Processing of Personal Data

This privacy policy for UW-ELAST AB was established on June 26, 2018

We are committed to protecting your privacy. You should feel secure when you entrust us with your personal information. That is why we have established this policy. It is based on current data protection laws and explains how we work to safeguard your rights and privacy.

The purpose of this policy is to inform you about how we process your personal data, what we use it for, who has access to it and under what circumstances, and how you can exercise your rights.

Background

We process your personal data primarily to fulfil our obligations to you. Our guiding principle is not to process more personal data than is necessary for the purpose, and we always strive to use the least privacy-sensitive data.

We also need your personal data to provide you with a good service, for example in relation to marketing, follow-up and information. We may also need your personal data to comply with the law and to carry out customer and market analyses.

You have the right to object to our use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. When we collect personal data about you for the first time, you will receive further information on this and how you can object.

Guidelines

What personal data do we process? We only process personal data where we have a legal basis to do so. We do not process personal data except where it is necessary to fulfil obligations under contract or by law. The following are examples of the personal data we process:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Fax
  • Username
  • Information that you have registered and provided voluntarily
  • Content that you publish yourself, known as user-generated content
  • IP address (in some cases)

How do we access your personal data?

We endeavour, as far as possible, to obtain your consent before we begin processing your personal data. We do this by asking you to tick explicit consent boxes in cases where the processing is based on consent.

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. We will then no longer process your personal data or collect any new data, provided that this is not necessary to fulfil our obligations under contract or by law. Please note that withdrawing your consent may mean that we are unable to fulfil our obligations towards you.

We also access your personal data in the following ways:

  • Information that you provide to us directly
  • Information collected when you visit our website
  • Information we receive from public registers
  • Information we receive when you engage one of our staff members
  • Information we receive when you register for an event, training course or similar
  • Information we receive when you sign up for newsletters and other mailings, for example
  • Information we receive when you respond to questionnaires and surveys
  • Information we receive when you contact us, apply for a job with us, enquire about our products and services, visit us or otherwise get in touch with us.

What information do we provide to you?

When we collect your personal data for the first time, we will inform you of how we have obtained the data, what we will use it for, what rights you have under data protection legislation, and how you can exercise those rights. You will also be informed of who is responsible for the processing of personal data and how you can contact us if you have any questions or need to submit a request or enquiry regarding your personal data and/or rights.

Is your personal data being processed in a secure manner?

We establish procedures and working methods to ensure that your personal data is handled securely. The basic principle is that only employees and other individuals within the organisation who need the personal data to carry out their duties should have access to it.

We have put in place special access controls for sensitive personal data, which means your personal data is better protected.

Our security systems have been developed with your privacy in mind and provide a high level of protection against unauthorised access, damage and other changes that could pose a risk to your privacy.

We have an IT security policy in place to ensure that your personal data is processed securely.

We do not transfer personal data in any circumstances other than those expressly stated in this policy.

When do we disclose your personal data?

Our policy is not to disclose your personal data to third parties unless you have given your consent or unless it is necessary to fulfil our obligations under contract or by law. Where we do disclose personal data to third parties, we enter into confidentiality agreements and ensure that the personal data is processed in a secure manner.

Responsibility

UW-ELAST AB is the data controller, which means that we are responsible for how your personal data is processed and for ensuring that your rights are upheld.