Privacy Policy
Effective August 25th
Last Updated August 25th
Introduction
Quest of Evolution seeks to develop a creative environment that launches multimedia NFTs, created by artists and enabling people to add their inspirations to those creations.
In pursuit of our mission, we collect and use (“process”) certain personal information from you. Being transparent about the processing of your information and respecting your privacy is incredibly important to us!
This Privacy Policy applies when you use our services (click here to learn more). Please read it before using Quest of Evolution’s services because it will tell you how we collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise process, your personal information when providing these services to you. If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please Contact Us through the channels indicated in this Policy.
In pursuit of our mission, we collect and use (“process”) certain personal information from you. Being transparent about the processing of your information and respecting your privacy is incredibly important to us!
This Privacy Policy applies when you use our services (click here to learn more). Please read it before using Quest of Evolution’s services because it will tell you how we collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise process, your personal information when providing these services to you. If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please Contact Us through the channels indicated in this Policy.
I. Information we collect and how we collect it
Information shared with us directly by you:
When you use our services, you may give us information directly (like when you’re setting up your account), and we’ll store that information on our systems and use it for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Some parts of our services may use a more traditional registration or account set-up process where you may be asked to give us information like:
● your first and last name;
● your username;
● your e-mail address;
● a password; and/or
● other information that helps us to identify you or helps us to provide or improve our services.
Information you generate using our services
When you use our services, we’ll collect information about the ways in which you use and interact with our services, such as (but not limited to) the types of art you create and/or the types of NFTs you buy.
Payment information
We’ll collect information related to any purchases and payments related to our services.Our third-party payment processor will collect the billing and financial information it needs to process your charges.
Customer support
We’ll keep a record of any correspondence between us to the strict extent and for the period required by the data protection and applicable laws and regulations.
When you ask for help from our Customer Support team, we will collect and store the contact information you give them (generally, your name and e-mail address), information about your activity on our services, and your user ID. We will also store the communications you have with our Customer Service team and any additional information in those communications in order to provide support and improve the services.
Information about you that we get from connected third-party websites and applications
We may collect some information about you from other companies and business partners.
The information we receive depends on the third-party websites and application, and on your privacy settings with the third-party.
Quest of Evolution may collect and store some or all of the following information received from a third-party:
● your first and last name;
● your profile picture, if applicable;
● the e-mail address you provided to that third-party website and/or application;
● your approximate physical location and that of the devices you use to access our services;
● your gender;
● your birthday, age, and/or age range;
● information about your activities on or through the third-party website and/or application;
● other publicly-available information on the third-party website and/or application; and/or
● any other information that you or the provider of the third-party website and/or application share with Quest of Evolution.
If you access our services from a third-party website and/or application, you should also read that third-party website and/or application’s terms of service and privacy policy.
Cookies and other automated information collection
We’ll collect information about your device and how you use our services, including through the use of cookies.
We use cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., beacons, pixel tags, clear gifs, and device identifiers) to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off, and across different services and devices. We also allow others to use cookies and similar technologies. You can control or opt out of the use of cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on the sites of others for third-party advertising.
We, our service providers, and our business partners use these cookies and other similar technologies to collect and analyze certain kinds of technical information, including:
IP address;
● the type of computer or mobile device you are using;
● platform type (like Apple iOS or Android);your operating system version;
● your mobile device’s identifiers, like your MAC Address, Apple Identifier For Advertising (IDFA), and/or Android Advertising ID (AAID);
● application performance and de-bugging information;
● your browser type and language;
● referring and exit pages, and URLs;
● the number of clicks on an app feature or web page;
● the amount of time spent on an app feature or web page;
● domain names;
● landing pages;
● pages viewed and the order of those pages; and/or
● date and time of activity on our services.
In some cases, we will connect the above information with your user ID.If you use our services on a mobile device, in addition to your device identifiers (described above), we may also collect:
the name you have associated with your device;
your country;
your telephone number (if you provide it);
Other sources
We may collect information from other third-party sources. Where we do, we’ll let you know which information and the purpose of their collection.
We may collect or receive information about you from other sources like third-party information providers. We use this information along with the information you provide us directly, for example, to serve you advertising more tailored to your interests.
