Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
In the following terms and conditions, the term "Customer" shall refer to Smart Sparks and shall be used interchangeably throughout the text to denote the entity entering into the agreement as outlined herein.
We at OpenQuote are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to our website. This Privacy Policy governs our data collection, processing, and usage practices. It also describes your choices regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information. If you do not agree with the data practices described in this Privacy Policy, you should not use openquote.net.
We periodically update this Privacy Policy. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice by sending you an email notification.
While we will notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of the information you provide us, please write to us by email at privacy@openquote.net or by mail to 16 Rue Choron, Paris, 75009.
In the following terms and conditions, the term "Customer" shall refer to Smart Sparks and shall be used interchangeably throughout the text to denote the entity entering into the agreement as outlined herein.
We at OpenQuote are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to our website. This Privacy Policy governs our data collection, processing, and usage practices. It also describes your choices regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information. If you do not agree with the data practices described in this Privacy Policy, you should not use openquote.net.
We periodically update this Privacy Policy. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice by sending you an email notification.
While we will notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of the information you provide us, please write to us by email at privacy@openquote.net or by mail to 16 Rue Choron, Paris, 75009.
Use of the OpenQuote Quotation Builder and our Customer
OpenQuote Quotation Builder
OpenQuote allows anyone that uses it (OpenQuote and our Customers) to access project and personal information supplied by you for the use by a specific Customer, in advance of a site visit, so that the Customer provider can supply you with a quotation. The information supplied by you using OpenQuote is stored and managed on OpenQuote servers and is then passed to Customer servers. This information is used by those Customers to follow up with you on quotation requests you made via OpenQuote. OpenQuote provides the solution to our customers for their own lead generation, project management, customer service, and asset installation needs, and we use it to meet OpenQuote’s related needs.
Use by Our Customers
Information collected by OpenQuote and passed to Customers is used, disclosed and protected by Customers according to their privacy policies and is not subject to this Privacy Policy. OpenQuote processes our customers' information as they direct and in accordance with our agreements with our customers, and we store it on our servers, but we do not have control over its collection or management on Client servers and our agreements with our Customers prohibit us from using that information, except as necessary to provide and improve the solution, as permitted by this Privacy Policy, and as required by law. We have no direct relationship with individuals who provide Personal Information to our customers.OpenQuote acknowledges that you have the right to access your Personal Information. Our Customers control and are responsible for correcting, deleting, or updating information they have collected from you using the OpenQuote. If requested to remove data we will respond within a reasonable timeframe. We may work with our customers to help them provide notice to their visitors about their data collection, processing, and usage. We are not responsible for our customers' use of the information they collect using OpenQuote OpenQuote collects information under the direction of its Customers, and has no direct relationship with the individuals whose Personal Information it processes. If you are a customer of one of our Customers and would no longer like to be contacted by one of our Customer that use our solution, please contact the customer that you interact with directly. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the service agreements with our Customers.
OpenQuote does not collect "Sensitive Information" on behalf of Customers
This refers to credit or debit card numbers, personal financial account information, passport numbers, driver's license numbers or similar personal identifiers, racial or ethnic origin, physical or mental health condition or information, or other employment, financial or health information. OpenQuote does not collect sensitive information
OpenQuote Quotation Builder
OpenQuote allows anyone that uses it (OpenQuote and our Customers) to access project and personal information supplied by you for the use by a specific Customer, in advance of a site visit, so that the Customer provider can supply you with a quotation. The information supplied by you using OpenQuote is stored and managed on OpenQuote servers and is then passed to Customer servers. This information is used by those Customers to follow up with you on quotation requests you made via OpenQuote. OpenQuote provides the solution to our customers for their own lead generation, project management, customer service, and asset installation needs, and we use it to meet OpenQuote’s related needs.
Use by Our Customers
Information collected by OpenQuote and passed to Customers is used, disclosed and protected by Customers according to their privacy policies and is not subject to this Privacy Policy. OpenQuote processes our customers' information as they direct and in accordance with our agreements with our customers, and we store it on our servers, but we do not have control over its collection or management on Client servers and our agreements with our Customers prohibit us from using that information, except as necessary to provide and improve the solution, as permitted by this Privacy Policy, and as required by law. We have no direct relationship with individuals who provide Personal Information to our customers.OpenQuote acknowledges that you have the right to access your Personal Information. Our Customers control and are responsible for correcting, deleting, or updating information they have collected from you using the OpenQuote. If requested to remove data we will respond within a reasonable timeframe. We may work with our customers to help them provide notice to their visitors about their data collection, processing, and usage. We are not responsible for our customers' use of the information they collect using OpenQuote OpenQuote collects information under the direction of its Customers, and has no direct relationship with the individuals whose Personal Information it processes. If you are a customer of one of our Customers and would no longer like to be contacted by one of our Customer that use our solution, please contact the customer that you interact with directly. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the service agreements with our Customers.
