Import
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors.
This policy applies where we act as a data controller in relation to the personal data of our website visitors. In other words, where we determine the purposes and means of processing that personal data.
We use cookies on our website. Since these cookies are not strictly necessary for the operation of our website, we will ask you to consent to the use of cookies when you visit our website for the first time.
How we use your personal data
We may process data about the use of our website (“usage data”). Usage data may include IP address, geographic location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of use of our website. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purpose of analyzing the use of the website and our services. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website.
We may process information contained in or related to any communication you send to us (“correspondence data”). Correspondence data may include the content of the communication and metadata related to the communication. Our website will generate metadata related to communications made using the website’s contact forms. Correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and for record keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of the website and communications with users.
We may process any of your personal data specified in this policy where this is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in a judicial proceeding or in an administrative or out-of-court proceeding. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.
Retention and deletion of personal data
Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes is not kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
In some cases, it is not possible for us to determine in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In these cases, we will determine the retention period based on the following criteria:
(a) the notification data retention period will be determined based on the frequency of regular page updates.
(b) the correspondence data retention period will be determined based on the necessity of communication for the completion of each communication.
About cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent from a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a browser and will remain valid until its specified expiration date, unless deleted by the user before the expiration date. A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user’s session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain information that personally identifies a user, but personal information we store about you may be linked to the information stored and obtained by cookies.