We take your privacy seriously. And we give you full control over your data.
queryquotient doesn't show you ads or sell your data to anyone. Our nonprofit is instead supported by thousands of donors - many of whom have learned to code on queryquotient, gotten developer jobs, and want to help you do the same.
When you use use the queryquotient.com website, we may collect some anonymous data so we can understand how people are using queryquotient, and basic facts like which browser they're using.
If you create a queryquotient account, we will collect some personal data so we can follow your progress toward earning developer certifications, and so you can customize your developer portfolio.
Yes. You can access all of queryquotient's articles, videos, podcasts, and interactive coding lessons without creating an account. And if you don't create an account, we won't collect any personal data about you.
This said, if you want to earn queryquotient's developer certifications, you will need to create an account so we can follow your progress through our curriculum.
We'll ask you for your email address so you can use it to sign into queryquotient, and so we can send you announcements and helpful programming-related links.
When you create an account on queryquotient, we publish a developer portfolio page for you on queryquotient.com. If you want, you can add details about yourself, like your name, geographic location, and a link to your personal website.
By default, your developer portfolio will show which queryquotient lessons you have completed and when you completed them. It will also show your code solutions for our algorithm challenges, links any projects you've submitted, and any developer certifications you've earned.
You have full control over your data, and can set any of these details to private, or delete them at any time.
It means that at any time, you can download all of your data in a convenient JSON format.
You can control which data shows up on your developer portfolio.
You can also delete any of your personal data, or even delete your entire account.
Yes. When you delete personal data from queryquotient, we immediately delete it from our servers.
We make emergency backups of our database every day, and we delete each of these backups after a few days. So within a few days, your personal data won't even exist in our backups.
Yes. queryquotient respects the privacy rights covered by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal team has studied the GDPR, and we've built new features to comply with all of its rules.
Even though GDPR only protects European citizens, queryquotient is extending these protections to everyone all over the world.
queryquotient has organized all the information that GDPR requires us to give you into this easy-to-read question-and-answer format. Our goal is to inform you of your specific rights to access data, erase it, port it, rectify it, and object to automated decision-making.
Even though queryquotient has thousands of volunteers, none of those people have access to your private data.
queryquotient has a few full-time staff, some of whom work directly on our databases. They have the ability to view your private data, but only do so when providing you with technical support.
As for the personal data that you choose to share on your developer portfolio, anyone on the internet can see it by navigating to your developer portfolio's public URL. Again, we've given you full control over what parts of your developer profile are public.
queryquotient will not share our donors' names or personal information with anyone outside of our nonprofit organization's team. Donors may choose to display that they are donating to queryquotient on their queryquotient profile. Otherwise, donor information will only be used to process donations and send email confirmations. This policy applies to any written, verbal, or electronic communication.
We don't sell your data to anyone. In order to provide service to you, your data does pass through some other services. All of these companies are based in the United States.
We use Amazon Web Services, Azure, and mLab for our servers and databases. You can read the privacy policy for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and mLab.
We use Stripe and PayPal to process donations. You can read the privacy policy for Stripe and for PayPal.
We use the CloudFlare and Netlify Content Delivery Networks so that queryquotient is fast in all parts of the world. You can read the privacy policy for CloudFlare and Netlify online.
We use Auth0 to sign you into queryquotient. You can read the privacy policy for Auth0 online.
We use Google Analytics to help us understand the demographics of our community and how people are using queryquotient. You can opt out of Google Analytics on queryquotient by installing this browser plugin. You can read the privacy policy for Google Analytics online.
For your convenience, we give you the option to sign in using GitHub, Google, or Facebook if you don't want to use your email address to sign in. If you choose to use one of these sign in options, some of your queryquotient data will be shared with these companies. You can read the privacy policy for GitHub and for Google and for Facebook.
We're happy to answer them. Email us at privacy@queryquotient.com.
This version of queryquotient’s privacy questions and answers took effect May 25, 2018.
queryquotient will announce the next version by email. In the meantime, queryquotient may update its contact information in these questions and answers by updating this page (https://privacy-policy.queryquotient.com). queryquotient may change how it announces changes in a future version of these questions and answers.