OpenQuote does not collect "Sensitive Information" on behalf of Customers
This refers to credit or debit card numbers, personal financial account information, passport numbers, driver's license numbers or similar personal identifiers, racial or ethnic origin, physical or mental health condition or information, or other employment, financial or health information. OpenQuote does not collect sensitive information
Information OpenQuote collects
When You Visit our website
You are free to explore the website without providing any Personal Information about yourself.
When you use the OpenQuote Quotation Builder link supplied by a Client we may collect the following:
"Personal Information"
This refers to any information that you voluntarily submit to us and that identifies you personally, including contact information, such as your name, e-mail address, company name, address, phone number, and other information about yourself or your business.
Log Files
When you use our services or view content provided by us, we automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, internet service provider (ISP), the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, clickstream data, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by OpenQuote for the operation of the solution, to maintain the quality of the solution, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the OpenQuote. For these purposes, we do link this automatically-collected data to Personal Information such as name, email address, address, and phone number.
Information About Children
The website is not intended for or targeted at children under 16, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect information about children under 16. If you believe that we have collected information about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@openquote.net so that we may delete the information.
When You Visit our website
You are free to explore the website without providing any Personal Information about yourself.
When you use the OpenQuote Quotation Builder link supplied by a Client we may collect the following:
"Personal Information"
This refers to any information that you voluntarily submit to us and that identifies you personally, including contact information, such as your name, e-mail address, company name, address, phone number, and other information about yourself or your business.
Log Files
When you use our services or view content provided by us, we automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, internet service provider (ISP), the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, clickstream data, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by OpenQuote for the operation of the solution, to maintain the quality of the solution, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the OpenQuote. For these purposes, we do link this automatically-collected data to Personal Information such as name, email address, address, and phone number.
Information About Children
The website is not intended for or targeted at children under 16, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect information about children under 16. If you believe that we have collected information about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@openquote.net so that we may delete the information.
How We Use Information We Collect
Compliance with Our Privacy Policy
We use the information we collect only in compliance with this Privacy Policy. Customers who subscribe to our solution are obligated through our agreements with them to comply with this Privacy Policy. We Never Sell Personal Information We will never sell your Personal Information to any third party.
Use of Personal Information
In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may use your Personal Information to:
Improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website and to improve the solution;
Send information or OpenQuote content to you that we think may be of interest to you by email, or other means and send you marketing communications relating to our business;
Promote use of our services to you and share promotional and information content with you in accordance with your communication preferences;
Provide other companies with statistical information about our users -- but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
Send information to you regarding changes to our Customer Terms of Service, Privacy Policy (including the Cookie Policy), or other legal agreements;
Meet legal requirements.
We use the information collected through our solution by our customers for the following purposes:
To provide the solution (which may include the detection, prevention and resolution of security and technical issues);
To respond to customer support requests; and
Otherwise to fulfill the obligations under the OpenQuote Customer Terms of Service.
Legal basis for processing Personal Information (EEA visitors only)
You acknowledge in all cases that OpenQuote acts as the data processor of Customer Data and you are the data controller of Customer Data under applicable data protection regulations in the European Union and European Economic Area. The Customer will obtain and maintain any required consents necessary to permit the processing of Customer Data under this Agreement. OpenQuotes Data Protection Officer can be contacted at privacy@OpenQuote.net Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you. If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
Security of your Personal Information
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We secure the Personal Information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. All Personal Information is protected using appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures.
Social Media Features
Our website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share This button or interactive mini-programs that run on our sites. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our sites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these features. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy and other policies of the companies providing them.
External website
Our website provides links to other websites. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the content or practices of these other websites. Our provision of such links does not constitute our endorsement of these other websites, their content, their owners, or their practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites, which are subject to any privacy and other policies they may have.
Retention of Personal Information
How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information. as described in further detail below. After such time, we will either delete or anonymise your information or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible. We retain Personal Information that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, as long as is required in order to contact you about the solution or our other services, or as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Information, we securely delete the information or anonymise it or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your Personal Information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will delete this information from the servers at an earlier date if you so request, as described in "To Unsubscribe from Our Communications" below. If you provide information to our customers as part of their use of the solution, our customers decide how long to retain the personal information they collect from you. If a customer terminates its use of the solution, then we will provide the customer with access to all information stored for the customer by the solution, including any Personal Information provided by you, for export by the customer according to our agreement with our customer. After termination, we may, unless legally prohibited, delete all customer information, including your Personal Information, from the solution.
Compliance with Our Privacy Policy
We use the information we collect only in compliance with this Privacy Policy. Customers who subscribe to our solution are obligated through our agreements with them to comply with this Privacy Policy. We Never Sell Personal Information We will never sell your Personal Information to any third party.
Use of Personal Information
In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may use your Personal Information to:
Improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website and to improve the solution;
Send information or OpenQuote content to you that we think may be of interest to you by email, or other means and send you marketing communications relating to our business;
Promote use of our services to you and share promotional and information content with you in accordance with your communication preferences;
Provide other companies with statistical information about our users -- but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
Send information to you regarding changes to our Customer Terms of Service, Privacy Policy (including the Cookie Policy), or other legal agreements;
Meet legal requirements.
