We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy, together with any other documents referred to in it, sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. We ask you to read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will manage it. By visiting this website, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Headline: Privacy and Cookie Policy Update

This update brings together our privacy and cookie practices into one clear notice. It explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and the choices you have. It also describes your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the legal framework that governs personal data in the European Economic Area.

Key Facts at a Glance

• We collect information you provide directly, such as your name, email address, phone number, and business details.
• We automatically collect technical information through cookies when you visit our site.
• We may receive additional information from third parties, including business partners, advertising networks, and analytics providers.
• Your data is stored securely in the EEA for a period of 10 years.
• You have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, and object to the use of your personal data.
• You can block cookies through your browser settings, although this may affect your experience.

Information We Collect From You

We will collect and process the following categories of data about you:

Information you give us. You may give us information about yourself when you fill in forms on our websites, interact with the site, or correspond with us by phone, email, or other means. This includes information you provide when you register to use the site, subscribe to our services, search for a product, or report a problem with the site. The information you give us may include your name, postal address, email address, phone number, and preliminary information about your business and its location.

Information we collect about you. This is information that we automatically collect about your visit while you are on the site. It generally covers technical information, such as the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform. It is regularly collected through small data files called cookies. This data helps us offer you a good experience when you browse the site and also shows us where the site requires improvement.

More information on how cookies work, what cookies we use, and why can be found in our Cookie Policy section below.

Information We Receive From Other Sources

We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate. In this kind of situation, we will tell you when we collected that data if we intend to share it internally. We will also explain what purpose we will share your data for. This also includes information that we receive from third parties, such as business partners, sub-contractors in technical services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, and similar sources. We will notify you when we receive information about you from them and the purposes for which we intend to use that information.

How We Use Your Information

All information about you that we collect or receive, whether of a personal or technical nature, may be used in the following ways:

• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products, and services that you request from us;
• To provide you with information about other goods and services that we, or our selected partners, offer that are similar or relevant to those that you have already purchased or enquired about. Such contact will only be made by email, phone, or SMS, and you can opt out at any time;
• To notify you about changes to our services;
• To administer the site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical, and survey purposes;
• To improve the site so that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;
• As part of our efforts to keep the site safe and secure;
• To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you;
• To comply with our record keeping and information storage obligations and policy.

We may combine information we receive from other sources with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this combined information for the purposes set out above, depending on the types of information we receive.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with any member of our group of companies. We may also share it with business partners, suppliers, and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you. Advertisers and advertising networks may receive data that is required to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others. Such information would not include anything that would make an individual identifiable to the advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users, such as that 500 users live within a particular area, to help them reach the kind of audience they want to target. We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers’ wishes by displaying their advertisement to their selected target audience. Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of the site may also receive information.

We will disclose your personal information to third parties in the following circumstances:

• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
• If our business, or substantially all of our assets, are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about our clients will be one of the transferred assets;
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements;
• To protect our rights, property, or safety, or those of our clients or others.

Where We Store Your Personal Data

All information that you provide to us is stored on our secure servers, or those of our selected business partners, within the European Economic Area (EEA), for a period of 10 years. We will take reasonable steps to protect your information in accordance with this policy. These steps include installing a secure firewall, using anti-virus protection software, encrypting data, and carrying out regular backups.

Where we have given you, or where you have chosen, a password that enables you to access certain parts of the site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of any data transmitted to the site. Any such transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Your Rights

You have the following rights under law in respect of your personal information:

• The right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal information;
• The right of access to your information to verify the legality of our use of it;
• The right to request that inaccurate or incomplete information about you is rectified;
• The right to request the deletion or removal of your information where there is no further reason for us to use it;
• The right to restrict the use of your information;
• The right to obtain and reuse the information that we have about you for your own purposes;
• The right to object to certain uses, such as for marketing purposes;
• The right not to be subject to a decision that has a legal effect on you and that has been based solely on automated decision-making.

Should you wish to exercise any of these rights, you may do so at any time by writing to us at the address given below. In some cases, we are permitted to charge a small fee of no more than 10 pounds in respect of our administrative costs. If you would like to request the information we hold about you, please send us an email with a personal ID document and give us specific details of the information you want, such as user account information.

The site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to those websites.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy. Where appropriate, we will notify you by email.

Contact Information

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Ludovic Jacobs. The data controller is a company registered in France under company number 498 647 882, with its registered office at RCS Nanterre. Our nominated representative for the purpose of data protection legislation is Ludovic Jacobs.

Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. Cookies provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and allow us to improve the site. By continuing to browse the website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as set out in this policy.

Information About Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide reporting information. The cookies used on this site fall into the following categories:

• Analytical or performance cookies. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how the website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize the website for you.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to the website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences, such as your choice of language or region.
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may share this information with third parties. See our Privacy Policy for more information on how we use information we collect from you.

Please note that third parties, including advertising networks and providers of external services such as web traffic analysis services, may also use cookies over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical or performance cookies or targeting cookies.

How You Can Block Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, please be aware that blocking cookies may affect your ability to use the website. In particular, you may not be able to access all or parts of the website or use the functionalities contained on it. If you wish to revoke consent, you can adjust your browser settings at any time.

Source: Silicon UK News