Privacy Policy

Our privacy policy applies when a User uses www.Laqtat.com (the “Website”) or any service of the Website. Please read this Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) available here https://laqtat.com/terms carefully before you start to Use the Website. By Using the Website, you indicate that you accept this Privacy Policy and T&Cs and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to any of them, please refrain from Using the Website.

Terms Used in this Privacy Policy shall have the definitions given to them in the T&Cs. The Term ‘Laqtat’ and pronouns we, us, our, ours, and in general first-person pronouns refers to Al Laqtat Al Methalia Co., a limited liability company, registered in Jordan under No. 60633, while the term User and pronouns you, your, and in general second person pronouns refer to the User as defined in the T&Cs.

Introduction

We respect Your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy (together with our Terms of Use and any other documents referred to in any of them) sets out the basis on which any Personal Data we collect from you, or that you provide to Laqtat, will be processed by Us. Personal Data for the purposes of this Policy shall mean: Any data or information that pertains to you and that is capable of identifying you whether directly or indirectly. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your Personal Data and how we, as data controller of your Personal Data that you provide to us, will treat it.

2. Information we may collect from you, why we need it and how we use it?

2.1. We may collect and process the following data about you:

2.1.1. When you visit our Website: As a visitor to the Website, you can make such forms of use that does not require opening an account with us and as such you will not be required to provide any Personal Data, however, our cookies policy explains what data we collect from you and what we do with it when you browse through the Website (e.g. your IP address).

2.1.2. When you open an account on our Website:

2.1.2.1 What data we collect: When you open an account on our Website we will collect your name, address, email, mobile number, company name, country, region, city, CR and CR data, company address, company email, company telephone, industry or trade license, business type, VAT unique assigned number, and or any information you allow us to collect either directly or indirectly, such information that we are required to collect under the provisions of the Applicable Law, as well as those required to meet your requests and provide you with the desired services/ Content.

2.1.2.2 Why we need this data: We will need your username in order to authenticate your user account so that you can benefit from our services. We will need your mobile number and email address to send you OTP and/or an activation link to your profile (account) so that you can receive business documents and network requests and use the Website. We will also need your email address in case you forget your password or to send emails to you with news and/or updates about inter alia the Website and/or services and features available through it and/or the matters you are involved with. Your IP address is logged by us so that we try to prevent any spam, fraud or abuse of the Website. We will store this data only, and as long as necessary, for the purposes of allowing Use of the Website, unless we are required, for legal reasons or under exceptional circumstances, to retain this data for an extended period.

2.1.2.3. How we use this data: We will not share your login data (your username, email address, password and IP address) with anyone except in the circumstances referred to in Clause 8 (Information Sharing).

2.1.2.4. From time to time, we may email you news, updates and sales offers which you can easily opt out of receiving by clicking “unsubscribe” icon in the relevant email.

2.1.3 When you contact us: If you contact us for any reason, we may store these communications for as long as necessary for the purposes of dealing with and processing such communications as well as improving the Services we offer, unless we are required, for legal reasons or under exceptional circumstances, to retain this information for an extended period.

2.1.4 When you make a transaction with us: When you need to effect a payment with us, we will need to collect such billing information and other information as needed to give effect to the transaction in question, this shall include number, expiration date, type and billing address of the card or the other tool you are using for effecting the payment. This data will be provided directly to our payment provider via a secured connection and may not otherwise be stored, sold, shared, rented or leased or passed to any third party.

3. Cookies

3.1. We may obtain information about your usage of our service by using a cookie file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the sites. The cookies we use are essential for our Website to enable us to:

3.1.1. Estimate our audience size and usage pattern.

3.1.2. Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customize the Website and to provide you with offers that are targeted at your individual interests.

3.1.3. Recognize you when you return to the Website.

3.1.4. Allow you to use the Website in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient, for example, by allowing you to store details of invoices you have been using as part of the Use of the Website. If you register with us or complete any of our online forms, we will use cookies to remember your details during your visit, and any future visits provided the cookie was not deleted from your browser/hard drive.

3.2. You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website and/or use some or all of the features it provides. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will generate cookies as soon you visit our Website.

3.3. Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 2 years.

4. Where we store your Personal Data

4.1. All information you provide to us are stored on our service providers’ secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain Content or certain parts of the Website or make any Use, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone under any circumstance or reason.

4.2. You are aware that the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure however we shall do our best to protect your Personal Data. Once we have received your Personal Data, we will use reasonable procedures and security features (this includes software and hardware) to try to prevent unauthorized access. We shall at all times abide by the data protection requirements as per the Applicable Law.

5. Updating your Personal Data

5.1. We will need you to help us ensure the Personal Data you provided to us is accurate and up to date. If you wish to correct and update any of your Personal Data, you may do so by updating the Personal Data through the preferences available in your account.

5.2. If you want to delete your account, you may do so by deleting your profile from the preferences page in your account or by requesting the same from our support team. Upon deletion of your account, we will store your Personal Data for the duration set out in Clause 4.1.2.2.

6. Information Sharing

6.1. Your Personal Data will not be stored, sold, shared, rented or leased to any third party.

6.2. Authorized Personnel: Our employees, agents, consultants, contractors, or other authorized personnel, may have access to Users information as necessary in the normal course of our business.