We use the information collected through our solution by our customers for the following purposes:
To provide the solution (which may include the detection, prevention and resolution of security and technical issues);
To respond to customer support requests; and
Otherwise to fulfill the obligations under the OpenQuote Customer Terms of Service.
Legal basis for processing Personal Information (EEA visitors only)
You acknowledge in all cases that OpenQuote acts as the data processor of Customer Data and you are the data controller of Customer Data under applicable data protection regulations in the European Union and European Economic Area. The Customer will obtain and maintain any required consents necessary to permit the processing of Customer Data under this Agreement. OpenQuotes Data Protection Officer can be contacted at privacy@OpenQuote.net Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you. If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
Security of your Personal Information
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We secure the Personal Information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. All Personal Information is protected using appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures.
Social Media Features
Our website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share This button or interactive mini-programs that run on our sites. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our sites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these features. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy and other policies of the companies providing them.
External website
Our website provides links to other websites. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the content or practices of these other websites. Our provision of such links does not constitute our endorsement of these other websites, their content, their owners, or their practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites, which are subject to any privacy and other policies they may have.
Retention of Personal Information
How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information. as described in further detail below. After such time, we will either delete or anonymise your information or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible. We retain Personal Information that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, as long as is required in order to contact you about the solution or our other services, or as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Information, we securely delete the information or anonymise it or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your Personal Information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will delete this information from the servers at an earlier date if you so request, as described in "To Unsubscribe from Our Communications" below. If you provide information to our customers as part of their use of the solution, our customers decide how long to retain the personal information they collect from you. If a customer terminates its use of the solution, then we will provide the customer with access to all information stored for the customer by the solution, including any Personal Information provided by you, for export by the customer according to our agreement with our customer. After termination, we may, unless legally prohibited, delete all customer information, including your Personal Information, from the solution.
How we Share Information we Collect
Compelled Disclosure
We reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Information if required by law or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a law, court order, or legal process.
Compelled Disclosure
We reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Information if required by law or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a law, court order, or legal process.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies
This describes the specific types of first and third party cookies served through our solution and the purposes they perform. These cookies include:
Essential website cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Solution and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Performance and functionality cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Solution but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
Analytics and customization cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Solution is used.
Advertising cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously re-appearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. Essential website cookies: Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Websites to you, you cannot refuse them. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings however, as described above.
Third Party Tracking Technologies
The use of cookies and web beacons by any tracking utility company is not covered by our Privacy Policy or Cookie Policy.
Cookies
This describes the specific types of first and third party cookies served through our solution and the purposes they perform. These cookies include:
Essential website cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Solution and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Performance and functionality cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Solution but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
Analytics and customization cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Solution is used.
Advertising cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously re-appearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. Essential website cookies: Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Websites to you, you cannot refuse them. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings however, as described above.
Third Party Tracking Technologies
The use of cookies and web beacons by any tracking utility company is not covered by our Privacy Policy or Cookie Policy.
How to Access & Control Your Personal Data
Reviewing, Correcting and Removing Your Personal Information
You have the following data protection rights:
You can request access, correction, updates, or deletion of your personal information.
You can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information.
If we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@OpenQuote.net We will respond to your request to change, correct, or delete your information within a reasonable timeframe and notify you of the action we have taken.
Anti-Spam Policy
Our Acceptable Use Policy applies to us and to our customers and, among other things, prohibits use of the solution to send unsolicited commercial email in violation of applicable laws, and requires the inclusion in every email sent using the solution of an "opt-out" mechanism and other required information. We require all of our customers to agree to adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy at all times, and any violations of the Acceptable Use Policy by a customer can result in immediate suspension or termination of the solution.
To Unsubscribe From Our Communications
You may unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located on the bottom of our emails, updating your communication preferences, or by sending us email us at privacy@openquote.net Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account with us or the solution.
To Unsubscribe from Our Customers' Communications
Our customers are solely responsible for their own emails and other communications; we cannot unsubscribe you from their communications. You can unsubscribe from our customers' marketing communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located on the bottom of their emails, or by contacting them directly.
Reviewing, Correcting and Removing Your Personal Information
You have the following data protection rights:
You can request access, correction, updates, or deletion of your personal information.
You can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information.
If we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@OpenQuote.net We will respond to your request to change, correct, or delete your information within a reasonable timeframe and notify you of the action we have taken.
Anti-Spam Policy
Our Acceptable Use Policy applies to us and to our customers and, among other things, prohibits use of the solution to send unsolicited commercial email in violation of applicable laws, and requires the inclusion in every email sent using the solution of an "opt-out" mechanism and other required information. We require all of our customers to agree to adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy at all times, and any violations of the Acceptable Use Policy by a customer can result in immediate suspension or termination of the solution.
To Unsubscribe From Our Communications
You may unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located on the bottom of our emails, updating your communication preferences, or by sending us email us at privacy@openquote.net Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account with us or the solution.
To Unsubscribe from Our Customers' Communications
Our customers are solely responsible for their own emails and other communications; we cannot unsubscribe you from their communications. You can unsubscribe from our customers' marketing communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located on the bottom of their emails, or by contacting them directly.