Effective Date: 01/03/2024

Zedquest Consultancy Limited (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal data is collected, used, and shared when you visit or interact with our website at https://zedquest.com.

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1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://zedquest.com. Zedquest Consultancy Limited is a registered company providing consultancy and e-learning services.

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2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

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3. Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors to the site can download and extract location data from such images.

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4. Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes:

• Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience. These last for one year.
• Login Cookies: A temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
• Authentication Cookies: When you log in, we set cookies to save your login details and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
• Editor Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser indicating the post ID. It expires after one day.

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5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content behaves exactly as if you visited the originating website. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the content.

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6. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification purposes.

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7. How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automated approval of follow-ups.
• User Accounts: If you register on our website, we store the personal data you provide in your profile. You can view, edit, or delete your data at any time (username changes are not permitted). Site administrators can also access and edit this information.

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8. Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request:

• A copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Deletion of your personal data (excluding any we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes)

To make a request, please contact us at [insert contact email].

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9. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be screened by an automated spam detection service to prevent abuse.

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10. Contact Information

If you have any privacy-specific concerns, contact us at:

Zedquest Consultancy Limited
Email: info@zedquest.com
Phone: +260 954 435 035
Address: 6768 Akanongo Street, Olympia Extension.