adopt Sequence is a Division of adoptIQ, Inc. (“adoptIQ” or “we” or “us”) has created this Privacy Policy in order to disclose its collection, use and disclosure of personal information and other data about you. This Privacy Policy is effective as of April1, 2024. Any questions regarding this policy should be directed by email to info@AdoptIQ.com. You may also contact AdoptIQ at 7415 Southwest Pkwy Bldg 6 Ste 500-107, Austin, Tx 78735. The following discloses AdoptIQ’s practices for its website and services.
If you use a website, mobile app, social networking site or an associated service displaying or referencing this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge this policy and the collection, use and sharing of your personal information and data as described herein and in accordance with the applicable agreements, including any applicable terms of service and/or End-User License Agreement.
Some businesses may choose to engage adoptIQ as a “data processor” for certain services and in such case the collection, use and sharing of personal information for the engagement may be governed by the agreement between adoptIQ and the business, and the business’ privacy policy, in addition to or instead of this Privacy Policy.
AdoptIQ may collect or receive information about each person who registers with or visits the AdoptIQ website and services, including, but not limited to, username, password, first and last name, email address, street address, phone number, occupation, and employment information. adoptIQ may collect information for adoptIQ customers as described in the customer’s privacy policy while assisting the customer. adoptIQ also collects other information you provide or you may volunteer.
We may collect personal information from you at various points, including but not limited to:
When you visit the website, we may automatically collect certain information, including information about your device such as your web browser, IP address, time zone, and other information on your device in connection with our site. Additionally, we collect information as you browse the website, including the web pages you view, the referral source (such as the page, website or search terms that brought you to the site, and other information about your interactions with our site. Such information may or may not be considered personal information.
adoptIQ does not require you to include sensitive information (e.g. racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union memberships, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health or data concerning sexual orientation). In the event that you provide such sensitive information as listed above without an express agreement covering it, you acknowledge that you have provided explicit consent concerning the collection, use and disclosure of such information.
Some personal information may also be collected by a third-party as a service provider or other vendor. If you interact with some third party services, such as social media companies, particularly where you have an account with the third party, they may collect additional information separate from adoptIQ.
AdoptIQ may use and share personal information that we collect or receive about you to:
Except as described herein, we will not disclose your personal information to any third party (i) unless directed by you; or (ii) without notifying you of our intent to share the information and giving you an opportunity to prevent your information from being shared.
From time to time, we may partner with companies based on the interests of our users. In such case, we will do so in a manner that respects your privacy and is consistent with the disclosures in this Privacy Policy.
adoptIQ reserves the right to disclose information when required by law.
We use other companies to perform services necessary to our operations. In the course of providing these services, those companies may have access to your personal information. However, we will not be liable to you for any damages that may result from the misuse of your personal information by these companies.
adoptIQ may use your IP address to, among other things, help diagnose problems with adoptIQ’ server and to administer adoptIQ’s web site. Your IP address may also be used to help identify you and your online profile and to gather broad demographic information.
The adoptIQ site registration or contact form may require users to give adoptIQ contact information (such as your name and email address or mobile phone number) and may include demographic information (such as your company, title, location). adoptIQ may use your contact information to send you information you request, information about adoptIQ and promotional material from some of AdoptIQ’s partners. Your contact information may also be used to contact you when necessary.
We may also disclose statements or reviews made by our users concerning the services.
adoptIQ may collect, use and share other information from your use of the website, or services, or other information, provided such information does not individually identify you or otherwise qualify as personal information (or similar) under an applicable law, including but not limited to deidentifying personal information to create such information. AdoptIQ shall have the right to retain records of such data including, but not limited to, usage, activity logs, and click-throughs. adoptIQ may disclose such data, whether in the form collected or a derivative form, to third parties provided it is presented in an aggregate and/or de-identified form.
Certain jurisdictions require a lawful basis for processing of personal data, and we will only collect and process your personal data there where we have lawful basis. Our lawful basis include consent (where you have given it), where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, and for the purposes of our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of our third parties, provided that such interest does not outweigh your rights and freedoms. Examples of legitimate interest include but are not limited to: (i) complying with applicable law, (ii) protecting against security or other threats, (iii) administration of our business interests, including improvements and enhancements of our business, and (iv) customer relationship issues.
We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone who we know to be under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 18, you should use this website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian and should not submit any personal information to us. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any personal information, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete such person's personal information from all adoptIQ systems.
Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking technology may need to be enabled in adoptIQ products and services in order to determine the location (latitude and longitude) of users of the AdoptIQ products and services. We will request your permission prior to such geolocation tracking. Where authorized, this information is transmitted as necessary for the products and services, which may include transmission to AdoptIQ, its service providers (including hosting provider), and Training Layer’s users or customers. This information is only used by AdoptIQ in conjunction with adoptIQ’ services or otherwise in connection with the reason for its collection.
adoptIQ uses industry-standard technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged between adoptIQ and other companies to help ensure its security. This site has security measures in place designed to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under AdoptIQ’ control. However, there is no guarantee that your personal information in any system is completely secure.
