer of the data including any transfers outside the EU/EEA will be carried out in compliance with applicable laws. Where EU/EEA personal data is transferred outside of the EU/EEA to a jurisdiction not subject to an adequacy decision of the European Commission, the primary transfer mechanism used shall be the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. You may obtain a copy of the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses (where applicable) by contacting Qt Group using the details set out at the end of this policy.
CHINA:
With regard to a cross border transfer of data from Mainland China to a location outside of Mainland China, Qt Group will enforce the legal mechanism according to China’s PIPL, for the information to be provided as required by the PIPL, please see below:
Data Recipient’s Name and Contact |
Purpose of Processing |
transfer type |
Categories of Data to be Transferred |
The Processing Activity of the Recipient after Receiving such Data |
The Qt Company Oy. Miestentie 7, Espoo 02150 Finland Contact email: gdpr@qt.io |
See Section 2 of this policy |
API/specific line (point to point)/public internet access |
See Section 4 of this policy |
See relevant sections of this policy |
Information on the onward data transfers from the recipient to another recipient outside of China can be obtained by reaching out to gdpr@qt.io.
Regarding your data protection rights, you can find how to exercise your rights under Section 14 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
8. MARKETING
The Qt Group processes your personal data to send you marketing information, product recommendations and other non-transactional communications (e.g. marketing newsletters) about Qt and our selected partners in accordance with your marketing preferences and our legitimate interest in conducting marketing. For the purpose of sending marketing news and information, the Qt Group will ask for your consent in a form to “Send me news about topics related to the Qt product offering” or a similar wording. By ticking or clicking such consent you will receive emails and other electronic communications from the Qt Group regarding news and information on its products and services, including offers that the Qt Group makes for such products and services, invitations to participate in events or surveys. You may opt-out of receiving such news and information at any time. You can opt-out of receiving marketing communications by clicking the “Unsubscribe” or “Manage Preferences” links at the bottom of any Qt marketing email you receive from us or on the Qt website. If you have other contact with the Qt Group (e.g., as an account holder), we may still communicate with you regarding such things as security updates, product functionality, responses to service requests, or other transactional, non-marketing purposes.
9. CHAT FUNCTIONALITY
In certain regions, web site users can initiate a dialogue with the Qt Group chat assistant via our website to obtain information about Qt Group products, services and information (“chat function”). The chat assistant, also known as a chatbot, is a computer program that interprets written text and automatically responds to enquiries in text. You can decide whether or not to use the chatbot functionality, as well as how much (if any) information you share with the chatbot functionality. If you provide personal information to the chatbot functionality, Qt Group will use such information for the processing purposes listed above in this policy (as applicable). Do not submit any sensitive personal information to the chatbot functionality.
10. DATA SECURITY
The Qt Group will keep your data secure by taking appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect against its unauthorised or unlawful processing and against its accidental loss, destruction or damage. The Qt Group strives to protect your personal data, but we cannot guarantee the security of your data which is transmitted to our website, applications or services or to other website, applications and services via an internet or similar connection. If we have given you (or you have chosen) a password to access certain areas of our websites, applications or services, keep this password safe and secure.
11. GROUP ENTITIES AND BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
Qt Group Entities. Qt Group is comprised of The Qt Company Oyj and its subsidiaries globally. Personal data may be made available to teams and functions, if necessary, to provide, improve and develop our services and comply with our legal obligations. All our employees and contractors are required to process personal data in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy, as well as applicable law and Qt Group company policies. More information on Qt Group companies can be found in the Qt Group annual report.
Business Transactions. We may disclose your personal data to any prospective seller or buyer of Qt Group business or assets. Additionally, if a Qt Group entity is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, personal data may be among the transferred assets. If a Qt Group entity or its assets are acquired, the acquiring company would possess your personal data and that company would assume the rights and obligations regarding your personal data as described herein. If this occurs, we will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of change in ownership, use of personal data and choices you may have regarding personal data.
12. AGE RESTRICTIONS
Qt Group Services and sites are not directed at individuals under eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. Do not use Qt Group Services if you are younger than 18. If we become aware that anyone under 18 has provided us with personal information, Qt Group will take steps to delete that information.
13. QT COMMUNITY FORUMS AND PORTALS.
Any personal data you choose to post, share, upload, or make available on Qt forums, at events, or in similar Qt community spaces is public and visible to others. We may use information shared, posted, uploaded, or made available to improve our website, products and services.
14. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
According to the applicable data protection laws and regulations (e.g., EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679), China’s Personal Information Protection Law(2021), etc. ), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Under the GDPR and certain other laws , you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority concerning the processing activities carried out by us. Such complaint may be lodged in particular, in the member state of your habitual residence or place of work or where the alleged infringement took place. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, Qt can be contacted via email at gdpr@qt.io. We will use all reasonably available resources to respond to any such request without undue delay.
The Qt Company Oy is a Finnish limited liability company with a Business ID 2637805-2, having its domicile in Espoo, Finland.
