Privacy Policy of Qulinary

This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Policy summary

Personal Data collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

    • Access to third party services' accounts

      • Access to the Facebook account

        Permissions: About Me, Access Friend Lists, App Notifications, Contact email and Current City

    • Analytics

      • Google Analytics, HockeyApp and MixPanel

        Personal Data: Cookies and Usage data

    • Handling payments

      • Balanced Payments

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Hosting and backend infrastructure

      • Cloudinary and Heroku

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

      • MailChimp

        Personal Data: email address

    • Registration and authentication

      • Facebook Authentication

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

Further information about Personal Data

    • Push notifications

      This Application may send push notifications to the User.

    • Selling goods and services online

      The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.

      The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Application depends on the payment system used.

    • Unique device identification

      This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

Contact information

    • Owner and Data Controller

      Qulinary Inc., 2400 El Camino Real, Ste 403, Palo Alto, CA 94306

      Owner contact email: qulinaryco@gmail.com

Full policy

Owner and Data Controller

Qulinary Inc., 2400 El Camino Real, Ste 403, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Owner contact email: qulinaryco@gmail.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage data and email address.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
All Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without any consequences on the availability or the functioning of the service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.

Retention time

The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.

The use of the collected Data

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Access to third party services' accounts, Analytics, Managing contacts and sending messages, Handling payments, Hosting and backend infrastructure and Registration and authentication.

The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.

Facebook permissions asked by this Application

This Application may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User's Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it. This service allows this Application to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.

For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.

The permissions asked are the following:

Basic information

By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the User has made more of their Data public, more information will be available.

About Me

Provides access to the 'About Me' section of the profile.

Access Friend Lists

Provides access to any friend lists the user created

App Notifications

Send notifications

Contact email

Access the user's contact email address.

Current City

Provides access to the User's current location.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

  • Access to third party services' accounts

    This type of services allows this Application to access Data from your account on a third party service and perform actions with it.
    These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.

    Access to the Facebook account (This Application)

    This service allows this Application to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook, Inc.

    Permissions asked: About Me, Access Friend Lists, App Notifications, Contact email and Current City.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

  • Analytics

    The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

    Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

    Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
    Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

    HockeyApp (Bit Stadium GmbH)

    HockeyApp is an analytics service provided by Bit Stadium GmbH.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

    Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy

    MixPanel (MixPanel)

    MixPanel is an analytics service provided by Mixpanel Inc.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

  • Handling payments

    Payment processing services enable this Application to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Application shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
    Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.

    Balanced Payments (Balanced)

    Balanced Payments is a payment service provided by Balanced Inc.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

  • Hosting and backend infrastructure

    This type of services has the purpose of hosting data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

    Cloudinary (Cloudinary Ltd.)

    Cloudinary is a hosting service provided by Cloudinary Ltd.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy

    Heroku (Heroku, Inc.)

    Heroku is a hosting service provided by Heroku, Inc.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

  • Managing contacts and sending messages

    This type of services makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
    These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

    MailChimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC.)

    MailChimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC.

    Personal Data collected: email address.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

  • Registration and authentication

    By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
    Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data, stored by these third party services, for registration or identification purposes.

    Facebook Authentication (Facebook, Inc.)

    Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Facebook, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Further information about Personal Data

  • Push notifications

    This Application may send push notifications to the User.

  • Selling goods and services online

    The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
    The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Application depends on the payment system used.

  • Unique device identification

    This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

Information about Cookies

  • Strictly necessary Cookies

    These Cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of this Application and are used to store sessions and preferences.

    qc, user, kitchenID

    Used to store preferences of the Application.

  • Analytics

    These Cookies are necessary for the functioning of the services filed under the section ”Analytics”.

    _ut*, _ga*

    Google Analytics Cookies.

    mp_*

    MixPanel Cookies.

Since the installation of third-party Cookies and other tracking systems through the services used within this Application cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, consult the privacy policy for the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related services.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

The rights of Users

Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.

Information about this privacy policy

The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy, prepared starting from the modules provided by Iubenda and hosted on Iubenda's servers.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically from this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User

The individual using this Application, which must coincide with or be authorized by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Subject

The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

This Application

The hardware or software tool by which the Personal Data of the User is collected.

Cookies

Small piece of data stored in the User's device.


Legal information

Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.

This privacy policy relates solely to this Application.

Latest update: September 01, 2017

iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided