Privacy Policy – PowerQ International

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.powerq-international.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information provided in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent, to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service if you use it. You can view the Gravatar privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment has been approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you are a registered user and upload images to the site, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.

Contact Forms

If visitors fill out a contact form, we use this information for internal analysis to better understand and meet the needs of our clients.

We will only contact individuals who have provided their details if they are the primary contact within their organization for energy-related matters. All information is used solely for business purposes within PowerQ.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter these details for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set several cookies to store your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen preference cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will be retained for two weeks. When you log out, login cookies are removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only stores the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one 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 exactly the same as if the visitor had visited the external website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

PowerQ International uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google uses this information to track how you use the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may transfer this information to third parties if legally required, or if those parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Your IP address will not be combined with other data held by Google.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an export file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

PowerQ International will never sell your data to third parties. Your data will only be shared with third parties if it is necessary for fulfilling our agreement with you — for example, with energy suppliers, telecom partners, waste management providers, office supply vendors, IT providers, or other companies to whom we outsource specific tasks. We will only do so when necessary to perform our role as an intermediary and will take measures to ensure the security of your data.

We may also share your data when legally required — for example, with tax authorities, regulators, police, or judicial authorities.

Data Breach Procedures

We strive to protect the personal data we process against loss or unlawful use. We take appropriate security measures to safeguard the accuracy and security of this data. If, despite these measures, a data breach occurs, PowerQ International has a procedure in place to ensure proper notification.

Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

When you visit our website, we may use cookies. For non-anonymized data, we will always request your consent in advance.

Using cookies, we collect information about how our services are used. Cookies are small pieces of information stored automatically by your browser on your computer. They help us recognize you during your next visit. Cookies are not used to identify individuals — they only identify computers — but they may contain personally identifiable information. By using cookies, we can continuously improve our services and adapt them to the needs of our visitors.