When you use our services, you may give us information directly (like when you’re setting up your account), and we’ll store that information on our systems and use it for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Some parts of our services may use a more traditional registration or account set-up process where you may be asked to give us information like:
● your first and last name;
● your username;
● your e-mail address;
● a password; and/or
● other information that helps us to identify you or helps us to provide or improve our services.
Information you generate using our services
When you use our services, we’ll collect information about the ways in which you use and interact with our services, such as (but not limited to) the types of art you create and/or the types of NFTs you buy.
Payment information
We’ll collect information related to any purchases and payments related to our services.Our third-party payment processor will collect the billing and financial information it needs to process your charges.
Customer support
We’ll keep a record of any correspondence between us to the strict extent and for the period required by the data protection and applicable laws and regulations.
When you ask for help from our Customer Support team, we will collect and store the contact information you give them (generally, your name and e-mail address), information about your activity on our services, and your user ID. We will also store the communications you have with our Customer Service team and any additional information in those communications in order to provide support and improve the services.
Information about you that we get from connected third-party websites and applications
We may collect some information about you from other companies and business partners.
The information we receive depends on the third-party websites and application, and on your privacy settings with the third-party.
Quest of Evolution may collect and store some or all of the following information received from a third-party:
● your first and last name;
● your profile picture, if applicable;
● the e-mail address you provided to that third-party website and/or application;
● your approximate physical location and that of the devices you use to access our services;
● your gender;
● your birthday, age, and/or age range;
● information about your activities on or through the third-party website and/or application;
● other publicly-available information on the third-party website and/or application; and/or
● any other information that you or the provider of the third-party website and/or application share with Quest of Evolution.
If you access our services from a third-party website and/or application, you should also read that third-party website and/or application’s terms of service and privacy policy.
Cookies and other automated information collection
We’ll collect information about your device and how you use our services, including through the use of cookies.
We use cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., beacons, pixel tags, clear gifs, and device identifiers) to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off, and across different services and devices. We also allow others to use cookies and similar technologies. You can control or opt out of the use of cookies and similar technologies that track your behavior on the sites of others for third-party advertising.
We, our service providers, and our business partners use these cookies and other similar technologies to collect and analyze certain kinds of technical information, including:
IP address;
● the type of computer or mobile device you are using;
● platform type (like Apple iOS or Android);your operating system version;
● your mobile device’s identifiers, like your MAC Address, Apple Identifier For Advertising (IDFA), and/or Android Advertising ID (AAID);
● application performance and de-bugging information;
● your browser type and language;
● referring and exit pages, and URLs;
● the number of clicks on an app feature or web page;
● the amount of time spent on an app feature or web page;
● domain names;
● landing pages;
● pages viewed and the order of those pages; and/or
● date and time of activity on our services.
In some cases, we will connect the above information with your user ID.If you use our services on a mobile device, in addition to your device identifiers (described above), we may also collect:
the name you have associated with your device;
your country;
your telephone number (if you provide it);
Other sources
We may collect information from other third-party sources. Where we do, we’ll let you know which information and the purpose of their collection.
We may collect or receive information about you from other sources like third-party information providers. We use this information along with the information you provide us directly, for example, to serve you advertising more tailored to your interests.
II. How we use information we collect and our legal bases for processing it
We use your information to provide, personalize, maintain the security of, and improve the services you use; to maintain our business operations; to communicate with you; to protect you and others; to carry out marketing and advertising; and to exercise and defend our rights.
We use your information under different legal bases, including to establish and perform our contract with you, for our legitimate interests, to comply with our legal obligations, to establish, use and protect Quest of Evolution’s rights, or otherwise with your valid consent.
The main use of the information we collect and store is to provide you with the services you request from us and to improve your user experience, but there are other uses as well. The uses for which we collect and store your information include:
● to improve and optimize our services and your experience;
● to create your account and allow you to use our services;
● to personalize our services to you;
● to communicate with you about the services you’re using, including updates, new services, and promotional offers that we think might be of interest to you;
● to provide technical support and respond to inquiries;
● to protect Quest of Evolution’s rights and property in connection with our services;
● to prevent fraud or potentially illegal activities, and to enforce our Terms of Use;
● to manage and deliver contextual and behavioral advertising;
● to administer rewards, surveys, offers, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by us or our business partners;
● to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes we may have with you, and to enforce our agreements with third parties; and/or
Our legal basis for collecting and using the information described above depends on what the information is and the context in which we collect it.
However, we’ll only collect information from you where we need it to perform our contract with you (i.e., our Terms of Use), where the processing is in our legitimate interests (provided that these aren’t overridden by your interests or rights), or if we otherwise have your valid consent. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect information from you.
If we ask you to provide information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, this will normally be clear from the context in which we are asking you to provide your information, and, if not, we will provide an explanation to you at the relevant time. We will also make clear whether providing information is mandatory.
Similarly, if we collect and use your information in reliance on legitimate interests (or those of any third party) which are not listed above, it will be made clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
If you have questions or need further information about the legal bases on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us by email on support@thequestofevolution.com.
We use your information under different legal bases, including to establish and perform our contract with you, for our legitimate interests, to comply with our legal obligations, to establish, use and protect Quest of Evolution’s rights, or otherwise with your valid consent.
The main use of the information we collect and store is to provide you with the services you request from us and to improve your user experience, but there are other uses as well. The uses for which we collect and store your information include:
● to improve and optimize our services and your experience;
● to create your account and allow you to use our services;
● to personalize our services to you;
● to communicate with you about the services you’re using, including updates, new services, and promotional offers that we think might be of interest to you;
● to provide technical support and respond to inquiries;
● to protect Quest of Evolution’s rights and property in connection with our services;
● to prevent fraud or potentially illegal activities, and to enforce our Terms of Use;
● to manage and deliver contextual and behavioral advertising;
● to administer rewards, surveys, offers, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by us or our business partners;
● to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes we may have with you, and to enforce our agreements with third parties; and/or
Our legal basis for collecting and using the information described above depends on what the information is and the context in which we collect it.
However, we’ll only collect information from you where we need it to perform our contract with you (i.e., our Terms of Use), where the processing is in our legitimate interests (provided that these aren’t overridden by your interests or rights), or if we otherwise have your valid consent. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect information from you.
If we ask you to provide information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, this will normally be clear from the context in which we are asking you to provide your information, and, if not, we will provide an explanation to you at the relevant time. We will also make clear whether providing information is mandatory.
Similarly, if we collect and use your information in reliance on legitimate interests (or those of any third party) which are not listed above, it will be made clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
If you have questions or need further information about the legal bases on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us by email on support@thequestofevolution.com.
III. How we share information
The information you provide us, shall be available to the Quest of Evolution community with the purpose of developing a creative environment and promoting the creation of collective works.
Safety, security, and compliance with law
We’ll share your information if necessary for safety, security, or compliance with law.
Your information, and the contents of all of your online activity in our services and between you and Quest of Evolution may be accessed and monitored as needed to provide our service and may be disclosed:
● to satisfy any laws or regulations that apply;
● when we have a good faith belief that we have to disclose the information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including for national security, law enforcement, or legal process purposes (for example, a court order);when we believe in our sole discretion that our services are being used in committing a crime, including to report such criminal activity or to share information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection, credit risk reduction, and other security precautions;
● when we have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the health and/or safety of you, another person, or the public generally; and/or
● to protect the rights or property of Quest of Evolution or applicable third parties, including to enforce our Terms of Use.
Third-party service providers
We’ll share your information with the third-party service providers and business partners that we work with to provide you services.
We will share your information with third-party companies who provide services through our website and who perform services on our behalf, like payment processing, analytics, analysis, hosting services, customer service, marketing, and advertising optimization.
We will also share your information with our third-party business partners who assist us in delivering and optimizing our services, and in handling claims and requests, such as our platform partners.
Where we share your information with third-party service providers and business partners, we ensure that we have appropriate agreements in place to protect your information (as required by applicable data protection laws).
Safety, security, and compliance with law
We’ll share your information if necessary for safety, security, or compliance with law.
Your information, and the contents of all of your online activity in our services and between you and Quest of Evolution may be accessed and monitored as needed to provide our service and may be disclosed:
● to satisfy any laws or regulations that apply;
● when we have a good faith belief that we have to disclose the information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including for national security, law enforcement, or legal process purposes (for example, a court order);when we believe in our sole discretion that our services are being used in committing a crime, including to report such criminal activity or to share information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection, credit risk reduction, and other security precautions;
● when we have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the health and/or safety of you, another person, or the public generally; and/or
● to protect the rights or property of Quest of Evolution or applicable third parties, including to enforce our Terms of Use.
