Q Advisors LLC (“Q Advisors”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Policy (together with our website’s terms of use and other documents referred to on it) explains when and why we collect personal information about our clients and people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. We have a separate privacy policy for personal information we collect about our employees and employees should review that policy, contained in our company Employee Handbook.

We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that our latest version is still acceptable to you. By using our website or our services, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to: info@qllc.com

The rules on processing of personal data of residents of the European Union are set out in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”).

Q Advisors may require that our clients provide us with current and accurate financial and/or personal information, pursuant to the terms of our engagement for investment banking services. We may collect non-public client data via due diligence requests, forms, checklists, and in documentation provided to us by our clients for evaluation pursuant to our engagement and any potential transactions resulting from our engagement. We also create internal lists of such data. We may also obtain information about you in direct sales engagement activities or when you complete our online forms. We do not use “cookies” on our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organizations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.

We discourage use of our website by children under the age of 13. We do not collect age related information on the Q Advisors website so we have no information on the age of persons accessing our website.

When exercising any of the rights listed below, in order to process your request, we may need to verify your identity for your security. In such cases we will need you to respond with proof of your identity before you can exercise these rights.
• The right to access Personal Data we hold on you
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• The right to correct and update the Personal Data we hold on you. If the data we hold on you is out of date, incomplete or incorrect, you may inform us and your data will be updated subject to our verification.
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• The right to have your Personal Data erased

• You may request that we erase the Personal Data we hold about you. When we receive your request, we will delete your Personal Data or inform you of the reason why it cannot be deleted (for example, because we need it for to comply with a legal obligation).

• If you are a resident of Switzerland or the European Economic Area (“EEA”), you may have additional rights under data protection law. For example, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints, please in the first instance, contact Q Advisors via email at: info@qllc.com. If this does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you may contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/cont... or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Transfers to the U.S. If you reside in Switzerland or the EEA, you acknowledge and agree that the information provided to Q Advisors will be transferred to the United States. Upon our client’s explicit written request, Q Advisors may execute Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission for the benefit of the client in order to ensure adequate protection for the Personal Data in accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

By submitting your Personal Data or allowing the Q Advisors’ client whom you represent to submit your Personal Data to us, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy.Each of client’s Representatives have the following rights with respect to their Personal Data.

If we wish to use your Personal Data or Client Data for a new purpose, not covered by this Policy, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions.Review of this PolicyAny changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Clients who engage us generally provide us with financial information and information about their business (“Client Data”) as well as names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (“Personal Data”) of their employees; they may also provide us with Personal Data of their investors, stockholders, advisors, and other persons with whom we interact during the course of our engagement (collectively “Representatives”). Persons who fill out “contact us” forms on our website generally provide us with their name, address, email address and phone number. We generally don’t collect “sensitive” Personal Data from our clients or their Representatives, such as social security numbers, individuals’ bank account information, birth dates, credit card information or medical information as this information is not required for our engagements and we discourage our clients and their Representatives from providing any sensitive Personal Data to us during the course of our engagements.

Interact with your Representatives to provide you services under our engagement agreement;
Develop a strategic plan for our engagement;
Share the information with select third parties, such as bankers, investors and potential strategic partners, in connection with our specific engagement;
Send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include newsletters, product updates, activities & promotions of our group companies’ goods and services;
Seek your views or comments on the services we provide;
Notify you of changes to our services;
Post out and/or email copies of news of interest to investors (including press releases) to your address;
Comply with federal, state or local laws, rules and other applicable legal and regulatory reporting requirements;
Resolve clients disputes or inquiries;
Protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud, identity theft, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liability; and
Comply with your written instructions.We may use your information to:

We review our retention periods for Personal Data and Client Data on a regular basis. Currently this information is retained during the term of our engagement and for a period of seven years following termination of our engagement, in accordance with our records retention policies and to satisfy regulatory requirements.

Q Advisors’ employees assigned to work on your engagement will have access to Client Data and Personal Data as necessary to perform our investment banking services. We may also share your Client Data and Personal Data with third parties as directed by you or as we deem necessary for us to execute on our investment banking services, such as bankers and investors in connection with a financing transaction and potential target companies in connection with a merger or acquisition. We may also share information with persons assessing our compliance with industry standards, or to the attorneys, accountants and auditors of Q Advisors. Representatives’ Personal Data as well as Client Data will never be sold or made available to other parties for any other purposes unless required by law, other legal processes or professional standards.

We may, however, transfer your Client Data and Personal Data to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets or as part of any business restructuring or reorganization. We may also disclose or share your Client Data or Personal Data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to protect the rights, property or safety of our employees, investors and client. However, we will take reasonable steps to protect the privacy of your information.

You may not opt out of providing Client Data or Personal Data in connection with our engagement as that information is required for us to perform our services. You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive marketing information, newsletters or press releases (collectively “Marketing Materials”) from us. Individuals residing in the EEA, must opt-in to receive Marketing Materials. Individuals residing outside of the EEA may receive Marketing Materials but can elect to opt-out by selecting the “unsubscribe” button contained in the Marketing Materials if they do not want to receive these communications from us.
You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email: info@qllc.com
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Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information.

During regular business hours, access to hard copies of client records is restricted to only those with approval to do so. During hours in which Q Advisors’ offices are closed, hard copies of client records are stored in locked cabinets. Access to electronic copies of Client Data and Personal Information is restricted solely to those Q Advisors’ personnel who require access to perform our services. Q Advisors incorporates technological and operational security policies and procedures to protect Personal Data and Client Data from loss, misuse, alteration or unintentional destruction. Personnel who have access to such information have been trained to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact info@qllc.com.

Q Advisors may require that our clients provide us with current and accurate financial and/or personal information, pursuant to the terms of our engagement for investment banking services. Q Advisors will protect the information our clients provide in a manner that is safe, secure and professional. Q Advisors and its employees are committed to protecting our clients’ privacy and to safeguarding that information.

No fee or compensation was paid to any person making a testimonial contained herein. The testimonials included may not be representative of the experience of other clients. Testimonials are not a guarantee of future performance or success.

The tombstone announcements contained in Q Advisors’ website appear as a matter of record only.