PRIVACY & COOKIE NOTICE Version – 1st August 2019 Venturevate Ltd is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who visit the website and who make use of the on-line facilities. This privacy policy provides you with information in terms of articles 19 and 20 of the Data Protection Act. It also takes consideration of Recommendation 2/2001 of the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, adopted on 17 May 2001, on certain minimum requirements for collecting personal data on-line. The policy can be easily accessible via a link at the bottom of each web page.
- 1. Introduction
Venturevate Ltd operates Harviist accessible via the site www.harviist.com . This privacy & cookie notice (‘the Privacy Notice’) sets out the ways in which Venturevate Limited (registered in Malta, Europe with Registration Number C74415) may use your personal data. Should you need to contact us for any reason in relation to your privacy, our Data Protection Officer can be contacted here: [email protected]. You can contact us by email, on [email protected]
- 2. Information collected and purpose
Download Information When you visit our website the following information will automatically be processed and this solely for the use of this association:
- The requested web page or download;
- Whether the request was successful or not;
- The date and time when you accessed the site;
- The Internet address of the website or the domain name of the computer from which you accessed the site;
- The operating system of the machine running your web browser and the type and version of your web browser.
Cookies Cookies are small pieces of data that the site transfers to the user’s computer hard drive when the user visits the website. Our website uses only session cookies which are erased when the user closes the Web browser. The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from the user’s computer. They will typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user. By accessing our site, You are agreeing to our use of cookies. We may collect information from the computer, tablet, phone, or other device from which you access our website. This collection includes automatically collected information, and generally does not include personal information unless you provide or you choose to share it with us. Personal data provided by the data subject When using this website’s online facilities, data subjects may be required to provide their personal data for the purposes of carrying out and/or engaging in online marketing services and/or activities.
- 3. Your rights as data subject
As an individual, you may exercise your right to access the data held about you by this company by submitting your request in writing to the data controller. Although all reasonable efforts will be made to keep your information updated, you are kindly requested to inform us of any change referring to the personal data held by the association. In any case if you consider that certain information about you is inaccurate, you may request rectification of such data. You also have which has been processed unlawfully.
- 4. About your data
4.1. Data We Process The personal data we would like to collect/process in Your regard is the following: Tracking Data: Data about Your use of the Website (Your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, website navigation paths, and information about the timing, frequency and pattern of Your use). The full list of scripts which collect this data can be found in section 2. Some of this information may be transferred to 3rd parties. This data is obtained from Our analytics tracking system whilst You are using the Website. To analyse the use of the Website and to personalise and optimize the content that You see on the basis of Your profile. We may, however, keep Enquiry Data in an anonymized form for the purpose of improving our products, service and the information on the Website. Subscription Data: Information that You provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters. This data is obtained directly from You when You subscribe. We use certain 3rd Party providers to be able to send You the relevant notifications and/or newsletters as requested by You. We may also use this data to offer, market and sell other relevant products and/or services to You, if You would like Us to do so. You can opt-out of marketing or advertising emails by utilizing the “unsubscribe” link or by contacting us through our customer service email – [email protected]. You can share the email address at which you are receiving marketing or advertising emails and we will automatically unsubscribe You. Contact Form Data: Data provided to us and in some cases to 3rd Parties when you complete our ‘Contact Us’ Form. This information might include your name, email address, mobile number, and other information which You choose to provide us with when completing the form, including the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. This data is obtained directly from You when You complete our ‘Contact Us’ Form. We/certain 3rd Parties use this data to respond to a query You have made to Us. Once You have made an enquiry, We have a duty to respond and thus it is Our legitimate interest to keep this data in order to provide You with an adequate reply and to respond at a later date. 4.2 Retention of Data We retain Your personal data no longer than strictly necessary i) to realize the purpose for which your personal data was originally collected ii) as required by a specific law to which we may be subject and iii) to manage any legal claims in relation to which such data may be required in evidence. Transactional records may be kept for up to 10 years from the performance of a contract for accounting and VAT record purposes. Should You need to know the complete list of the retention periods we adhere to with respect to the indicated categories of personal data, please contact us on [email protected]. 4.3 Who has Access to Your Data Venturevate Limited is a Malta-domiciled organization whose primary offices are in Malta. The majority of the service providers who are able to access the Website or any of the personal information collected from or relating thereto are located within the EEA, and we have data processing agreements in place with these parties. These include email service provider, web developers, agents, IT administration, providers of professional advice. Personal data that we hold is at all times on a strict ‘need to know’ basis. The Website www.harviist.com is hosted in Europe. We also work with web maintenance providers located outside the EEA. We have appropriate legal and security relationships with these parties and have taken steps to ensure that they are complying with the General Data Protection Regulation, including, as necessary, execution of contracts based on the European Union’s Standard Contractual Clauses for cross-border data transfers. 4.4 Automated Decision-Making We do not engage in any automated decision-making. 4.5 Personal Data relating to Children The Website should only accessible by individuals over the age of 16. It is a parent’s or legal guardian’s responsibility to ensure that persons under 16 do not complete any registration forms or make any purchases on/through Our Website. If We have reason to believe that We hold Personal Data of a person under that age, We will delete it immediately.
- 5. Links to other Web Sites
To give you a better service our site can connect you with a number of links to other local and international organisations and agencies. When connecting to such other websites you will no longer be subject to this policy but to the privacy policy of the new site.
- 6. Transaction Security Policy
This site uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to ensure secure transmission of your personal data. You should be able to see the padlock symbol in the status bar on the bottom right hand corner of the browser window. The url address will also start with https:// depicting asecure webpage. SSL applies encryption between two points such as your PC and the connecting server. Any data transmitted during the session will be encrypted or scrambled and then decrypted or unscrambled at the receiving end. This will ascertain that data cannot be read during transmission.
- 7. Changes to this Privacy Policy
If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your own interest to check the “Privacy Policy” page any time you access our web site so as to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.
- 8. Feedback
Any comments or suggestions that you may have and which may contribute to a better quality of service will be welcome and greatly appreciated. The version of this Privacy & Cookies Policy is currently Version 1.1 and was last updated on 1st August 2019. It is valid and applies to You until a new version uploaded on the Website.