This Privacy notice is incorporated by reference into the QORUZ Terms of Service (the “Terms”) and the QORUZ Privacy Policy.
This Privacy notice applies to both Registered and Unregistered Influencer (“Influencer’’ ‘’you’’ “your”) whose Personal Information has been processed by QORUZ ("QORUZ", “we”, “us”, “our”) in the course of our business.
QORUZ is a web-based platform that helps you to connect with the brands, companies and marketing agencies, to monetise your digital media presence commercially. This platform provides you an opportunity to endorse and comment on the brands/ companies you prefer. To serve that purpose, we collect your Personal Information from a variety of public sources. After collation, we combine and couple your information and data with powerful tools to create an influencer Profile and then enable our Users to connect with you.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protect your personal data. This privacy notice describes how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information, including Personal Data (as defined below), in conjunction with your access to and use of our Services, and it applies to all of the Services offered by QORUZ and its affiliates including but not limited to all QORUZ Apps, Sites, APIs (including exports), and Integrations.
It is important that you read this privacy policy together with the privacy policy narrated here, and any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your personal data.
This privacy notice supplements the other notices/policy and is not intended to supersede them.
To provide the services, we collect, store, process and share Personal information of both registered as well as unregistered influencers.
‘’Registered Influencer’’ shall mean those who have volunteered to provide their personal details into include in QORUZ database and registered their name as an influencer.
Unregistered influencers shall mean influencer identified by QORUZ from its own research whose contact and coordinates are extracted from various public sources.
The type of Personal Information we may collect (directly from you or from Third-Party sources) and our privacy practices depend on the nature of the relationship you have with QORUZ and the requirements of applicable law.
Below are the ways on what information we collect from Registered influencers.
By registering and setting up QORUZ profile, you give us explicit consent to collect, store, process and share your Personal information that is provided by you and we collect about you from various internet sources.
“Personal data, or Personal Information” that we collect includes:
Some of the personal information we collect may belong to special categories. However, such information we collect, and process are those which are manifestly made public by you.
Some of the ways that QORUZ may collect Personal Information include:
When you create a profile and you provide your basic details including your full name, email address, phone number Gender, Age, Location, area of interest and we may also ask you to connect to your social account. Your display name and username are always public.
We collect every information that you provide in the QORUZ platform including your name, email address, phone number, Gender, Age, Location, area of interest, the content you create, upload, or receive from others when using our services, , documents and spreadsheets you create, comments you make, and the comments others make about you on various social media platforms.
We use your contact information, such as your email address or phone number, to authenticate your profile and keep it - and our services - secure, and to help prevent spam, fraud, and abuse. We also use your information to personalize our services, enable certain features and send you information about our services. If you provide us with your phone number and email id, you agree to receive text messages and emails from QORUZ
If you provide us feedback or contact us via e-mail, we will collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content included in the e-mail, in order to send you a reply.
From time to time, we may contact you to participate in online surveys. If you do decide to participate, you may be asked to provide certain information which may include Personal Information. All information collected from your participation in our surveys is provided by you voluntarily. We may use such information to improve our products and/or Services and in any manner consistent with the policies provided herein.
In addition to the information that you provide us, we also use technology like Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to make your personal information available in QORUZ database.
Our uses of cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies fall into the following general categories:
If you would like to opt-out of the Technologies we employ on our sites, services, applications, or tools, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as your browser or device permits.
We collect your Personal Information that you post and makes manifestly public on various social media platforms, that are commonly used for self-promotion, marketing and publicity purposes. If information is located behind a paywall or a password or have setting that are other than “public”, we will not collect it.
We collect the information about you and other individuals (including those in your End User Contact Data) from the following third-party sources:
Below are some of the platforms from where we extract and collect your personal information:
Along with Registered influencer, we also collect, store, process and share Personal information of Unregistered influencers as well.
“Personal data, or Personal Information” that we collect includes:
Some of the personal information we collect may belong to special categories. However, such information we collect, and process are those which are manifestly made public by you.We believe that our collection and processing of your personal information is not harmful to you.
We collect and process your information on as it is basis and with the legitimate interest of providing you the platform to connect with the brands, companies and marketing agencies, thereby giving you a platform to monetise your social media presence and influencing ability.
We collect those Personal Information that are manifestly made public by you or third parties on publicly available sources, such as via the Internet and social networks. If the information is located behind a paywall or a password or have setting that are other than “public”, we will not collect it.
We collect your Personal Information from various social platforms including the following. However, it is pertinent to note that the below list is only an indication of social media companies and the same is not an exhaustive list.
We constantly search for other sources to make the influencer profile more accurate and accordingly we collect your Personal Information from all available sources in the internet.
In addition to the information that you provide us, we also use technology like Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to make your personal information available in QORUZ database.
Our uses of cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies fall into the following general categories:
In case of Registered Influencer, we process your data on the basis of your explicit consent. In all instances, we use the influencer personal information that is manifestly made public, with a legitimate interest of providing the platform to connect with the brands, companies and marketing agencies, to enable those companies to utilize your presence in the influencer marketing ecosystem and to commercially utilize your subject-matter expertise.
Additionally, the platform offers a greater public benefit by facilitating the growth and development of, and insight into, the wider influencer marketing ecosystem.
We believe that such use of your personal information does not override your fundamental rights with that of legitimate interests.
We process your data we collected directly/indirectly and do a profiling by:
By processing, we create a profile of the influencers which contain:
We create influencer profile primarily upon the decision of automated processing i.e., by using AI power engine, smart filters and proprietary Scoring Algorithm. However, the same is vetted by our human resource personnel as well to ensure accuracy.
If you are a Registered Influencer, we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity. This is a security measure to ensure that your personal data is not managed by any person, who has no right to edit and manage your information. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We may use the email address to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User joins our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
As a part of our services, we implement appropriate safeguards to protect the rights of influencers. For example, influencers can control information we use and share about them as set forth in the [Privacy Rights] section of our Privacy Notice. If you require further information about the balancing test that QORUZ has undertaken to justify its reliance on the legitimate interest legal basis under the GDPR, please contact us for further details at the address mentioned below.
As a part of our legitimate interest, we provide access of your Personal Information [including your digital media presence, your profile, your social media use and activities] to our Registered Platform Users.
We provide our Registered Users the opportunity to identify you, and help them to analyse your abilities and expertise. If they are convinced with your influencing skills, they might approach you by connecting you either through E-mails as well as Direct Message through Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
In certain situations, we may disclose your Personal Information in the following scenarios:
Third Party Service Providers. We may share your Personal Data with third party service providers to provide with the IT, system administration and other Services. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes assigned and in accordance with our documented instructions.
Other Disclosures. Regardless of your rights that you have regarding your Personal Data (as described below), QORUZ may disclose Personal Data to third parties including but not limited to lawyers, government officials etc. if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary:
Influencers may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on the third-party websites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site.
We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each and every website and application with which they interact. We do not endorse, screen or approve, and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications. Visiting these other websites or applications is at your own risk.
The Site and our other Services may also contain links and interactive features with various Social Networks (e.g., widgets). If you already use these platforms, their cookies may be set on your device when using our Services. You should be aware that Personal Information which you voluntarily include and transmit online through such Social Networks may be accessible by the providers of such Social Networks and, if posted publicly, may be viewed and used by others without any restrictions. We are unable to control such uses of your information when interacting with a Social Network, and by using such services you assume the risk that the Personal Information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties for any number of purposes.
We have put in place appropriate safeguards with the intend to protect your Personal data and as a part of that we have given you adequate privacy control regarding the information we collect, use and store. [It is more explained in the Section ‘'Privacy Rights’' below.]