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. The AdoptIQ site uses cookies to keep track of your session or for other functions. adoptIQ may also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.
We may use standard Internet technology, such as web beacons and other similar technologies, to track your use on our sites and software. We also may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services we offer our users to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, programming or other activities.
We may allow third parties, including our authorized service providers, advertising companies, and ad networks, to display advertisements on our site and/or software. AdoptIQ and these companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to collect information about users who view or interact with these advertisements and connect to the adoptIQ website and/or services. This information allows adoptIQ and these companies to deliver targeted advertisements and gauge their effectiveness.
We may choose to retain personal information for as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes described herein, unless otherwise restricted by an applicable law.
Whenever applicable, adoptIQ identifies the purposes for which the information is being collected before or at the time of collection. The collection of your personal data will be limited to that which is needed for the purposes identified by adoptIQ. Unless you consent, or we are required or permitted by law, we will only use the personal data for the purposes for which it was collected or another purposed described to you at that time. If adoptIQ will be processing your personal data for another purpose later on, adoptIQ will seek your further legal permission or consent; except where the other purpose is compatible with the original purpose.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory and tax, accounting or other requirements.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your personal data (see Privacy Rights below).
In some circumstances we will anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research, statistical or other permitted purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
AdoptIQ may create links to other web sites. AdoptIQ will make a reasonable effort to link only to sites that meet similar standards for maintaining each individual's right to privacy. However, many other sites that are not associated or authorized by adoptIQ may have links leading to our site. adoptIQ cannot control these links and adoptIQ is not responsible for any content appearing on these sites.
Any website, application and services may be hosted and operated in the United States and is subject to United States law. Any personal information that we collect from you is currently stored and processed in the United States. If you are accessing the website, application or services outside of the U.S., you acknowledge the transfer of your personal information to the United States. Please be advised that United States law may not offer the same privacy protections as the law in your jurisdiction.
Whenever we share personal data originating in the EEA, the UK or Swizterland, or another country with restricted transfers, we will rely on lawful measures to transfer that data, such as the EU standard contractual clauses.
If you live in a country, state or other jurisdiction that provides for additional rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to access or delete your personal information, and you wish to exercise those rights, please contact us using the contact information below.
Depending on where you reside, you may have the right to exercise additional rights available to you under applicable laws, including:
If you would like to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us by email (see our contact details in the “Contacts” Section below). We will consider your request in accordance with applicable laws. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity before complying with the request.
AdoptIQ will not discriminate against a data subject for exercising any of its data protection rights.
For reconsideration of our response to your request under any applicable law that provides for an appeal, please request an appeal within the time frame for the appeal notice set forth in the applicable law (or in the event no time frame is provided, then fifteen days) by utilizing the contact information published below.
If you need further assistance regarding your rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below and we will consider your request in accordance with applicable law. In some cases, our ability to uphold these rights for you may depend upon our obligations to process personal data for security, safety, fraud prevention reasons, compliance with regulatory or legal requirements, or because processing is necessary to deliver the services you have requested. Where this is the case, we will inform you of specific details in response to your request.
If you are an individual in the EU / EEA, you have the right to make a complaint to the relevant Supervisory Authority. A list of EU / EEA Supervisory Authorities is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm. If you are in the UK, you have a right to make a complaint to the UK Information Commissioner's Office. You can visit their website at www.ico.org.uk.
Disclosures concerning the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, are made upon request to a “business” under the CCPA when we are acting as their “service provider”. Please contact us at info@adoptiq.com additional information about how we collect and process your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal data to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us by sending an email to info@AdoptIQ.com.
Our site, products, and services are not intended to appeal to minors. However, if you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of our Site or Service, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information to info@adoptIQ.com. We will process your request in compliance with applicable law.
Under California law, California residents who have an established business relationship with us may opt-out of our disclosing personal data about them to third parties for their marketing purposes.
As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by doing so at:
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
The adoptIQ site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from adoptIQ, except transactional correspondence. To opt-out of receiving our communications, you can (i) send email to info@adoptIQ.com; or (ii) send postal mail to: adoptIQ, Inc., 7415 Southwest Pkwy Bldg 6 Ste 500-107, Austin, Tx 78735
Please note that we do not alter our data collection and use practices as a result of a Do Not Track signal from your browser, unless required by an applicable law.
adoptIQ may amend this policy at any time. If adoptIQ is going to use personally identifiable information collected through the adoptIQ site in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, adoptIQ will notify users via email and/or by posting a notice on the adoptIQ site for thirty (30) days prior to such use. This Privacy Policy may not be otherwise amended except in a writing that specifically refers to this Privacy Policy and is physically signed by both parties.
This Privacy Policy inures to the benefit of successors and assigns of adoptIQ.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact info@adoptIQ.com. Upon request, adoptIQ will provide you with access to information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that adoptIQ collects and maintains about you. This site gives you the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided: (i) email: info@adoptIQ.com; or (ii) visit www.adoptIQ.com.