6.3. Business Transfers: You agree that in some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, User information typically is transferred as part or consequence of the transaction. Moreover, if the Website, Laqtat, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, liquidated, merged or dissolved, User information will also be accordingly transferred. Transfer may also take place as a result of an assignment by us of the business activities related to your Use, in part or in full, including out-sourcing servicing you or your account to a third party, with or without transfer of title in our entity currently holding or representing such activities, services, or Use, which transfer will result in the assignment of your agreement(s) with us including this Privacy Policy and other documents constating the Agreement and/or the License (if any) to the assignee. Likewise, we may opt to directly assign the contractual relation with us under this Privacy Policy and other documents constituting the Agreement and/or the License (if any) with you to a third party service provider. Conducting any of the transactions under this clause does not require service of a notification to you and or obtainment of your permission, and we will be released of our contract relation and warranty duties under relevant contracts with you once the transaction is perfected which relation/contracts -including the warranties- will continue between you and our assigns solely without any responsibility or warranty duty on our part under any circumstance.

6.1. Onward transfer: In the event of onward transfers of Personal Data, we retain responsibility for ensuring that any treatment or processing of data by the recipient third party acting on our behalf will occur in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy unless we prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to damage. If the recipient of data is not acting on our behalf or is not under our reasonable control, or when transfer of data is the result of your instructions, then our duty and warranty under this clause will cease to apply and all the actual and or potential responsibility under all causes of action are disclaimed to the fullest extent allowed under the Applicable Law.

6.2. Service Providers: We engage service providers to perform functions and provide services to us. Where allowed by Applicable Law, we may share your Personal Data with such service providers subject to obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and any other reasonable confidentiality and security measures, and on the condition that the third party service providers use your Personal Data only on our behalf and pursuant to our instructions.

6.3. Authorized Personnel: Our employees, agents, consultants, contractors, or other authorized personnel, may have access to Users information as necessary in the normal course of our business.

6.4. Government, Law Enforcement or Third Parties: We may disclose information, including, without limitation, Personal Data to comply with the Applicable Law, regulations, legal processes or governmental requests. We reserve the right to disclose a User’s Personal Data if we believe, in good faith, that the User is in violation of the T&Cs, the License, or the Agreement, without any duty on our part to serve a notification or seek a court order.

7. Choice and Opt-Out. We provide you the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use and sharing of your Personal Data.

7.1. Choice: In accordance with the applicable local law, your controls and choices may include:

7.1.1. You may correct, update and delete your account information, as described below.

7.1.2. You may change your choices for subscription in promotion materials, newsletters, and the like.

7.1.3. You may choose whether or not to receive offers from us.

7.1.4. You may choose whether or not to receive targeted advertising from us or our partners.

7.2. Opt-out: We may also use tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to the Website over time and about other websites and/or third-party services or other online services through which you were referred to us; you may opt to using these procedures out.

8. Accessing to and Correcting Your Information

If you have an account with us, you can help ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate, complete, and up to date by logging in to your account or by emailing us at [email protected]. For other Personal Data we hold about you, we will provide you with access to allow you to request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data if we are not required to retain it by the Applicable Law, under the Agreement, for legitimate business purposes or your Use. We may decline to process requests that are frivolous / vexatious, those that jeopardize the privacy of others, that are not in accordance with your pre given permissions, impractical, or concern data for which access is not otherwise required by the rules of the Applicable Law.

9. Security of Your Information.

9.1. Security Measures: We have put in place reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures designed to help prevent unauthorized access to information, to maintain data security, and to ensure proper and legitimate use of the information we collect online. These safeguards vary based on the sensitivity of the information that we collect and store.

9.2. No Security Guarantees: Although we take reasonable and appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that information will never be disclosed, altered or destroyed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy including in the situations of a viral attack, breach of employment loyalty or malicious programming codes. This Clause applies to the maximum extent permittable under the Applicable Law.

10. Changes to the Privacy Policy: We may change, amend, supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion such as in a response to a change in the Applicable Law or as a consequence of a transaction of those provided in Clause 6.4. We encourage you to frequently check our Website for any changes to the Privacy Policy. Your continued use or visits to our Website after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute an awareness and acceptance of the changes.

11. Users from Other Jurisdictions: By conducting any Use or opening an account with us, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy and consent to having your data transferred to and processed on computers located outside of your country, or your governmental jurisdiction, where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction/country. If you do not accept this Privacy Policy, as may be amended from time to time, please refrain from any Use of the Website.

12. Contact Information: If you have any questions, feedback or wish to report a violation regarding the Privacy Policy, you may or contact us by e-mail at the following address: [email protected].

13. Specific Provision Concerning Third Party Advertisers: You acknowledge and are aware that some of the advertisements you see on Laqtat are selected and delivered by third parties, such as ad networks, advertising agencies, advertisers, and audience segment providers. These third parties may collect information about you and your online activities, either on Laqtat or on other websites, through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies in an effort to understand your interest and deliver to you advertisements that are tailored to your interests. Please remember that we do not have access to, or control over, the information these third parties may collect, The information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy.

14. The Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Agreement.