Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.powerq.nl.

Which personal data we collect and why we collect it

Reactions

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

An anonymized string, created from your email address (also called a hash), may be sent to the Gravatar service if you use it. You can find the privacy policy page here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

If you are a registered user and upload images to the site, you should avoid uploading images that contain EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to the website can download images from the site and view the location data.

Contact forms

When visitors fill out a contact form, we use this information for internal analysis to meet the needs of all our customers best .

We contact the individuals who have submitted their information. An important condition is that the person in question is the primary contact within the organization for matters regarding energy. The data is used solely and exclusively for operational purposes within PowerQ.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you can choose whether your name, email address, and website may be stored in a cookie. We do this for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in these details again when submitting a new comment. These cookies are valid for one year.

If you visit our login page, we store a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is deleted as soon as you close your browser.

As soon as you log in, we will store some cookies related to your login information and display preferences. Login cookies are valid for 2 days, and cookies for display preferences are valid for 1 year. If you select “Remember me,” your login will be saved for 2 weeks. As soon as you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.

When you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie will be stored by your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only stores the post ID of the article you have edited. This cookie expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Posts on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, messages, 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

The PowerQ and SolarQ websites use 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 evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if legally required to do so, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

What rights you have 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 data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

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

PowerQ B.V. will never provide or sell your data to third parties. The data will only be sent to third parties if this is necessary for the execution of our agreement. This includes parties such as energy companies, partners in the field of telecom, waste processing, office supplies, automation specialists and companies to which we have outsourced specific tasks. We only do this if it is necessary for the performance of our tasks as an intermediary and we take measures to ensure the security of your data. We will not provide your data to others unless we are obliged to do so. This could, for example, involve the Tax Authorities, supervisory authorities, the police or the judiciary.

What data breach procedures we have implemented

We strive to protect the personal data we process as best as possible against loss or unlawful use. We take appropriate security measures to ensure the safety and accuracy of this data. If, despite these measures, a data breach occurs, PowerQ B.V. has a procedure for correctly reporting it.

What automated decisions and profiling we do with user data

PowerQ B.V. uses cookies when you visit our website. For non-anonymised data we request your prior approval. We use cookies to collect information about the use of our services. Cookies are small pieces of information that your browser automatically stores on your computer. This way we can recognize you on your next visit. Cookies are not used to identify individuals; they only identify computers. However, they may contain personal information. By using cookies we can continue to improve our services and adapt them to the wishes of our visitors.