Postal address:
The Qt Company Oy
Miestentie 7
02150 Espoo
Finland
Regarding China, The Qt Company , Ltd.(“科尤特软件(上海)有限公司) is a Chinese limited company with a business number 91310115321643031F, having its domicile in Shanghai, China.
Postal address:
Qt Company, Ltd.
Units 3306-3307, 33/F, No. 3 Hongqiao Road,
Xuhui District, Shanghai
China
California Privacy Rights:
This subsection is applicable to California residents. Additional details on the data collected, purposes of processing, retention periods, and other information about your data can be found throughout this Privacy Policy.
The Qt Group will not discriminate against any consumer for exercising their rights under California Privacy Legislation (the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act).
California residents may choose to exercise the following rights (subject to certain limitations of law):
If you are an authorized agent making a request on behalf of a consumer pursuant to the California Privacy Rights Act, Qt Group may ask you to provide information verifying you have proper authority to make the request on behalf of the consumer or we may ask the consumer to verify their identity with the Qt Group directly.
15. COOKIE POLICY
1. Cookies on our Website
Cookies are small text files that are stored in your computer’s memory and hard drive when you visit certain web pages. They are used to enable websites to function or to provide information to the owners of a website. Web beacons (also called “pixel tags”) are electronic images placed on a website that typically help us access certain cookies on the website, enable us to count visitors on our websites and improve our services. Web beacons also collect information about visits from individual IP-addresses.
The Qt Group uses both session and persistent cookies. Session cookies are cookies that disappear from your device or browser when you turn off your computer. Persistent cookies stay on your device even after you’ve turned it off. The cookies on our websites fall into a few categories: (1) Required Cookies, (2) Functional Cookies, (3) Analytics Cookies, and (4) Advertising Cookies. You can learn more about each category and type of cookie, via our cookie consent tool—accessible by clicking on the “Manage Preferences” link on the Qt website you are visiting.
Website cookies help the Qt Group to provide customized services and information, gather information about how and when pages in our websites are visited, what our users’ technology preferences are and whether our websites are functioning properly.
On our password-protected sites, the website may use cookies or other technology to help the Qt Group authenticate you, store and recognize configuration and user attributes, facilitate your navigation of the website and customize its content.
Please note that Required Cookies cannot be disabled and if you decide to opt-out of Functional Cookies, certain functionality of our websites or your account may be impacted. If you do not wish to use Required Cookies, do not access the Qt Group websites.
2. Types of Cookies
In general terms, Qt Group uses cookies as follows:
Required: Required cookies are necessary for basic website functionality. Some examples include: session cookies needed to transmit the website, authentication cookies, and security cookies. If you have chosen to identify yourself to us, we may place a cookie on your browser that allows us to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the websites and to process your online transactions and requests.
Functional: Functional cookies enhance functions, performance, and services on a website. Some cookies on our websites are activated when visitors to our sites make a choice about their usage of the website. Our websites then use the settings preferences of the user in relation to future visits. This allows the Qt Group to tailor the experience on our websites to the individual user.
Analytics: Analytics cookies allow the Qt Group to recognize, measure and track visitors to our websites. This helps us to develop the way our websites function, by determining whether site visitors can find information easily, or by identifying the aspects of websites that are of the most interest to them, for example.
Advertising: Advertising cookies track activity across websites in order to understand a viewer’s interests and to direct marketing towards them. The Qt Group may use advertising cookies depending on how you enable cookie setting in your use of Qt Group webpages. The Qt Group may also use advertising cookies to deliver marketing campaigns and track the performance of the campaign (e.g., that a visitor to a Qt Group website page then made a Qt purchase). Marketing cookies are limited to Qt Group websites and are not used in the Qt Group services.
3. Controlling your cookie preferences
You can update your cookie preferences at any time. The instructions for removing cookies from your computer or mobile device depend on the operating system and web browser you use. Please note that withdrawing your agreement to the use of cookies will mean that certain website functionalities are then not usable or are more difficult to use.
Consent Tool: The Qt Group uses OneTrust as a cookie consent tool. You can utilize OneTrust to customize your cookie preferences. When you visit Qt Group websites for the first time, a cookie consent banner will appear and ask you to customize your cookie preferences. If you decide to change your preferences at a later date, you can easily do so by clicking on the “Manage Preferences” link of the site you are visiting.
Browser Settings: You can use your browser settings to opt out of Functional Cookies and Advertising & Analytics Cookies. For more information on how to do that, visit OneTrust.
“Do not track” Settings: Some browsers allow a “do not track” setting that requests that a web application disable its tracking of an individual user. To set up do not track, you can visit the All About DNT page.
Further information about cookies: If you would like to find out more about cookies in general and how to manage them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
16. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
The Qt Group may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. If any change materially impacts your rights or the obligations of Qt Group under this Policy, we will post a prominent notice on the Qt Group website notifying users when it is updated.
Qt Group includes The Qt Company Oy and its global subsidiaries and affiliates.