Privacy Policy

The Quant.Marketing Company Ltd ('Quant') takes the security of personal data seriously. Please contact Quant on 020 7836 5656 if you have any questions or comments on this Privacy Policy.  

Introduction

Quant Marketing is an independent marketing company that specialises in using customer data to grow businesses. We are genuinely solutions neutral, offering a diverse range of services from data-focused IT infrastructure, through analysis and strategy, as well as award-winning communications across every medium. We sum this up by saying we customize brands.

Quant Marketing’s Privacy Policy sets out the ways Quant processes personal data. This Privacy Policy only relates to personal data collected by Quant via the Quant Marketing website, emails and telephone calls. Any personal data collected by Quant is used in accordance with UK data protection legislation.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal data provided to Quant by any other means or via any other website. Users should be aware that if they access other websites, using the links provided, these are outside our control. If they provide personal data to other companies, the privacy polices of those companies determine the uses to which that information is put and Quant’s Privacy Policy will no longer apply.

The Data Protection Act 1998

The Quant Marketing website complies with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Use Made of Personal Information

Personal information provided to Quant Marketing via the Quant website, emails and telephone calls will be used for the purposes outlined at the time of collection or registration.

In addition, personal information may be used for statistical analysis.

Personal data will be collected and processed by Quant for the following purposes:

  1. For services requested
  2. Administration
  3. Marketing, advertising and promotions.

Processing personal data for the above purposes may entail sharing the information with employees, contractors, agents and professional advisors of Quant Marketing. However, written agreements exist between Quant Marketing and such parties that there must be no disclosure of such personal data.

Registration FOR Quant marketing communications

When completing a Quant application form for the e-newsletter Quant will enter the email address and other information onto the Quant database to receive relevant Quant communications and marketing information via email. Preferences may be altered by contacting Quant on 020 7836 5656.

Consent

By providing personal data to Quant users consent to the processing of such data by Quant as described in this Privacy Policy. Users can alter their preferences as described below.

Use of Data For Direct Marketing Purposes

If at any time users want to alter their preferences or would like Quant to stop sending such communications they should write to:

Head Of Data Operations
The Quant.Marketing Company Ltd
Flitcroft House
114-116 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0JR

Or, click on the email unsubscribe link or email info@quantmarketing.com

Verifying, updating and amending your personal information (SUBJECT ACCESS REQUEST)

If, at any time, a user wants to verify, update or amend their personal data they may write to:

Head Of Data Operations
The Quant.Marketing Company Ltd
Flitcroft House
114-116 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0JR

Verification, updating or amendment of personal data takes place within 10 working days. A £10 administration fee may be charged.

Cookies

A "cookie" is a small text file that is placed on a user's computer hard drive by a website. There are several types of cookie and the most common are often referred to as 'session' cookies. These are used to keep track of information needed by a user as they travel from page to page within a website. These cookies have a short lifetime and expire within a few minutes of the user leaving the site.

In compliance with the latest EU legislation , the following table lists the use of cookies on this web site:

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Cookie Name

Cookie Description

1

ASP.NET_SessionId

Session state used on CMS to store session for admin system. Not used much on front end unless it is used in conjunction with 3rd party systems that use .net such as community server. ASP.Net is a language used

This is used to implement ASP.Net session which is a Microsoft methodology that temporarily lets sites store server-side, user-specific data. Required to process requests from the user for which the session state was instantiated

2

Sitekit

The Sitekit cookie is used to persist any logins to extranets or restricted areas. A successful login is held in this cookie so that when a user navigates to another extranet page they are not requested to login again.

3

Trackerate

The Trackerate cookie is used to store a list of the pages that a user visits during their navigation of the site. The list is added to on every visit to create a profile of site user paths and assist owners in improving site design and navigation. The path is optionally output to site owners attached to form submissions.

4

setString

This is used to store user preferences for viewing sites in textOnly mode. It’s only written on sites which use the text only option.

For further information, please refer to Google Analytics and Cookies

Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through browser settings. More information about cookies, including how to block and/or delete them, via a range of common browsers, can be found at www.allaboutcookie.org

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Your browser may copy other files, such as images, from this and other sites and store them on your computer so that pages load quicker after your first visit.

Quant Marketing also uses cookies in its email communications to personalise the email and track whether the mail has been opened or read and whether the recipient has used any website links contained in the email communication. This allows Quant to monitor and improve its email communications and website.

Quant cookies do not analyse visits to other websites.

Internet browsers normally accept cookies by default; however, it is possible to set a browser to reject cookies. If this is done it is important not to exclude the benign and useful session cookies. Choose an option that rejects all third party cookies.

Links to Third Party Websites

This Privacy Policy applies solely to the personal data collected by Quant Marketing and does not apply to third party websites.

Quant is not responsible for the privacy policies of third party websites. Quant advises users to read the privacy policies of other websites before registering any personal data.

Security

Quant holds your personal data in accordance with the security provisions of the UK data protection legislation.

If you have any questions about security please contact Quant on 020 7836 5656.

Notification of Changes

Quant may make changes to its Privacy Policy. If Quant decides to change its Privacy Policy, it will post such changes on this page so that you are always aware of how Quant Marketing uses your personal data.

Users have the right to ask Quant, in writing, for a copy of all the personal data held about them upon payment of a fee ("subject access request") and to request that Quant Marketing correct any inaccuracies in that information.