Privacy Policy

QCR Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, “QCR Holdings, Inc.,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting any data it collects about you that can be used to personally identify or contact you (your, “Personal Information,” “Personal Data,” or “Data”). By using or accessing our Products and Services, you accept the practices and policies outlined below, and you consent that we will collect, use and share your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

What this Privacy Policy Covers
 
This Privacy Policy covers how we treat Personal Data that we gather when a User accesses or uses our Products or Services. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, a User shall be defined as anyone who uses or access the QCR Holdings, Inc. Products or Services.
 
This Privacy Policy does not apply to anonymised data, as it cannot be used to identify a natural person. “Personal Data” means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” under applicable data privacy laws, rules or regulations. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of companies we don’t own or control or people we don’t manage.

 

Personal Data
 
Categories of Personal Data We Collect
 
This chart details the categories of Personal Data that we collect and have collected over the past 12 months:
 
CATEGORY OF PERSONAL DATA EXAMPLE CATEGORIES OF THIRD PARTIES WITH WHOM WE SHARE THIS PERSONAL DATA, IF APPLICABLE.
Contact/Profile Data
  • First and last name
  • Email
  • Phone number
  • Corporate Issuers and other investor relations professionals
Device/IP Data
  • IP address
  • Domain server
  • Type of device/browser used to access the Products/Services
  • N/A
Professional or Employment Related Data
  • Job Title
  • Current Employer
  • Location
  • Industry expertise/coverage
  • Corporate issuers and other investor relations professionals
Analytics
  • Statistics associated with interactions between device/browser and the Products and Services
  • N/A

 

Sources of Personal Data
 
We collect Personal Data about you from the following sources:
  • You
    • When you provide such information directly to us.
      • When you consent to provide such information as part of accessing or using our Products or Services.
      • When you contact us.
    • Public Records
      • Public sites that may contain publicly accessible information.
    • Third Parties
      • Service providers to QCR Holdings, Inc.
      • Third parties may help us provide the Products or Services.
      • Third parties may provide us with data that we make available through our Products or Services.
Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Data
  • Providing connection and access to investor relation and asset management professionals through our database
    • Allowing Users to search our database for investment professionals or corporate issuers in order to make accurate and timely investment decisions.
    • Providing users with the ability to track and analyze trends in select stock performance, shareholder movement, and investment decisions of asset management firms.
    • Improving the quality and accuracy of our database in order to provide the best possible Products and Services.
  • Meeting Legal Requirements and Enforcing Legal Terms
    • Fulfilling our legal obligations, such as preventing, detecting and investigating security incidents and potentially illegal or prohibited activities.
    • Protecting the rights, property or safety of you, QCR Holdings, Inc. or another party.
    • Enforcing agreements with our customers and resolving disputes.
    • Responding to claims that any posting or other content violates third-party rights.
We will not collect additional categories of Personal Data or use the Personal Data we collected for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

How We Share Your Personal Data
 
We disclose your Personal Data to the parties listed in this section.
  • Service Providers who help us provide the Products and Services or perform business functions:
    • Hosting, technology and communication providers.
    • Security and fraud prevention providers
    • Analytics providers
  • Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate
    • Third parties you access through the Products or Services
    • Other users.
Business Transfers
 
All of your Personal Data that we collect may be transferred to a third party if we undergo a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which that third party assumes control of our business (in whole or in part). Should one of these events occur, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you before your information becomes subject to different privacy and security policies and practices.
 
SMS Terms of Use

QCR Holdings, Inc. collects opt-ins verbally either at their physical locations or over the phone. By providing your number you consent to receive informational SMS text communications from QCR Holdings, Inc. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Mobile opt-in data will not be shared with third parties.

By "Opting In" to or using a "Text Message Service" (as defined below) from QCR Holdings, Inc., you accept these Terms & Conditions.

This agreement is between you and QCR Holdings, Inc. or one of its affiliates. All references to "QCR Holdings, Inc.," "we," "our," or "us" refer to QCR Holdings, Inc., 3551 7th Street, Moline, IL.

DEFINITIONS

"Opting In," "Opt In," and "Opt-In" refer to requesting, joining, agreeing to, enrolling in, signing up for, acknowledging, responding to, or otherwise consenting to receive one or more text messages.

"Text Message Service" includes any arrangement or situation in which we send one or more messages addressed to your mobile phone number, including text messages (such as SMS, MMS, or successor protocols or technologies). 

CONSENTING TO TEXT MESSAGING

By consenting to receive text messages from us, you agreed to these Text Messaging Terms and Conditions, as well as our general data privacy policy.

By agreeing to receive text messages, you also consent to the use of an electronic record to document your agreement. You may withdraw your consent to the use of the electronic record by emailing QCRHCommunications@qcrh.com.

QCR HOLDINGS, INC. TEXT MESSAGE SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY

We respect your privacy. We only use information you provide through this service to transmit your mobile messages and respond to you. This includes, but isn't limited to, sharing information with platform providers, phone companies, and other vendors who assist us in the delivery of mobile messages. Mobile information will not be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. Nonetheless, we reserve the right always to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, to avoid liability, or to protect our rights or property. This Text Message Service Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Text Message Service and isn't intended to modify our general ["Privacy Policy" OR RELEVANT NAME OF PRIVACY POLICY REFERENCED IN SECTION ABOVE], incorporated by reference above, which may govern the relationship between you and us in other contexts.

COSTS OF TEXT MESSAGES

We do not charge you for the messages you send and receive via this text message service. But message and data rates may apply, so depending on your plan with your wireless or other applicable provider, you may be charged by your carrier or other applicable provider.

FREQUENCY OF TEXT MESSAGES

This Text Messaging Service is for conversational communication between you and QCR Holdings, Inc.. We may send you an initial message providing details about the service. After that, the number of text messages you receive will vary depending on how you use our services and whether you take steps to generate more text messages from us.

OPTING OUT OF TEXT MESSAGES

If you no longer want to receive text messages, you may email QCRHCommunications@qcrh.com. Opt-out requests are specific to each conversation between you and QCR Holdings, Inc. After unsubscribing, we may send you confirmation of your opt-out via text message.

For support, email QCRHCommunications@qcrh.com


Data that is Not Personal Data
 
We may create aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data from the Personal Data we collect including by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to a particular user. We may use such aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze, build and improve the Products and Services and promote our business, provided that we will not share such data in a manner that could identify you.

Cookies and Web beacons
 
Cookies are bits of electronic information that can be transferred to your computer or other electronic device to uniquely identify your browser. When you use the Services, we may place one or more cookies on your computer or other electronic device. We may use cookies to connect your activity on the Services with other information we store about you in your account profile or your prior interactions on the Services to, for example, store your preferences. The use of cookies helps us improve the quality of the Services to you, by identifying information which is most interesting to you, tracking trends, session token or storing information you may want to retrieve on a regular basis. At any time, you may adjust the settings on your browser to refuse cookies according to the instructions related to your browser. However, if you choose to disable cookies, many of the features and Services will not operate properly. Also, the pages on the Services may include web beacons or pixels, which are electronic files to count users who have visited that page, track activity over time and across different Websites, identify certain cookies on the computer or other electronic devices accessing that page, or collect other related information. This information may be associated with your unique browser, device identifier, or Internet Protocol address.

3rd Party Cookies and Web beacons
 
We have implemented Google Analytics and impression reporting for our client sites, which tracks and manages cookie information so that we can provide you with site analytics data through QCR Holdings, Inc. Desktop and QCR Holdings, Inc. Web. This information is not used for advertising purposes.

International Transfer of Personal Information

With respect to European Data Subjects, QCR Holdings, Inc. and its service providers may store, transfer or process information outside of the E.U. Where this is required, QCR Holdings, Inc. will take certain measures to protect your Personal Information, including having appropriate agreements in place with service providers and requiring that any service providers agree to our Standard Contractual Clauses within the applicable Data Processing Addendum.

Data Subjects Rights in relation to use of Personal Information
 
Data Subjects have the right to access, rectify or delete any Personal Information that we hold under European data protection legislation. You also have the right to portability and to object to the use of your Personal Information. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please send an email to our support team.

Storage, Security and Retention of Information
 
We seek to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use and disclosure using appropriate physical, technical, organizational and administrative security measures based on the type of Personal Data and how we are processing that data. You should also help protect your data by appropriately selecting and protecting your password or other sign-on mechanism; limiting access to your computer or device and browser; and signing off after you have finished accessing your account. Although we work to protect the security of your account and other data that we hold in our records, please be aware that no method of transmitting data over the internet or storing data is completely secure.

You acknowledge that Personal Information will be processed and stored by QCR Holdings, Inc. in databases hosted in the United States or Europe. QCR Holdings, Inc. has taken reasonable steps to protect the information users share with us, including, but not limited to, setup of processes, equipment and software to avoid unauthorized access or disclosure of this information. We protect your Personal Information by maintaining a strong security standard in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as you have an active account, as needed to provide you with the Services, to comply with our legal and regulatory process and to enforce this Privacy Policy. In some cases we retain Personal Data for longer, if doing so is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or collect fees owed, or is otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, rule or regulation. We may further retain information in an anonymous or aggregated form where that information would not identify you personally.

QCR Holdings, Inc. has established internal policies for the deletion of Personal Data from customer accounts following termination of a customer’s subscription to the Service.

Children Under the Age of 13
 
QCR Holdings, Inc. will not knowingly collect Personal Information from any person under the age of 13.