Who we are
We are Quality Forensic Toxicology and our website address is: https://qftox.com. We take the privacy of your personal data seriously and would like you to feel secure and at ease when visiting our website.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
There are contact forms on our website which can be used to contact us electronically. If a user avails of this option, the data entered into the input screen are transmitted to us and stored. This data is:
Your query; subject; message; name; company name; adress; postcode/city; country; email; phone; if service: files; if service: reference or order number; different adresses; depending on the form, other information required for the order; date and time of query.
Alternatively, contact may be made via the email address provided. In this case, the user’s personal data that is transmitted with the email is stored.
No transfer of the data to third parties occurs in this context. The data is used solely for processing the conversation.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, 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.
Who we share your data with
Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service of Google Inc. with its head office in the USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text information which is saved on your computer and which enables an analysis of your use of the website. It involves the following cookies:
The information generated by the Google Analytics cookies about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties, where required to do so by law or if such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may prevent the cookies of Google Analytics from being installed by setting up your browser accordingly or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on made available by Google (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). However, if you choose to do so, you may not be able to fully make use of certain features offered by this website. By using this website, you agree that Google processes the collected information about you in the above-mentioned manner and for the above-mentioned purpose.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase 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.
We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for their own purposes, except to the extent required by legal or regulatory requirements or ordered by state bodies and authorities. We may also disclose your personal data to third parties if you gave us your prior consent or if otherwise provided in this privacy statement.
Your contact information
We process your personal data for the following purposes only:
- provision and operation of the website;
- answering enquiries and processing of services;
- processing of orders from our e-shop;
- dispatch of our newsletter (insofar that you have given your consent hereto in advance);
- delivery of materials, documents, etc. for download (insofar that you have first registered as a user to this effect);
- analysis of the usage of the website;
- other purposes provided for in this privacy statement.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We have taken adequate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data against loss, destruction and manipulation as well as against access, transformation or disclosure by unauthorised persons. Particularly critical personal data (such as access data to the account) is encrypted when transmitted over the internet (SSL).
Our Contact Information
If you have any further questions on the use of your personal data or on whether information about you is being processed, please contact: