Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Abqic collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information through the Abqic online platform. Abqic showcases refurbished printers and printer parts, including ink, cartridges, printer heads, and supplies for major brands such as HP, Epson, Brother, and Canon. Abqic also provides printer setup, service, warranty support, and contact options for products purchased through our service.

Abqic operates from the following physical address:

Information Abqic Collects

Abqic may collect information that you provide when you submit a product inquiry, request a purchase, ask for printer setup or warranty service, request technical assistance, or otherwise interact with the Abqic online platform.

• Your name, business name, shipping or service details, and other identifying information.
• Information about the printer, printer parts, supplies, or services that interest you.
• Details contained in your inquiry, including warranty, setup, repair, or product-support information.
• Transaction, order, payment-status, delivery, and warranty records where applicable.
• Technical information such as browser type, device information, approximate location, pages viewed on the Abqic website, referring pages, and interaction data.

How Abqic Uses Personal Information

Abqic uses personal information only for legitimate business purposes, including:

• Responding to product, parts, printer setup, warranty, and service inquiries directed to Abqic.
• Processing sales, arranging fulfillment, and providing customer support.
• Confirming product availability, compatibility, condition, and warranty eligibility for items sold by Abqic.
• Maintaining, securing, troubleshooting, and improving the Abqic online platform.
• Detecting fraud, preventing misuse, and protecting the rights, customers, and business operations of Abqic.
• Displaying relevant advertising and measuring advertising performance where permitted by law and your preferences.
• Complying with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, and law-enforcement requirements.

Legal Bases for Processing

Where the General Data Protection Regulation or similar laws apply, Abqic processes personal information on one or more of the following bases:

• Taking steps at your request before entering into a contract or performing a contract with Abqic.
• Abqic's legitimate interests in operating, securing, improving, and marketing our services, balanced against your rights.
• Your consent, where consent is required, including for certain cookies or advertising technologies.
• Compliance with applicable legal obligations.

Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising

The Abqic online platform uses cookies and similar technologies to operate features, remember preferences, maintain security, and understand website usage. Abqic partners with third-party advertising networks, including Microsoft Advertising (Bing Ads), to display relevant advertisements to you on other websites.

Third-Party Tracking and Microsoft Advertising: Third parties, including Microsoft, may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect or receive information from the Abqic website and elsewhere on the internet. They use this information to provide measurement services and target advertisements based on your past visits and online activities. Specifically, data collected through Microsoft Advertising's Universal Event Tracking (UET) is used by Microsoft for advertising purposes.

Opting Out: You can learn more about how Microsoft collects and uses your data by visiting the Microsoft Privacy Statement. You can choose to opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) WebChoices Tool, the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Page, or by adjusting your browser settings to decline third-party cookies.

How Abqic Shares Information

Abqic does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. Abqic may share information as reasonably necessary with:

• Service providers that support Abqic's hosting, website operations, analytics, advertising, payment processing, order fulfillment, delivery, customer support, and security.
• Manufacturers, suppliers, technicians, or warranty partners when necessary to verify compatibility or provide requested support for items sold by Abqic.
• Professional advisers, insurers, auditors, or prospective business purchasers under appropriate confidentiality obligations.
• Government authorities, courts, or other parties when required by law or necessary to protect the legal rights and safety of Abqic and its users.

Data Retention

Abqic retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including fulfilling transactions, administering warranties, resolving disputes, maintaining business and tax records, preventing fraud, and meeting legal obligations. Retention periods vary according to the type and sensitivity of the information.

Data Security

Abqic uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or obtain a copy of your personal information held by Abqic; object to certain processing; withdraw consent; and opt out of targeted advertising or certain disclosures. You may also have the right to appeal a decision regarding a privacy request. Abqic will verify requests as required by law and will not discriminate against you for exercising applicable rights.

Residents of California may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act and related laws, including rights to know, delete, correct, opt out of sale or sharing as defined by law, and limit certain uses of sensitive personal information. Abqic does not knowingly sell personal information.

International Data Transfers

Personal information may be processed in the United States and other countries where Abqic's service providers operate. Where required, Abqic uses appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as contractual protections or another lawful transfer mechanism.

Children’s Privacy

The Abqic online platform is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. Where applicable law sets a higher minimum age, Abqic follows that requirement. Abqic does not knowingly collect personal information from children without legally required authorization.

Changes to This Policy

Abqic may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal obligations, or privacy practices. The revised policy will be posted on this service with an updated notice of the revision where appropriate. Your continued use of the Abqic online platform after an update means the revised policy applies to your use, subject to applicable law.

Privacy Inquiries

For privacy requests or questions, you may submit a written request to Abqic at:

Please provide enough information for Abqic to understand and verify your request. Abqic will respond within the period required by applicable law.