Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://gqpaints.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

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.

Embedded 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 your data with

When you send correspondence through the Contact Us page form the information you provide will be used by GQ Paint only, and not shared with any outside sources. If you utilize our website to navigate to a third-party website or application we have no responsibility or liability for the policies or actions that you may encounter therein.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment or submit a contact form, the comments, forms and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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.

How we use your data

Visitor comments and form data may be checked through an automated spam detection service. GQ Painting will not use, divulge, or use your information in any manner other than what is expected given that the information is intentionally provided for use. When you submit a contact form or ask for GQ Painting to contact you we collect and utilize your information for relevant purposes, namely for our records and as a method of communication between our business and our clients. We absolutely conform to standards set forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and/or the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH).

Children’s Privacy

This website is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13 years. It is advised that parents and/or legal guardians carefully regulate children’s web-related activities. We conform to the standards set forth in the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and as such we do not intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 14 without first collecting valid consent from their legal parent or guardian. More information on this topic can be found via https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0031-protecting-your-childs-privacy-online

Security

Upon completion of a contact us form, the information that you submit is protected by a variety of security measures that are maintained and designed to keep your information safe. It is worth noting that there is no scenario wherein data transmitted from one location to another on the internet will be guaranteed protection. We do our best to ensure protection, but as such we cannot guarantee security for any correspondence you send or receive from GQ Painting.