Privacy Policy
Effective date: April 2026 · QNT42 · hi@qnt42.com
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is QNT42, operated from Barcelona, Spain. For all data protection enquiries, please contact us at hi@qnt42.com.
2. Data We Collect
We collect the following categories of personal data:
- Account data: name, email address, company name, role and password (hashed) provided during registration or trial requests.
- Usage data: log data including IP address, browser type, pages visited, features used and timestamps, collected automatically when you access the platform.
- Communications: any information you provide when contacting us via email or the contact form on our website.
- Payment data: billing information processed by our payment provider. QNT42 does not store full payment card details.
We do not collect or process any special categories of personal data (such as health data, biometric data or political opinions).
3. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data on the following legal bases under GDPR Article 6:
- Contract performance: to provide the Services you have requested and manage your account.
- Legitimate interests: to improve and secure our platform, prevent fraud, and communicate about our Services.
- Legal obligation: where required by applicable law or regulation.
- Consent: where you have provided explicit consent, for example for marketing communications. You may withdraw consent at any time.
4. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data to:
- Provide, operate and maintain the QNT42 platform and Services.
- Process trial requests and manage user accounts.
- Respond to enquiries and provide customer support.
- Send transactional communications (account updates, service notifications).
- Analyse platform usage to improve functionality and user experience.
- Detect, prevent and address security incidents and fraud.
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
5. Data Sharing
We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating the platform, including:
- Cloud hosting and infrastructure providers.
- Analytics providers (aggregated and anonymised where possible).
- Payment processors for billing purposes.
- Email delivery services for transactional communications.
All third-party providers are contractually required to protect your data and may only use it for the purposes specified by QNT42. We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) without appropriate safeguards in place.
6. Cookies and Tracking
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- Maintain session state and authentication on the platform.
- Analyse website traffic via Google Analytics (with IP anonymisation enabled).
- Remember your preferences.
You can control cookie settings through your browser. Disabling certain cookies may affect platform functionality. We do not use cookies for targeted advertising.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide the Services and comply with our legal obligations:
- Account data is retained for the duration of your account and deleted within 90 days of account closure upon request.
- Usage logs are retained for up to 12 months for security and operational purposes.
- Communication records are retained for up to 3 years.
- Financial records are retained for 7 years as required by applicable law.
8. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access: to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure: to request deletion of your data where there is no legitimate reason for us to continue processing it.
- Right to restriction: to request that we restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, to withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hi@qnt42.com. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) at www.aepd.es.
9. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, destruction or alteration. These include encrypted data transmission (TLS), hashed password storage, access controls and regular security reviews. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Third-Party Data Sources
QNT42 processes publicly available data from sources including NASA, ESA, NOAA, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the IMF and SEC EDGAR. This data does not contain personal information and is used solely for the purpose of generating quantitative signals and analytics.
11. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not directed at individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a minor, please contact us at hi@qnt42.com and we will delete it promptly.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We will notify registered users of material changes by email. Your continued use of the Services after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
13. Contact
For any questions, requests or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at hi@qnt42.com.