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Privacy Policy

SQNet takes the security of your personal information very seriously and is committed to ensuring that your personal information is protected at all times.

The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to provide you with a clear explanation about how your personal information is collected and used by us during your interaction with us as well as your rights in relation to your personal information.

SQNet only collects basic personal information about you (such as name, email address, direct work telephone number, your work employer/institution and other basic contact details - as well as any other information that you choose to provide) and only in the following ways:
- Information that you yourself provide through our websites, in writing, via telephone, at our events or through other means; or
- Information that we obtain from your interaction with our websites, services and/or social platforms that SQNet uses;
- SQNet obtains contact details through selected third parties.
We will not ask for and do not intend to collect, any sensitive personal information about you for the purposes of general enquiry handling, correspondence, relationship management or marketing.
For Client Training Services, SQNet collects personal information about you (such as name, email address, contact details (private or work-related), choice of course, attendance, completion level attained:
- Information that you yourself provide through our designated course portal and other interactions as above.
For other services provided by SQNet, including but not limited to Compliance, Inspection, Assurance and Verification, SQNet collects personal information about you (such as name, email address, contact details (private or work-related) where required to enable the delivery of service and as required by accreditation bodies and/or standards and scheme owners.
For Marketing and client relationship purposes, SQNet uses its legitimate business interests in processing your personal details in order to maintain and enhance existing and ongoing client relationships it has with you and your organisation, this may include approaching you for real-time feedback on our services, research/surveys on current offering.
Unless you have provided your indication to accept and receive marketing materials from us, SQNet will not send out electronic-based marketing to you. Our marketing system allows you to configure your preferences and opt-out of receiving marketing materials at any time.
Personal Details for Specific Business Activities: When you engage with various services provided through SQNet businesses, you may be required to supply further personal information about you in line with the requirements of that service, accreditation scheme regulator, national regulator provisions under which SQNet operates.

SQNet needs to know basic personal information about you in order to respond to requests you make to us (such as through our websites and social media platforms) and to provide you with information relating to our services (such as newsletters, industry updates, information about our products and services, event invitations, surveys, market research, etc.) which either you have consented to receive (by indicating in the appropriate tick box) or which relate to SQNet products or services which we believe may be of interest to you and/or you currently receive under our legitimate interest to conduct business.
Data collected via your interaction with us through Telephone, email and digital media platforms, (e.g. LinkedIn, Go-To Webinar platforms) can be used for lead generation, relationship management and handling general enquiries of services/products.
We will not use your personal information for any other purpose, not outlined in this Privacy Notice.
SQNet collects information about your usage of our websites through cookies. We do this so that we can tailor and personalise your experience and, in conjunction with other user's information and usage, improve the content, layout and performance of our websites.

SQNet will hold your personal information securely using appropriate technical and organisational measures and not disclose your personal information to anyone outside its own group, or to any person or entity outside the India , except and to the extent both: (i) necessary for the purposes stated in this Privacy Notice; and (ii) where it has first satisfied itself that appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure such information will continue to be held and used in accordance with this notice and compliance with the India's General Data Protection Regulation.
We use service providers to operate our websites, such as website hosting and enquiry functionality, and a client relationship management database on whose system SQnet stores data. Some of these service providers will process your personal information as part of the services they provide to SQNet, such for Client Training Services through the eLearning environment. We will ensure that those service providers also comply with this Privacy Notice.

Your personal information will be kept by SQNet for no longer than reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless required to be kept longer by law. This retention period will be determined by the nature of your interaction with SQNet, your request and ongoing provision of services through our business. You can at any time indicate your wish for SQNet not to process your data through your options in a Preference Centre or link on marketing communications.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice or our use of your personal information, please contact us by:
- Email: info@sqnetassessments.com
- Post: 2 Gujarat Vihar. Vikas Marg. Delhi. India - 110096 or
- Phone: (+91) 9870 285 149