In addition, as a part of our security measure, we limit access to your personal data to only those Users, employees, and other third parties who have a business need to know. Processors of your personal data acting on our documented instructions will only process your personal data in accordance with our instructions and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have also taken Data Protection Impact Assessment prior to processing of your data in order to assess the impact of processing your data. Our impact assessment explains the nature and purpose of processing your data, risk involved in processing, measures, safeguards and mechanisms envisaged for mitigating that risk and thereby we ensure the legal obligations. For more details about our Impact Assessment, please approach our Data Protection Officer in the address mentioned below.
We retain your personal data with the legitimate interest of providing you a platform that helps you to monetise your digital media presence.
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it is intended. However, you can request us to remove your Personal Information from our Platform. The retention policy that describes how QORUZ retains data we collect is explained under our Terms of Services.
In order to facilitate the most effective campaign opportunities for our Users and the influencers, we take measures designed to ensure that the information we collect and the analysis, we do are accurate and up to date. To this end:
You can certainly have control over the information we collect and how it's used in the following ways:
You have every right to:
If you’re a registered influencer, you can always review and update information by visiting the services you use. Our site is designed to help you manage specific types of content you’ve saved with Qoruz.
Unregistered influencer can also manage information associated with your browser or device. You are free to manage your preferences about the ads shown to you on Qoruz and on sites and third-party links.
You are free to ask us to delete or remove personal data from our Site, where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
Unregistered influencers can also delete information associated with you/your personal data by writing to us if there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
However, it is pertinent to note that we may not always be able to comply with your request for erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
You have every right to receive your personal information that we have collected and processed in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Also, you can certainly request us to transfer your personal data to third parties as well where it is technically feasible.
You are always free to opt out of our Services or third-party Services to stop processing your personal data. To do this, reach out to us at hi@qoruz.com.
Also, if at any time the Registered influencer would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
However, please note that QORUZ reserves the right to refuse any request to exercise such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law.
On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. Please note that if you disable cookies, certain features of our Services will not be available. Cookies may be deleted by following the directions in the “Cookies” section above.
For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google.
For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.
You can revoke permission for our Services to receive information from your social networking profile in your social networking service user settings.
Please note that QORUZ reserves the right to refuse any request to exercise such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law.
If you’re a registered influencer, you can always review and update information by visiting the services you use. Our site is designed to help you manage specific types of content you’ve saved with Qoruz.
You are free to ask us to delete or remove personal data from our Site, where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
Unregistered influencers can also delete information associated with your browser or device. You are free to manage your preferences about the ads shown to you on Qoruz and on sites and third-party links.
However, it is pertinent to note that we may not always be able to comply with your request for erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
You are always free to opt out of our Services or third-party Services to stop processing your personal data. To do this, reach out to us at hi@qoruz.com.
Also, if at any time the Registered influencer would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
However, please note that QORUZ reserves the right to refuse any request to exercise such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law.
On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. Please note that if you disable cookies, certain features of our Services will not be available. Cookies may be deleted by following the directions in the “Cookies” section above.
For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google.
For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.
You can revoke permission for our Services to receive information from your social networking profile in your social networking service user settings.
Please note that QORUZ reserves the right to refuse any request to exercise such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The influencers whose information we collect are generally over the age of 18. The websites we use to collect information about influencers and followers are generally limited to individuals over the age of 18. Accordingly, we do not proactively collect or share information about children. If we become aware that we have collected personal information children under the age of 18 without parental or guardian consent, we will delete this information.
If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided personal information to us, please contact us using the information below.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In that case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which it was obtained, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will update this privacy notice and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
For any thoughts or queries about this Privacy Policy, Please let us know by contacting us here or writing to us at the appropriate address below.
The data controller shall be responsible for your personal data, and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with our Data Protection Officer or Supervisory authority with an address of:
Data Protection Officer
Prabakaran,
prabakaran@terareach.com
Any changes we make to this privacy notice in the future will be posted to our website. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this privacy policy.
Effective as on 23/10/19