Third-party service providers
We’ll share your information with the third-party service providers and business partners that we work with to provide you services.
We will share your information with third-party companies who provide services through our website and who perform services on our behalf, like payment processing, analytics, analysis, hosting services, customer service, marketing, and advertising optimization.
We will also share your information with our third-party business partners who assist us in delivering and optimizing our services, and in handling claims and requests, such as our platform partners.
Where we share your information with third-party service providers and business partners, we ensure that we have appropriate agreements in place to protect your information (as required by applicable data protection laws).
IV. Your rights
If you are located in an European Country, you have the following data protection rights:
● You can access or request deletion of your personal information by submitting a request by sending an email to support@thequestofevolution.com;
● You can correct or update your personal information, object to processing of your personal information,
ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information.You can opt-out of marketing communications we send you by following the instructions in “Opting Out of Promotional Communications from Quest of Evolution” below.
● If we have collected and processed your personal information with your valid 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. For more information, please contact your local Data Protection Authority.
Accessing and deleting personal information held by Quest of Evolution
You can request a copy of or deletion of your account data by sending an email to support@thequestofevolution.com.
For deletion requests, we will take reasonable measures to delete your personal information from our records. If you have sent content through or posted content on the service, we may not be able to delete it. We will keep certain records (e.g., personal information relating to payments or customer service matters) where we need and have rights to, such as for legal or accounting purposes. We’ll also keep information in order to exercise, defend, or establish our rights.
Managing personal information we receive from third-party websites and/or applications and from your mobile device
To manage the information we receive from third-party websites and/or applications use the tools and settings provided by the third-party website and/or application and your mobile device.
To manage the information Quest of Evolution receives about you from a third-party website and/or application, you will need to follow the third-party website and/or application’s instructions for updating your information and changing your privacy settings.
You also can manage many aspects of information collection and use from your mobile device by visiting the “settings” page of your mobile device or web browser and reviewing the access permissions.
Once Quest of Evolution receives your information from a third-party website and/or application or your mobile device, that information is stored and used by Quest of Evolution in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You may access and update that information as described above.
Opting out of promotional communications from Quest of Evolution
You can unsubscribe from promotional emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link or visiting your account. You can opt out of mobile push notifications in your device’s settings page. You can opt out of SMS text communications by texting STOP.
Your unsubscribe request or e-mail preferences change will be processed promptly, and in no event longer than ten business days. During that processing period, you may receive additional promotional emails from us.
If you want to stop receiving push notifications, which are messages an app sends you on your mobile device even when the app is not on, you can turn off push notifications by visiting your mobile device’s “settings” page.
Please note that if you opt out of receiving promotional communications from us, we may still communicate with you from time to time if we need to provide you with information about the services you are using from us, if we need to request information from you with respect to a transaction initiated by you, or for other legitimate non-marketing reasons, for example, if we are required under applicable laws to notify you of updates to this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use.
● You can access or request deletion of your personal information by submitting a request by sending an email to support@thequestofevolution.com;
● You can correct or update your personal information, object to processing of your personal information,
ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information.You can opt-out of marketing communications we send you by following the instructions in “Opting Out of Promotional Communications from Quest of Evolution” below.
● If we have collected and processed your personal information with your valid 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. For more information, please contact your local Data Protection Authority.
Accessing and deleting personal information held by Quest of Evolution
You can request a copy of or deletion of your account data by sending an email to support@thequestofevolution.com.
For deletion requests, we will take reasonable measures to delete your personal information from our records. If you have sent content through or posted content on the service, we may not be able to delete it. We will keep certain records (e.g., personal information relating to payments or customer service matters) where we need and have rights to, such as for legal or accounting purposes. We’ll also keep information in order to exercise, defend, or establish our rights.
Managing personal information we receive from third-party websites and/or applications and from your mobile device
To manage the information we receive from third-party websites and/or applications use the tools and settings provided by the third-party website and/or application and your mobile device.
To manage the information Quest of Evolution receives about you from a third-party website and/or application, you will need to follow the third-party website and/or application’s instructions for updating your information and changing your privacy settings.
You also can manage many aspects of information collection and use from your mobile device by visiting the “settings” page of your mobile device or web browser and reviewing the access permissions.
Once Quest of Evolution receives your information from a third-party website and/or application or your mobile device, that information is stored and used by Quest of Evolution in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You may access and update that information as described above.
Opting out of promotional communications from Quest of Evolution
You can unsubscribe from promotional emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link or visiting your account. You can opt out of mobile push notifications in your device’s settings page. You can opt out of SMS text communications by texting STOP.
Your unsubscribe request or e-mail preferences change will be processed promptly, and in no event longer than ten business days. During that processing period, you may receive additional promotional emails from us.
If you want to stop receiving push notifications, which are messages an app sends you on your mobile device even when the app is not on, you can turn off push notifications by visiting your mobile device’s “settings” page.
Please note that if you opt out of receiving promotional communications from us, we may still communicate with you from time to time if we need to provide you with information about the services you are using from us, if we need to request information from you with respect to a transaction initiated by you, or for other legitimate non-marketing reasons, for example, if we are required under applicable laws to notify you of updates to this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use.
V. International transfers
When we process personal information collected in the European Countries or any other country or region, we comply with our legal obligations and ensure that your personal information is subject to suitable safeguards or transferred to “approved” territories.
As part of our international operations, we may transfer personal information to our “Affiliated Entities,” which are any other corporate entities under common ownership with Quest of Evolution, or to our business partners and service providers from time to time for our legitimate business purposes.
When we transfer your personal information internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is treated securely, lawfully, and in the manner we describe here. This may include implementing the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information or any other lawful solution that permits the lawful transfer of personal information.
As part of our international operations, we may transfer personal information to our “Affiliated Entities,” which are any other corporate entities under common ownership with Quest of Evolution, or to our business partners and service providers from time to time for our legitimate business purposes.
When we transfer your personal information internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is treated securely, lawfully, and in the manner we describe here. This may include implementing the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information or any other lawful solution that permits the lawful transfer of personal information.
VI. How long we keep your information
We’ll keep your information for as long as necessary to provide you with the services, maintain our legitimate business operations, and/or exercise, defend or establish our rights.
How long we retain your personal information depends on why we collected it and how we use it, but we will not retain your personal information for longer than is necessary for our business purposes or for legal requirements.
We will retain personal information about you and connected with your account and/or the services you use from us for as long as you have an active account with us. We will take reasonable measures to delete this personal information if you delete your account. However, you acknowledge that we may retain some information after you have closed, or we have deleted, your account with us where necessary to enable us to meet our legal obligations or to exercise, defend, or establish our rights.7. Security of your information
How long we retain your personal information depends on why we collected it and how we use it, but we will not retain your personal information for longer than is necessary for our business purposes or for legal requirements.
We will retain personal information about you and connected with your account and/or the services you use from us for as long as you have an active account with us. We will take reasonable measures to delete this personal information if you delete your account. However, you acknowledge that we may retain some information after you have closed, or we have deleted, your account with us where necessary to enable us to meet our legal obligations or to exercise, defend, or establish our rights.7. Security of your information
vII. Security of your information
We work hard to protect your information by implementing reasonable and appropriate security measures to help protect the security of your information both online and offline and to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These measures vary based upon the sensitivity of your information.
If you have an account registered directly with Quest of Evolution, your profile information is protected by the password you use to access your account.
It is important that you protect and maintain your account’s security and that you immediately tell us of any unauthorized use of your account. If you forget the password to your account, the services allow you to request that instructions be sent to you that explain how to reset your password.
When you sign into your account or enter payment information, we and our third-party payment processor use encryption to transmit that information.
If you have an account registered directly with Quest of Evolution, your profile information is protected by the password you use to access your account.
It is important that you protect and maintain your account’s security and that you immediately tell us of any unauthorized use of your account. If you forget the password to your account, the services allow you to request that instructions be sent to you that explain how to reset your password.
When you sign into your account or enter payment information, we and our third-party payment processor use encryption to transmit that information.
VIII. Changes to our privacy policy
We’ll let you know about any material changes to the Privacy Policy.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of the policy. If we make changes that we deem material, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you. We encourage you to periodically check this Privacy Policy for updates.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of the policy. If we make changes that we deem material, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you. We encourage you to periodically check this Privacy Policy for updates.
IX. Contact Us
You can contact us with your questions, comments, or concerns. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or privacy practices and rights, please send us an e-mail to support@thequestofevolution.com. For all other matters, please contact Quest of Evolution on support@thequestofevolution.com.