Privacy Policy

Foqas Privacy Policy Created: Jan 1, 2014 The following privacy policy applies to personal data collected at www.Foqas.com, or other Foqas websites and application, and data collected through the provision of Foqas products or services (collectively, the "Services"). Foqas, LLC. and its affiliates (collectively "Foqas") are committed to protecting the privacy of its users. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Services. If you are using any of the Services through an educational or other institution that is a customer of Foqas, this policy does not supersede the terms of any agreements between Foqas and any other party, nor does it affect the terms of any agreement between any user of the Services and their employer, their educational institution or any third party. Foqas requests personal information to operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Services and to communicate directly with you, as well as for purposes such as the provision of customer service and support, billing, network management, customer surveys, sales management, support, newsletter subscriptions, user group memberships, event registration and sponsorship, offers of related services, and other exchanges of information. This Privacy Policy explains how Foqas, LLC uses, protects, and discloses the information we collect when you use Foqas services (the “Services”) through our website (“Site”), applications on Devices (“Apps”), through APIs, and through third parties. A “Device” is any computer used to access the Services, including (without limitation to) a desktop, laptop, smartphone, tablet, or other consumer electronic device. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy effective immediately following posting of the modified version on the Site. Your use of our Services following posting will constitute your acceptance of the modified version. If you do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Services. In addition, when you use our Services, metadata concerning your User Content, and other interactions with our Services may be logged automatically. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION We use your information: to provide and improve our Services, to administer your use of our Services, to better understand your needs and interests, to personalize and improve your experience to provide or offer software updates and product announcements to enhance current, and develop new, products and services You grant Foqas an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free right and license to use the anonymous information we collect in any way. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE Further, you agree that Foqas may transfer the anonymous information we collect in the event of any corporate restructuring or any sale, assignment or transfer of substantially all of its rights in the Apps. We may disclose information about you if we become subject to a subpoena or court order, or if we are otherwise legally required to disclose information. We may also use and disclose information about you to establish or exercise our legal rights, to enforce the Terms of Use, to assert and defend against legal claims, or if we believe such disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding actual or suspected illegal or fraudulent activities or potential threats to the physical safety or well-being of any person. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, but we will notify you (for example, via email and/or a prominent notice on our website) of any change in control or use of your Personal Information or User Content, or if either become subject to a different Privacy Policy. We will also notify you of choices you may have regarding the information. We will display your Personal Information in your profile page and elsewhere on our Services according to the preferences you set in your account. Any information you choose to provide should reflect how much you want others to know about you. Please consider carefully what information you disclose in your profile page and your desired level of anonymity. You can review and revise your profile information at any time. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may also share or disclose your information with your consent, for example if you use a third party application to access your account. Through certain features of our Services, you may also have the ability to make some of your information public. Public information may be broadly and quickly disseminated. Service Providers, Business Partners and Others. Foqas may use certain trusted third party companies and individuals to help us provide, analyze, and improve our Services (including but not limited to data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics, email communication, payment processing, and improvement of the Service’s features). These third parties may have access to your information only for purposes of performing these tasks on our behalf and under obligations similar to those in this Privacy Policy. Third-Party Applications. Foqas may share your Information with a third party application with your consent. We are not responsible for what those parties do with your information, so you should make sure you trust the application and that it has a privacy policy acceptable to you. Non-private or Non-Personal Information. Foqas may disclose your non-private, aggregated, or otherwise non-personal information, such as usage statistics of our Services. However, in such cases, your usage data is aggregated with the usage data of others and does not identify you individually. CHANGING OR DELETING YOUR INFORMATION To delete your account, please delete your account from settings page of your profile. LINKED SITES Our Services may contain links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Foqas. If you submit personal Information to any of those sites, your Information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any Web site you visit. SECURITY Foqas maintains reasonable administrative, technical and physical procedures to protect information stored in servers, which are located in the United States and in other jurisdictions in which Foqas, its subsidiaries and affiliates maintain facilities. Security safeguards may include but are not limited to data encryption, firewalls, data use and access limitations, and physical access controls to buildings. If you have questions about such security. OUR POLICY TOWARD CHILDREN Foqas does not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13 unless and until a school or educational institution has provided appropriate consent and authorization for a student under 13 to use the Services and for Foqas to collect information from such student. Please contact us at privacy@blackboard.com if you believe we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13 without proper consents so that we may delete such information as soon as possible. YOUR CONSENT If you reside outside the U.S., the anonymous information we collect will be transferred to the U.S. and processed and stored there under U.S. privacy standards. By using the Services and providing Information to Foqas, you consent to the use, transfer and processing of the anonymous information we collect as set forth in this Privacy Policy, all of which activities will take place in the U.S. HOW TO CONTACT US If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.